News from the research group Computational Logic of July 7, 2026

Jonas Karge Successfully Defends PhD Thesis on Multi-Agent Belief Management

We are pleased to announce that Jonas Karge has successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Multi-Agent Belief Management." In his dissertation, Jonas investigated how groups can reach reliable conclusions when individual judgments are uncertain, uneven in quality, or shaped by shared bias. His work develops mathematical models that explain when collective decisions can still track the truth despite differences in expertise, dependence between voters, and incomplete information.

The thesis also introduces new methods for combining imprecise probability estimates and studies how factors such as diversity, shared influence, and aggregation design affect the accuracy and robustness of group decisions. The work was funded by SECAI (School of Embedded Composite AI) and DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). We extend our warmest congratulations to Dr. Karge and wish him every success in his future endeavors.