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Dr. Timo Speith
Faculty of Cultural Studies
Professorship for Philosophy, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
I am fixed-term lecturer at the chair for Philosophy, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Previously, I studied philosophy (B.A.) and computer science (M.Sc.) at Saarland University, where I also did my doctoral studies in philosophy. My current research focusses on machine ethics and machine explainability with respect to already available (non-sci-fi) AI systems. I am also interested in ancient philosophy and the philosophy of science.
Faculty of Cultural Studies
Professorship for Philosophy, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Publications
2026
Speith, Timo; Steffen, Barbara
Let's Talk AI with Philosophy and Computer Science Expert Timo Speith
Let's Talk AI : Interdisciplinarity Is a Must
Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. - page 97-103 . - (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 15000)
doi:10.1007/978-3-032-09008-9_11 ...
Kerstan, Sophie; Baum, Kevin; Helfer, Thorsten; Langer, Markus; Schmidt, Eva; Sesing-Wagenpfeil, Andreas; Speith, Timo
Responsible and Trusted AI : An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2025)
Bridging the Gap Between AI and Reality : Selected Papers
Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. - page 141-145 . - (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 16220)
doi:10.1007/978-3-032-07132-3_9 ...
2025
Meinen, Lorenz; Schomäcker, Astrid; Wiedemann, Stefanie; Hartmann, Markus; Speith, Timo; Kästner, Lena; Kühl, Niklas; Rückert, Christian
Deepfakes in Criminal Investigations : Interdisciplinary Research Directions for CMC Research
Impulses and Approaches to Computer-Mediated Communication : Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Mediated Communication and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities
Bayreuth , 2025. - page 40-44
2024
Deck, Luca; Schomäcker, Astrid; Speith, Timo; Schöffer, Jakob; Kästner, Lena; Kühl, Niklas
Mapping the Potential of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Fairness Along the AI Li ...
2024
doi:10.48550/arXiv.2404.18736 ...
Third European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness (EWAF'24), Mainz, Germany
Speith, Timo; Crook, Barnaby; Mann, Sara; Schomäcker, Astrid; Langer, Markus
Conceptualizing understanding in explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) : an abilities-based ...
in Ethics and Information Technology volume 26 (2024) issue 2
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007998 ...
Speith, Timo; Xu, Jing
Explainability and Transparency in Practice : A Comparison Between Corporate and National AI Et ...
Explainable and Transparent AI and Multi-Agent Systems : 6th International Workshop, EXTRAAMAS 2024 ; Revised Selected Papers
Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature, 2024. - page 205-223 . - (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 14847)
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70074-3_12 ...
Speith, Timo; Speith, Julian; Becker, Steffen; Zou, Yixin; Biega, Asia; Paar, Christof
Explainability as a Requirement for Hardware: Introducing Explainable Hardware (XHW)
2024 IEEE 32nd International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE)
Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2024. - page 354-362
doi:10.1109/RE59067.2024.00042 ...
Longo, Luca; Brčić, Mario; Cabitza, Federico; Choi, Jaesik; Confalonieri, Roberto; Del Ser, Javier; Guidotti, Riccardo; Hayashi, Yoichi; Herrera, Francisco; Holzinger, Andreas; Jiang, Richard; Khosravi, Hassan; Lecue, Freddy; Malgieri, Gianclaudio; Páez, Andrés; Samek, Wojciech; Schneider, Johannes; Speith, Timo; Stumpf, Simone
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0 : A Manifesto of Open Challenges and Interdiscipl ...
in Information Fusion volume 106 (2024)
doi:10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102301 ...
Volland, Maximilian; Speith, Timo
A human-robot-interaction taxonomy for the robot rights debate
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues for Symbiotic Society with AI and Robots : ICRES 2024 Proceedings
Buckinghamshire, UK : CLAWAR Association Ltd., 2024. - page 107-108
doi:10.13180/icres.2024.29-31.07.010 ...
Droste, Jakob; Klös, Verena; Schwammberger, Maike; Speith, Timo
International Workshop on Explainability Engineering (ExEn)
Proceedings of the 2024 Workshop on Explainability Engineering : ExEn '24
New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2024. - page vi-vii
Baum, Kevin; Helfer, Thorsten; Langer, Markus; Schmidt, Eva; Sesing-Wagenpfeil, Andreas; Speith, Timo
Normative Perspectives on and Societal Implications of AI Systems
Bridging the Gap Between AI and Reality : Proceedings
publ: Steffen, Bernhard
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2024. - page 429-430 . - (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 14380)
Speith, Timo
Unlocking the Potential of Machine Ethics with Explainability
Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Richland, SC : International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2024. - page 2477-2479
doi:10.5555/3635637.3663199 ...
Deters, Hannah; Droste, Jakob; Hess, Anne; Klös, Verena; Schneider, Kurt; Speith, Timo; Vogelsang, Andreas
The X Factor : On the Relationship between User eXperience and eXplainability
Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI '24)
New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2024
doi:10.1145/3679318.3685352 ...
2023
Speith, Timo
Building Bridges for Better Machines: From Machine Ethics to Machine Explainability and Back
Saarbrücken, Saarländische Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek, 2023
doi:10.22028/D291-40450 ...
(dissertation, ,
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Speith, Timo; Langer, Markus
A New Perspective on Evaluation Methods for Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
2023 IEEE 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2023. - page 325-331
doi:10.1109/REW57809.2023.00061 ...
Crook, Barnaby; Schlüter, Maximilian; Speith, Timo
Revisiting the Performance-Explainability Trade-Off in Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI ...
2023 IEEE 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2023. - page 316-324
doi:10.1109/REW57809.2023.00060 ...
Mann, Sara; Crook, Barnaby; Kästner, Lena; Schomäcker, Astrid; Speith, Timo
Sources of Opacity in Computer Systems : Towards a Comprehensive Taxonomy
2023 IEEE 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2023. - page 337-342
doi:10.1109/REW57809.2023.00063 ...
Droste, Jakob; Klös, Verena; Sadeghi, Mersedeh; Schwammberger, Maike; Speith, Timo
Welcome to the Third International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Explainable Systems ...
2023 IEEE 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2023. - page 307-308
doi:10.1109/REW57809.2023.00058 ...
2022
Chazette, Larissa; Brunotte, Wasja; Speith, Timo
Explainable Software Systems : From Requirements Analysis to System Evaluation
in Requirements Engineering volume 27 (2022) issue 4. - page 457-487
doi:10.1007/s00766-022-00393-5 ...
Speith, Timo
How to Evaluate Explainability? : A Case for Three Criteria
2022 IEEE 30th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2022. - page 92-97
doi:10.1109/REW56159.2022.00024 ...
Speith, Timo
A Review of Taxonomies of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Methods
2022 5th ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. - page 2239-2250
doi:10.1145/3531146.3534639 ...
Baum, Kevin; Mantel, Susanne; Schmidt, Eva; Speith, Timo
From Responsibility to Reason-Giving Explainable Artificial Intelligence
in Philosophy & Technology volume 35 (2022)
doi:10.1007/s13347-022-00510-w ...
Brunotte, Wasja; Chazette, Larissa; Klös, Verena; Speith, Timo
Quo Vadis, Explainability? : A Research Roadmap for Explainability Engineering
Requirements Engineering : Foundation for Software Quality
Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2022. - page 26-32 . - (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 13216)
doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98464-9_3 ...
2021
Langer, Markus; Baum, Kevin; Hartmann, Kathrin; Hessel, Stefan; Speith, Timo; Wahl, Jonas
Explainability Auditing for Intelligent Systems : A Rationale for Multi-Disciplinary Perspectiv ...
2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2021. - page 164-168
doi:10.1109/REW53955.2021.00030 ...
Chazette, Larissa; Brunotte, Wasja; Speith, Timo
Exploring Explainability : A Definition, a Model, and a Knowledge Catalogue
2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2021. - page 197-208
doi:10.1109/RE51729.2021.00025 ...
Brunotte, Wasja; Chazette, Larissa; Klös, Verena; Knauss, Eric; Speith, Timo; Vogelsang, Andreas
Welcome to the First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Explainable Systems ...
2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2021. - page 157-158
doi:10.1109/REW53955.2021.00028 ...
Kästner, Lena; Langer, Markus; Lazar, Veronika; Schomäcker, Astrid; Speith, Timo; Sterz, Sarah
On the Relation of Trust and Explainability : Why to Engineer for Trustworthiness
2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW)
Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2021. - page 169-175
doi:10.1109/REW53955.2021.00031 ...
Langer, Markus; Oster, Daniel; Speith, Timo; Hermanns, Holger; Kästner, Lena; Schmidt, Eva; Sesing, Andreas; Baum, Kevin
What do we want from Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)? A stakeholder perspective on XA ...
in Artificial Intelligence volume 296 (2021)
doi:10.1016/j.artint.2021.103473 ...
Langer, Markus; Baum, Kevin; König, Cornelius J.; Hähne, Viviane; Oster, Daniel; Speith, Timo
Spare me the details : How the type of information about automated interviews influences applic ...
in International Journal of Selection and Assessment volume 29 (2021) issue 2. - page 154-169
doi:10.1111/ijsa.12325 ...
2019
Köhl, Maximilian A.; Baum, Kevin; Langer, Markus; Oster, Daniel; Speith, Timo; Bohlender, Dimitri
Explainability as a Non-Functional Requirement
2019 IEEE 27th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE)
Piscataway, NJ, USA : IEEE, 2019. - page 363-368
doi:10.1109/RE.2019.00046 ...
Baum, Kevin; Hermanns, Holger; Speith, Timo
Towards a Framework Combining Machine Ethics and Machine Explainability
Proceedings 3rd Workshop on Formal Reasoning about Causation, Responsibility, and Explanations in Science and Technology
Sydney, NSW, AU : Open Publishing Association, 2019. - page 34-49 . - (EPTCS; 286)
doi:10.4204/EPTCS.286.4 ...
2018
Baum, Kevin; Hermanns, Holger; Speith, Timo
From Machine Ethics to Machine Explainability and Back
International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA : International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, 2018. - page 1-8
https://www.powver.org/publications/TechRepRep/ERC ...
International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (ISAIM), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Faculty of Cultural Studies
Professorship for Philosophy, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Timo Speith
Lecturer
Office
Building Zapf 4, Room 4.4.11
Universität Bayreuth
Nürnberger Str. 38
D-95448 Bayreuth
Postal address
Universität Bayreuth
Institut für Philosophie
D-95440 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 55-4769
E-mail: timo.speith@uni-bayreuth.de
Office hours: by appointment