Researchers from the CAIS research program “Design of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” – Prof. Dr. Hendrik Heuer, Dr. Aditya Kumar Purohit, Artur Solomonik, Besjon Cifliku, and Jasmin Baake – will participate in this year’s ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). With five peer-reviewed papers, three workshop contributions, and one panel participation, they contribute current research on digital public spheres, platform governance, artificial intelligence, and social media to the international discourse.
The CHI conference, taking place from April 26 to May 1, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan, is one of the world’s leading events in the field of human-computer interaction. It brings together researchers, designers, and practitioners from around the globe with diverse backgrounds and disciplines who are engaged in shaping digital technologies.
CAIS Researchers’ Contributions
The following papers involving CAIS researchers will be presented at CHI:
- “Lost in Moderation: How Commercial Content Moderation APIs Over- and Under-Moderate Group-Targeted Hate Speech and Linguistic Variations” (Full Paper)
Authors: David Hartmann (Weizenbaum Institute, TU Berlin), Amin Oueslati (Hertie School Berlin), Dimitri Staufer (TU Berlin), Lena Pohlmann (Weizenbaum Institute, TU Berlin), Simon Munzert (Hertie School Berlin), Hendrik Heuer (CAIS, University of Wuppertal)
Link to the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01623
At CHI 2025: Monday, April 28, 2025 | 2:58 PM
- “Social Media for Activists: Reimagining Safety, Content Presentation, and Workflows” (Full Paper)
Authors: Anna Ricarda Luther (Institute for Information Management Bremen GmbH, University of Bremen), Hendrik Heuer (CAIS), University of Wuppertal), Stephanie Geise (Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen), Sebastian Haunss (Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM), University of Bremen), Andreas Breiter (Institute for Information Management Bremen GmbH, University of Bremen)
Link to the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.12924
At CHI 2025: Monday, April 28, 2025 | 4:20 PM
- “Scrolling in the Deep: Analysing Contextual Influences on Intervention Effectiveness during Infinite Scrolling on Social Media” (Full Paper)
Authors: Luca Maxim Meinhardt (University of Ulm), Maryam Elhaidary (University of Ulm), Mark Colley (University of Ulm, UCL Interaction Centre, London), Michael Rietzler (University of Ulm), Jan Ole Rixen (University of Ulm, KIT), Aditya Kumar Purohit (CAIS), Enrico Rukzio (University of Ulm)
Link to the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.11814
At CHI 2025: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | 9:12 AM - “Social Media Journeys – Mapping Platform Migration” (Late Breaking Work)
Authors: Artur Solomonik (CAIS), Hendrik Heuer (CAIS, University of Wuppertal)
Link to the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.12924
At CHI 2025: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | 10:30 AM & 3:40 PM - “This could save us months of work” – Use Cases of AI and Automation Support in Investigative Journalism (Late Breaking Work)
Authors: Besjon Cifliku (CAIS), Hendrik Heuer (CAIS, University of Wuppertal)
Link to the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16011
At CHI 2025: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | 10:30 AM & 3:40 PM
The following workshop contributions by CAIS researchers will be presented at CHI:
At the workshop “News Futures: (Re-)Designing Socio-technical Systems for News Production and Consumption”, on Saturday, April 26, starting at 9:00 AM:
- “Human-AI News Interaction: Co-creating LLM-Based News Recommendations with People of the Working-Class”
Author: Jasmin Baake (CAIS) - “Supporting Investigative Reporting using Programming-by-Demonstration and Generative AI”
Author: Besjon Cifliku (CAIS)
At the workshop “Resisting AI Solutionism: Where Do We Go From Here?”, on Sunday, April 27, starting at 9:00 AM:
- “AI vs. Hate Speech: Why We Need User-Controlled Content Filtering”
Author: Anna Ricarda Luther (Externally supervised doctoral researcher at Institute for Information Management Bremen GmbH, University of Bremen under the supervision of Prof. Hendrik Heuer)
Panel Discussion with Prof. Dr. Hendrik Heuer
CAIS researcher Prof. Dr. Hendrik Heuer will also participate as a panelist in the News Futures workshop @ CHI 2025. In the opening panel, he will discuss current challenges in the digital news ecosystem and future perspectives for journalism together with media professionals and HCI researchers.