​​​Agenda & Content

Tuesday, 30 March 2027

12:45 
Join in
13:00
Welcome, Motivation & Introduction
13:15
Recap: Explainable AI (XAI) for anomaly detection and time-dependent data

– global vs. local explanations

– model-agnostic vs. model-specific methods

– model justification

– specifics for time series (temporal dependence, feature engineering)

13:30
Guided end-to-end XAI exercise on transaction data (Credit Card Fraud)

– exploratory data analysis

– understanding data characteristics (imbalance, anonymized features)

– anomaly detection / classification modelling

– explanation methods (feature importance, SHAP)

Hands-on lab: training a lightweight model and interpreting fraud predictions

14:15
Break
14:30
Guided end-to-end XAI exercise on time series data (NYC Taxi)

– time series exploration (trend, seasonality, anomalies)

– modelling (baseline + anomaly detection via residuals / Orion reference)

– explanation methods for temporal data (lag features, residual analysis, SHAP)

Hands-on lab: detecting and explaining anomalies in time series

15:15
Break
15:45
Comparison, limitations & discussion

– transferability of XAI methods across data types

– limitations of explanations (data, features, models)

– interpreting anomalies vs. model behavior

– limitations in explainability

Interactive session: brainstorming and discussion on trust, usability, and open challenges

17:00
End of course