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Publications (7)

cs.SE2024

Cracking the Code: Evaluating Zero-Shot Prompting Methods for Providing Programming Feedback

Niklas Ippisch, Anna-Carolina Haensch, Jan Simson +3

Despite the growing use of large language models (LLMs) for providing feedback, limited research has explored how to achieve high-quality feedback. This case study introduces an ev…

cs.HC2026

"Taking Stock at FAccT": Using Participatory Design to Co-Create a Vision for the Fairness, Accountability and Transparency Community

Shiran Dudy, Jan Simson, Yanan Long

As a relatively new forum, ACM FAccT has become a key space for activists and scholars to critically examine emerging AI and ML technologies. It brings together academics, civil so…

cs.CV2026

Evaluating Intellectual Property Guardrails of Generative Image Models: A Technical Report

Austin T. Hoag, Apostolos Modas, Yunhao Ba +9

Generative image models are capable of producing images that bear a strong resemblance to, or replicate, recognizable intellectual property (IP). In this technical report, we prese…

stat.ML2024

One Model Many Scores: Using Multiverse Analysis to Prevent Fairness Hacking and Evaluate the Influence of Model Design Decisions

Jan Simson, Florian Pfisterer, Christoph Kern

A vast number of systems across the world use algorithmic decision making (ADM) to (partially) automate decisions that have previously been made by humans. The downstream effects o…

cs.HC2025

Decoupling Data and Tooling in Interactive Visualization

Jan Simson

Interactive data visualization is a major part of modern exploratory data analysis, with web-based technologies enabling a rich ecosystem of both specialized and general tools. How…

cs.LG2024

Lazy Data Practices Harm Fairness Research

Jan Simson, Alessandro Fabris, Christoph Kern

Data practices shape research and practice on fairness in machine learning (fair ML). Critical data studies offer important reflections and critiques for the responsible advancemen…