Dr. Felix Kretzer
- Interest: Human-centered development of LLM-based prototyping assistants, focusing on leveraging generative AI to semi-automate GUI prototyping.
- Group: Human-Computer Co-Creation
- Office Hours: by appointment
- Room: 4C-06
- Phone: +49 721 608-41585
- felix kretzer ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Information Systems (WIN)
Kaiserstraße 89
76133 Karlsruhe
Short CV
| 2025 - today | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| 2021 - 2025 | Doctoral Researcher at the human-centered systems lab (h-lab) at KIT |
| 2017 - 2020 | M. Sc. Industrial Engineering & Management, KIT |
| 2018 - 2019 | MA Technology Management, Fulbright Scholar at University of California - Santa Barbara |
| 2013 - 2017 | B. Sc. Industrial Engineering & Management, KIT |
Selected Publications
2025
A Semi-Automated Prototyping Assistant for Accessibility: Addressing Missing Form Labels and Document Language in Early Design Stages
Wegener, A.; Kretzer, F.; Nicolay, T. D.; Maedche, A.
2025. ASSETS ’25: Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.Ed.: K. Shaun, Article No.: 137, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3663547.3759747
Wegener, A.; Kretzer, F.; Nicolay, T. D.; Maedche, A.
2025. ASSETS ’25: Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.Ed.: K. Shaun, Article No.: 137, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3663547.3759747
Designing AI-Based Graphical User Interface Prototyping Assistants. PhD dissertation
Kretzer, F.
2025, September 18. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
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
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
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
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
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
2024
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
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
2023
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
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
2021
When Data Fly: An Open Data Trading System in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Lücking, M.; Kretzer, F.; Kannengießer, N.; Beigl, M.; Sunyaev, A.; Stork, W.
2021. Electronics, 10 (6), 654. doi:10.3390/electronics10060654
Lücking, M.; Kretzer, F.; Kannengießer, N.; Beigl, M.; Sunyaev, A.; Stork, W.
2021. Electronics, 10 (6), 654. doi:10.3390/electronics10060654
| Title | Supervisor | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designing for Active Participation in Online Community Platforms | Master's thesis | Done
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| A Digital Assistant for Novice Designers in High-Fidelity Mobile UI Prototyping | Bachelor's thesis | Done |
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| From User Stories to GUI Prototypes: Providing User Story based GUI Component Recommendations in Figma | Bachelor’s or Master’s Thesis | Done |
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| GUI Guidance - Provide Guidance on Selected Features based on User Testing Data for Selected Features and GUI Components | Bachelor's thesis | Done |
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| LLM-based Support of (Novice) Designers in GUI Prototyping | Bachelor/Master | Done |
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| Making Design Systems Actionable: Automating Design Feedback for GUI Prototypes in Figma using Large Language Models (LLMs) | Bachelor’s or Master’s Thesis | Done |
Seminars und Teamprojects
| Project | Semester | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISSD Seminar | WiSe 24 |
Generative AI for Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design: A State-of-the-Art Overview |
Done |
| CDT Seminar | SoSe 24 | Evaluation and Usability Test of a Portal Supporting Digital Citizen Science | Done |
| ISSD Seminar | WS 23/24 | Generative AI for Graphical User Interface (GUI) Design: A State-of-the-Art Overview | Done |
| CDT Seminar | WS 23/24 | Engineering and Evaluation of Digital Participation Modules for KIT Research Projects | Done |
| ISSD Seminar | SoSe 23 | Current Status of Prototyping in User-Centered Software Development | Done |
| CDT Seminar | SoSe 23 | When and How do Novices Carry Our GUI Design Tasks | Done |
| CDT Seminar | WS 22/23 | Decoding Heat/Click Maps of Mobile Graphical User Interfaces | Done |
| CDT Seminar | WS 22/23 | Understanding Difficulties of Novice Users When Prototyping And Evaluating Guis | Done |
| CDT Seminar | SoSe 22 | Digital Citizen Participation in Research Projects: Engineering and Integration of a Research-Project-Creation and Management Interface for KIT Research Projects | Done |
| CDT Seminar | SoSe 22 | Digital Citizen Participation in Research Projects: Designing and Implementing a Profile Page for Digital Citizen Science | Done |
| Teamproject | WS 21/22 | Digital Citizen Participation in Research Projects: Engineering digitaler Beteiligungsmodule für KIT Forschungsprojekte | Done |
| ISSD Seminar | WS 21/22 | User Involvment in Requirements Engineering | Done |