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Dr. Daniel Braun

Software Engineering for Business Information Systems

Chair of Informatics 19
Department of Informatics
Technische Universität München

Boltzmannstraße 3, D-85748 Garching 

daniel.braun at tum.de

   

Since 2021, I work at the University of Twente.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Daniel Braun  was a research associate at the chair of Software Engineering for Business Information Systems (sebis) at the Technical University of Munich from 2016 to 2021. He holds a master's degree in Computing Science from the University of Aberdeen, where he was a research student and scholar of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation supervised by Prof Ehud Reiter. From 2010 to 2014 he worked as student research assistant in the Intelligent User Interfaces Department at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.

 

Research

Completed Projects

 

Research Interests

  • Natural Language Generation (NLG)
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  • Data-2-Text
  • Conversational Interfaces / Chatbots
  • LegalTech
  • Automotive and mobility data

 

Invited Talks (selection)

  • Automation of legal decision making processes, Legal Tech Day, HTWG Konstanz, 18.10.2019 
  • Software-aided Anaylsis of Terms of Services, ReMeP Conference, 24.09.2019, Vienna
  • AI & Robotics, Volkswagen AutoUni, 05.03.2019, Wolfsburg
  • Debusting Chatbot Myths, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group AI Day, 06.12.2018, Stuttgart
  • Chatbots & Socialbots, Volkswagen AutoUni, 27.09.2018, Wolfsburg
  • NLU Services and Chatbot Frameworks, Siemens Chatbot Day, 20.07.2017, Feldafing
  • Applied Simulations and Procedural Modelling, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 26.06.2016, Weimar

 

Tools and Resources

SimpleNLG-DE Open source java library for surface realisation in German [Br19c]
MucLex

A German lexicon for surface realisation based on Wiktionary
(ISLRN 206-939-257-359-6)

[Kl20a]
NLU-Evaluation-Corpora English corpora for evaluating NLU services
(ISLRN 165-571-578-116-6)
[Br17a]
NLU-Evaluation-Scripts Python scripts for the automatic evaluation of NLU services [Br17a]

 

Publications

2021
Schopf. Tim; Braun, Daniel; Matthes, Florian
Lbl2Vec: An Embedding-based Approach for Unsupervised Document Retrieval on Predefined Topics
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - WEBIST, doi: 10.5220/0010710300003058
Braun, Daniel
Automated Semantic Analysis, Legal Assessment, and Summarization of Standard Form Contracts
PhD Thesis
Braun, Daniel; Matthes, Florian
NLP for Consumer Protection: Battling Illegal Clauses in German Terms and Conditions in Online Shopping
Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact
Braun, Daniel; Klymenko, Oleksandra; Schopf, Tim; Akan, Kaan; Matthes, Florian
The Language of Engineering: Training a Domain-Specific Word Embedding Model for Engineering
MSIE 2021: 2021 3rd International Conference on Management Science and Industrial Engineering (Best Presentation), doi: 10.1145/3460824.3460826
2020
Braun, Daniel; Matthes, Florian
Automatic Detection of Terms and Conditions in German and English Online Shops
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-478-7, pages 233-237, doi: 10.5220/0010154302330237 (Best Poster Award)
Braun, Daniel; Bhat, Manoj; Biesdorf, Andreas; Matthes, Florian
Would You Lie To Me Bot? Supporting Decision-Making Processes with Deceiving Virtual Agents
Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 177, 587-592, doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2020.10.083
Klymenko, Oleksandra; Braun, Daniel; Matthes, Florian
Automatic Text Summarization: a State-of-the-art Review
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, doi: 10.5220/0009723306480655
Braun, Daniel; Sajwan, Anupama, Matthes, Florian
User-Adaptable Natural Language Generation for Regression Testing within the Finance Domain
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, doi: 10.5220/0009563306130618
Klimt, Kira; Braun, Daniel; Schneider, Daniela; Matthes, Florian
MucLex: A German Lexicon for Surface Realisation
Proceedings of The 12th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference
2019

Braun, Daniel; Scepankova, Elena; Holl, Patrick; Matthes, Florian
The Potential of Customer-Centered LegalTech
Datenschutz und Datensicherheit - DuD, 43(12), 760-766, doi: 10.1007/s11623-019-1202-7

Braun, Daniel; Klimt, Kira; Schneider, Daniela; Matthes, Florian
SimpleNLG-DE: Adapting SimpleNLG 4 to German
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG) 2019, Tokyo, Japan

Braun, Daniel; Scepankova, Elena; Holl, Patrick; Matthes, Florian
Consumer Protection in the Digital Era: The Potential of Customer-Centered LegalTech
INFORMATIK 2019: 50 Jahre Gesellschaft für Informatik – Informatik für Gesellschaft. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. (p. 407-420), doi: 10.18420/inf2019_58

Braun, Daniel; Matthes, Florian
Towards a Framework for Classifying Chatbots
Proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, Heraklion, Greece, 2019

2018

Braun, Daniel; Faber, Anne; Hernandez Mendez, Adrian; Matthes, Florian
Automatic Relation Extraction for Building Smart City Ecosystems using Dependency Parsing
Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI 2018)

Braun, Daniel; Reiter, Ehud;Siddharthan, Advaith
SaferDrive: an NLG-based Behaviour Change Support System for Drivers
Natural Language Engineering, 24(4), 551-588, doi: 10.1017/S1351324918000050

Braun, Daniel; Scepankova, Elena; Holl, Patrick; Matthes, Florian
Customer-Centered LegalTech: Automated Analysis of Standard Form Contracts
IRIS: Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposium 2018 (nominated for LexisNexis best paper award)

Braun, Daniel; Matthes, Florian
Generating Explanations for Algorithmic Decisions of Usage-Based Insurances using Natural Language Generation
Software Engineering und Software Management 2018. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik, doi: 20.500.12116/16354

Braun, Daniel; Hernandez Mendez, Adrian; Faber, Anne; Langen, Manfred; Matthes, Florian
Customer-Centred Intermodal Combination of Mobility Services with Conversational Interfaces
Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2018, Band 4

2017

Landthaler, Jörg; Waltl, Bernhard; Braun, Daniel; Huth, Dominik; Stocker, Christoph; Geiger, Thomas; Matthes, Florian
Improving Thesauri Using Word Embeddings and a Novel Intersection Method
Proceedings of 2nd Workshop Workshop on Automated Semantic Analysis of Information in Legal Texts (ASAIL 2017), CEUR-WS.org

Braun, Daniel; Scepankova, Elena; Holl, Patrick; Matthes, Florian
SaToS: Assessing and Summarising Terms of Services from German Webshops
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Natural Language Generation, doi 10.18653/v1/W17-3534

Braun, Daniel; Hernandez Mendez, Adrian; Matthes, Florian; Langen, Manfred
Evaluating Natural Language Understanding Services for Conversational Question Answering Systems
Proceedings of the 18th Annual SIGdial Meeting on Discourse and Dialogue, doi 10.18653/v1/W17-5522

Hernandez Mendez, Adrian; Braun, Daniel; Matthes, Florian; Langen, Manfred
Towards a Context-Aware Vertical Social Software Ecosystem
2017 IEEE 19th Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), doi 10.1109/CBI.2017.7

2016

Braun, Daniel
Creating Textual Driver Feedback from Telemetric Data
Master's Thesis, University of Aberdeen

2015

Braun, Daniel; Reiter, Ehud; Siddharthan, Advaith
Creating Textual Driver Feedback from Telemetric Data
Proceedings of the 15th European Workshop on Natural Language Generation (ENLG), Association for Computational Linguistics, 2015.

2014

Braun, Daniel
Processing Semantic Information from Procedural Modelling Rules for Driving Simulation
Bachelor's Thesis, Universität des Saarlandes

2012

Endres, Christoph; Math, Rafael; Braun, Daniel
Simulator-based evaluation on the impact of visual complexity and speed on driver’s cognitive load
Adjunct Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 2012.

2011

Endres, Christoph; Braun, Daniel; Müller, Christian
Prototyping a Semi-Automatic In-Car Texting Assistant
Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces for Automotive Applications (MIAA 2011), 2011.

Braun, Daniel; Endres, Christoph; Müller, Christian
Determination of Mobility Context using Low-Level Data
Adjunct Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2011), 2011.

2010

Endres, Christoph; Braun, Daniel
Pleopatra: A semi-automatic status-posting prototype for future in-car use
Adjunct proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2010), 2010.

Endres, Christoph; Miksatko, Jan; Braun, Daniel
Youldeco-Exploiting the Power of Online Social Networks for Eco-Friendly Driving
Adjunct proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2010), 2010.


Teaching

TermLevelTitleTypeRole
SS 21 Master (LLM) Rechtsinformatik für Fortgeschrittene (Saarland University) Lecture Lecturer
SS 21 Master Natural Language Processing - Methods and Applications Seminar Organizer
WS 20/21 Master Master Lab Course Web Applications Lab Course Advisor
SS 20 Master (LLM) Rechtsinformatik für Fortgeschrittene (Saarland University) Lecture Lecturer
SS 20  Master Natural Language Processing - Methods and Applications  Seminar  Organizer
WS 19/20 Master Strategic IT Management & Enterprise Architecture Management  Lecture  Advisor
SS 19 Master Natural Language Processing - Methods and Applications Seminar Organizer
SS 19 Master Software Engineering for Business Applications - Master Course Lecture & Projects  Advisor
WS 18/19 Master Advanced Topics of Software Engineering Lecture & Exercise Organizer
SS 18 Master Software Engineering for Business Applications - Master Course Lecture & Projects Advisor
SS 18 Master Natural Language Processing - Methods and Applications Seminar Organizer
WS 17/18 Master Master Lab Course Web Applications Lab Course Advisor
WS 17/18 Bachelor Software Engineering for Business Applications Lecture & Excercise Advisor
SS 17 Master Software Engineering for Business Applications - Master Course Lecture & Projects Advisor
SS 17 Master Natural Language Processing - Methods and their Application on Legal Texts Seminar Advisor
WS 16/17 Master Master Lab Course Web Applications Lab Course Advisor
WS 16/17 Bachelor Software Engineering for Business Applications Lecture & Excercise Advisor

 

Student Theses

 

Other Activities

  • Workshop Chair INLG 2020
  • Program Commitee Member NLP-OSS 2020
  • Program Committee Member IJCAI 2020
  • Journal Reviewer: Language Resources and Evaluation, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Transactions on Information Systems, Medien im Diskurs