Benedikt Loepp, M.Sc.

I'm a reseacher and PhD student in the Interactive Systems research group at the University of Duisburg-Essen. My research interests are at the intersection of human-computer interaction and machine learning, focusing on recommender systems, in particular, preference elicitation and interactive recommending.

Since 2012, I'm also administrative coordinator for Computer Science in the MINTroduce project, supporting study beginners at the university and being responsible for the program’s preliminary courses. Besides, I was involved in the ColognE-mobil project part II. Furthermore, I've contributed to several research developments, e.g. Blended Recommending, TagMF, and the Archaeological Sandbox. Besides research, I enjoy my teaching activities, including a lecture on Recommender Systems.

Since 2014, I'm webmaster of the official ACM RecSys website, and regularly serve as web chair for the conference.

Contact

• Mail: bene(anti-spam)dikt.loepp [at] un(anti-spam)i-due [dot] d(anti-spam)e
• Twitter: @BenediktLoepp

Please also visit LinkedIn profile and my page at the Interactive Systems research group to find out more about my academic experiences.

Publications

to appear

• Naveed, S., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2020).
  On the Use of Feature-based Collaborative Explanations: An Empirical Comparison of Explanation Styles.
  In ExUM '20: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Transparent Personalization Methods based on Heterogeneous Personal Data.
   
• Ziegler, J., & Loepp, B. (to appear).
  Handbuch Digitale Wirtschaft. In T. Kollmann (Ed.),
  (Chap. Empfehlungssysteme). Springer.
   

2019

• Loepp, B., Donkers, T., Kleemann, T., & Ziegler, J. (2019).
  Interactive Recommending with Tag-Enhanced Matrix Factorization (TagMF).
  International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 121, 21–41.
  
   
• Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2019).
  Towards Interactive Recommending in Model-based Collaborative Filtering Systems.
  In RecSys '19: Proceedings of the 13th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. (pp. 546–547). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
   
• Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2019).
  Measuring the Impact of Recommender Systems – A Position Paper on Item Consumption in User Studies.
  In Impact RS '19: Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Impact of Recommender Systems.
   
• Loepp, B., Donkers, T., Kleemann, T., & Ziegler, J. (2019).
   invited to the sister conference best paper track 
  Impact of Consuming Suggested Items on the Assessment of Recommendations in User Studies on Recommender Systems.
  In IJCAI '19: Proceedings of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (pp. 6201–6205). IJCAI Organization.
   
• Kunkel, J., Loepp, B., Dolff, E., & Ziegler, J. (2019).
  LittleMissFits: Ein Game-With-A-Purpose zur Evaluierung subjektiver Verständlichkeit von latenten Faktoren in Empfehlungssystemen.
  In Gam-R '19: Proceedings of the Mensch & Computer 2019 Workshop Gam-R – Gamification Reloaded. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
   

2018

• Loepp, B., Donkers, T., Kleemann, T., & Ziegler, J. (2018).  best short paper 
  Impact of Item Consumption on Assessment of Recommendations in User Studies.
  In RecSys '18: Proceedings of the 12th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. (pp. 49–53). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
   
• Kunkel, J., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2018).
  Understanding Latent Factors Using a GWAP.
  In LBRS@RecSys '18: Proceedings of the Late-Breaking Results track part of the 12th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems.
   
• Kunkel, J., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2018).
  Ein Online-Spiel zur Benennung latenter Faktoren in Empfehlungssystemen.
  In Mensch & Computer 2018 – Tagungsband. Gesellschaft für Informatik.
   
• Donkers, T., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2018).
  Explaining Recommendations by Means of User Reviews.
  In ExSS '18: Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Explainable Smart Systems.
   
• Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2018).
  Recommending Running Routes: Framework and Demonstrator.
  In ComplexRec '18: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Recommendation in Complex Scenarios. (pp. 26–29).
   

2017

• Kunkel, J., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2017).
  A 3D Item Space Visualization for Presenting and Manipulating User Preferences in Collaborative Filtering.
  In IUI '17: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 3–15). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
   
• Donkers, T., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2017).
  Sequential User-Based Recurrent Neural Network Recommendations.
  In RecSys '17: Proceedings of the 11th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (pp. 152–160). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
   
• Feuerbach, J., Loepp, B., Barbu, C.-M., & Ziegler, J. (2017).
  Enhancing an Interactive Recommendation System with Review-based Information Filtering.
  In IntRS '17: Proceedings of the 4th Joint Workshop on Interfaces and Human Decision Making for Recommender Systems (pp. 2–9).
   
• Biefang, K., Kunkel, J., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2017).  best demo 
  Eine Sandbox zur physisch-virtuellen Exploration von Ausgrabungsstätten.
  In Mensch & Computer 2017 – Workshopband. Gesellschaft für Informatik.
   
• Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2017).
  Empirische Bedarfsanalyse zur intermodalen Navigation und dem Einsatz von Informationssystemen zur Förderung ihrer Attraktivität.
  In H. Proff & T. M. Fojcik (Eds.), Innovative Produkte und Dienstleistungen in der Mobilität: Technische und betriebswirtschaftliche Aspekte (pp. 409–426). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
   
• Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2017).
  On User Awareness in Model-Based Collaborative Filtering Systems.
  In AWARE '17: Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Awareness Interfaces and Interactions.
   

2016

• Donkers, T., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2016).
  Tag-Enhanced Collaborative Filtering for Increasing Transparency and Interactive Control.
  In UMAP '16: Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (pp. 169–173). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
   
• Loepp, B., Barbu, C.-M., & Ziegler, J. (2016).
  Interactive Recommending: Framework, State of Research and Future Challenges.
  In EnCHIReS '16: Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Engineering Computer-Human Interaction in Recommender Systems (pp. 3–13).
   
• Donkers, T., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2016).
  Towards Understanding Latent Factors and User Profiles by Enhancing Matrix Factorization with Tags.
  In RecSys '16: Poster Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems.
   

2015

• Loepp, B., Herrmanny, K., & Ziegler, J. (2015).
  Blended Recommending: Integrating Interactive Information Filtering and Algorithmic Recommender Techniques.
  In CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 975–984). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
   
• Loepp, B., Herrmanny, K., & Ziegler, J. (2015).
  Merging Interactive Information Filtering and Recommender Algorithms – Model and Concept Demonstrator.
  i-com, 14(1), 5–17.
   
• Donkers, T., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2015).
  Merging Latent Factors and Tags to Increase Interactive Control of Recommendations.
  In RecSys '15: Poster Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems.
   
• Kunkel, J., Loepp, B., & Ziegler, J. (2015).  honorable mention 
  3D-Visualisierung zur Eingabe von Präferenzen in Empfehlungssystemen.
  In Mensch & Computer 2015: Gemeinsam – Arbeit – Erleben (pp. 123–132). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
   

2014

• Loepp, B., Hussein, T., & Ziegler, J. (2014).  honorable mention 
  Choice-Based Preference Elicitation for Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems.
  In CHI '14: Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3085–3094). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
   
• Herrmanny, K., Schering, S., Berger, R., Loepp, B., Günter, T., Hussein, T., & Ziegler, J. (2014).
  MyMovieMixer: Ein hybrider Recommender mit visuellem Bedienkonzept.
  In Mensch & Computer 2014: Interaktiv unterwegs – Freiräume gestalten (pp. 45–54). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
   
• Loepp, B. & Ziegler, J. (2014).
  Komplexe Präferenzprofile für intermodale Navigation.
  In Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Automotive HMI (pp. 191–198). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
   

2013

• Loepp, B., Hussein, T., & Ziegler, J. (2013).
  Interaktive Empfehlungsgenerierung mit Hilfe latenter Produktfaktoren.
  In Mensch & Computer 2013: Interaktive Vielfalt (pp. 17–26). München, Germany: Oldenbourg Verlag.
   

A list of publications is also available in the digital library of the University of Duisburg-Essen or in my Google Scholar profile.