AIPsySys ▶ ongoing

AI Meets Psychology and Systems

This project investigates how advanced AI systems can augment human competence in creativity, learning, and scientific reasoning, combining psychological research on human–AI interaction with algorithmic modeling and multi-agent system design.

since Aug 2025since Aug 25
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🧑‍🎓 IOL Project Members

Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Principal Investigator
gonnermann-mueller (at) zib.de
Sebastian Pokutta
Principal Investigator
pokutta (at) zib.de
Moritz Igel
igel (at) zib.de
Muriel Fischer
fischer (at) zib.de
Nicolas Leins
leins (at) zib.de
Varya Geronimus
geronimus (at) zib.de

🤝 External Project Members

Jan Mendling
Principal Investigator
jan.mendling (at) hu-berlin.de
Jennifer Haase
Principal Investigator
jennifer.haase (at) hu-berlin.de
Thomas Kosch
Principal Investigator
thomas.kosch (at) hu-berlin.de

🔬 Project Description

A collaboration between the Weizenbaum Institute, HU Berlin, and ZIB, this project develops and evaluates coordinated, agentic AI architectures that support complex cognitive and educational processes under meaningful human control.

The research spans two pillars: foundational understanding of LLM capabilities for simulating human behavior and social interaction, including frameworks of Human–AI Co-Creativity; and applied system development, producing the Synthetic Divergent Association Task (S-DAT) for automated creativity assessment and FACET, a multi-agent architecture for teacher-centered personalized worksheet generation.

💬 Talks and posters

Poster presentations

Apr 2026
Stable Personas: Dual-Assessment of Temporal Stability in LLM-Based Human Simulation by Jana Gonnermann-Müller and Nicolas Leins
CHI Conference, Barcelona

📝 Publications and preprints

Preprints

  1. Gonnermann-Müller, J., Haase, J., Leins, N., Kosch, T., and Pokutta, S. (2026). LLM-Based Educational Simulation: Evaluating Temporal Student Persona Stability Across ADHD Profiles. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{2026_JanagonnermannmuellerEtAl_Llmstudentsimulation_2605-06307,
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2605.06307},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2605.06307},
  primaryclass = {cs.HC},
  year = {2026},
  author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Haase, Jennifer and Leins, Nicolas and Kosch, Thomas and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {LLM-Based Educational Simulation: Evaluating Temporal Student Persona Stability Across ADHD Profiles},
  date = {2026-05-07}
}
  2. Gonnermann-Müller, J., Haase, J., Leins, N., Kosch, T., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Stable Personas: Dual-Assessment of Temporal Stability in LLM-Based Human Simulation. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{2026_JanagonnermannmuellerEtAl_Stablepersonas_2601-22812,
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2601.22812},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2601.22812},
  primaryclass = {cs.HC},
  year = {2026},
  author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Haase, Jennifer and Leins, Nicolas and Kosch, Thomas and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {Stable Personas: Dual-Assessment of Temporal Stability in LLM-Based Human Simulation},
  date = {2026-01-30}
}
  3. Haase, J., and Pokutta, S. (2025). Beyond Static Responses: Multi-Agent LLM Systems As a New Paradigm for Social Science Research. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{2025_HaasePokutta_Multiagentllm_2506-01839,
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2506.01839},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2506.01839},
  primaryclass = {cs.MA},
  year = {2025},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {Beyond Static Responses: Multi-Agent LLM Systems As a New Paradigm for Social Science Research},
  date = {2025-06-02}
}
  4. Gonnermann-Müller, J., Haase, J., Fackeldey, K., and Pokutta, S. (2025). FACET: Teacher-Centred LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems-Towards Personalized Educational Worksheets. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{2025_JanaHaaseFackeldeyPokutta_Facetllm_2508-11401,
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2508.11401},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2508.11401},
  primaryclass = {cs.HC},
  year = {2025},
  author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Haase, Jennifer and Fackeldey, Konstantin and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {FACET: Teacher-Centred LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems-Towards Personalized Educational Worksheets},
  date = {2025-08-15}
}

Conference proceedings

  1. Gonnermann-Müller, J., Haase, J., Leins, N., Kosch, T., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Maintaining Stable Personas? Examining Temporal Stability in LLM-Based Human Simulation. Proceedings of the CHI EA 2026: Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{2026_GonnermannEtAl_CHIStablePersonas,
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the CHI EA 2026: Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Haase, Jennifer and Leins, Nicolas and Kosch, Thomas and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {Maintaining Stable Personas? Examining Temporal Stability in LLM-Based Human Simulation}
}
  2. Haase, J., Gonnermann-Müller, J., Hanel, P. H. P., Leins, N., Kosch, T., Mendling, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). It’s Not Just the Prompt: Model Choice Dominates LLM Creative Output. Proceedings of the CHI EA 2026: Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{2026_HaaseEtAl_CHICreativity,
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the CHI EA 2026: Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Hanel, Paul H. P. and Leins, Nicolas and Kosch, Thomas and Mendling, Jan and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {It's Not Just the Prompt: Model Choice Dominates LLM Creative Output}
}
  3. Haase, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Structured Creativity Methods for Multi-Agent LLMs: Brainwriting Outperforms Disney and Double Diamond. Proceedings of the ICML 2026 Workshop on Human-AI Co-Creativity (GenAICreativity).
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{2026_HaasePokutta_BrainwritingCreativity,
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the ICML 2026 Workshop on Human-AI Co-Creativity (GenAICreativity)},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {Structured Creativity Methods for Multi-Agent LLMs: Brainwriting Outperforms Disney and Double Diamond}
}
  4. Haase, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). The Missing Drive: Functional Analogs of Intrinsic Motivation in Large Language Models for Creative Tasks. Proceedings of the ICML 2026 Workshop on Human-AI Co-Creativity (GenAICreativity).
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{2026_HaasePokutta_MissingDrive,
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the ICML 2026 Workshop on Human-AI Co-Creativity (GenAICreativity)},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {The Missing Drive: Functional Analogs of Intrinsic Motivation in Large Language Models for Creative Tasks}
}
  5. Gonnermann-Müller, J., Haase, J., Leins, N., Igel, M., Fackeldey, K., and Pokutta, S. (2026, January 30). FACET: Multi-Agent AI Supporting Teachers in Scaling Differentiated Learning for Diverse Students. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{2026_JanagonnermannmuellerEtAl_Facetmultiagent_2601-22788,
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2601.22788},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2601.22788},
  primaryclass = {cs.HC},
  author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Haase, Jennifer and Leins, Nicolas and Igel, Moritz and Fackeldey, Konstantin and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {FACET: Multi-Agent AI Supporting Teachers in Scaling Differentiated Learning for Diverse Students},
  date = {2026-01-30}
}
  6. Haase, J., Hanel, P. H. P., and Pokutta, S. (2025). S-DAT: a Multilingual, GenAI-driven Framework for Automated Divergent Thinking Assessment. Proceedings of the 8th AAAI, 8, 1194–1205. [URL] [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{2025_HaasePPokutta_SdatDivergentthinking:1,
  year = {2025},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th AAAI},
  month = jul,
  volume = {8},
  pages = {1194--1205},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.09068},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2505.09068},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2505.09068},
  primaryclass = {cs.CL},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Hanel, Paul H. P. and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {S-DAT: a Multilingual, GenAI-driven Framework for Automated Divergent Thinking Assessment},
  date = {2025-05-14}
}

Full articles

  1. Haase, J., Hanel, P. H. P., and Pokutta, S. (2025). Has the Creativity of Large-Language Models Peaked? An Analysis of Inter- and Intra-LLM Variability. Journal of Creativity. DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100113 [URL] [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{2025_HaasePPokutta_Llmvariability,
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Creativity},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100113},
  url = {https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374525000202},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2504.12320},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2504.12320},
  primaryclass = {cs.CL},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Hanel, Paul H. P. and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {Has the Creativity of Large-Language Models Peaked? An Analysis of Inter- and Intra-LLM Variability},
  date = {2025-04-10}
}
  2. Haase, J., and Pokutta, S. (2025). Human-AI Co-Creativity: Exploring Synergies Across Levels of Creative Collaboration. In Generative Artificial Intelligence and Creativity (pp. 205–221). elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-34073-4.00009-5 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @incollection{2024_Pokutta_HumanAICOcreative,
  year = {2025},
  booktitle = {Generative Artificial Intelligence and Creativity},
  publisher = {elsevier},
  chapter = {9},
  pages = {205--221},
  doi = {10.1016/B978-0-443-34073-4.00009-5},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2411.12527},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2411.12527},
  primaryclass = {cs.HC},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {Human-AI Co-Creativity: Exploring Synergies Across Levels of Creative Collaboration}
}
  3. Haase, J., Hanel, P. H. P., and Pokutta, S. (2025). S-DAT: a Multilingual, GenAI-driven Framework for Automated Divergent Thinking Assessment. Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society, 8(2), 1194–1205. DOI: 10.1609/aies.v8i2.36622 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{2025_HaasePPokutta_SdatDivergentthinking,
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society},
  volume = {8},
  number = {2},
  pages = {1194--1205},
  doi = {10.1609/aies.v8i2.36622},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2505.09068},
  arxiv = {arXiv:2505.09068},
  primaryclass = {cs.CL},
  author = {Haase, Jennifer and Hanel, Paul H. P. and Pokutta, Sebastian},
  title = {S-DAT: a Multilingual, GenAI-driven Framework for Automated Divergent Thinking Assessment},
  date = {2025-05-14}
}