60 world-leading independent experts have been selected for the Scientific Panel, who will pool their experience in the fields of frontier AI, engineering, technical auditing, industry and societal impact. A key focus of their work will be on general-purpose (GPAI) models. The Panel’s responsibilities include alerting the EU AI Office to possible systemic risks posed by GPAI models, advising on methodologies for classifying and evaluating GPAI models, and providing support to market surveillance authorities at their request.
The European Commission has newly established both the Scientific Panel and the Advisory Forum to support the implementation of the EU AI Act. The two bodies will advise the EU AI Office as well as national authorities on applying the rules provided in the Act. The independent members are appointed in a personal capacity for a two-year term, which may be renewed.
On his appointment to the Scientific Panel of the EU AI Office, Mario Fritz says: “AI has proven its ability to detect cyber incidents in real time and to identify vulnerabilities on a large scale. At the same time, however, its offensive capabilities are steadily increasing. We must allow those AI capabilities that are promising and beneficial, while at the same time containing those that come with risks. The establishment of the new Scientific Panel of the EU AI Office is a logical step with societal and political relevance. I am deeply honored to be able to contribute my expertise in trustworthy artificial intelligence to this body.”
About Mario Fritz
Mario Fritz is a Faculty at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, an honorary professor at Saarland University, and a fellow of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS). Until 2018, he led a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science. Previously, he was a postdoc at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and UC Berkeley after earning his PhD from TU Darmstadt and studying computer science at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. He currently coordinates the EU-funded network of excellence "ELSA - European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI". In his research, Fritz focuses on trustworthy artificial intelligence, especially at the intersection of information security and machine learning.
