Proseminar Enterprise Computing (SS 2025)

Enterprise computing is one of the applied computer sciences. It is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature, as it combines elements of business administration, computer science, engineering and behavioural sciences.

The subject of enterprise computing or Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) is information systems, often also referred to as information and communication systems, in business, public administration and private households. Information systems comprise human and machine components (subsystems). The term "information" makes it clear that the most important purpose of information systems is to provide information to users, be they people or machines, and to control operational activities with the help of information.

The focus is on the design, development, introduction, use and maintenance of application systems as well as the general management of information as a production factor. Enterprise computing performs an interface function between the often technically oriented core informatics and the application-oriented business administration. Its interdisciplinary character is reinforced by the inclusion of aspects of ergonomics, psychology, sociology and mathematics and technology.

This semester's topics will focus on the following areas of enterprise computing, for example:

1. Fairness advantages of XAI (Pauline Speckmann)
2. Transparency requirements of end users (Pauline Speckmann)
3. Metrics for AI accountability (Pauline Speckmann)
4. Transparency in self-learning AI systems (Seyyid A. Ciftci)
5. Trust and accountability in AI-supported systems in critical application areas (Seyyid A. Ciftci)
6. Fair and ethical decision-making processes in autonomous systems (Seyyid A. Ciftci)
7. The influence of resource allocation on the machine learning life cycle (Alexander van der Staay)
8. Individual, social and biospheric effects of foundation models (Alexander van der Staay)
9. Preventing the lock-in effect in the context of energy-intensive AI infrastructure (Alexander van der Staay)
10. AI Governance: From the EU AI Act to ISO/IEC 42001 and Beyond (Christian Janiesch)
11. MLOps: A Survey of Current Approaches (Christian Janiesch)
12. AI Maturity Models: Foundations, Current Approaches and the Road Ahead (Christian Janiesch)
13. Investigation of the relationship between explainable AI and cognitive load (Philip Stahmann)
14. Investigation of the effect of using LLMs on the cognitive load of users (Philip Stahmann)
15. Investigation of the Theory of Mind in the context of the use of LLMs (Philip Stahmann)
16. Affective computing for stress recognition: a systematic literature review (Maximilian Nebel)
17. State of research on automated real-time detection of cognitive load (Maximilian Nebel)
18. Design approach to increase the well-being of a worker in the IIoT (Maximilian Nebel)

It is generally advisable to take the modules Operational Information Systems and/or Business Process Management beforehand or in parallel. This makes it easier to familiarize yourself with many topics.

Learning objectives

In this seminar, you will acquire both specialist skills and key qualifications:

1. You will recognize the importance of socio-technical ways of thinking for the organization of operational information systems in companies.
2. You will learn about various topics of enterprise computing in order to be able to design enterprise computing yourself.
3. They learn to research and work scientifically and to put their thoughts precisely on paper.
4. They improve their communication skills in order to exchange and constructively discuss their scientifically based knowledge.

Procedure & structure

Please note the following information about the course:

• The course includes apresentation course.

• Topics will be assigned promptly (Zoom): at short notice via Zoom after assignment
• Binding registration for participation in the seminar: 1 week after topic allocation
• Standard deadline for submitting the papers before the presentation: probably week 24
• Presentations will take place in a block in presence: probably week 26

Permitted aids

You may use text generators such as ChatGPT in this seminar. However, you must mark these areas. Finally, the overall impression of your work will be assessed, regardless of how many lines you have written personally. Furthermore, you must, of course, pay attention to correct and precise source work.

Examination performance

You must complete the following tasks by the deadline:

1. 15 (text) pages of elaboration excluding bibliography and appendix
2. Presentation of 20 minutes + approx. 10 minutes discussion

Deviations from these requirements by more than 10% (2 pages) should be discussed in advance. You will find a format template and instructions for editing in the Moodle room after the assignment. They will be based on our guidelines for final theses.

The grade is made up of ⅔ elaboration and ⅓ presentation. Active participation in the discussion of other presentations regularly has a positive influence on the composition of the final grade.