Jakob Richard Christian Droste , M. Sc. – Institut für Praktische Informatik

Deters H, Droste J, Obaidi M, Schneider K. Exploring the means to measure explainability: Metrics, heuristics and questionnaires. Information and Software Technology. 2025 Mai;181:107682. Epub 2025 Feb 8. doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2025.107682

Deters H, Reinhardt L, Droste J, Obaidi M, Schneider K. Identifying Explanation Needs: Towards a Catalog of User-based Indicators. in Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2025. IEEE Computer Society. 2025. S. 31-42. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering). doi: 10.1109/RE63999.2025.00014

Droste J, Deters H, Obaidi M, Klünder J, Schneider K. Framing what can be explained: an operational taxonomy for explainability needs. Requirements engineering. 2025 Jun;30(2):195-217. Epub 2025 Mär 25. doi: 10.1007/s00766-025-00440-x

Fuchs R, Droste J, Dockhorn A. How Do Players Perceive Gender Discrimination? On the Differences of Harassment in Online Games. in Proceedings of the IEEE 2025 Conference on Games, CoG 2025. IEEE Computer Society. 2025. (IEEE Conference on Computatonal Intelligence and Games, CIG). doi: 10.1109/CoG64752.2025.11114288

Obaidi M, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Schneider K, Klünder J et al. Automatic Generation of Explainability Requirements and Software Explanations From User Reviews. in Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. S. 49-58. (Proceedings - IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00011

Obaidi M, Deters H, Droste J, Herrmann M, Schneider K, Voß N et al. Automating Explanation Need Management in App Reviews: A Case Study from the Navigation App Industry. in Proceedings - 2025 IEEE/ACM 47th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, ICSE-SEIP 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. S. 653-663 doi: 10.1109/ICSE-SEIP66354.2025.00063, 10.48550/arXiv.2501.08087

Obaidi M, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Klünder J, Schneider K. Do Users’ Explainability Needs in Software Change with Mood? in Hess A, Susi A, Hrsg., Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. S. 56-71. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_5, 10.48550/arXiv.2502.06546

Obaidi M, Qengaj K, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Schmid E et al. From App Features to Explanation Needs: Analyzing Correlations and Predictive Potential. in Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. S. 99-106. (Proceedings - IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops). doi: 10.1109/REW66121.2025.00017, 10.48550/arXiv.2508.03881

Obaidi M, Fischbach J, Herrmann M, Deters H, Droste J, Klünder J et al. How Does Users’ App Knowledge Influence the Preferred Level of Detail and Format of Software Explanations? in Hess A, Susi A, Hrsg., Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. S. 106-122. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_8, 10.48550/arXiv.2502.06549

Obaidi M, Droste J, Deters H, Herrmann M, Ochsner R, Schneider K et al. How to Elicit Explainability Requirements? A Comparison of Interviews, Focus Groups, and Surveys: A Comparison of Interviews, Focus Groups, and Surveys. in Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2025. IEEE Computer Society. 2025. S. 167-178. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering). doi: 10.1109/RE63999.2025.00025, 10.48550/arXiv.2505.23684

Deters H, Droste J, Obaidi M, Schneider K. How Explainable Is Your System? Towards a Quality Model for Explainability. in Mendez D, Mendez D, Moreira A, Moreira A, Hrsg., Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 30th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2024, Proceedings. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 2024. S. 3-19. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-57327-9_1

Deters H, Droste J, Schneider K. On the Pulse of Requirements Elicitation: Physiological Triggers and Explainability Needs. in REFSQ Co-Located Events 2024: Joint Proceedings of REFSQ-2024 Workshops, Doctoral Symposium, Posters & Tools Track, and Education and Training Track co-located with the 30th International Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2024). Band 3672. 2024. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).

Deters H, Droste J, Hess A, Klös V, Schneider K, Speith T et al. The X Factor: On the Relationship between User eXperience and eXplainability. in NordiCHI '24: Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 2024. 19 Epub 2024 Okt 13. doi: 10.1145/3679318.3685352

Droste J, Fuchs R, Deters H, Klunder J, Schneider K. Explainability Requirements for Time Series Forecasts: A Study in the Energy Domain. in Liebel G, Hadar I, Spoletini P, Hrsg., Proceedings : 32nd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2024. IEEE Computer Society. 2024. S. 229-239. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering). doi: 10.1109/RE59067.2024.00030

Droste J, Deters H, Obaidi M, Schneider K. Explanations in Everyday Software Systems: Towards a Taxonomy for Explainability Needs. in Liebel G, Hadar I, Spoletini P, Hrsg., 2024 IEEE 32nd International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE). 2024. S. 55-66. (IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering). Epub 2024 Apr 25. doi: 10.1109/RE59067.2024.00016, 10.48550/arXiv.2404.16644

Droste J, Klös V, Schwammberger M, Speith T. International Workshop on Explainability Engineering (ExEn). in Proceedings - 2024 Workshop on Explainability Engineering, ExEn 2024. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2024. S. VI-VII

Droste J, Deters H, Fuchs R, Schneider K. Peeking Outside the Black-Box: AI Explainability Requirements beyond Interpretability. in Joint Proceedings of REFSQ-2024 Workshops, Doctoral Symposium, Posters & Tools Track, and Education and Training Track co-located with the 30th International Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2024). Band 3672. 2024. (Ceur Workshop Proceedings).

Nagel L, Droste J, Hess A, Schneider K. Paving the Way Towards an Effective Vision Video Usage: An Exploratory Study. in Liebel G, Hadar I, Spoletini P, Hrsg., Proceedings : 32nd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2024. IEEE Computer Society. 2024. S. 404-415. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering). doi: 10.1109/RE59067.2024.00048

Brunotte W, Droste JRC, Schneider K. Context, Content, Consent: How to Design User-Centered Privacy Explanations. in Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. San Francisco, USA. 2023. S. 86-89. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE). doi: 10.18293/SEKE2023-032

Deters HL, Droste JRC, Schneider K. A Means to what End? Evaluating the Explainability of Software Systems using Goal-Oriented Heuristics. in EASE '23: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering. 2023. S. 329-338. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3593434.3593444

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