Jakob Schöffer, M.Sc.

Jakob Schöffer, M.Sc.

Activities

Jakob is a research associate at the Applied AI Lab within the Karlsruhe Service Research Institute (KSRI). His interests include:

  • Algorithmic Decision Making
  • Fairness and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (general)
  • Mathematical Optimization (general)

Please reach out if you are interested in writing a bachelor or master thesis on one of these topics.

Curriculum Vitae

Jakob earned his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In 2017, Jakob graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) with a master’s in Operations Research. Upon graduation, he joined IBM in Armonk, New York (USA), working as a data scientist. After more than 2 years with IBM, Jakob returned to KIT in October 2019, where he is now working towards his PhD.

Publications


2023
Book Chapters
An Empirical Evaluation of Predicted Outcomes as Explanations in Human-AI Decision-Making
Jakubik, J.; Schöffer, J.; Hoge, V.; Vössing, M.; Kühl, N.
2023. Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases – International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2022, Grenoble, France, September 19–23, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. Ed.: I. Koprinska, 353–368, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23618-1_24 
Conference Papers
Detecting Concept Drift With Neural Network Model Uncertainty
Baier, L.; Schlör, T.; Schöffer, J.; Kühl, N.
2023. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 
2022
Conference Papers
An Empirical Evaluation of Estimated Outcomes as Explanations in Human-AI Decision-Making
Jakubik, J.; Schöffer, J.; Hoge, V.; Vössing, M.; Kühl, N.
2022. European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases 
"There Is Not Enough Information": On the Effects of Explanations on Perceptions of Informational Fairness and Trustworthiness in Automated Decision-Making
Schöffer, J.; Kühl, N.; Machowski, Y.
2022. FAccT ’22: 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, Seoul Republic of Korea June 21 - 24, 2022, 1616–1628, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3531146.3533218 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
On the Relationship Between Explanations, Fairness Perceptions, and Decisions
Schoeffer, J.; De-Arteaga, M.; Kuehl, N.
2022. ACM CHI Workshop on Human-Centered Explainable AI (HCXAI), 12.-13. Mai 2022 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
A Human-Centric Perspective on Fairness and Transparency in Algorithmic Decision-Making
Schoeffer, J.
2022. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, 1–6, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3491101.3503811 
Perceptions of Fairness and Trustworthiness Based on Explanations in Human vs. Automated Decision-Making
Schoeffer, J.; Machowski, Y.; Kühl, N.
2022. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) : January 4-7, 2022, Hyatt Regency Maui, Hawaii, USA, 1095–1102, University of Hawai’i at Manoa / Hamilton Library. doi:10.24251/hicss.2022.134 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Utilizing Active Machine Learning for Quality Assurance: A Case Study of Virtual Car Renderings in the Automotive Industry
Hemmer, P.; Kühl, N.; Schöffer, J.
2022. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-55) 
2021
Conference Papers
Appropriate Fairness Perceptions? On the Effectiveness of Explanations in Enabling People to Assess the Fairness of Automated Decision Systems
Schoeffer, J.; Kuehl, N.
2021. Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’21 Companion), October 23–27, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. Ed.: J. Birnholtz, 153–157, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3462204.3481742 
A Study on Fairness and Trust Perceptions in Automated Decision Making
Schöffer, J.; Machowski, Y.; Kühl, N.
2021. Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI 2021 Workshops, April 13–17, 2021, College Station, USA, 170005, RWTH Aachen Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
A Ranking Approach to Fair Classification
Schöffer, J.; Kühl, N.; Valera, I.
2021. COMPASS ’21: Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies, June 28 - July 2, 2021, Virtual Event, Australia, 115–125, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3460112.3471950 
2020
Book Chapters
Service Analytics: Putting the “Smart” in Smart Services
Kühl, N.; Fromm, H.; Schöffer, J.; Satzger, G.
2020. Smart Service Management : Design Guidelines and Best Practices. Ed.: M. Maleshkova; N. Kühl, Axel Springer SE. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58182-4 
Conference Papers
Utilizing Adaptive AI-based Information Systems to Analyze the Effectiveness of Policy Measures in the Fight of COVID-19
Baier, L.; Schöffer, J.; Kühl, N.
2020. ICIS 2020 – Making Digital Inclusive: Blending the Local and the Global : December 13-16, 2020 
DEAL: Deep Evidential Active Learning for Image Classification
Hemmer, P.; Kühl, N.; Schöffer, J.
2020. 19th IEEE International Conference On Machine Learning And Applications, December, Miami, Florida, December 14-17, 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICMLA51294.2020.00141