Human-Centered AI Lab - Lab Manual - Welcome - Diversity Statement - Expectations and Responsibilities

Oct 22, 2026

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Human-Centered AI Lab manual for members newly joining the Helmholtz Munich lab. It sets community goals around a supportive, inclusive, hostility-free environment; defines diversity principles spanning identities and backgrounds; and outlines expectations for everyone. The document emphasizes careful, reproducible research practices, collaboration, honesty in publication, reporting misconduct, and taking responsibility for well-being and respectful conduct. It also directs readers to lab resources like the lab wiki, website, GitHub, Slack, and meeting structures.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages8

Reading Time20 min

AccessFree to download

Welcome

Diversity statement

Expectations and responsibilities

Everyone

Code of Conduct

Meetings

Deadlines

Resources

Lab traditions

Lab Manual Human-Centered AI Lab Contents 1 Welcome 2 2 Diversity statement 2 3 Expectations and responsibilities 2 3.1 Everyone ............................................. 2 3.2 Smaller day-to-day things .................................... 3 3.3 Eric ................................................ 3 3.4 Postdocs .............................................. 4 3.5 PhD students ........................................... 4 3.6 Research Assistants, Interns and Master students ....................... 5 4 Code of Conduct 5 4.1 Essential Policies ......................................... 5 4.2 Scientiﬁc Integrity ........................................ 5 4.2.1 Misconduct ........................................ 5 4.2.2 Reproducible research .................................. 5 4.3 Authorship ............................................ 6 4.4 Old projects ............................................ 6 4.5 Human Subjects Research .................................... 6 5 Meetings 6 5.1 Meeting Eric ............................................ 6 5.2 Lab meetings ........................................... 7 5.3 Group meetings .......................................... 7 5.4 Journal Club ........................................... 7 6 Deadlines 7 7 Resources 8 7.1 Lab Wiki .............................................. 8 7.2 Website .............................................. 8 7.3 Github ............................................... 8 7.4 Slack ................................................ 8 7.5 Calendar .............................................. 8 8 Lab traditions 8 8.1 Cake ................................................ 8 8.2 Retreats .............................................. 8 8.3 Other events ........................................... 8 1 Welcome It looks like you have recently joined the Human-Centered AI Lab at Helmholtz Munich. That is great! We are really excited to have you as a part of our team and we will do what we can to make sure that you have a great time in our lab. We hope you will learn a lot about cognitive science, human and machine learning, develop new and useful skills (coding, data analysis, writing papers, giving talks), make new friends, and have a great deal of fun throughout the whole process. We are in this together and we are here to support you! This lab manual was inspired by several others, but –most importantly– it copies many sections from the great manual written by Mariam Aly. It is also a work-in-progress. If you have ideas about things to add, or what to clarify, talk to Eric or any other member of the lab and we will sort this out. It is supposed to provide context and general guidelines. For speciﬁc and technical questions, please consult the Lab Wiki. 2 Diversity statement In our lab, we aim to foster an environment where members of our community want to work, learn, teach, research, interact, develop professionally, and explore new ideas. We value persons of all identities, including dimensions such as age, culture, national origin, ability, ethnicity, sex and gender identity, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and others. As scientists, we understand that diverse groups bring diverse perspectives; this diversity produces better outcomes in a variety of contexts, including learning and decision making, and our ability to work with one another. Consistent with these values, our lab actively seeks opportunities to increase diversity. 3 Expectations and responsibilities 3.1 Everyone Science can be incredibly fun and rewarding; science can also feel challenging and lonely at times. In order to maximize the positive parts and to mitigate the negative parts, we want to make sure that everyone experiences a positive, engaging, hostility-free, supportive, and rewarding lab environment. To maintain that environment, all of us have to contribute. In particu

FAQs

What kind of lab environment does the manual aim to create?

It aims to foster a positive, engaging, hostility-free, supportive, and rewarding environment. Everyone is expected to contribute to maintaining it.

What are the key research integrity expectations for lab members?

The manual requires honesty in publication and prohibits plagiarism, data fabrication or tampering, and altering results. It also stresses reproducibility through careful implementation, sanity checks, and encouraging others to review code or data.

How does the lab approach diversity and inclusion?

The lab values identities across age, culture, national origin, ability, ethnicity, sex and gender identity, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. It actively seeks opportunities to increase diversity and expects that diverse groups improve outcomes in learning and decision-making contexts.

Oct 22, 2026

Uploaded by Theodore