Maria Dagioglou is a collaborating researcher at the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT), NCSR Demokritos. Her research interests include the design and development of AI methods, as well as the understanding of human behavior, for safe, transparent and fluent human-AI and human-robot collaboration. She studied Electrical and Computer Engineering (Democritus University of Thrace, GR). She holds a MSc in Biomedical Engineering (TU Delft, NL) and a PhD in Psychology (University of Birmingham, UK). She lectures on topics related to human factors in AI ethics and human-robot interaction, in the context of two interdepartamental Masters of Science of  IIT (MSc in AI, MSc in Data Science). She is actively involved in initiatives related to AI ethics, including being a member of the High-level Expert Group of Artificial Intelligence appointed by the National Commission for Bioethics and Technoethics and being IEEE CertifAIEd AI Ethics Lead Assessor. She was the special secretary of the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (EETN) between 2023-2024.