Project A01: Adaptive explanation generation
In Project A01, researchers from linguistics, psychology, and computer science are studying two types of adaptation: cognitive adaptivity and interactive adaptivity. Cognitive adaptivity refers to how the explainer perceives their counterpart, and how this changes during the explanatory process. This is referred to as the partner model. Interactive adaptivity refers to how the explainer adjusts their form of explanations as the dialogue unfolds.
The team is complementing the partner model with a self-model and investigating the extent to which these are explicitly verbalized in interactive strategies (e.g., metacommunication) that are implemented in a model for computer-based generation of explanations (conversational XAI system).In the current funding phase, the team is complementing the partner model with a self-model, including one's current role in the dialogic explanation, and investigating the extent to which these are explicitly verbalized in interactive strategies (e.g., metacommunication). These processes of cognitive and interactive adaptivity are implemented in a model for computer-based generation of explanations in order to enable conversational XAI systems to respond flexibly and effectively to different explanation situations.
Research areas: Psychology, Computer science, Linguistics
Support Staff
Vincent Emmerling. Bielefeld University
Paula Herrmann, Paderborn University
Marie Weise, Paderborn University
Former Members
Amelie Robrecht, Research associate
Erick Kiprop Ronoh, Research associate
Posters
Conference-Poster presented at CogSci 2024 of the publication "Changes in Partner Models - Effects of Adaptivity in the Course of Explanations" by Heike M. Buhl, Josephine B. Fisher and Katharina J. Rohlfing.
Conference-Poster presented at 4th Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction with the title "Substantiveness in explanation" by Josephine B. Fisher.
Publikationen
Incremental communication
B. Wrede, H. Buschmeier, K.J. Rohlfing, M. Booshehri, A. Grimminger, in: K.J. Rohlfing, K. Främling, S. Alpsancar, K. Thommes, B.Y. Lim (Eds.), Social Explainable AI, Springer, 2026, pp. 227–245.
Timing and synchronization of multimodal signals in explanations
P. Wagner, S. Kopp, in: K.J. Rohlfing, K. Främling, S. Alpsancar, K. Thommes, B.Y. Lim (Eds.), Social Explainable AI, Springer, 2026, pp. 433–446.
Components of an explanation for co-constructive sXAI
A.-L. Vollmer, H.M. Buhl, R. Alami, K. Främling, A. Grimminger, M. Booshehri, A.-C. Ngonga Ngomo, in: K.J. Rohlfing, K. Främling, S. Alpsancar, K. Thommes, B.Y. Lim (Eds.), Social Explainable AI, Springer, 2026, pp. 39–53.
Practices: How to establish an explaining practice
K.J. Rohlfing, A.-L. Vollmer, A. Grimminger, in: K. Rohlfing, K. Främling, K. Thommes, S. Alpsancar, B.Y. Lim (Eds.), Social Explainable AI, Springer, 2026.
Applications of video-recall for the assessment of understanding and knowledge in explanatory contexts
S.T. Lazarov, M. Schaffer, V. Gladow, H. Buschmeier, A. Grimminger, H.M. Buhl, (n.d.).
SemDial 2025 – Bialogue. Proceedings of the 29th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue
N. Ilinykh, A. Robrecht, S. Kopp, H. Buschmeier, eds., SemDial 2025 – Bialogue. Proceedings of the 29th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, Bielefeld, Germany, 2025.
The Dual Nature as a Local Context to Explore Verbal Behaviour in Game Explanations
J.B. Fisher, L. Terfloth, in: Proceedings of the 29th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (SemDial 2025), 2025.
Role Perception Questionnaire: Co-construction. Scales manual
H.M. Buhl, J.B. Fisher, K.J. Rohlfing, Role Perception Questionnaire: Co-Construction. Scales Manual, OSF, 2025.
TRR 318, Project A01, WP 2.1. Scales manual
H.M. Buhl, P. Herrmann, D.X. Bolinger, TRR 318, Project A01, WP 2.1. Scales Manual, OSF, 2025.
TRR 318, Project A01, WP 2.2. Scales manual
H.M. Buhl, P. Herrmann, D.X. Bolinger, TRR 318, Project A01, WP 2.2. Scales Manual, OSF, 2025.
Explanation needs and ethical demands: unpacking the instrumental value of XAI
S. Alpsancar, H.M. Buhl, T. Matzner, I. Scharlau, AI and Ethics 5 (2025) 3015–3033.
Forms of Understanding for XAI-Explanations
H. Buschmeier, H.M. Buhl, F. Kern, A. Grimminger, H. Beierling, J.B. Fisher, A. Groß, I. Horwath, N. Klowait, S.T. Lazarov, M. Lenke, V. Lohmer, K. Rohlfing, I. Scharlau, A. Singh, L. Terfloth, A.-L. Vollmer, Y. Wang, A. Wilmes, B. Wrede, Cognitive Systems Research 94 (2025).
Integrating Representational Gestures into Automatically Generated Embodied Explanations and its Effects on Understanding and Interaction Quality
A. Robrecht, H. Voss, L. Gottschalk, S. Kopp, ArXiv:2406.12544 (2024).
Changes in partner models – Effects of adaptivity in the course of explanations
H.M. Buhl, J.B. Fisher, K. Rohlfing, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 46 (2024).
Explain with, rather than explain to: How explainees shape their own learning
J.B. Fisher, K.J. Rohlfing, E. Donnellan, A. Grimminger, Y. Gu, G. Vigliocco, Interaction Studies 25 (2024) 244–255.
SNAPE: A Sequential Non-Stationary Decision Process Model for Adaptive Explanation Generation
A. Robrecht, S. Kopp, in: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2023.
A Study on the Benefits and Drawbacks of Adaptivity in AI-generated Explanations
A. Robrecht, M. Rothgänger, S. Kopp, in: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, ACM, 2023.
SNAPE: A Sequential Non-Stationary Decision Process Model for Adaptive Explanation Generation
A. Robrecht, S. Kopp, in: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2023, pp. 48–58.
Exploring the Semantic Dialogue Patterns of Explanations – a Case Study of Game Explanations
J.B. Fisher, A. Robrecht, S. Kopp, K.J. Rohlfing, in: Proceedings of the 27th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue , 2023.
Which “motionese” parameters change with children's age? Disentangling attention-getting from action-structuring modifications
K. Rohlfing, A.-L. Vollmer, J. Fritsch, B. Wrede, Frontiers in Communication 7 (2022).
Exploring monological and dialogical phases in naturally occurring explanations
J.B. Fisher, V. Lohmer, F. Kern, W. Barthlen, S. Gaus, K. Rohlfing, KI - Künstliche Intelligenz 36 (2022) 317–326.
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