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(My name is pronounced as BAH-lint [baːlint ɟɛvnaːɾ])

I research trustworthy explainable autonomous agency in multi-agent systems for AI safety, with applications to autonomous vehicles. I like to describe this as giving AI agents the ability to explain themselves.

I am lucky to be supervised by three amazing scientists: Stefano Albrecht, Shay Cohen, Chris Lucas.

Early on in my PhD, I realised quickly that the current state of explainable AI (XAI) is unsustainable. Existing methods only work for some models, with particular asumptions, they ignore OOD data, always assume that the AI agent is correct, and so on…

The biggest issue however is that explanations are simply not made to help users who interact with AI agents.

I am interested in exploring better ways to create intelligible explanations to calibrate trust according to the abilities of the AI agents.

I also research the epistemic backgrounds of AI ethics and AI safety to understand how explanations can help create more transparent systems considering both the short- and long-term risks of AI.

about me

I often spend my free time learning languages. Currently, I speak four: Hungarian, English, German, and Japanese. I am also actively learning Chinese.

I like playing volleyball and I was the the treasurer (2022-23) and vice president (2023-24) of the Edinburgh University Volleyball Club. I play setter. I also enjoy walking with people among the stark landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and taking some breathtaking photos while enduring harsh wet weather.

Occasionally, I sit down to practise the piano. At the moment, I am working through the second movement of Schubert’s piano sonata in B-flat major (D 960). Currently, I am reading “Boldog ​boldogtalan” by Háy János. A list of books I have read since I began keeping records is here.

View of a corrie from Beinn Bhan near Applecross, Scotland shot by me.