TRR 318-2 - Project C04: Metaphors as an explanation tool
Explanations of abstract explananda (such as AI systems) need metaphors to relate new, abstract knowledge to more concrete concepts. In the first phase, we studied how metaphors highlight and hide aspects to foster understanding, how to model their agency structure, and how they are used for explaining. In the second, we will investigate how to ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
TRR 318-2 - Project C05: Creating explanations in collaborative human–machine knowledge exploration
C05 investigates how humans and AI systems can jointly explore a decision space to make an explainable and well-founded decision. We focus on diagnostic decision-making in medicine and combine empirical studies on physicians' exploration strategies and cognitive biases, as well as on assessments of ex-planations and argument strength, with the ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
TRR 318-2 - Project C07: Co-construction-following large language models for explaining
C07 studies the adjustment of LLM training processes and knowledge integration to enable the successful co-construction of explanations. Scaffolding and monitoring are operationalized via a novel fine-tuning process that teaches LLMs to explain dialogically while modeling dialog states. A novel co-construction-aware RAG approach exploits these ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
TRR 318-2 - Project INF: Retrieval-augmented information provision
INF provides foundations for all projects. These include services and infrastructure for data access, evaluation, and management as well as cross-cutting research questions. In the first funding period, the focus was on assessing the quality of explanations, modeling explanatory dialog sequences as well as ontology and tool development. In the ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
TRR 318-2 - Project WIKO: Questions about explainable technology
WIKO integrates AI explanation research with public outreach, now focusing on advancing eXplainable AI (XAI) Literacy to foster understanding and reflection on transparent AI. Through self conceptualized and conducted Co-Construction workshops (CCWS), participants from different public sectors actively engage with AI systems, promoting critical ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
TRR 318-2 - Project RTG: Integrated Research Training Group
The RTG structures the further training of early career researchers and prepares them for their interdisciplinary research work by familiarizing them with different scientific practices, disciplinary cultures, methods, attitudes and values and by fostering communication across disciplines or discourse communities including the public. The RTG aims ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
TRR 318-2 - Project Z: Central tasks of the Collaborative Research Center
Z is the central management hub of TRR 318: the project coordinates the budget, ensures internal communication, and organizes central events. In addition, Z pursues several missions aimed at best possible conditions, processes, and outcomes for the TRR’s research: offering an attractive interdisciplinary environment with empirical research support, ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 06/2029
KI-basierte Sprachmodelle an der Universit?t Paderborn: Ein Baustein auf dem Weg zu einer KI-Strategie
Mit dem Projekt soll ein weiterer Baustein auf dem Weg zu einer durablen KI-Strategie gelegt werden. Dazu baut die Universit?t Paderborn den bestehenden KI-Dienst AI-Chat.upb.de zur Produktreife aus und h?rtet das System für gr??ere Nutzerzahlen. Dazu wird die Inference-Infrastruktur erweitert, um KI breit in datenschutzrechtlich relevanten sowie ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 12/2027
Systematic Security Analyses of QUIC
Cryptographic protocols play a crucial role in securing the Internet. They are used, for example, to protect connections to websites, emails, and establishing secure messaging applications. To evaluate and strengthen cryptographic protocol implementations, research in the area of applied cryptographic attacks has been established. One prominent ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 12/2028
Towards Large-Scale Analyses of Censorship Circumvention Techniques for QUIC and DTLS
Various countries employ Internet censorship to restrict the network access of their residents. A common tactic for filtering web traffic is to block access to specific websites based on their domain names. For example, the Great Firewall of China (GFW), arguably the most sophisticated censor, filters widely used websites like wikipedia.org and ...
Duration: 01/2026 - 12/2028