Three papers involving researchers from the WIN-IM research group have been nominated for Best Paper Awards at the 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). The nominations span three different conference tracks.

The nominated papers are:

Digital Government Track

“Designing a Digital Twin of Online Social Networks for Evidence-Based Platform Governance”
Authors: Cosima Pfannschmidt, Christof Weinhardt, Jonas Fegert

The paper explores the potential of digital twins of online social networks to support evidence-based platform governance and inform decision-making in digital environments.

Collaboration Systems and Technologies Track

“Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? Bias Propagation in Synthetically Augmented Human-LLM Survey Datasets”
Authors: Amal Labbouz, Paul Brinkmann, Christof Weinhardt, Jonas Fegert

This research investigates bias propagation in survey datasets augmented with synthetic responses generated through human–large language model interactions, addressing important questions about data quality and the reliability of AI-supported research methods.

Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems Track

“From Research Outputs to Public-Facing Data Stories: Designing a GenAI Assistant for Evidence-Grounded Scrollytelling”
Authors: Christina Speck, Jana Goldenberger, Thimo Schulz

The paper focuses on the design of a generative AI assistant that supports the transformation of research findings into accessible, evidence-grounded data stories, contributing to more effective science communication.

We are delighted to see these research contributions recognized at HICSS-60 and congratulate all authors on their Best Paper nominations. We look forward to presenting and discussing the work with the international research community in Hawaii.