Human-Computer Co-Creation

We design methods and tools for human-computer co-creation improving design processes & outcomes

 

Selected Research Activities

 

Designing Assistants for Prototyping Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)

Early involvement of users into software development has proven to be a success factor for many software development projects. Especially, generating ...

 

 

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Designing Citizen Science Systems

Scientific research typically involves some kind of research problem discovery activity in order to identify and understand the problem space. Researchers can ...

 

 

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AutoChemplete

Blind and low-vision students in STEM subjects need specially labeled PDF documents (U/A compliant), so that they can read them with ...

 

 

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Wir-Forschen.Digital: Digital Citizen Science Platform

Digital technologies allow different stakeholders to share information efficiently. This is particularly exciting for the domain of Citizen Science,...

 

 

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CrowdSurfer

Good design feedback on software requires the feedback provider to understand the context of use. To allow crowdworkers to be ...

 

 

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Designing Crowd-Feedback Systems

User involvement is of critical importance in the development of any information system (IS).  In the recent years, ...

 

 

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AI-based Systems for Qualitative Data Collection

One of the critical reasons for failed IS projects is the inability to accurately meet user requirements, resulting from an incomplete or inaccurate collection of requirements during the requirements elicitation (RE) phase...

 

 

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Interactive Chatbot Development Systems

User input is essential for the successful development of question-and-answer (QA) chatbots. Therefore, interactive development systems are emerging that allow developers to involve test-users in the QA chatbot development process...

 

 

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Design Science Research Process Support with MyDesignProcess

A rich body of knowledge on approaches, methods, and frameworks supports researchers in conducting research projects. While methodological guidance is abundant, there is little support and guidance for documenting and effectively managing research processes...

 

 

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Publications


2025
Designing AI-Based Graphical User Interface Prototyping Assistants. PhD dissertation
Kretzer, F.
2025, September 18. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
TESY: A Usability Test-Driven Prototyping Assistant Connecting Designers with Crowd-Testers
Kretzer, F.; Maedche, A.
2025. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9 (2), Article-No.: CSCW184. doi:10.1145/3711082
GUIDE: LLM-Driven GUI Generation Decomposition for Automated Prototyping
Kolthoff, K.; Kretzer, F.; Bartelt, C.; Maedche, A.; Ponzetto, S. P.
2025. 2025 IEEE/ACM 47th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 27 April 2025 - 03 May 2025, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICSE-Companion66252.2025.00010
Closing the Loop between User Stories and GUI Prototypes: An LLM-Based Assistant for Cross-Functional Integration in Software Development
Kretzer, F.; Kolthoff, K.; Bartelt, C.; Ponzetto, S. P.; Maedche, A.
2025. CHI 2025: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 26 April 2025- 1 May 2025. Ed.: N. Yamashita, 1–19, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3706598.3713932
AI-Based Design Science Research: An Exploratory Framework for Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Design Science Research
Gau, M.; Kretzer, F.; Maedche, A.; vom Brocke, J.
2025. Local Solutions for Global Challenges – 20th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2025, Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 2–4, 2025, Proceedings, Part I. Ed.: S. Chatterjee, 18–31, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-93976-1_2
Engaging citizen scientists: designing an open research system for collaborative problem exploration
Gau, M.; Greif‑Winzrieth, A.; Maedche, A.; Weinhardt, C.; Brocke, J. vom
2025. Electronic markets, 35 (12)
2024
Designing for Effective Human-Guided Machine Learning Feasibility Analysis
Gunklach, J.; Nadj, M.; Knaeble, M.; Bragaglia, I.; Mädche, A.
2024. Human Technology Interaction : International Conference on Information Systems, 1–17, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
A Universal Web Accessibility Feedback Form: A Participatory Design Study
Wegener, A.; Fausel, K.; Haug, S.; Maedche, A.
2024. W4A ’24: The 21st International Web for All Conference Singapore Singapore May 13 - 14, 2024, 106–117, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3677846.3677853
Interlinking User Stories and GUI Prototyping: A Semi-Automatic LLM-Based Approach
Kolthoff, K.; Kretzer, F.; Bartelt, C.; Maedche, A.; Ponzetto, S. P.
2024. 2024 IEEE 32nd International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE). Ed.: IEEE, 380–388, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/RE59067.2024.00045
Participatory Design for Cognitive Accessibility of Web-based Interactive Systems
Wegener, A.
2024. W4A ’24: The 21st International Web for All Conference Singapore Singapore May 13 - 14, 2024, 126–127, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3677846.3679053
HILL: A Hallucination Identifier for Large Language Models
Leiser, F.; Eckhardt, S.; Leuthe, V.; Knaeble, M.; Maedche, A.; Schwabe, G.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. CHI ’24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Ed.: F. Mueller, Art.-Nr.: 482, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3613904.3642428
Human-Centered Crowd Feedback for Information Systems Development. PhD dissertation
Haug, S.
2024, February 1. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000167935
“Was this answer helpful?” – A Taxonomy for Feedback Mechanisms in Customer Service Chatbots
Schloß, D.; Haug, S.; Mädche, A.
2024. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2024 Proceedings, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
HILL: A Hallucination Identifier for Large Language Models
Leiser, F.; Eckhardt, S.; Leuthe, V.; Knaeble, M.; Maedche, A.; Schwabe, G.; Sunyaev, A.
2024. arxiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2403.06710
Paintings, Not Noise—The Role of Presentation Sequence in Labeling
Knäble, M.; Nadj, M.; Mädche, A.
2024. Interacting with Computers, Art.-Nr.: iwae008. doi:10.1093/iwc/iwae008
2023
The Human-in-the-loop CrowdSurfer Concept: Providing User-centered AI Support to Crowdworkers for Improved Working Conditions and Task Outcomes
Benke, I.; Haug, S.; Maedche, A.
2023. Proceedings UCAI ’23: Workshop on User-Centered Artificial Intelligence at Mensch und Computer 2023
Scalable Design Evaluation for Everyone! Designing Configuration Systems for Crowd-Feedback Request Generation
Haug, S.; Sommerrock, S.; Benke, I.; Mädche, A.
2023. Mensch und Computer 2023, 91–100, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3603555.3603566
From ChatGPT to FactGPT: A Participatory Design Study to Mitigate the Effects of Large Language Model Hallucinations on Users
Leiser, F.; Eckhardt, S.; Knaeble, M.; Mädche, A.; Schwabe, G.; Sunyaev, A.
2023. Mensch und Computer 2023, 81–90, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
"Garbage In, Garbage Out”: Mitigating Human Biases in Data Entry by Means of Artificial Intelligence
Eckhardt, S.; Knaeble, M.; Bucher, A.; Staehelin, D.; Dolata, M.; Agotai, D.; Schwabe, G.
2023. J. Abdelnour Nocera (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023 – 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part III. Ed.: J. Abdelnour Nocera, 27 – 48, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-42286-7_2
Aligning Crowdworker Perspectives and Feedback Outcomes in Crowd-Feedback System Design
Haug, S.; Benke, I.; Maedche, A.
2023. Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction, 7 (CSCW1), Art.-Nr.: 23. doi:10.1145/3579456
AutoChemplete - Making Chemical Structural Formulas Accessible
Knaeble, M.; Sailer, G.; Chen, Z.; Schwarz, T.; Yang, K.; Nadj, M.; Stiefelhagen, R.; Maedche, A.
2023. W4A ’23: 20th International Web for All Conference Austin TX USA 30 April 2023- 1 May 2023, 173–174, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3587281.3587293
Making Usability Test Data Actionable! A Quantitative Test-Driven Prototyping Approach
Kretzer, F.; Maedche, A.
2023. CHI EA ’23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Ed.: A. Schmidt, 1–6, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3544549.3585659
CrowdSurfer: Seamlessly Integrating Crowd-Feedback Tasks nto Everyday Internet Surfing
Haug, S.; Benke, I.; Fischer, D.; Maedche, A.
2023. CHI ’23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Hamburg Germany April 23 - 28, 2023. Ed.: A. Schmidt, Art.-Nr.: 553, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3544548.3580994
2022
The Impact of Conversational Assistance on the Effective Use of Forecasting Support Systems: A Framed Field Experiment : Short Paper
Haug, S.; Ruoff, M.; Gnewuch, U.
2022. ICIS 2022 Proceedings. Vol.: 2, 1–9, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Towards Automatic Parsing of Structured Visual Content through the Use of Synthetic Data
Scholch, L.; Steinhauser, J.; Beichter, M.; Seibold, C.; Yang, K.; Knaeble, M.; Schwarz, T.; Maedche, A.; Stiefelhagen, R.
2022. 2022 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 1607–1613, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICPR56361.2022.9956453
Accessible Chemical Structural Formulas Through Interactive Document Labeling
Knaeble, M.; Chen, Z.; Schwarz, T.; Sailer, G.; Yang, K.; Stiefelhagen, R.; Maedche, A.
2022. Computers Helping People with Special Needs – 18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. Ed.: K. Miesenberger, 38–46, Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_6
Towards Automatic Parsing of Structured Visual Content through the Use of Synthetic Data
Schölch, L.; Steinhauser, J.; Beichter, M.; Seibold, C.; Yang, K.; Knäble, M.; Schwarz, T.; Mädche, A.; Stiefelhagen, R.
2022. doi:10.5445/IR/1000146801
Paintings, not Noise - The Role of Variety and Self-Determination in Labeling Work and its Effects on Psychological and Performance Outcomes
Knaeble, M.; Nadj, M.; Maedche, A.
2022. CHI 2022 Workshop - Self-Determination Theory in HCI: Shaping a Research Agenda
Toward User-adaptive Interactive Labeling on Crowdsourcing Platforms
Knaeble, M.; Nadj, M.; Maedche, A.; Loewe, N.
2022. CHI 2022 Workshop - REGROW: Reimagining Global Crowdsourcing for Better Human-AI Collaboration
2021
Crowd-Feedback in Information Systems Development: A State-of-the-Art Review
Haug, S.; Mädche, A.
2021. ICIS 2021 Proceedings, Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Feeasy: An Interactive Crowd-Feedback System
Haug, S.; Maedche, A.
2021. Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3474349.3480224
Accelerating Deductive Coding of Qualitative Data: An Experimental Study on the Applicability of Crowdsourcing
Haug, S.; Rietz, T.; Maedche, A.
2021. Mensch und Computer 2021, MuC ’21, 5.-8.9.2021 Ingolstadt, 432–443, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3473856.3473873
MyResearchChallenge.digital - A Participatory Problem Discovery System for Citizen Design Science Research
Greif-Winzrieth, A.; Gau, M.
2021. The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design – 16th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2021, Kristiansand, Norway, August 4–6, 2021, Proceedings. Ed.: L. Chandra Kruse, 112–117, Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-82405-1_13
2018
Designing Uncertainty-Aware Dashboards for Software Development Projects
Knaeble, M.; Nadj, M.; Maedche, A.
2018. 13th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Chennai, IND, June 3-6, 2018, 1–15