About ‹ Antonio Bikić

My name is Antonio Bikić and I'm a philosophy postdoc often based in Munich, conducting research in Heidelberg and Leipzig on epistemology, philosophy of mind, neuromorphic hardware, and the theory of artificial neural networks. I have a background in philosophy, computer science, and somehow papyri. Read my full origin story to learn more. Also, feel free to follow me on Bluesky: @antoniobikic

Degrees

2022: Dissertation in Philosophy/Computer Science (Dr. phil.) | Reinforcement Learning Algorithms and Moral Decisions (summa cum laude) | LMU Munich/ETH Zurich.
2020: M.Sc. in Computational Linguistics/Computer Science Thesis: Machine Learning and Semantics | LMU Munich
2017: M.A. in Theoretical Philosophy | Thesis: Morality and Artificial Agents | LMU Munich
2013: B.A. in Philosophy/Classics (Latin Philology) | Thesis: Schematism of Pure Concepts | Mainz University
2013: ≈ M.Edu. in German Literature/Linguistics (German State Examination for Teaching Profession (high school); 1.Staatsexamen) | Thesis: Anisotropy of Time | University of Cologne
2007: University entrance level (Abitur) | Werner-von-Siemens School | Major field of study: Electrical Engineering
2006: Graduation as certified IT Attendant | Rheinische Akademie Köln (vocational college)

Employment

since 2023: Postdoc (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Neuromorphic Quantumphotonics Group (Kirchhoﬀ Institute) | Heidelberg University (Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice)
since 2022: Postdoc (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Humboldt-Chair for Artificial Intelligence | ScaDS.AI, University of Leipzig (Prof. Dr. Sayan Mukherjee)
2023-24: Postdoc (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the »Ethically Safe AI« project | Fraunhofer-Institut for Cognitive Systems | LMU Munich
2022: Consultant to the Dean | Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences | Ethics and AI | University of Luxembourg
2022-23: Postdoc (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the CRC Intelligent Matter Chair for Responsive Nanosystems | Münster University (Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice)
2018-22: Graduate associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Munich Graduate Center | LMU Munich
2019-20: Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Munich | Risk Assurance/Trust in AI
2018-19: Graduate associate (German Teacher) at the Romano-Guardini-Stiftungsprofessur | LMU Munich
2016-18: Graduate assistant, project: Strategies for coping with cognitive narrowness in decision-making processes and their implications for a normative concept of practical rationality | LMU Munich
2014-17: Graduate Assistant at the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility of the Max-Planck-Society | Garching, Munich
2012-14: Working student at the IT-Department of the Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research | Cologne
2010-14: Research assistant for project DARE (Digital Averroes Research Environment) at the Thomas-Institute & at the Institute for Archaeology, Department for Papyrology, Epigraphy and Numismatics | University of Cologne

Consulting

2018-19: Expert for the ethics of autonomous driving German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA))
2018-2020: Guest Researcher (Mobility Innovation, Ethics), Fraunhofer-Institute for Industrial Engineering (Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (IAO))

Languages

Spoken and/or written: German (mother tongue) | Croatian (native speaker, grew up speaking both languages) | English (business fluent; whatever that means) | Latinum, Graecum, Hebraicum
Coding: Python, R, HTML, SQL, CSS, SPL (Splunk). Smaller projects in: Assembler, C++, PROLOG