Maximilian Poretschkin is “Head of Safe AI and AI-Certification” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS. His research focus is the operationalization of AI trustworthiness requirements. In this role, Dr. Poretschkin has led a large variety of research projects and AI assessments with global partners from industry and government. Particularly noteworthy is the project “ZERTIFIZIERTE KI”, which develops testing principles, assessment tools and standards for AI systems and has published one of the first assessment catalogs for AI systems. In addition, Dr. Poretschkin is head of the working group “AI assessment and certification” of the German standardization roadmap AI. Stages prior to his position at Fraunhofer included a position as a consultant at the strategy consulting firm Bain & Company and a postdoctoral position at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Maximilian Poretschkin studied physics and mathematics in Bonn and Amsterdam and received the doctoral award for the best dissertation at the University of Bonn in 2015.