Research Interest

My research interest focuses on human-centered AI. A major challenge in this area is that with an increasing complexity of AI systems, their predictions and decisions are not always fully explainable to users. How can transparency, a requirement for the responsible use of AI, nevertheless be ensured and which user needs (e.g. usability, trust, etc.) are thereby taken into account? Such questions fascinate me and are a focus of my research.

Publications

Conference Proceedings

2023

• Scharowski, N., Benk, M., Kühne, S. J., Wettstein, L., & Brühlmann, F. (2023). Certification Labels for Trustworthy AI: Insights From an Empirical Mixed-Method Study. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 248–260. https://doi.org/10.1145/3593013.3593994

  @inproceedings{10.1145/3593013.3593994,
    author = {Scharowski, Nicolas and Benk, Michaela and K\"{u}hne, Swen J. and Wettstein, L\'{e}ane and Br\"{u}hlmann, Florian},
    title = {Certification Labels for Trustworthy AI: Insights From an Empirical Mixed-Method Study},
    year = {2023},
    isbn = {9798400701924},
    publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
    address = {New York, NY, USA},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3593013.3593994},
    doi = {10.1145/3593013.3593994},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency},
    pages = {248–260},
    numpages = {13},
    keywords = {Label, AI, Audit, Seal, Trustworthy, Trust, User study, Documentation, Certification},
    location = {Chicago, IL, USA},
    series = {FAccT '23}
  }
  
  

• Scharowski, N., Perrig, S. A. C., Svab, M., Opwis, K., & Brühlmann, F. (2023). Exploring the effects of human-centered AI explanations on trust and reliance. Frontiers in Computer Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1151150

  @inproceedings{10.3389/fcomp.2023.1151150,
    author = {Scharowski, Nicolas and Perrig, Sebastian A. C. and Svab, Melanie and Opwis, Klaus and Brühlmann, Florian},
    title = {Exploring the effects of human-centered AI explanations on trust and reliance},
    year = {2023},
    publisher = {Frontiers in Computer Science},
    journal = {Frontiers in Computer Science},
    url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1151150},
    doi = {10.3389/fcomp.2023.1151150},
    issn = {2624-9898}
  }
  
  

2022

• Scharowski, N., Perrig, S. A. C., von Felten, N., & Brühlmann, F. (2022). Trust and Reliance in XAI–Distinguishing Between Attitudinal and Behavioral Measures. CHI 2022 TRAIT Workshop on Trust and Reliance in AI-Human Teams. https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.12318

  @inproceedings{scharowski2022trust,
    title = {Trust and Reliance in XAI--Distinguishing Between Attitudinal and Behavioral Measures},
    author = {Scharowski, Nicolas and Perrig, Sebastian A. C. and von Felten, Nick and Br{\"u}hlmann, Florian},
    booktitle = {CHI 2022 TRAIT Workshop on Trust and Reliance in AI-Human Teams},
    url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.12318},
    year = {2022}
  }
  
  

2021

• Scharowski, N., Opwis, K., & Brühlmann, F. (2021). Empirical hints of cognitive biases despite human-centered AI explanations. CHI 2021 Workshop: Operationalizing Human-Centered Perspectives in Explainable AI.

  @inproceedings{bruhlmann_online_2021,
    author = {Scharowski, Nicolas and Opwis, Klaus and Brühlmann, Florian},
    booktitle = {CHI 2021 Workshop: Operationalizing Human-Centered Perspectives in Explainable AI},
    title = {Empirical hints of cognitive biases despite human-centered AI explanations},
    year = {2021},
    url2 = {https://www.dropbox.com/s/jdlxja97k192rsx/HCXAI2021_paper_6.pdf?dl=0}
  }
  
  

masterthesis

2020

• Scharowski, N. (2020). Transparency and trust in AI: Measuring the effect of human-friendly AI explanations on objective and subjective trust.

  @masterthesis{Scharowski_AI_2020,
    author = {Scharowski, N.},
    keywords = {master thesis},
    title = {Transparency and trust in AI: Measuring the effect of human-friendly
    	AI explanations on objective and subjective trust.},
    url2 = {/MA/2020_Scharowski.pdf},
    year = {2020}
  }
  
  

bachelorthesis

2018

• Scharowski, N. (2018). Gamification: From emerging conceptualization to coexisting explanatory models in the context of education.

  @bachelorthesis{scharowski_gamification_2018,
    author = {Scharowski, N.},
    keywords = {bachelor thesis},
    title = {Gamification: From emerging conceptualization to coexisting explanatory models in the context of education.},
    url2 = {/BA/2018_Scharowski.pdf},
    year = {2018}
  }