Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Sahin Albayrak is Professor of Computer Science at the Technische Universität Berlin and Director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (DAI Lab). He founded the Centre for Experiential Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation (ZEKI). Prof Albayrak has published over 500 scientific papers and was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2014. He advises both the German and Turkish governments on issues related to digitalisation and artificial intelligence.