3 papers
cs.CL2025
Machine Learning for Enhancing Deliberation in Online Political Discussions and Participatory Processes: A Survey
Maike Behrendt, Stefan Sylvius Wagner, Carina Weinmann +3
Political online participation in the form of discussing political issues and exchanging opinions among citizens is gaining importance with more and more formats being held digital…
cs.CL2025
MaxPoolBERT: Enhancing BERT Classification via Layer- and Token-Wise Aggregation
Maike Behrendt, Stefan Sylvius Wagner, Stefan Harmeling
The [CLS] token in BERT is commonly used as a fixed-length representation for classification tasks, yet prior work has shown that both other tokens and intermediate layers encode v…
cs.CL2024
Supporting Online Discussions: Integrating AI Into the adhocracy+ Participation Platform To Enhance Deliberation
Maike Behrendt, Stefan Sylvius Wagner, Mira Warne +3
Online spaces provide individuals with the opportunity to engage in discussions on important topics and make collective decisions, regardless of their geographic location or time z…