Research Areas
- Algorithmic research (e.g., interpretable machine learning algorithms)
- Design science research (e.g., trustworthy artificial intelligence systems)
- Behavioral research (e.g., user interaction with explainable and interpretable artificial intelligence)
Teaching
- Seminar Digitale Dienstleistungssysteme an der WiSo
- Forschungsmethodisches Seminar
- Process Analytics (Lecture)
CV
Work Experience
| Since 08/2018 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Researcher | Chair of Digital Industrial Service Systems |
| 09/2017 – 12/2017 | DATEV eG Working student | Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning |
| 05/2017 – 07/2017 | MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH Working student | Predictive Analytics |
| 03/2015 – 07/2015 | MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH Intern | Business Intelligence |
| 01/2014 – 10/2014 | DATEV eG Working student | Software Engineering |
| 08/2011 – 12/2013 | Ribe Holding GmbH & Co. KG Working student | Software Development in Systems Integration |
Education
| 08/2018 – 04/2022 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Doctoral Degree | Information Systems |
| 04/2016 – 06/2018 | University of Bamberg Master of Science | Information Systems |
| 10/2012 – 03/2016 | Ansbach University Bachelor of Arts | Information Systems |
| 09/2008 – 07/2011 | Ribe Holding GmbH & Co. KG IHK Professional Training | IT Merchant |
Publications
2025
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A technology-specific process mining maturity grid for manufacturing and logistics
In: International Journal of Production Research (2025)
ISSN: 0020-7543
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2025.2451810
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207543.2025.2451810 - , , , , :
Adaptive AI-based causal control: Toward an autonomous factory in solder paste printing
In: Computers in Industry (2025)
ISSN: 0166-3615
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2025.104256
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166361525000211 - , , , , , :
Challenging the performance-interpretability trade-off: An evaluation of interpretable machine learning models
In: Business & Information Systems Engineering (2025)
ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI: 10.1007/s12599-024-00922-2
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12599-024-00922-2 - , , , , :
CareerBERT: Matching resumes to ESCO jobs in a shared embedding space for generic job recommendations
In: Expert Systems With Applications 275 (2025), Article No.: 127043
ISSN: 0957-4174
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.127043 - , , , , , :
From source to target: Leveraging transfer learning for predictive process monitoring in organizations (Forthcoming)
In: Business & Information Systems Engineering (2025)
ISSN: 1867-0202 - , , :
Inherently interpretable machine learning: A contrasting paradigm to post-hoc explainable AI (Forthcoming)
In: Business & Information Systems Engineering (2025), p. 1 - 19
ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI: 10.1007/s12599-025-00964-0
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12599-025-00964-0
2024
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Interpretable generalized additive neural networks
In: European Journal of Operational Research (2024)
ISSN: 0377-2217
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.06.032
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221723005027 - , , , :
Machine learning in business process management: A systematic literature review
In: Expert Systems With Applications 253 (2024), Article No.: 124181
ISSN: 0957-4174
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124181
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957417424010479 - , , , , :
A machine learning framework for interpretable predictions in patient pathways: The case of predicting ICU admission for patients with symptoms of sepsis
In: Health Care Management Science 27 (2024), p. 136-167
ISSN: 1386-9620
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-024-09673-8
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10729-024-09673-8#article-info
2023
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Predictive end-to-end enterprise process network monitoring
In: Business & Information Systems Engineering (2023)
ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI: 10.1007/s12599-022-00778-4
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12599-022-00778-4
2022
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Detecting temporal workarounds in business processes – A deep-learning-based method for analysing event log data
In: Journal of Business Analytics 5 (2022), p. 76-100
ISSN: 2573-234X
DOI: 10.1080/2573234X.2021.1978337
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2573234X.2021.1978337
2021
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A technique for determining relevance scores of process activities using graph-based neural networks
In: Decision Support Systems 144 (2021), Article No.: 113511
ISSN: 0167-9236
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2021.113511
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016792362100021X
2020
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Exploring the effect of context information on deep learning business process predictions
In: Journal of Decision Systems (2020), p. 1-16
ISSN: 1246-0125
DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2020.1790183
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/12460125.2020.1790183 - , , , :
Explainable predictive business process monitoring using gated graph neural networks
In: Journal of Decision Systems (2020), p. 1-16
ISSN: 1246-0125
DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2020.1780780
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/12460125.2020.1780780
2025
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A Human-In-The-Loop Approach for Improving Fairness in Predictive Business Process Monitoring
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-02867-9_21 - , , , , , , :
FairLoop: Software Support for Human-Centric Fairness in Predictive Business Process Monitoring - , , , , , , :
Event Log Construction from Multimodel Data - A Reference Architecture for Exploiting Process Mining in IT Service Management
European Conference on Information Systems (Amman, Jordan)
In: Proceedings of the 33rd European Conference on Information Systems 2025
DOI: https://open.fau.de/handle/openfau/36267
URL: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2025/bus_analytics/bus_analytics/5
2024
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Towards automated business process redesign in runtime using generative machine learning
European Conference on Information Systems (Paphos, Cyprus)
In: Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Information Systems 2024 - , , , , :
Transfer Learning for Predictive Process Monitoring
European Conference on Information Systems (Paphos, Cyprus)
In: Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Information Systems 2024 - , , , , :
Predicting Customer Satisfaction in Service Processes Using Multilingual Large Language Models
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii)
In: Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024 - , , , , , :
Context-aware explanations of accurate predictions in service processes
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii)
In: Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024 - , , , , , :
How risky is my AI system? A method for transparent classification of AI system descriptions by regulated AI risk categories
International Conference on Information Systems (Bangkok, Thailand)
In: Proceedings of the 45th International Conference on Information Systems 2024
URL: https://open.fau.de/bitstreams/092b306d-86fb-420d-8ba1-57172d11611a/download
2023
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Driving context into text-to-text privatization
Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Toronto)
In: Association for Computational Linguistics (ed.): Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Trustworthy Natural Language Processing 2023
DOI: 10.18653/v1/2023.trustnlp-1.2
URL: https://aclanthology.org/2023.trustnlp-1.2 - , , :
Guiding text-to-text privatization by syntax
Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Toronto)
In: Association for Computational Linguistics (ed.): Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Trustworthy Natural Language Processing 2023
DOI: 10.18653/v1/2023.trustnlp-1.14
URL: https://aclanthology.org/2023.trustnlp-1.14/ - , , , :
Predictive Recommining: Learning relations between event log characteristics and machine learning approaches for supporting predictive process monitoring
International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (Zaragoza, 12. June 2023 - 16. June 2023)
In: Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering Forum 2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34674-3_9 - , , , , :
Best of both worlds: Combining predictive power with interpretable and explainable results for patient pathway prediction
European Conference on Information Systems (Kristiansand, 13. June 2023 - 16. June 2023)
In: Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Information Systems 2023
DOI: 10.25593/open-fau-1123
URL: https://open.fau.de/bitstreams/c8ea3d7e-7fb9-4932-9828-501af75d1f89/download
2022
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Text-aware predictive process monitoring with contextualized word embeddings
International Conference on Business Process Management (Münster)
In: Proceedings of the BPM 2022 International Workshops 2022
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25383-6_22 - , , , , :
A method for predicting workarounds in business processes
Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (Taipei-Sydney, 5. July 2022 - 9. July 2022)
In: Proceedings of the 25th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2022 - , , , , :
GAM(e) changer or not? An evaluation of interpretable machine learning models based on additive model constraints
European Conference on Information Systems (Timisoara, 5. July 2022 - 9. July 2022)
In: Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems 2022
2021
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The recomminder: A decision support tool for predictive business process monitoring
International Conference on Business Process Management (Rom)
In: Proceedings of the BPM 2021 Demonstration & Resources Track, Best BPM Dissertation Award, and Doctoral Consortium 2021 - , , , , , :
Bringing light into the darkness - A systematic literature review on explainable predictive business process monitoring techniques
European Conference on Information Systems (Marrakesch)
In: Proceedings of the 29th European Conference on Information Systems 2021 - :
Exploring gated graph sequence neural networks for predicting next process activities
International Conference on Business Process Management (Rom)
In: Proceedings of the BPM 2021 International Workshops. 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94343-1_3 - , , , , :
Predictive business process deviation monitoring
European Conference on Information Systems (Marrakesch)
In: Proceedings of the 29th European Conference on Information Systems 2021
2020
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Closing the gap between smart manufacturing applications and data management
International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) (Potsdam, 9. March 2020 - 11. March 2020)
In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) 2020
DOI: 10.30844/wi_2020_u1-marx
URL: https://library.gito.de/2021/07/wi2020-community-tracks-9/ - , , , , , :
Time matters: Time-aware LSTMs for predictive business process monitoring
International Conference on Process Mining (Padua, 4. October 2020 - 9. October 2020)
In: Proceedings of the ICPM 2020 International Workshops 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72693-5_9 - , , , :
Prescriptive business process monitoring for recommending next best actions
International Conference on Business Process Management (Sevilla, 13. September 2020 - 18. September 2020)
In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Business Process Management Forum 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58638-6_12
URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-58638-6_12.pdf - , , , :
A next click recommender system for web-based service analytics with context-aware LSTMs
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, 7. January 2020 - 10. January 2020)
In: Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2020
DOI: 10.24251/HICSS.2020.190
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/63929 - , , , , :
Detecting workarounds in business processes — A deep learning method for analyzing event logs
European Conference on Information Systems (Marrakesch, 15. June 2020 - 17. June 2020)
In: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems 2020
URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341180737_DETECTING_WORKAROUNDS_IN_BUSINESS_PROCESSES_-_A_DEEP_LEARNING_METHOD_FOR_ANALYZING_EVENT_LOGS - , , , , , :
XNAP: Making LSTM-based next activity predictions explainable by using LRP
International Conference on Business Process Management (Sevilla, 13. September 2020 - 18. September 2020)
In: Proceedings of the BPM 2020 International Workshops. 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66498-5_10 - , , , , :
From predictive to prescriptive process monitoring: Recommending the next best actions instead of calculating the next most likely events
Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (Potsdam, 8. March 2020 - 11. March 2020)
In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik 2020
DOI: 10.30844/wi_2020_c12-weinzierl
URL: https://library.gito.de/open-access-pdf/C12_Prescriptive_process_monitoring_-_a_technique_for_determining_next_best_actions_resub.pdf
2019
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Predictive business process monitoring with context information from documents
European Conference on Information Systems (Stockholm, 8. June 2019 - 14. June 2019)
In: Proceedings of the 27th European Conference on Information Systems 2019
URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333245929_PREDICTIVE_BUSINESS_PROCESS_MONITORING_WITH_CONTEXT_INFORMATION_FROM_DOCUMENTS
2024
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Recent Advances in Data-Driven Business Process Management
(2024)
Open Access: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01786
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01786
(online publication)
