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As AI takes over more cognitive work, the central question is no longer whether humans collaborate with AI, but how to divide the work so that performance improves without eroding human autonomy and competence. We are preparing a DFG Priority Programme that addresses this challenge through biosignals. Because humans interact with the world through physical, cognitive, and affective processes, biosignals offer a continuous, real-time window into otherwise hidden states such as attention, workload, stress, and fatigue, across the central, autonomic, and somatic dimensions of the nervous system. The programme pursues a new generation of hybrid intelligence: human–AI collaboration systems that perceive the user's cognitive and affective state and use it to calibrate the division of labour in real time, deciding when the AI should step back, provide support, or actively solicit human expertise, while balancing performance against autonomy and competence. Realising this vision requires close interdisciplinary collaboration across computer science, information systems, management, psychology, and human factors.
We invite you to a roundtable for the planned DFG Priority Programme proposal on biosignal-based hybrid intelligence. The session will introduce the programme’s vision, research priorities, and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration across computer science, engineering, management, information systems, psychology, and human factors. We look forward to discussing the proposal with interested participants and gathering your perspectives and ideas.
Organization Team:
Prof. Dr. Alexander Maedche, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tanja Schultz, University of Bremen
Dr. Michael T. Knierim, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Prof. Dr. Verena Nitsch, RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schmidt, LMU Munich
KIT
The International DACH Conference on Information Systems is the most important event for the Wirtschaftsinformatik community in the German-speaking countries . It offers researchers, students, representatives from business and society the opportunity to learn about the state of current research and business practice and to exchange ideas. The 22nd edition takes place at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) from September 12–16, 2027 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
