Steffen Herbold
@sherbold.bsky.social
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Talente auf der Bühne, spannende Projekte, lebendiger internationaler Austausch und verborgene Talente: Rückblick auf die Forschungskommunikation 2025 u.a. mit @lingulist.de, @sherbold.bsky.social, @haeussler.bsky.social, @mgrani.bsky.social, @hedwigeisenbarth.bsky.social, @passaudpe.bsky.social:
Forschung mit Strahlkraft in die Region und darüber hinaus
YouTube video by Universität Passau
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Talente auf der Bühne, spannende Projekte, lebendiger internationaler Austausch und verborgene Talente: Rückblick auf die Forschungskommunikation 2025 u.a. mit @lingulist.de, @sherbold.bsky.social, @haeussler.bsky.social, @mgrani.bsky.social, @hedwigeisenbarth.bsky.social, @passaudpe.bsky.social:
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“The whos, whats, and whys of issues related to personal data and data protection in open-source projects on GitHub” by Anne Hennig, Lukas Schulte, Steffen Herbold, Oksana Kulyk, and Peter Mayer will be published in #EMSE! It examines discussions on personal data and data protection on #GitHub. 1/2
The whos, whats, and whys of issues related to personal data and data protection in open-source projects on GitHub - Empirical Software Engineering
Data protection regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the US affect how software may handle the pers...
link.springer.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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🤖🎓 How good is #ChatGPT as a university correction assistant? Researchers from our university investigated this question – and were surprised by some of the results. The findings have been published in #ScientificReports @natureportfolio.nature.com
Original study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Original study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Passau study shows: AI passes as second corrector in exams
Researchers at the University of Passau have had human examiners compete against OpenAI's ChatGPT – and were themselves surprised by some of the results. The study has been published in the renowned N...
www.digital.uni-passau.de
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🤖🎓 How good is #ChatGPT as a university correction assistant? Researchers from our university investigated this question – and were surprised by some of the results. The findings have been published in #ScientificReports @natureportfolio.nature.com
Original study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Original study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Reposted by Steffen Herbold
MAMUT: A Novel Framework for Modifying Mathematical Formulas for the Generation of Specialized Da...
Jonathan Drechsel, Anja Reusch, Steffen Herbold
Action editor: Hongsheng Li
https://openreview.net/forum?id=khODmRpQEx
#embeddings #notation #representations
Jonathan Drechsel, Anja Reusch, Steffen Herbold
Action editor: Hongsheng Li
https://openreview.net/forum?id=khODmRpQEx
#embeddings #notation #representations
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
MAMUT: A Novel Framework for Modifying Mathematical Formulas for the Generation of Specialized Da...
Jonathan Drechsel, Anja Reusch, Steffen Herbold
Action editor: Hongsheng Li
https://openreview.net/forum?id=khODmRpQEx
#embeddings #notation #representations
Jonathan Drechsel, Anja Reusch, Steffen Herbold
Action editor: Hongsheng Li
https://openreview.net/forum?id=khODmRpQEx
#embeddings #notation #representations
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🚀 Shaping the future of 4D imaging
How to study the hidden dynamics of materials that transform themselves? Our university is part of the new #MSCA Doctoral Network #XCELERATE, pioneering 4D X-ray tomography methods.
Two fully funded doctoral positions are available at our university:
How to study the hidden dynamics of materials that transform themselves? Our university is part of the new #MSCA Doctoral Network #XCELERATE, pioneering 4D X-ray tomography methods.
Two fully funded doctoral positions are available at our university:
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🚀 Shaping the future of 4D imaging
How to study the hidden dynamics of materials that transform themselves? Our university is part of the new #MSCA Doctoral Network #XCELERATE, pioneering 4D X-ray tomography methods.
Two fully funded doctoral positions are available at our university:
How to study the hidden dynamics of materials that transform themselves? Our university is part of the new #MSCA Doctoral Network #XCELERATE, pioneering 4D X-ray tomography methods.
Two fully funded doctoral positions are available at our university:
Sometimes reviewers still manage to surprise me.
A reviewer suggested, we should do a field study for something were we argue that is criminal.
We are now planning do address this and wondering if we the reviewer rather wants us to commit crimes or to become criminal investigators 🤨
A reviewer suggested, we should do a field study for something were we argue that is criminal.
We are now planning do address this and wondering if we the reviewer rather wants us to commit crimes or to become criminal investigators 🤨
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Sometimes reviewers still manage to surprise me.
A reviewer suggested, we should do a field study for something were we argue that is criminal.
We are now planning do address this and wondering if we the reviewer rather wants us to commit crimes or to become criminal investigators 🤨
A reviewer suggested, we should do a field study for something were we argue that is criminal.
We are now planning do address this and wondering if we the reviewer rather wants us to commit crimes or to become criminal investigators 🤨
Very interesting paper that shows that LLMs are good. But not good enough. I wish the following from the conclusion would have made it into the abstract:
October 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Very interesting paper that shows that LLMs are good. But not good enough. I wish the following from the conclusion would have made it into the abstract:
😂
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
😂
Just accepted at TMLR:
We found evidence of copyright violations by LLMs even when we ask questions that were not part of the training. Indeed, we found that the amount of memorized content was independent from the questions being part of the training or not.
openreview.net/forum?id=ddo...
We found evidence of copyright violations by LLMs even when we ask questions that were not part of the training. Indeed, we found that the amount of memorized content was independent from the questions being part of the training or not.
openreview.net/forum?id=ddo...
Studying memorization of large language models using answers to...
Large Language Models (LLMs) are capable of answering many software related questions and supporting developers by generating code snippets. These capabilities originate from training on massive...
openreview.net
September 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just accepted at TMLR:
We found evidence of copyright violations by LLMs even when we ask questions that were not part of the training. Indeed, we found that the amount of memorized content was independent from the questions being part of the training or not.
openreview.net/forum?id=ddo...
We found evidence of copyright violations by LLMs even when we ask questions that were not part of the training. Indeed, we found that the amount of memorized content was independent from the questions being part of the training or not.
openreview.net/forum?id=ddo...
This just in: Leading AI firm discovers confidence thresholds. More on this exciting development in news at 11.
openai.com/index/why-la...
(Honestly, OpenAI!?)
openai.com/index/why-la...
(Honestly, OpenAI!?)
Why language models hallucinate
OpenAI’s new research explains why language models hallucinate. The findings show how improved evaluations can enhance AI reliability, honesty, and safety.
openai.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This just in: Leading AI firm discovers confidence thresholds. More on this exciting development in news at 11.
openai.com/index/why-la...
(Honestly, OpenAI!?)
openai.com/index/why-la...
(Honestly, OpenAI!?)
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Scientific impact and achievement, redefined:
Huge congrats to #fraunhofer IIS on winning an #emmy for their JPEG XS compression standard 🏆🎉 […]
Huge congrats to #fraunhofer IIS on winning an #emmy for their JPEG XS compression standard 🏆🎉 […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Scientific impact and achievement, redefined:
Huge congrats to #fraunhofer IIS on winning an #emmy for their JPEG XS compression standard 🏆🎉 […]
Huge congrats to #fraunhofer IIS on winning an #emmy for their JPEG XS compression standard 🏆🎉 […]
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(I miss IRC)
(Now I feel old)
(I miss IRC)
(Now I feel old)
September 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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(I miss IRC)
(Now I feel old)
(I miss IRC)
(Now I feel old)
Dear all,
please enjoy your complementary "European Professor goes on Holiday" message.
See you in September.
Yours sincerely,
A European Professor
please enjoy your complementary "European Professor goes on Holiday" message.
See you in September.
Yours sincerely,
A European Professor
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Dear all,
please enjoy your complementary "European Professor goes on Holiday" message.
See you in September.
Yours sincerely,
A European Professor
please enjoy your complementary "European Professor goes on Holiday" message.
See you in September.
Yours sincerely,
A European Professor
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Good news (for me!) my gender bias paper from 2023 still replicates with GPT-5.
Bad news (for everyone!) my gender bias paper from 2023 still replicates with GPT-5.
arxiv.org/pdf/2308.14921
hkotek.com/blog/gender-...
Bad news (for everyone!) my gender bias paper from 2023 still replicates with GPT-5.
arxiv.org/pdf/2308.14921
hkotek.com/blog/gender-...
August 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Good news (for me!) my gender bias paper from 2023 still replicates with GPT-5.
Bad news (for everyone!) my gender bias paper from 2023 still replicates with GPT-5.
arxiv.org/pdf/2308.14921
hkotek.com/blog/gender-...
Bad news (for everyone!) my gender bias paper from 2023 still replicates with GPT-5.
arxiv.org/pdf/2308.14921
hkotek.com/blog/gender-...
I wonder what my PhD students will think, once they discover that "someone" glued the three laws to the wall in the hallway. 🙃
August 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wonder what my PhD students will think, once they discover that "someone" glued the three laws to the wall in the hallway. 🙃
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Newton's Laws of Graduation, Part 2 - The Second Law
August 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Newton's Laws of Graduation, Part 2 - The Second Law
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Newton's Laws of Graduation, Part 3 - The Third Law 😆
August 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Newton's Laws of Graduation, Part 3 - The Third Law 😆
Success, a luxury problem, and its solution:
🎉 Our quiz is a huge success and incredibly popular on YouTube with now over 100,000 views.
😐 We cannot answer all the feedback and comments individually anymore.
😀 We write a follow up article to answer the most important questions.
🎉 Our quiz is a huge success and incredibly popular on YouTube with now over 100,000 views.
😐 We cannot answer all the feedback and comments individually anymore.
😀 We write a follow up article to answer the most important questions.
The article on the reactions on YouTube is now available in English: www.digital.uni-passau.de/en/beitraege...
Quiz show ‘5 against AI’ receives huge response on YouTube
The German quiz show, in which a team of professors competes against AI, is causing lively discussion on YouTube. Answers to some of the questions.
www.digital.uni-passau.de
July 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Success, a luxury problem, and its solution:
🎉 Our quiz is a huge success and incredibly popular on YouTube with now over 100,000 views.
😐 We cannot answer all the feedback and comments individually anymore.
😀 We write a follow up article to answer the most important questions.
🎉 Our quiz is a huge success and incredibly popular on YouTube with now over 100,000 views.
😐 We cannot answer all the feedback and comments individually anymore.
😀 We write a follow up article to answer the most important questions.
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It is official, our two long papers at #ACL2025 have now been published. Common work with Arne Rubehn (Concept Embeddings), and Frederic Blum and @sherbold.bsky.social (Automated Language Affiliation).
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
Partial Colexifications Improve Concept Embeddings
Arne Rubehn, Johann-Mattis List. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). 2025.
aclanthology.org
July 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It is official, our two long papers at #ACL2025 have now been published. Common work with Arne Rubehn (Concept Embeddings), and Frederic Blum and @sherbold.bsky.social (Automated Language Affiliation).
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
My debut as TV-Show moderator - now live on Youtube.
We had a lot of fun with how the five professors answered questions on topics ranging from 90's music, counting peas, size of Asian countries, etc.
The only drawback: it is only available in German.
P.S. The humans won.
We had a lot of fun with how the five professors answered questions on topics ranging from 90's music, counting peas, size of Asian countries, etc.
The only drawback: it is only available in German.
P.S. The humans won.
Wie schlägt sich KI gegen professorale Expertise? Die Quiz-Show unter Moderation von @sherbold.bsky.social ist nun in voller Länge online. Wer sich vorab selbst mit der KI messen möchte, kann dies per Online-Quiz tun: www.digital.uni-passau.de/beitraege/20...
#KeepCALLM #5gegenKI
#KeepCALLM #5gegenKI
Quizshow 5 gegen KI - Professorenteam tritt gegen KI an
YouTube video by Universität Passau
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My debut as TV-Show moderator - now live on Youtube.
We had a lot of fun with how the five professors answered questions on topics ranging from 90's music, counting peas, size of Asian countries, etc.
The only drawback: it is only available in German.
P.S. The humans won.
We had a lot of fun with how the five professors answered questions on topics ranging from 90's music, counting peas, size of Asian countries, etc.
The only drawback: it is only available in German.
P.S. The humans won.
Reposted by Steffen Herbold
Wie schlägt sich KI gegen professorale Expertise? Die Quiz-Show unter Moderation von @sherbold.bsky.social ist nun in voller Länge online. Wer sich vorab selbst mit der KI messen möchte, kann dies per Online-Quiz tun: www.digital.uni-passau.de/beitraege/20...
#KeepCALLM #5gegenKI
#KeepCALLM #5gegenKI
Quizshow 5 gegen KI - Professorenteam tritt gegen KI an
YouTube video by Universität Passau
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Wie schlägt sich KI gegen professorale Expertise? Die Quiz-Show unter Moderation von @sherbold.bsky.social ist nun in voller Länge online. Wer sich vorab selbst mit der KI messen möchte, kann dies per Online-Quiz tun: www.digital.uni-passau.de/beitraege/20...
#KeepCALLM #5gegenKI
#KeepCALLM #5gegenKI
That was so much fun. I look forward to the video 😃
Wer kann besser Erbsen zählen - 🤖oder unsere Profs?
Gestern bei uns im Studio: die Quizshow #5gegenKI
Moderator @sherbold.bsky.social hat mit elf Fragen immer wieder für Überraschung gesorgt. Eine Erkenntnis: Auch KI kann faul sein.
Die Show stellen wir in Kürze online. #KeepCALLM #staytuned
Gestern bei uns im Studio: die Quizshow #5gegenKI
Moderator @sherbold.bsky.social hat mit elf Fragen immer wieder für Überraschung gesorgt. Eine Erkenntnis: Auch KI kann faul sein.
Die Show stellen wir in Kürze online. #KeepCALLM #staytuned
July 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
That was so much fun. I look forward to the video 😃
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I'll just leave that quote here ...
July 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I'll just leave that quote here ...
Happy to share that we published MAMUT @tmlrorg.bsky.social. We defined multiple data augmentation approaches to get more diverse mathematical data and show this improves pre-training.
Congrats to my student Jonathan Drechsel for his first publication! 🎉
www.fim.uni-passau.de/en/ai-engine...
Congrats to my student Jonathan Drechsel for his first publication! 🎉
www.fim.uni-passau.de/en/ai-engine...
Math Mutator (MAMUT) Accepted at TMLR
www.fim.uni-passau.de
July 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happy to share that we published MAMUT @tmlrorg.bsky.social. We defined multiple data augmentation approaches to get more diverse mathematical data and show this improves pre-training.
Congrats to my student Jonathan Drechsel for his first publication! 🎉
www.fim.uni-passau.de/en/ai-engine...
Congrats to my student Jonathan Drechsel for his first publication! 🎉
www.fim.uni-passau.de/en/ai-engine...
Starting the weekend on a Friday at 4pm with an empty inbox feels kind of strange. Good, but strange.
July 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Starting the weekend on a Friday at 4pm with an empty inbox feels kind of strange. Good, but strange.