Understanding

The synthesis group Understanding deals with the concept of understanding and its meaning in the context of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). Its focus is on the distinction between two main aspects of understanding as a result of the explanation process: comprehension ("knowing that") and enabledness ("knowing how"). The group also differentiates between shallow and deep understanding. As part of their interdisciplinary research, which combines computer science, linguistics, sociology and psychology, a definition of understanding and its forms, as well as its evaluation and dynamics in everyday life, is being investigated.

Con­tact Per­sons

Hendrik Buschmeier

Member - Professor - Project Leader A02, B07

Phone: +49 521 10612171
E-mail: hbuschme@uni-bielefeld.de

Heike M. Buhl

Member - Professor - Project Leader A01, A04

Office: H4.122
Phone: +49 5251 60-2897
E-mail: heike.buhl@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Friederike Kern

Member - Professor - Project Leader A04, B07

Phone: +49 521 1063711
E-mail: friederike.kern@uni-bielefeld.de

Mem­bers

Angela Grimminger

Member - Project Leader A02

Office: TP6.2.305
Phone: +49 5251 60-4310
E-mail: angela.grimminger@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Helen Beierling

Member - Postdoctoral Researcher B05

Phone: +49 521 10686521
E-mail: helen.beierling@uni-bielefeld.de

Josephine Beryl Fisher

Member - Postdoctoral Researcher A01

Office: ZM2.B.02.26
E-mail: josephine.beryl.fisher@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

André Groß

Member - Doctoral Researcher A05

Phone: +49 521 10667952
E-mail: agross@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de

Nils Klowait

Member - Doctoral Researcher Ö

Office: Y2.222
Phone: +49 5251 60-5162
E-mail: nils.klowait@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Stefan Lazarov

Member - Postdoctoral Researcher A02

Office: ZM2.B.02.41
E-mail: stefan.lazarov@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Michael Lenke

Member - Doctoral Researcher WIKO

Office: F2.201
Phone: +49 5251 60-6484
E-mail: michael.lenke@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Vivien Lohmer

Member - Doctoral Researcher A04

Phone: +49 521 10612132
E-mail: vivien.lohmer@uni-bielefeld.de

Katharina Rohlfing

Speaker - Project Leader A01, A05, Z

Office: TP6.2.304
Phone: +49 5251 60-5717
E-mail: katharina.rohlfing@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Ingrid Scharlau

Member - Project Leader C01, C04, RTG

Office: H4.129
Phone: +49 5251 60-2900
E-mail: ingrid.scharlau@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Amit Singh

Member - Doctoral Researcher A05

Office: ZM2.B.02.26
E-mail: amit.singh@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Lutz Terfloth

Member - Doctoral Researcher A04

Office: F2.416
Phone: +49 5251 60-6603
E-mail: lutz.terfloth@uni-paderborn.de
Web: Homepage

Anna-Lisa Vollmer

Member - Project Leader B05

Phone: +49 521 10667884
E-mail: anna-lisa.vollmer@uni-bielefeld.de

Yu Wang

Member - Doctoral Researcher A02, B07

Phone: +49 521 1063622
E-mail: y.wang@uni-bielefeld.de

Annedore Wilmes

Member - Doctoral Researcher C04

Web: Homepage

Britta Wrede

Member - Project Leader A03, A05, WIKO

Phone: +49 521 10667885
E-mail: bwrede@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de

Pub­lic­a­tions

Forms of Understanding of XAI-Explanations

H. Buschmeier, H.M. Buhl, F. Kern, A. Grimminger, H. Beierling, J. Fisher, A. Groß, I. Horwath, N. Klowait, S. Lazarov, M. Lenke, V. Lohmer, K. Rohlfing, I. Scharlau, A. Singh, L. Terfloth, A.-L. Vollmer, Y. Wang, A. Wilmes, B. Wrede, ArXiv:2311.08760 (2023).


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Par­ti­cip­at­ing Pro­jects

A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, B05, C01, C04, Ö