Professor Michael Huth

Co-Founder & Senior Researcher at Xayn,
Founding President of the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN),
Visiting Professor at Imperial College London

About Michael

Professor Michael Huth (PhD) is Co-Founder and Senior Researcher of the legal tech company Xayn, Founding President of the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), and Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London. His research focuses on cybersecurity, cryptography, and security & privacy in machine learning. Michael is a member of the Platform Learning Systems, Working Group IT Security, Privacy, Legal and Ethical Framework. The European startup develops Europe’s first sovereign Legal AI Noxtua with special insights, input, and legal expertise from the international business law firm CMS.

Professor Huth studied Mathematics at TU Darmstadt and received his PhD from Tulane University, New Orleans. He has worked at TU Darmstadt, Kansas State University, and spent a research sabbatical at the University of Oxford. Huth is the author of numerous scientific publications and an experienced speaker on international stages.

“Look back to when you were 5 years old. Never stop asking WHY?”

— Michael

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What Michael says about…

… his passion

Asking “Why?”. It can be very exhausting. But it got me into mathematics, AI, and responsible computing for a better tomorrow.

… why he co-founded Xayn

Xayn brings researchers, designers, engineers, and innovators together to build responsible, trustworthy, and effective AI. This combination makes Xayn stand out in the buzzing area of language models.

… the future of AI

As all science, AI is neither good nor bad. It takes people to decide how to develop it and where to deploy it for societal and economic benefit. At Xayn, we reflect this insight and responsibility in all our work.