EPEAI

Welcome by Prof.Dr. Susanne Staude, 

President Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences

Welcome by Minister Mona Neubaur,

Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of NRW 

Opening Keynote by Prof.Dr. Justus Haucap,

University of Dusseldorf and Director of Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) : Algorithmic pricing and changing market structures 

Panel Session 1:

Competition and Economic Growth

• Von Maydell/Menzel: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Towards a Modernisation of Competition Policy
• Shirota/Chakraborty/Sreekanth/Yoshiura: Ambidextrous Time Series Data Clustering with Amplitude- based and Shape-based Distances – Case Study of Indian Companies’ Growth Pattern of Aggregate Market Values
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Werner Halver

Panel Session 2:

Production

• Menger/Ohler-Martins/Lemette/Martin: Automatic classification of files based on the classes of IEC 61355
• Feld/Arens-Fischer/Schumacher: „KI-AGIL“ – an agile process model to make AI development accessible to SMEs
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sonja Schade

Panel Session 4:

Forecasting

• Vogt/Bönner/Römmich/Weiß/Türkoglu: Energy Stocks Price Forecast based on Sentiment Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms – Which approach performs best in day trading?
• Köstner/Llacay/Alaminos: Forecasting Brent Oil Index Volatility: DeepAR vs LSTM
• Johnen/Kley-Holsteg/Niemann/Ziel: Optimizing water supply – Application of probabilistic deep neural networks to forecast water demand in the short-term.
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Mark Oelmann

Panel Session 3:

AI and Humans

• Moritz/Pomrehn/Steinmetz/Wehner: Between Algorithm Aversion and Appreciation: A Meta-Analysis about the (Un-)Fairness Perceptions of Algorithmic Decision-Making
• Rana/Roemer/Pitz/Sickmann: Public perception of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making systems: A systematic evaluation of newspaper articles using sentiment analysis
• Simon: Toward a Structuralist Data Narratology
• Roth/Ferizovic: Generational differences in framing social robot usage intention from a consumer behaviour point of view
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Tobias Meisen

Keynote Prof. Dr. Björn Schuller,

University of Augsburg and Imperial College London:
Characterising leader qualities from voice and video

Evening Programme and Dinner 

18:00: EscapeRoom, Sandstraße 154-162, 45473 Mülheim an der Ruhr

20.00: Restaurant Mausefalle, Bogenstraße 8, 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr;
Transfer by Taxi from the EscapeRoom to the restaurant will be provided.

Keynote Prof. Michael Adelowotan,

University of Johannesburg:
AI in the curriculum of Higher Educational Institutions – The University of Johannesburg perspective Discussion

Panel Session 5:

Applying and Regulating AI

• Krüger, N./Stibe/Krüger, J.: Plug and Play AI – How Companies Can Benefit From AI as a Service
• Matemane/Varaidzo/Mokabane: Artificial intelligence, cyber security risk and board characteristics in the fourth industrial revolution era: evidence from an emerging economy
• Pantos: Supervisory approaches to AI regulation in insurance: the case of the UK prudential framework
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Michael Römmich

Panel Session 6:

Retailing and E-Commerce

• Specker/Lahmeyer/Roemer/Thalmann/Huebner: Drivers and barriers of customers’ adoption of AI-driven AR apps in furniture retailing
• Cortial/Chausse/Albouy-Kissi: A deep analyse of Product Space with graph learning methods
• Mapila: Exploring the Adoption of AI for Customer Engagement Marketing by Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa: A Literature Review of Challenges and Opportunities
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sarah Hosell

Poster presentations (building 3):

• Fischer/Grüter/Rimpler/Pimenta/Almeida/Lemette/Ohler-Martins: The potential of industrial usage of a machine learning model in classify the lubrication in tribological systems
• Hofmann/Fehr: Magnetic Induction Tomography: Image Reconstruction with Deep Learning
• Janzen/Gedikli: NewsRecs – A mobile app framework for conducting and evaluating online experiments for news recommender systems
• Koltermann da Silva/Burrichter/Quirmbach: Radar-based precipitation nowcasting model for heavy rainfall in KIWaSUS research project
• Pasch L./Pasch T./Tettenborn: Gender Gap in Financial Accounting Management in Germany? Status Quo and Possible Causes
• Pudill: Feature Engineering in Natural Language Processing
• & coffee break

Panel Session 7:

HR and Employment

• Christenko: Effects of automation on work intensity: Evidence from select European Union countries
• Pomrehn/Wehner: Affective Employee Reactions in Career Development: An Experimental Vignette Study
• Eichenberg/Pudill/Rüschoff/Stockem Novo/Vogelsang: Vacancies, tasks and profiles for AI jobs
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Olga Hördt

Panel Session 8:

Finance and Accounting 

• Bravidor: Auditing Algorithms in the (Non-)Financial Audit: Status Quo & Way Forward
• Lausberg/Eimuth/Stockem Novo: Barriers to the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Management Reporting
• Rautenstrauch/Hummel/Isoz/Moser: Transforming Management Accounting with Robotic Process Automation – Requirements and Implications
• Moderation: Prof. Tankiso Moloi, PhD

Panel Session 9:

Organisation and Workflow

• Dandalt: Job Security & Physicians in the Age of AI: A Leaders’ Perspective
• Harlacher/Altepost/Elsen/Ferrein/Hansen-Ampah/Merx/Niehues/Schiffer/Shahinfar: Approach for the Identification of Requirements on the Design of AI-supported Work Systems (in problem-based Projects)
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Anne Stockem Novo

• Keynote Prof. PhD Vincent Conitzer,
• Carnegie Mellon University and University of Oxford:
  AI, Economics and Philosophy
• Keynote by Prof. John Stewart Gordon PhD,
• Lithuanian University of Health Science:
  Are superintelligent Robots entitled to Human Rights?
• Discussion: Anne Stockem Novo, Vincent Conitzer, John-Stewart Gordon;
• Moderation: Michael Vogelsang