C.P. (Kars) Alfrink
C.P. (Kars) Alfrink
Profile
Dr. Kars Alfrink is a postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft, focusing on contestable AI. His research investigates how to design public artificial intelligence systems so that they remain subject to societal control. Before entering academia, Kars spent over 15 years as an interaction design consultant, entrepreneur, and community organizer, experiences that now shape his research. He combines extensive practical expertise in digital product design with critical socio-political theory to create more democratic public AI systems.
Expertise
Publications
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2024
Contestable Artificial Intelligence
Constructive design research for public artificial intelligence systems that are open and responsive to dispute
Kars Alfrink -
2024
Envisioning Contestability Loops
Evaluating the Agonistic Arena as a Generative Metaphor for Public AI
Kars Alfrink / Ianus Keller / Mireia Yurrita Semperena / Denis Bulygin / Gerd Kortuem / Neelke Doorn -
2023
Contestable Camera Cars
A Speculative Design Exploration of Public AI That Is Open and Responsive to Dispute
Kars Alfrink / A.I. Keller / N. Doorn / G.W. Kortuem -
2022
Contestable AI by Design
Towards a Framework
Kars Alfrink / A.I. Keller / G.W. Kortuem / N. Doorn -
2022
Tensions in transparent urban AI
designing a smart electric vehicle charge point
Kars Alfrink / Ianus Keller / Neelke Doorn / Gerd Kortuem -
Prizes
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2023-4
Best Paper
2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Involved in Research Project(s)
Ancillary activities
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2023-11-01 - 2025-12-31
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