Publications
Newspaper Signaling for Crisis Prediction
Saxena, P., Janzen, S., & Maass, W.
Proceedings of the 2024 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL): Human Language Technologies (Volume 3: System Demonstrations)
Demonstrates how newspaper signals can be leveraged for predicting crises using natural language processing techniques.
Plan Generation from Unstructured Documents Through Transformer-Based Extraction of Knowledge-Graphs
Maass, W.; Agnes, Cicy K.; and Harig, Amin
ECIS 2024
Planning for complex tasks is a key task for knowledge workers that is often time-consuming and depends on the manual extraction of knowledge from documents. In this research, we propose an end-to-end method, called PlanKG, that: (1) extracts knowledge graphs from full-text plan descriptions (FTPD); and (2) generates novel FTPD according to plan requirements and context information provided by users. From the knowledge graphs, activity sequences are obtained and projected into embedding spaces. We show that compressed activity sequences are sufficient for the search and generation of plan descriptions. The PlanKG method uses a pipeline consisting of decoder-only transformer models and encoder-only transformer models. To evaluate the PlanKG method, we conducted an experimental study for movie plot descriptions and compared our method with original FTPDs and FTPD summarizations. The results of this research has significant potential for enhancing efficiency and precision when searching and generating plans.
Planning for complex tasks is a key task for knowledge workers that is often time-consuming and depends on the manual extraction of knowledge from documents. In this research, we propose an end-to-end method, called PlanKG, that: (1) extracts knowledge graphs from full-text plan descriptions (FTPD); and (2) generates novel FTPD according to plan requirements and context information provided by users. From the knowledge graphs, activity sequences are obtained and projected into embedding spaces. We show that compressed activity sequences are sufficient for the search and generation of plan descriptions. The PlanKG method uses a pipeline consisting of decoder-only transformer models and encoder-only transformer models. To evaluate the PlanKG method, we conducted an experimental study for movie plot descriptions and compared our method with original FTPDs and FTPD summarizations. The results of this research has significant potential for enhancing efficiency and precision when searching and generating plans.
Public Transport in Rural Areas: Enabler or Disenabler of Mobility?
Wüttemberger, L., Janzen, S.
Proceedings of Wirtschaftsinformatik
Public transport can be a sustainable and efficient way to provide mobility. However, its use is declining while the number of car owners is escalating. Previous research overlooks the dual nature of public transport in rural areas, as it can be both a mobility enabler and disenabler, and the question of how digitalisation can influence this is also not sufficiently considered. This paper attempts to fill this gap through a comprehensive literature review, including the consideration of regional characteristics and system design. For this purpose, 21 papers were analysed and the challenges and opportunities for improving public transport in rural areas were identified. The findings underscore the need for holistic approaches integrating technological, organizational, and societal dimensions to maximize the benefits of rural public transport and address mobility challenges effectively.
Public transport can be a sustainable and efficient way to provide mobility. However, its use is declining while the number of car owners is escalating. Previous research overlooks the dual nature of public transport in rural areas, as it can be both a mobility enabler and disenabler, and the question of how digitalisation can influence this is also not sufficiently considered. This paper attempts to fill this gap through a comprehensive literature review, including the consideration of regional characteristics and system design. For this purpose, 21 papers were analysed and the challenges and opportunities for improving public transport in rural areas were identified. The findings underscore the need for holistic approaches integrating technological, organizational, and societal dimensions to maximize the benefits of rural public transport and address mobility challenges effectively.
Quantum Computing Enhanced Service Ecosystem for Simulation in Manufacturing
Maass, W., Agrawal, A., Ciani, A., Danz, S., Delgadillo, A., … & Wilhelm, F. K.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.10623. Published in: Künstl Intell (2024)
This paper explores the integration of quantum computing into service ecosystems to enhance manufacturing simulations.
Quantum Feature Embeddings for Graph Neural Networks
Xu, S., Wilhelm-Mauch, F., Maass, W.
HICSS 57/24. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-2024)
Introduces quantum feature embeddings for improving the performance of graph neural networks.
REAVER: Real-time Earthquake Prediction with Attention-based Sliding-Window Spectograms
Khaliq, L.A., Janzen, S., Maass, W.
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2024)
REAVER introduces an attention-based sliding-window spectogram approach for real-time earthquake prediction.
SACNN: Self Attention-based Convolutional Neural Network for Fraudulent Behaviour Detection in Sports
Rahman, M.R., Khaliq, L.A., Piper, T., Geyer, H., Equey, T., Baume, N., Aikin, R., Maass, W.
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 24)
This paper presents a Self Attention-based Convolutional Neural Network (SACNN) designed to detect fraudulent behavior in sports data.
Semantic Priming via Knowledge Graphs to Analyze and Treat Language Model’s Honest Lies
Agnes, C.K., Rahman, M.R., & Maass, W.
ICIS 2024 Proceedings
Uses semantic priming and knowledge graphs to address and mitigate errors in language models.
Towards Requirements Engineering for Quantum Computing Applications in Manufacturing
Stein, H., Schröder, S., Kienast, P., Kulig, M.
HICSS 57/24. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-2024)
Discusses the challenges and opportunities in requirements engineering for quantum computing in manufacturing.
Towards Sustainability of AI: A Systematic Review of Exisiting Life Cycle Assessment Approaches and Key Environmental Impact Parameters of Artificial Intelligence
Dokic, D., Groen, F., Maaß, W.
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Most people are aware of the huge benefits that Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings to humanity in terms of sustainable applications (AI for sustainability). Yet, the fewest face the environmental impacts caused by an AI over its complete lifecycle (Sustainability of AI), e.g., the energy consumption, regardless how beneficial its outputs are. This paper presents a systematic literature review on the existing approaches for conducting a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on AI applications, alongside the key factors influencing their environmental impact. The study identifies critical environmental impact drivers of an AI over its life cycle, like the energy and resource consumption of hardware devices which provide the needed computing power. It underscores the importance of a holistic LCA approach considering operational and embodied energy use and the lifecycle impacts of data centers and other physical devices required for AI. The results provide critical insights for stakeholders looking to assess and mitigate the environmental impact of AI applications.
Most people are aware of the huge benefits that Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings to humanity in terms of sustainable applications (AI for sustainability). Yet, the fewest face the environmental impacts caused by an AI over its complete lifecycle (Sustainability of AI), e.g., the energy consumption, regardless how beneficial its outputs are. This paper presents a systematic literature review on the existing approaches for conducting a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on AI applications, alongside the key factors influencing their environmental impact. The study identifies critical environmental impact drivers of an AI over its life cycle, like the energy and resource consumption of hardware devices which provide the needed computing power. It underscores the importance of a holistic LCA approach considering operational and embodied energy use and the lifecycle impacts of data centers and other physical devices required for AI. The results provide critical insights for stakeholders looking to assess and mitigate the environmental impact of AI applications.
Unleashing the Unpredictable: Generating Context-Driven Synthetic Black Swans
Abdel Khaliq, Lotfy; Janzen, Sabine; and Maass, Wolfgang
ICIS 2024
Introduces a framework for generating synthetic black swan events to model unpredictable crises.
A Proposal for Physics-Informed Quantum Graph Neural Networks for Simulating Laser Cutting Processes
Ruhi, Z. M., Stein, H., & Maass, W.
INFORMATIK 2023. Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn. {KI-basiertes} Management und Optimierung komplexer Systeme (MOC). Berlin. 26.-30. September 2023
This paper presents a novel approach for using quantum graph neural networks in simulating laser cutting processes.
ADA: Automatic Data Annotation for Data Ecosystems
Gdanitz, N., Janzen, S., Stein, H., Harig, A., Maass, W.
In: Proceedings of the ISWC 2023 Posters, Demos and Industry Tracks. International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC-2023), located at 22nd International Semantic Web Conference, November 6-10, Athens, Greece, Springer, 2023
ADA introduces a novel approach for automatic data annotation in data ecosystems.
Anticipating Energy-driven Crises in Process Industry by AI-based Scenario Planning
Janzen, S., Gdanitz, N., Khaliq, L., Munir, T., Franzius, C., Maass, W.
In: HICSS 56/23. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-2023), January 3-6, Maui, Hawaii, USA, HICSS, 2023
AI-based scenario planning to predict and address energy crises in process industries.
Cascading Scenario Technique Enabling Automated And Situation-based Crisis Management
Leachu, S., Janßen, J., Gdanitz, N., Kirchhöfer, M., Janzen, S., Stich, V.
In Proceedings of the Conference on Production Systems and Logistics. Conference on Production Systems and Logistics (CPSL-2023), February 28 – March 3, Santiago De Querétaro, Mexico, Publish.Ing, 2023
Introduces the cascading scenario technique for automating crisis management in production systems.