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Wolf-Tilo Balke

General

Prof. Dr. Wolf-Tilo Balke


Head of Institute

ORCID   orcid.org/0000-0002-5443-1215

Technische Universität Braunschweig
Institut für Informationssysteme
Mühlenpfordtstraße 23, 2.OG
D-38106 Braunschweig

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Phone: +49 (531) 391 3271
Email: balke@ifis.cs.tu-bs.de
Room: 237

Detail

Wolf-Tilo Balke holds the Chair for Information Systems at  TU Braunschweig since April 2008. Before that he was a the Associate Research Director at L3S Research Center in Hannover, Germany and a Research Fellow at University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA. For a short Curriculum Vitae see here.

Research Interests

-  Query Processing in Databases and Information Systems
-  User Preferences and Personalization
-  Cognitive User Modeling and Conceptualization
-  Peer-to-Peer Networks and Distributed Retrieval
-  Digital Libraries and Content Syndication
-  Multimedia Services, Web Services, and Mobile Computing

Services

Reviewer for several international journals including the VLDB Journal, ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS), ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), Elsevier Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Springer Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS), Elsevier Knowledge-Based Systems (KNOSYS), Elsevier Information Processing Letters (IPL), IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), Springer Multimedia Systems (MMSJ). Springer Distributed and Parallel Databases (DAPD), ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB), Springer World Wide Web Journal (WWWJ), Elsevier Journal of Web Semantics (JWS), Springer Journal on Data Semantics (JODS), ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communication (JSAC), IEEE’s Transactions on Services Computing (TSC), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (T-IFS),  IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE),  IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), IEEE Computer, and the Oxford University Press Computer Journal

PC member and/or session chair at several international conferences and workshops, recently e.g., WWW 2018, ExploreDB 2018, APWeb-WAIM 2018, ER 2019, BigData 2019, APWeb-WAIM 2019, APWeb-WAIM 2020, JCDL 2020, ER 2020, CIKM 2020, IEEE HMData 2020, DASFAA 2021, JCDL 2021, ER 2021, APWeb-WAIM 2021, OSSYM 2021, DISCO 2021, DASFAA 2022, JCDL 2022, TPDL 2022, ER 2022, APWeb-WAIM 2022, CIKM 2022, DASFAA 2023, JCDL 2023, ER 2023, APWeb-WAIM 2023, TPDL 2023, CIKM 2023, DASFAA 2024

Reviewer of grant proposals for the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), and the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong

 

Publications
2023
Plötzky, F., K. Britz, and W. - T. Balke, "Shards of Knowledge – Modeling Attributions for Event-Centric Knowledge Graphs", The 42nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER), Lisbon, Portugal, Springer, 11/2023. Abstract  Download: ER2023_Ploetzky_Attributions-In-ECKGs.pdf (537.86 KB)
Kroll, H., C. K. Kreutz, B. M. Thang, and W. - T. Balke, "Aspect-Driven Structuring of Historical Dutch Newspaper Archives", The 27th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), Zadar, Croatia, Springer, 09/2023. Abstract  Download: TPDL2023_Kroll_Aspect-Driven Structuring.pdf (3.15 MB)
Usman, M., and W. - T. Balke, "On Retraction Cascade? Citation Intention Analysis as a Quality Control Mechanism in Digital Libraries", The 27th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), Zadar, Croatia, Springer, 09/2023. Abstract  Download: On Retraction Cascade - TPDL.pdf (261.44 KB)
Kroll, H., J. Pirklbauer, F. Plötzky, and W. - T. Balke, "A detailed library perspective on nearly unsupervised information extraction workflows in digital libraries", International Journal on Digital Libraries: Springer, 06/2023. Abstract
Kroll, H., C. K. Kreutz, P. Sackhoff, and W. - T. Balke, "Enriching Simple Keyword Queries for Domain-Aware Narrative Retrieval", ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 06/2023, 06/2023. Abstract  Download: JCDL2023_Kroll_Domain-Aware Narrative Retrieval.pdf (1.4 MB)
Kroll, H., and W. - T. Balke, Are Qualifiers Enough? Context-Compatible Information Fusion for Wikimedia Data, , Virtual, WikiWorkshop, 05/2023. Abstract  Download: WikiWorkshop2023_Kroll_Are Qualifiers Enough.pdf (148.99 KB)
Kroll, H., J. Pirklbauer, J. - C. Kalo, M. Kunz, J. Ruthmann, and W. - T. Balke, "A discovery system for narrative query graphs: entity-interaction-aware document retrieval", International Journal on Digital Libraries: Springer, 04/2023. Abstract
Nagel, D., T. Affeldt, N. Voges, U. Güntzer, and W. - T. Balke, "Binding Data Narrations - Corroborating the Plausibility of Scientific Narratives by Open Research Data", 2023 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2023. Abstract  Download: JCDL_2023___Binding_Data_Narrations___Camera_Ready.pdf (901.61 KB)
Benzinger, L., F. Ursin, W. - T. Balke, T. Kacprowski, and S. Salloch, "Should Artificial Intelligence be used to support clinical ethical decision-making? A systematic review of reasons", BMC Medical Ethics, vol. 24, no. 48: Springer Nature, 2023.  Download: Benzinger_et_al-2023-BMC_Medical_Ethics.pdf (1.15 MB)
2022
Kiehne, N., H. Kroll, and W. - T. Balke, "Contextualizing Language Models for Norms Diverging from Social Majority", Findings of the EMNLP 2022, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Association for Computational Linguistics, 12/2022. Abstract  Download: Kiehne_Contextualizing_Language_Models.pdf (223.52 KB)
Kroll, H., and W. - T. Balke, "On Design Principles for Narrative Information Systems", Proceedings of the IJCAI/ECAI 2022 Workshop on Semantic Techniques for Narrative-based Understanding, Vienna, Austria, 12/2022. Abstract  Download: Kroll2022_On Narrative Information Systems.pdf (1.01 MB)
Das, M., and W. - T. Balke, "Quantifying Bias from Decoding Techniques in Natural Language Generation", 29th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING), Gyeongju, Republic of Korea , 10/2022. Abstract  Download: Coling _ Preprint_Mayukh.pdf (339.39 KB)
Kroll, H., N. Mainzer, and W. - T. Balke, "On Dimensions of Plausibility for Narrative Information Access to Digital Libraries", The 26th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), Padua, Italy, Springer, 09/2022. Abstract  Download: TPDL_2022_Kroll_Dimensions_for_NIA.pdf (600.1 KB)
Plötzky, F., and W. - T. Balke, "It’s the Same Old Story! Enriching Event-Centric Knowledge Graphs by Narrative Aspects", 14th ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci), Barcelona, Spain, ACM, 06/2022. Abstract  Download: WebSci2022_Ploetzky_Narrative-Prototypes.pdf (678.86 KB); Slides_WebSci2022_Ploetzky_Narrative-Prototypes.pdf (916.03 KB)
Kroll, H., J. Pirklbauer, F. Plötzky, and W. - T. Balke, "A Library Perspective on Nearly-Unsupervised Information Extraction Workflows in Digital Libraries", ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Cologne, Germany, 06/2022. Abstract  Download: JCDL2022_Kroll_A Library Perspective on Nearly-Unsupervised Information Extraction Workflows in Digital Libraries.pdf (453.2 KB)
Kroll, H., F. Plötzky, J. Pirklbauer, and W. - T. Balke, "What a Publication Tells You – Benefits of Narrative Information Access in Digital Libraries", ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Cologne, Germany, 06/2022. Abstract  Download: JCDL2022_Kroll_Narrative Information Access.pdf (558.89 KB)
2021
Kroll, H., J. Pirklbauer, J. - C. Kalo, M. Kunz, J. Ruthmann, and W. - T. Balke, "Narrative Query Graphs for Entity-Interaction-Aware Document Retrieval", The 23rd International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL), Online, Springer, 12/2021. Abstract  Download: ICADL2021_Kroll_NarrativeQueryGraphs.pdf (1.44 MB)
Nagel, D., T. Affeldt, and W. - T. Balke, "Data Narrations - Using flexible Data Bindings to support the Reproducibility of Claims in Digital Library Objects", 1st International Workshop on Digital Infrastructures for Scholarly Content Objects (DISCO@JCDL2021), Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, CEUR Proceedings, Vol-2976, 09/2021. Abstract  Download: DISCO2021_Nagel_Data_Narrations.pdf (317.1 KB)
Schneider, J., A. de Waard, W. - T. Balke, X. Wang, N. Song, B. Hua, and Y. Fu, "Digital Infrastructures for Scholarly Content Objects", ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, IEEE, 09/2021. Abstract
Kroll, H., J. Al-Chaar, and W. - T. Balke, "Open Information Extraction in Digital Libraries: Current Challenges and Open Research Questions", 1th International Workshop on Digital Infrastructures for Scholarly Content Objects (DISCO@JCDL2021), Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, CEUR Proceedings, Vol-2976, 09/2021. Abstract  Download: DISCO2021_Kroll_OpenIE Challenges.pdf (350.57 KB)
Kroll, H., J. Pirklbauer, and W. - T. Balke, "A Toolbox for the Nearly-Unsupervised Construction of Digital Library Knowledge Graphs", ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, IEEE, pp. 21-30, 09/2021. Abstract  Download: JCDL2021_Kroll_Toolbox.pdf (431.38 KB)
Plötzky, F., and W. - T. Balke, "What it Boils Down to... The Case for Event Analogies to Combat Complexity in Digital Libraries", 1th International Workshop on Digital Infrastructures for Scholarly Content Objects (DISCO@JCDL2021), Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, CEUR Proceedings, Vol-2976, 09/2021. Abstract  Download: DISCO2021_Ploetzky_Analogies.pdf (187.72 KB); Slides_DISCO2021_Ploetzky_Analogies.pdf (787.26 KB)
Fichtel, L., J. - C. Kalo, and W. - T. Balke, "Prompt Tuning or Fine-Tuning - Investigating Relational Knowledge in Pre-Trained Language Models", 3rd International Conference on Automated Knowledge Base Construction (AKBC), Virtual, 08/2021. Abstract  Download: prompt_tuning_or_fine_tuning_i.pdf (251.89 KB)
Jain, N., J. - C. Kalo, W. - T. Balke, and R. Krestel, "Do Embeddings Actually Capture Knowledge Graph Semantics?", 18th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Hersonissos, Greece, Springer, 06/2021. Abstract  Download: do_embeddings_actually_capture_knowledge_graph_semantics_.pdf (1.05 MB)
Kroll, H., D. Nagel, M. Kunz, and W. - T. Balke, "Demonstrating Narrative Bindings: Linking Discourses to Knowledge Repositories", 4th International Workshop on Narrative Extraction from Texts (Text2Story@ECIR2021), Lucca, Italy, CEUR-WS.org, 04/2021. Abstract  Download: Text2Story2021_Kroll_Demonstrating Narrative Bindings_Camera Ready.pdf (599.34 KB)
Balke, W. - T., A. de Waard, Y. Fu, B. Hua, J. Schneider, N. Song, and X. Wang, "Proceedings of the Workshop on Digital Infrastructures for Scholarly Content Objects (DISCO 2021)", CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 2976: CEUR-WS.org, 2021.
2020
Kalo, J. - C., L. Fichtel, P. Ehler, and W. - T. Balke, "KnowlyBERT - Hybrid Query Processing over Language Models and Knowledge Graphs", International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Athens, Greece, 11/2020. Abstract  Download: ISWC_20_KnowlyBERT.pdf (484.05 KB); knowlybert_slides_iswc2020.pdf (577.64 KB)
Kroll, H., D. Nagel, and W. - T. Balke, "Modeling Narrative Structures in Logical Overlays on top of Knowledge Repositories", 39th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER), Vienna, Austria, Springer, 11/2020. Abstract  Download: ER2020_Kroll_Camera_Ready.pdf (486.11 KB)
Affeldt, T., S. Mennicke, and W. - T. Balke, "Modeling Interdependent Preferences over Incomplete Knowledge Graph Query Answers", Lernen, Wissen, Daten, Analysen (LWDA), Bonn, Germany, 09/2020. Abstract  Download: 2020_LWDA_Dependencies_between_Preferences.pdf (336.67 KB)
Wawrzinek, J., J. M. G. Pinto, O. Wiehr, and W. - T. Balke, "Semantic Disambiguation of Embedded Drug-Disease Associations using Semantically Enriched Deep-Learning Approaches", Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA), Jeju, South Korea, Springer, 09/2020. Abstract  Download: DASFAA_Wawrzinek.pdf (623.53 KB)
Kroll, H., J. - C. Kalo, D. Nagel, S. Mennicke, and W. - T. Balke, "Context-Compatible Information Fusion for Scientific Knowledge Graphs", 24th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), Lyon, France, Springer, 08/2020. Abstract  Download: TPDL2020_Kroll_Camera_Ready.pdf (308.77 KB)
Wawrzinek, J., S. A. R. Hussaini, O. Wiehr, J. M. G. Pinto, and W. - T. Balke, "Explainable Word-Embeddings for Medical Digital Libraries – a Context-Aware Approach", ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 08/2020. Abstract  Download: Wawrzinek82.pdf (692.25 KB)
Wawrzinek, J., J. M. G. Pinto, O. Wiehr, and W. - T. Balke, "Exploiting Latent Semantic Subspaces to Derive Associations for Specific Pharmaceutical Semantics", Data Science and Engineering: Springer Nature, 08/2020. Abstract  Download: dasfaa_non_blinded_2020_06_30.pdf (626.89 KB)
Wawrzinek, J., J. M. G. Pinto, and W. - T. Balke, "Mining Semantic Subspaces to Express Discipline-Specific Similarities", ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 08/2020. Abstract  Download: Wawrzinek85.pdf (782.76 KB)
Affeldt, T., S. Mennicke, and W. - T. Balke, "Preference-driven Control over Incompleteness of Knowledge Graph Query Answers", 12th ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci), Southampton, UK, ACM, 07/2020. Abstract  Download: websci20-cr.pdf (647.57 KB)