IRIS Fall Symposium

November 28, 2024, 10:00 a.m. (CET)

Learn how intelligent systems and humans can collaborate to solve complex problems and create new possibilities. Discover how diversity influences the development and application of intelligent systems and the opportunities it brings. Discuss the impact of generative AI on democratic processes and the challenges this technology poses for our society.

Time: November 28, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  This event is free and open to the public.
Registration close: November 25, 2024, 3:00 p.m. (CET)
Event language: English
Venue: University of Stuttgart
Vaihingen Campus
00.150
Universitätstr. 34
70569  Stuttgart
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The Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems (IRIS) is a platform designed to stimulate, develop and promote critical reflection on intelligent systems and their impact on society. Join us for a day-long event featuring the latest insights into six unique interdisciplinary research projects, three Independent Research groups, and other exciting research by IRIS members.

The event will be divided into three sessions:

  1. Human-AI Collaboration
  2. Diversity and Intelligent Systems
  3. Democracy and Implications of Generative AI

Details about IRIS Research can be found here: https://www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de/research/

Please register here for free to attend IRIS Fall Symposium on November 28th, 2024: https://eveeno.com/iris_fall_symposium

Program

10:00 – Coffee and networking

10:30 – Opening and Welcome – Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Bischoff (Vice Rector for Research and Sustainable Development) and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger (IRIS Spokesperson)

11:00 – 12:00 Session 1: Human-AI Collaboration

  • Thought experiments combined with physics simulations and machine learning in a human-AI learning context – Max Weinmann, Patrick Egenlauf, Dr. Miriam Klopotek & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger
  • Towards human-robot co-agency: AI and feminist technoscience perspectives for diversity, demography, and democracy on human-robot-collaboration in architecture – Gili Ron, Amelie Schreck, Dr. Cordula Kropp, Prof. Dr. Achim Menges & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Wortmann
  • Ethics of Generative AI – Dr. Thilo Hagendorff

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break | Catered lunch in the Stuvus Glass House

13:30 – 14:10 Session 2: Diversity and Intelligent Systems

  • Diversity-aware NLP systems – Dr. Agnieszka Faleńska
  • Engaging student diversity in self-adaptive learning management systems through intelligent tutoring – Niklas Meißner, Nadine Koch, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steffen Becker & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger

14:30 – 16:00 IRIS Poster Session | Room UN32.101 | Coffee and refreshments will be available during the poster session, fostering networking and discussions.

Interact with the researchers on the projects listed below.

16:00 – 17:20 Session 3: Democracy and Implications of Generative AI

  • Generative AI and public reason – Democratic implications of LLM – Mara Seyfert, Dr. Marvin Tritschler, Prof. Dr. Christian Martin, Prof. Dr. Mathias Niepert & Dr. Wulf Loh
  • Dynamics of polarization on online platforms and AI remedies – Nicola Fanton, Sidhath Rajan, Dr. Michael Roth & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Titus von der Malsburg
  • Computational digital psychology – Dr. Cornelia Sindermann
  • The influence of network structures on group fairness in online political discussions – Sara Hanke, Farane Jalali, Prof. Dr. Raphael Heiberger & Prof. Dr. Steffen Staab

17:20 – 17:30 Closing – Prof. Dr. Steffen Staab (IRIS Co-Spokesperson)

17:30 – Celebratory gathering in the Stuvus Glass House with drinks and finger foods

Posters about additional research within IRIS

The impact of user momentary emotional state on trust in a faulty chatbot

Tabea Berberena & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger

Reflecting on societal and organizational impacts of AI

Dr. Ivan Dula,Tabea Berberena, Dr. Ksenia Keplinger & Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger

Measuring populism with AI

Lukas Erhard & Prof. Dr. Raphael Heiberger

Popy. A software package for creating linked agents in Python

Marius Kaffai & Prof. Dr. Raphael Heiberger

Electric dreams: Literary narratives as tools for critically reflecting on intelligent systems

Dr. Curtis Runstedler

Human-AI teaming in flight operations

Patrick Lorrig, Alina Schmit-Hübsch, Nadine Koch, Michelle Fini, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger & Prof. Dr. Zamira Daw

Political attitudes in online environments

Solange Vega, Benedikt Ehinger, Kerria Drüppel & Dr. Cornelia Sindermann

What can go wrong in authorship profiling: cross-domain analysis of gender and age prediction

Hongyu Chen, Prof. Dr. Michael Roth & Dr. Agnieszka Faleńska

Evaluating behavior in language models: A looming replication crisis?

Laurène Vaugrante, Prof. Dr. Mathias Niepert & Dr. Thilo Hagendorff

Please note that I’m just an AI: analysis of behavior patterns of LLMs in (non-)offensive speech identification

Esra Dönmez, Prof. Dr. Thang Vu & Dr. Agnieszka Faleńska

Redirecting mind attribution for explainable AI

Susanne Hindennach & Prof. Dr. Andreas Bulling

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[Picture: DALLE-2024]

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