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Dr. Fedor Vitiugin is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Turku, Finland, focusing on trustworthy AI, multilingual natural language processing, and the societal evaluation of machine learning systems. He completed his PhD in Information and Communication Technologies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, where his dissertation advanced methods for multilingual information retrieval and real-time analysis of social media data during crises and public emergencies. His research investigates the robustness, fairness, and practical deployment of AI, with specialized attention to benchmarking large language models, detecting algorithmic bias, and designing human-in-the-loop evaluation frameworks. Dr. Vitiugin has contributed to international projects developing multilingual resources for NLP, analyzing AI policy discourse, and creating tools for low-resource language contexts. His work emphasizes reproducible evaluation, ethical governance, and the translation of technical advances into reliable, socially-aware systems. He actively collaborates across disciplines and sectors to align AI innovation with real-world operational and regulatory requirements.