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most citedDataset Search In Biodiversity Research: Do Metadata In Data Repositories Reflect Scholarly Information Needs?

47 citations · 113 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cs.DB2026

Benchmarking Automated Knowledge Graph Construction from Semi-Structured Data

Tarek Al Mustafa, Birgitta König-Ries

Knowledge Graphs (KGs) play an increasingly important role in numerous applications ranging from traditional knowledge representation to serving as memory for LLMs to support downs…

cs.DB2025

A Framework for FAIR and CLEAR Ecological Data and Knowledge: Semantic Units for Synthesis and Causal Modelling

Lars Vogt, Birgitta König-Ries, Tim Alamenciak +5

Ecological research increasingly relies on integrating heterogeneous datasets and knowledge to explain and predict complex phenomena. Yet, differences in data types, terminology, a…

cs.CV2024★ 1 cited

Explainability of Deep Learning-Based Plant Disease Classifiers Through Automated Concept Identification

Jihen Amara, Birgitta König-Ries, Sheeba Samuel

While deep learning has significantly advanced automatic plant disease detection through image-based classification, improving model explainability remains crucial for reliable dis…

cs.CL2024

GerPS-Compare: Comparing NER methods for legal norm analysis

Sarah T. Bachinger, Christoph Unger, Robin Erd +4

We apply NER to a particular sub-genre of legal texts in German: the genre of legal norms regulating administrative processes in public service administration. The analysis of such…

cs.IR2024★ 1 cited

Harnessing multiple LLMs for Information Retrieval: A case study on Deep Learning methodologies in Biodiversity publications

Vamsi Krishna Kommineni, Birgitta König-Ries, Sheeba Samuel

Deep Learning (DL) techniques are increasingly applied in scientific studies across various domains to address complex research questions. However, the methodological details of th…

cs.CV2024

Enhancing Explainability in Multimodal Large Language Models Using Ontological Context

Jihen Amara, Birgitta König-Ries, Sheeba Samuel

Recently, there has been a growing interest in Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) due to their remarkable potential in various tasks integrating different modalities, such as…

cs.IR2024★ 2 cited

Evaluating the method reproducibility of deep learning models in the biodiversity domain

Waqas Ahmed, Vamsi Krishna Kommineni, Birgitta König-Ries +3

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing biodiversity research by enabling advanced data analysis, species identification, and habitats monitoring, thereby enhancing conserv…

cs.CL2024★ 46 cited

From human experts to machines: An LLM supported approach to ontology and knowledge graph construction

Vamsi Krishna Kommineni, Birgitta König-Ries, Sheeba Samuel

The conventional process of building Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs (KGs) heavily relies on human domain experts to define entities and relationship types, establish hierarchies,…

cs.IR2023

Reproducible Domain-Specific Knowledge Graphs in the Life Sciences: a Systematic Literature Review

Samira Babalou, Sheeba Samuel, Birgitta König-Ries

Knowledge graphs (KGs) are widely used for representing and organizing structured knowledge in diverse domains. However, the creation and upkeep of KGs pose substantial challenges.…

cs.CV2023★ 7 cited

Concept explainability for plant diseases classification

Jihen Amara, Birgitta König-Ries, Sheeba Samuel

Plant diseases remain a considerable threat to food security and agricultural sustainability. Rapid and early identification of these diseases has become a significant concern moti…

cs.DB2022★ 5 cited

Toward a Framework for Integrative, FAIR, and Reproducible Management of Data on the Dynamic Balance of Microbial Communities

Luiz Gadelha, Martin Hohmuth, Mahnoor Zulfiqar +5

The increasing volumes of data produced by high-throughput instruments coupled with advanced computational infrastructures for scientific computing have enabled what is often calle…

cs.LG2020★ 1 cited

Machine Learning Pipelines: Provenance, Reproducibility and FAIR Data Principles

Sheeba Samuel, Frank Löffler, Birgitta König-Ries

Machine learning (ML) is an increasingly important scientific tool supporting decision making and knowledge generation in numerous fields. With this, it also becomes more and more…

cs.CY2020

ReproduceMeGit: A Visualization Tool for Analyzing Reproducibility of Jupyter Notebooks

Sheeba Samuel, Birgitta König-Ries

Computational notebooks have gained widespread adoption among researchers from academia and industry as they support reproducible science. These notebooks allow users to combine co…

cs.AI2020★ 3 cited

Towards Building Knowledge by Merging Multiple Ontologies with CoMerger: A Partitioning-based Approach

Samira Babalou, Birgitta König-Ries

Ontologies are the prime way of organizing data in the Semantic Web. Often, it is necessary to combine several, independently developed ontologies to obtain a knowledge graph fully…

cs.IR2020★ 47 cited

Dataset Search In Biodiversity Research: Do Metadata In Data Repositories Reflect Scholarly Information Needs?

Felicitas Löffler, Valentin Wesp, Birgitta König-Ries +1

The increasing amount of research data provides the opportunity to link and integrate data to create novel hypotheses, to repeat experiments or to compare recent data to data colle…