Judith Knoblach
Research Assistant
M. A.
Office: WE5/05.052
Office hours: by appointment
Phone:
Email: judith.knoblach(at)uni-bamberg.de
Projekt:
| since 2023 | Research Assistant at Cognitive System Chair, AI Research Lead at SME AI Experience Center |
| 2021 - 2023 | Research Engineer for Conversational AI and Knowledge Graphs at IAIS Dresden |
| 2019 - 2021 | Dialog Engineer at semvox GmbH |
| 2015 - 2019 | Master Speech and Communication |
| 2010 - 2014 | Bachelor Cognitive Science and Linguistics |
Main Research Interests
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) methods for deep learning-based audio classification, including example-based explanations and symbolic rule extraction, as well as human-centered evaluation of XAI through user studies on calibrated trust, uncertainty, cognitive engagement and decision-making.
Knoblach, J., Vogl, L., Wehnert, C., Carbon, C. C., Franz, J., & Schmid, U. (2026). The SME AI experience center: overcoming AI adoption barriers for SMEs in industrial production. KI-Künstliche Intelligenz, 40(1), 99-104.
Knoblach, J., Finzel, B., & Schmid, U. (2026). A Framework for Context-aware XAI in Human-AI Collaboration. In Contextualizing Explanations: Proceedings of the 3rd TRR 318 Conference. Bielefeld University Press.
Knoblach, J., Krockert, M., Voigt, E., et al. (Eds.). (2026). Proceedings of the Second Workshop on AI in Production. Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg. https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-114337
Knoblach, J., Schmid, U., Goulão, M., Schmid, L., Vujošević Janičić, M., & Boudaoud, K. (2025). The impact of peers, mentors and role models on successful PhD studies. In Actions for Gender Balance in Informatics Across Europe (pp. 175-195). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Finzel, B., Knoblach, J., Thaler, A., & Schmid, U. (2024, November). Near hit and near miss example explanations for model revision in binary image classification. In International conference on intelligent data engineering and automated learning (pp. 260-271). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Knoblach, J., Acharya, N., Koranemkattil, B., Both, A., & Collarana, D. (2022, October). Combining Knowledge Graphs and Language Models to Answer Questions over Tables. In SEMANTiCS (Posters & Demos).
- Active AI Grid Member
- Organizer of 1st and 2nd Workshop AI in Production at KI2024 and KI2025
- Talk at AI Camp Nuremberg 2025: Not Just Another Prompt: The Higher Risks of Generative AI in Industrial Manufacturing
- Participating in COST Action for Gender Balance in Informatics across Europe
- Organizer Machine Learning Workshop 2. Oberfränkische Fachtagung KI
- Talk at Collaboration Conference on Artificial Intelligence Prague: Artificial Intelligence in Industry and in Medicine
KMU-KI-Erfahrungszentrum Gewinner Innovationsort des Jahres 2025 (Innovator des Jahres)

