Research

DFG Project: Objective Argument Summarization in Search (OASiS): [2021 - 2024]
Research on the summarization of argumentative texts with special emphasis on rendering the summaries neutral.
Partners: H. Wachsmuth (Paderborn University)

BMBF Project: Shared Tasks as an innovative approach to implement AI and Big Data-based applications within universities (SharKI): Subproject on shared tasks for computer science and from a didactics perspective. [2021 - 2024]
Research on shared tasks as a learning exercise for undergraduate students and their didactic value.
Partners: S. Hofmann (Leipzig University), B. Stein (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar), J. Frochte (Bochum University of Applied Sciences)

BMBF Project: Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI): Subprojects on bias analytics, and web mining and crowdsourcing for scalable training data acquisition. [2019 - 2022]
Research on bias in machine learning-based systems and on the large-scale acquisition of training data through distant supervision.
Partners: 14 partners at Leipzig University and Dresden University

BMBF Project: Agile-AI – Agile Development of AI Systems: An Experiment Platform for Research, Education and Practice [2019 - 2023]
Development of an AI laboratory that allows for the cloud-based experimentation with AI systems and their evaluation.
Partners: N. Siegmund (Leipzig University), B. Stein (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

BMBF Project: Phoenix – Scientific Authorship in Flux: Development of new Performance Criteria in Science [2019 - 2022]
Analyzing today's best practices in assigning authorship to scientific papers, and development of new indicators to measure scientific contribution.
Partners: C. Schendzielorz (DZHW), B. Stein (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

BMBF Project: Scalable Data Services 2 (ScaDS 2): Subproject on intelligent text analysis with applications in the Digital Huamnities [2018 - 2021]
Research on text reuse and its detection, especially regarding cases of summarization.
Partners: 16 partners at Leipzig University and Dresden University

Cooperation with the DLR Data Science Institute: Reliability and Quality in Social Media [2018 - 2021]
Effective and efficient analysis of social media data such as Twitter news, Facebook posts, or Instagram messages regarding information quality and trust.
Partners: B. Stein (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

BMBF Project: The Immersive Web Observatory [2017 - today]
Exploiting the Internet Archive's web archive for smart and immersive applications in economy, society, and science.
Partners: B. Stein, B. Fröhlich (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar), M. Hagen (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)