Digitalization is leading us towards a future where people, processes, data and things are not only interacting with each other, but might start forming societies on their own. In these dynamic systems enhanced by artificial intelligence, trust management on the level of human-to-machine as well as machine-to-machine interaction becomes an essential ingredient in supervising safe and secure progress of our digitalized future.

This presentation discusses the essential elements of trust management in complex digital ecosystems, with its definitions and core concepts. We will discuss how trust-building can be leveraged to support people in safe interaction with other (possibly autonomous) digital agents, as trust governance may allow the ecosystem to trigger an auto-immune response towards untrusted digital agents, protecting human safety. Ultimately, we will share what kind of research we do in the lab in terms of trust management and will share how you can join some of our activities.