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Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly acting as collaborative writing partners, raising questions about their impact on human agency. In this exploratory work, we investigate five "dark patterns" in human-AI co-creativity -- subtle…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Zhu Li , Jiaming Qu , Yuan Chang

Ontologies are a popular way of representing domain knowledge, in particular, knowledge in domains related to life sciences. (Semi-)automating the process of building an ontology has attracted researchers from different communities into a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Ana Ozaki

The use of ontologies and taxonomies contributes by providing means to define concepts, minimize the ambiguity, improve the interoperability and manage knowledge of the security domain. Thus, this paper presents a literature survey on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-06-30 Ferrucio de Franco Rosa , Rodrigo Bonacin , Mario Jino

Interoperability issues concerning observational data have gained attention in recent times. Automated data integration is important when it comes to the scientific analysis of observational data from different sources. However, it is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-29 Trupti Padiya , Frank Löffler , Friederike Klan

Dark patterns, which are user interface designs in online services, induce users to take unintended actions. Recently, dark patterns have been raised as an issue of privacy and fairness. Thus, a wide range of research on detecting dark…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Yuki Yada , Jiaying Feng , Tsuneo Matsumoto , Nao Fukushima , Fuyuko Kido , Hayato Yamana

Online services pervasively employ manipulative designs (i.e., dark patterns) to influence users to purchase goods and subscriptions, spend more time on-site, or mindlessly accept the harvesting of their personal data. To protect users from…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Kerstin Bongard-Blanchy , Arianna Rossi , Salvador Rivas , Sophie Doublet , Vincent Koenig , Gabriele Lenzini

Over the past decade, HCI researchers, design researchers, and practitioners have increasingly addressed ethics-focused issues through a range of theoretical, methodological and pragmatic contributions to the field. While many forms of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-08-29 Shruthi Sai Chivukula , Ziqing Li , Anne C. Pivonka , Jingning Chen , Colin M. Gray

We propose a set of compositional design patterns to describe a large variety of systems that combine statistical techniques from machine learning with symbolic techniques from knowledge representation. As in other areas of computer science…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-05-30 Frank van Harmelen , Annette ten Teije

Ontology is a popular method for knowledge representation in different domains, including the legal domain, and description logics (DL) is commonly used as its description language. To handle reasoning based on inconsistent DL-based legal…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Zhe Yu , Yiwei Lu

Processes, workflows and guidelines are core to ensure the correct functioning of industrial companies: for the successful operations of factory lines, machinery or services, often industry operators rely on their past experience and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Valentina Anita Carriero , Mario Scrocca , Ilaria Baroni , Antonia Azzini , Irene Celino

Software development, often perceived as a technical endeavor, is fundamentally a social activity requiring collaboration among team members. Acknowledging this, the software development community has devised strategies to address possible…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Mikhail Evtikhiev , Ekaterina Koshchenko , Vladimir Kovalenko

Throughout the past decade, research in HCI has identified numerous instances of dark patterns in digital interfaces. These efforts have led to a well-fostered typology describing harmful strategies users struggle to navigate. However, an…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Thomas Mildner , Albert Inkoom , Rainer Malaka , Jasmin Niess

Modern computer systems are ubiquitous in contemporary life yet many of them remain opaque. This poses significant challenges in domains where desiderata such as fairness or accountability are crucial. We suggest that the best strategy for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Sara Mann , Barnaby Crook , Lena Kästner , Astrid Schomäcker , Timo Speith

Disinformation spreads among the public and in scientific discourse through the actions of individuals, organizations, and governments that distort scholarly communications, media narratives, and institutional trust. This taxonomy…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Leslie D. McIntosh , William White , Cynthia Hudson Vitale

In the past two decades, most research on anomaly detection has focused on improving the accuracy of the detection, while largely ignoring the explainability of the corresponding methods and thus leaving the explanation of outcomes to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Zhong Li , Yuxuan Zhu , Matthijs van Leeuwen

Dark patterns are interface designs that nudge users towards behavior that is against their best interests. Since humans are often not even aware that they are influenced by these malicious patterns, research has to identify ways to protect…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Philip Hausner , Michael Gertz

Ontology can be seen as a formal representation of knowledge. They have been investigated in many artificial intelligence studies including semantic web, software engineering, and information retrieval. The aim of ontology is to develop…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Fouzi Harrag , Abdullah Al-Nasser , Abdullah Al-Musnad , Rayan Al-Shaya

Dark patterns utilize interface elements to trick users into performing unwanted actions. Online shopping websites often employ these manipulative mechanisms so as to increase their potential customer base, to boost their sales, or to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Christian Voigt , Stephan Schlögl , Aleksander Groth

Generic ontologies were introduced as an extension (Generic DOL) of the Distributed Ontology, Modeling and Specification Language, DOL, with the aim to provide a language for Generic Ontology Design Patterns. In this paper we present a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-06-17 Mihai Codescu , Bernd Krieg-Brückner , Till Mossakowski

Human knowledge is made up of the conceptual structures of many communities of interest. In order to establish coherence in human knowledge representation, it is important to enable communication between the conceptual structures of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Robert E. Kent