Madeleine Rischer M.Sc.

Research Associate at the Chair of Protestant Theology

CV

• Since December 2025: Research associate and PhD student at the Chair of Protestant Theology with a research focus on social robotics
• 2024-2025: Research associate at the Chair of Computer Science in Mechanical Engineering with a research focus on unsupervised learning for radar data and the development of a conversational generative agent for people with speech and language impairments and cognitive disabilities
• 2012-2025: Officer and engineer for helicopters in the army
• 2017: Master of Science, Mechatronics, specializing in defense technology, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg
• 2017: Exchange student at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College (USA) with a research focus on data analysis and visualization of crevasses in Antarctica
• 2015: Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of the German Armed Forces, Munich, Neubiberg

Publications

• Rischer, M., Ehrhardt, J., and Schreiber, G.: Balancing Offensive Language and Freedom of Expression in AI Speech Assistants: An Ethical and Algorithmic Perspective. In Chatbots and Human-Centered AI, A. Følstad, S. Hobert, S. Papadopoulos, E. L.-C. Law, T. Araujo, E. Luger and P. B. Brandtzaeg, Eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 16440. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 108–123, 2026, DOI=10.1007/978-3-032-26717-7_6.
• Rischer, M.: Gefährliches Vermächtnis. In: Gerdsen, P., Pfeffer, M., Zimmerling, P., Brunner, W.L., Braun, H.R.: Mensch und Technik. Verlag Traugott Bautz GmbH, Nordhausen, Jahrbuch des Denkens, 10. Jahrgang, Heft 10, S. 169–183, 2026.
• Rischer, M.; Bußmann, B.: Designing Touch for Trauma-Informed Social Robots: A Design Space for Direct and Indirect Actuation. 2026. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.04981.
• Ray, L., Jordan (Rischer), M., Arcone, S.A., Kaluzienski, L.M., Walker, B., Ortquist Koons, P., Lever, J., Hamilton, G.: Velocity field in the McMurdo shear zone from annual ground penetrating radar imaging and crevasse matching. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 173, 103023, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2020.103023.

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Letzte Änderung: 13. August 2026