Aaron Witzki

M.Sc. Business Information Systems

Biography

Aaron Witzki studied Business Management and Economics (B.Sc.) at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and completed his Bachelor's degree in 2020. In his bachelor's thesis titled "The influence of platform business models on transaction costs", he dealt intensively with the business model of the platform ecosystem and its effects.

In his subsequent Master's degree in Information Systems (M. Sc.), he focused on business software and data analytics, with a particular focus on machine learning. During his master's degree, Mr. Witzki spent a semester abroad at the Université de Poitiers. In his master's thesis entitled "Explainability in Predictive Process Analytics: An analysis of the influence on decision making", he dealt with eXplainable AI and its impact on the end user.

Parallel to his studies, Aaron Witzki was able to gain practical experience in the field of digital transformation and process management. For his special achievements, he was included in the "Schaeffler Top Students Program" of Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG.

Aaron Witzki has been working as a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Information Systems and Information Management of Prof. Dr. Oliver Hinz since June 2024.

Core areas

Machine Learning & XAI
Smart Living & Internet of Things
Data Ecosystems
Decision Support Systems

Publications

Lowin, Maximilian / Witzki, Aaron / Sieler, Florian / Brîncoveanu, Constantin / Dankert, Léon / Carl, K. Valerie / Hinz, Oliver (2026): "An LLM-based Chatbot to Foster Environmental Education", Proceedings of the 6. Workshop Künstliche Intelligenz in der Umweltinformatik (KIU 2026), INFORMATIK 2026, Dresden, Germany, forthcoming.

Dankert, Léon/ Dreesbach, Tobias / Carl, K. Valerie / Witzki, Aaron / Thomas, Oliver (2026): "Requirements to Overcome the Transparen-cy Uncertainty in Data Usage: A Smart Living focused Approach", Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2026). forthcoming.

Witzki, Aaron / Becker, Nils / Lowin, Maximilian / Brîncoveanu, Constantin / Dankert, Léon / Carl, K. Valerie / Hinz, Oliver (2026): "Play Hard, Share Harder: How Simple Gamification Elements Influence Privacy Trade-offs", Proceedings of the Künstliche Intelligenz im Mittelstand (KI-KMU 2026), INFORMATIK 2026, Dresden, Germany, forthcoming.

Brîncoveanu, Constantin / Ruckes, Leon / Witzki, Aaron / Dreesbach, Tobias / Carl, K. Valerie (2026): "No Labels, No Problem? Designing an Explainable Unsupervised Anomaly Detection System for Ambient Assisted Living", International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2026, Münster, Germany. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-28316-0_21

Dankert, Léon/ Maecker, Dennis / Dreesbach, Tobias / Witzki, Aaron / Carl, K. Valerie / Thomas, Oliver (2026): "Vom Datenmonopol zur Datensouveränität – Selbstbestimmte Datenflüsse als Treiber digitaler Verantwortung", HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-026-01275-y [Download].

Brîncoveanu, Constantin / Witzki, Aaron / Carl, K. Valerie (2026): "The Privacy-Utility Trade-Off in Artificial Intelligence Contexts: A Systematic Literature Review", Open Identity Summit 2026. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Dresden, Germany. doi.org/10.18420/OID2026_12 [Download]

Witzki, Aaron (2025): "May I introduce myself? Designing Personas to Incentivize Data Sharing in Smart Living for Vulnerable Individuals", INFORMATIK 2025, Potsdam, Germany, forthcoming.

Witzki, Aaron / Brîncoveanu, Constantin / Carl, K. Valerie (2025): "How may I help you? Evaluating User Sentiment Toward Generative AI-Designed Interfaces", Proceedings of the Künstliche Intelligenz im Mittelstand (KI-KMU 2025), INFORMATIK 2025, Potsdam, Germany, doi.org/10.18420/inf2025_114 [Download].

Brîncoveanu, Constantin / Carl, K. Valerie / Witzki, Aaron / Hinz, Oliver (2025): "Augmenting Systematic Literature Reviews: A Human-AI Collaborative Framework", KI2025 - 48th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Potsdam, Germany. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02813-6_1

Witzki, Aaron / Carl, K. Valerie / Dankert, Léon / Thomas, Oliver / Hinz, Oliver (2025): "What are your intentions with my data? A tool to enhance consumer data sovereignty in digital ecosystems", Open Identity Summit 2025. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Bonn, Germany, pp. 13-28, doi.org/10.18420/oid2025_01. [Download]

Witzki, Aaron / Carl, K. Valerie / Hinz, Oliver (2025): "Strategische Entscheidungsprozesse in digitalen Startups: Strukturierung von Kriterien für den Beitritt zu einem digitalen Ökosystem", HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 62, pp. 531-549. doi.org/10.1365/s40702-025-01155-x.