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I am very glad to see our work now published and presented at CHI 2026. The paper, “ViRAS: Design Artifacts to Explore Socio-Material Configurations through a Research-through-Design Approach in Robot-Assisted Surgery,”addresses a topic that I still consider highly important for the future of robotic surgery: how robotic systems reshape communication, responsibility, situational awareness, and teamwork in the operating room. Paper link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/377

I am very pleased that our new paper on LLM-supported Bayesian network modelling for clinical decision supporthas now been published in the International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. This work is the result of a highly valuable collaboration between colleagues from Hahn-Schickard and the University of Freiburg in Germany, the University Hospital Leipzig in Germany, and Staten Island University Hospital / Northwell Health in New York, USA. I had the plea

HCC Research presented at the MuC 2022: Six key findings from our six observations of robotic-assisted surgeries at the Charité Berlin indicate required features for semi-autonomous robots in the operating room [1]: Extensive technical, medical and patient-specific knowledge. Ensure intraoperative situational awareness of the process, team, patient and their environment. Provide understanding of the system's capabilities (and their limitations) to the team at all times. Enabl