
Jana Gonnermann-Müller
I am interested in exploring how agentic AI, machine learning, and human-centered design can be integrated to develop adaptive, personalized systems for learning, decision-making, and broader societal impact. I use experimental methods and prototype evaluation to investigate these systems in practice. Currently, my work focuses on LLM-based educational tools and agentic simulations.
Contact
- office
- Room 3023 at ZIB
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- homepage
- janagonnermann.com
- languages
- German and English
Curriculum vitae
- since 2025
- Researcher at ZIB
- since 2022
- Researcher at WI
- 2021 to 2025
- Researcher at UP
- Jul 2025
- Ph.D. in Business Informatics at UP
- Oct 2020
- M.Sc. in Psychology at HUB
- Oct 2017
- B.Sc. in Psychology at HUB
Publications and preprints
Preprints and reports
- 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_GonnermannmuellerEtAl_Llmstudentsimulation_2605-06307, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2605.06307}, arxiv = {arXiv:2605.06307}, primaryclass = {cs.HC}, 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} } - Haase, J., Gonnermann-Müller, J., Yim, S. H., Leins, N., Mendling, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Simulating Eating Disorder Patients with LLMs: Evaluating Psychological Persona Stability in Multi-Turn Conversations.
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@misc{2026_HaaseEtAl_Llmstability_2606-26109, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2606.26109}, arxiv = {arXiv:2606.26109}, primaryclass = {cs.CY}, author = {Haase, Jennifer and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Yim, See Heng and Leins, Nicolas and Mendling, Jan and Pokutta, Sebastian}, title = {Simulating Eating Disorder Patients with LLMs: Evaluating Psychological Persona Stability in Multi-Turn Conversations}, date = {2026-05-12} } - Leins, N., Haase, J., Geronimus, V., Gonnermann-Müller, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Prompting Against Persona Drift: Comparing Intervention Timing and Content in LLM-Simulated Conversations.
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@misc{2026_LeinsEtAl_PersonaDriftIntervention_2609-24532, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2609.24532}, arxiv = {arXiv:2609.24532}, primaryclass = {cs.HC}, author = {Leins, Nicolas and Haase, Jennifer and Geronimus, Varvara and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Pokutta, Sebastian}, title = {Prompting Against Persona Drift: Comparing Intervention Timing and Content in LLM-Simulated Conversations}, date = {2026-09-21} } - Leins, N., Fischer, M., Teichmann, M., Gonnermann-Müller, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Robot Programming with Augmented Reality: The Role of Spatial Ability.
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@misc{2026_LeinsGonnermannmuellerTeichmannPokutta_Spatialabilityar_2602-03544, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2602.03544}, arxiv = {arXiv:2602.03544}, primaryclass = {cs.RO}, author = {Leins, Nicolas and Fischer, Muriel and Teichmann, Malte and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Pokutta, Sebastian}, title = {Robot Programming with Augmented Reality: The Role of Spatial Ability}, date = {2026-02-03} } - Leins, N., Pelleriti, N., Gonnermann-Müller, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). When Does LLM Orchestration Pay Off? A Controlled Evaluation of Accuracy, Cost, and Task Difficulty.
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@misc{2026_LeinsPelleritiGonnermannmuellerPokutta_Llmorchestration_2608-00685, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2608.00685}, arxiv = {arXiv:2608.00685}, primaryclass = {cs.AI}, author = {Leins, Nicolas and Pelleriti, Nico and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Pokutta, Sebastian}, title = {When Does LLM Orchestration Pay Off? A Controlled Evaluation of Accuracy, Cost, and Task Difficulty}, date = {2026-08-01} }
Conference contributions
- Haase, J., Gonnermann-Müller, J., Hanel, P. H. P., Leins, N., Kosch, T., Mendling, J., and Pokutta, S. Within-Model vs Between-Prompt Variability in Large Language Models for Creative Tasks. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 39.
To appear.
Associated with NeurIPS 2026.
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2026_HaaseEtAl_Promptvariability_2601-21339:1, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems}, series = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems}, volume = {39}, publisher = {Curran Associates}, note = {To appear}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2601.21339}, arxiv = {arXiv:2601.21339}, primaryclass = {cs.AI}, 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 = {Within-Model vs Between-Prompt Variability in Large Language Models for Creative Tasks} } - Leins, N., Gonnermann-Müller, J., Teichmann, M., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Beyond Static Instruction: A Multi-agent AI Framework for Adaptive Augmented Reality Robot Training. Companion Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 989–993.
Associated with LBR @ HRI 2026.
DOI: 10.1145/3776734.3794542
[URL]
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2026_LeinsGonnermannmuellerTeichmannPokutta_Multiagentar_2603-00016, year = {2026}, date = {2026-03-04}, booktitle = {Companion Proceedings of the 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, month = mar, pages = {989--993}, doi = {10.1145/3776734.3794542}, url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3776734.3794542}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2603.00016}, arxiv = {arXiv:2603.00016}, primaryclass = {cs.RO}, author = {Leins, Nicolas and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Teichmann, Malte and Pokutta, Sebastian}, title = {Beyond Static Instruction: A Multi-agent AI Framework for Adaptive Augmented Reality Robot Training} } - Gonnermann-Müller, J., Haase, J., Leins, N., Igel, M., Fackeldey, K., and Pokutta, S. (2026). FACET: Multi-Agent AI Supporting Teachers in Scaling Differentiated Learning for Diverse Students. Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 7165–7173.
Associated with IJCAI 2026.
DOI: 10.24963/ijcai.2026/797
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2026_GonnermannmuellerEtAl_Facetmultiagent_2601-22788, year = {2026}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence}, publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization}, pages = {7165--7173}, doi = {10.24963/ijcai.2026/797}, 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} } - 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 Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–6.
Associated with CHI EA 2026.
DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3799334
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2026_GonnermannmuellerEtAl_Stablepersonas_2601-22812, year = {2026}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, pages = {1--6}, doi = {10.1145/3772363.3799334}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2601.22812}, arxiv = {arXiv:2601.22812}, primaryclass = {cs.HC}, 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} } - 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 Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–5.
Associated with CHI EA 2026.
DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3799284
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2026_HaaseEtAl_Promptvariability_2601-21339, year = {2026}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, pages = {1--5}, doi = {10.1145/3772363.3799284}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2601.21339}, arxiv = {arXiv:2601.21339}, primaryclass = {cs.AI}, 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} } - Leins, N., Pelleriti, N., Gonnermann-Müller, J., and Pokutta, S. (2026). When Does LLM Orchestration Pay Off? A Controlled Evaluation of Accuracy, Resources, and Task Difficulty. Accepted at NeurIPS 2026 Workshop on Resource-Aware Agentic AI.
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@misc{2026_LeinsPelleritiGonnermannmuellerPokutta_Llmorchestration_2608-00685:1, howpublished = {Accepted at NeurIPS 2026 Workshop on Resource-Aware Agentic AI}, year = {2026}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2608.00685}, arxiv = {arXiv:2608.00685}, primaryclass = {cs.AI}, author = {Leins, Nicolas and Pelleriti, Nico and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Pokutta, Sebastian}, title = {When Does LLM Orchestration Pay Off? A Controlled Evaluation of Accuracy, Resources, and Task Difficulty} } - Gonnermann-Müller, J., Sahling, K., and Haase, J. (2025). Let’s Be Realistic: AI-Recommender Use in a Complex Management Setting. Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–10.
Associated with CHI EA 2025.
DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3720131
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2025_GonnermannSahlingHaase_Letsberealistic, year = {2025}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, pages = {1--10}, doi = {10.1145/3706599.3720131}, author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Sahling, Kristina and Haase, Jennifer}, title = {Let's Be Realistic: AI-Recommender Use in a Complex Management Setting} } - Schummel, P., Teichmann, M., and Gonnermann-Müller, J. (2025). Specifying ten roles of using ChatGPT in secondary education: a teacher’s perspective. ECIS 2025 Proceedings.
Associated with ECIS 2025.
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2025_SchummelTeichmannGonnermann_Specifying, year = {2025}, booktitle = {ECIS 2025 Proceedings}, publisher = {Association for Information Systems (AIS eLibrary)}, author = {Schummel, Philip and Teichmann, Malte and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana}, title = {Specifying ten roles of using ChatGPT in secondary education: a teacher's perspective} } - Gonnermann-Müller, J., Leins, N., Gronau, N., and Kosch, T. (2024, December 15). Value by Design: Reducing Cognitive Load by Using Visual Guidance in Augmented Reality - An Eye-Tracking Study. ICIS 2024 Proceedings.
Associated with ICIS 2024.
[URL]
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2024_GonnermannLeinsGronauKosch_Valuebydesign, year = {2024}, date = {2024-12-15}, booktitle = {ICIS 2024 Proceedings}, publisher = {Association for Information Systems (AIS eLibrary)}, url = {https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2024/humtechinter/humtechinter/18/}, author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Leins, Nicolas and Gronau, Norbert and Kosch, Thomas}, title = {Value by Design: Reducing Cognitive Load by Using Visual Guidance in Augmented Reality - An Eye-Tracking Study} } - Gonnermann, J., Brandenburger, B., Vladova, G., and Gronau, N. (2023). To What Extent Can Individualisation in Terms of Different Types of Mode Improve Learning Outcomes and Learner Satisfaction? A Pre-study. Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Associated with HICSS 2023.
DOI: 10.24251/hicss.2023.015
[BibTeX]
@inproceedings{2023_GonnermannBrandenburgerVladovaGronau_Towhatextendcanindividualisation, year = {2023}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences}, publisher = {University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Department of IT Management, Shidler College of Business)}, doi = {10.24251/hicss.2023.015}, author = {Gonnermann, Jana and Brandenburger, Bonny and Vladova, Gergana and Gronau, Norbert}, title = {To What Extent Can Individualisation in Terms of Different Types of Mode Improve Learning Outcomes and Learner Satisfaction? A Pre-study} }
Articles, chapters and books
- Krzywdzinski, M., Wotschack, P., Gonnermann-Müller, J., and Gronau, N. (2026). How team organization influences the ability to solve automation failures: an experimental study on human–AI decision-making in teams. AI & SOCIETY, 41(4), 3605–3620.
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-025-02761-5
[BibTeX]
@article{2025_KrzywdzinskiWotschackGonnermannmuellerGronau, year = {2026}, journal = {AI & SOCIETY}, month = apr, volume = {41}, number = {4}, pages = {3605--3620}, doi = {10.1007/s00146-025-02761-5}, author = {Krzywdzinski, Martin and Wotschack, Philip and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Gronau, Norbert}, title = {How team organization influences the ability to solve automation failures: an experimental study on human–AI decision-making in teams} } - Gonnermann-Müller, J., Haase, J., Fackeldey, K., and Pokutta, S. (2026). Teacher-centered LLM-based multi-agent systems–towards differentiated educational worksheets. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research.
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2026.2727110
[arXiv]
[BibTeX]
@article{2025_JanaHaaseFackeldeyPokutta_Facetllm_2508-11401, year = {2026}, journal = {Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research}, doi = {10.1080/13511610.2026.2727110}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {2508.11401}, arxiv = {arXiv:2508.11401}, primaryclass = {cs.HC}, author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Haase, Jennifer and Fackeldey, Konstantin and Pokutta, Sebastian}, title = {Teacher-centered LLM-based multi-agent systems–towards differentiated educational worksheets} } - Gonnermann-Müller, J., and Krüger, J. M. (2025). Unlocking Augmented Reality Learning Design Based on Evidence From Empirical Cognitive Load Studies—A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 41(1), e13095.
DOI: 10.1111/jcal.13095
[BibTeX]
@article{2024_Gonnermannkrueger_unlockingARdesign, year = {2025}, journal = {Journal of Computer Assisted Learning}, month = feb, volume = {41}, number = {1}, pages = {e13095}, doi = {10.1111/jcal.13095}, author = {Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Krüger, Jule M.}, title = {Unlocking Augmented Reality Learning Design Based on Evidence From Empirical Cognitive Load Studies—A Systematic Literature Review} } - Leins, N., Gonnermann-Müller, J., and Teichmann, M. (2024). Comparing head-mounted and handheld augmented reality for guided assembly. Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 18(4), 313–328.
DOI: 10.1007/s12193-024-00440-1
[BibTeX]
@article{2024_LeinsGonnermann_ComparingHMD, year = {2024}, date = {2024-09-27}, journal = {Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces}, month = sep, volume = {18}, number = {4}, pages = {313--328}, doi = {10.1007/s12193-024-00440-1}, author = {Leins, Nicolas and Gonnermann-Müller, Jana and Teichmann, Malte}, title = {Comparing head-mounted and handheld augmented reality for guided assembly} }
Projects
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.
FACET is a teacher-facing multi-agent AI framework developed jointly by ZIB, the Weizenbaum Institute, and partner schools in Berlin to support differentiated instruction in heterogeneous classrooms. The project combines psychological research on human–AI interaction with algorithmic modeling and multi-agent system design.
Talks and posters
Conference and workshop talks
- Sep 2025
- Simulating Student Diversity in Classrooms: Using Multi-Agent Systems to Generate Personalized Learning Material by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
3rd NHR conference, Göttingen - Dec 2024
- Value by Design-Reducing Cognitive Load by Using Visual Guidance in Augmented Reality-An Eye-Tracking Study by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
The International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Bangkok - Aug 2023
- Influence of Pre-Experience on Learning in Virtual Environments by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Panama City - Jan 2023
- To What Extent Can Individualisation in Terms of Different Types of Mode Improve Learning Outcomes and Learner Satisfaction? by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Lahaina
Research seminar talks
- Apr 2026
- Multi-Agent LLM Systems for Education: Simulating Diverse Learners to Support Teacher Workflows by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Industry talks
- Apr 2025
- XR-Kompass: Zukunftsfähige, immersive Aus- und Weiterbildung für KMU by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Economic Development Agency Berlin-Brandenburg (WFBB), Potsdam - Jun 2024
- Augmented Reality im Onboarding mit bedingter KI-Unterstützung by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), Berlin - Oct 2023
- Einsatz von Augmented Reality – Nutzerzentrierte Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
BASF (online)
Outreach and public engagement
- Apr 2026
- Chancen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven künstlicher Intelligenz im therapeutischen Kontext by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie - Apr 2026
- Schnell gefragt, schnell vergessen? Was KI mit unserem Lernen macht by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Tag der Mathematik - Nov 2025
- Chancen und Risiken von KI im Klassenzimmer by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
KI-Fachtag der Schulen Berlin - Nov 2025
- KI gehört ins Klassenzimmer by Jana Gonnermann-Müller
Weizenbaum Debate
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 - Apr 2026
- Within-Model Vs Between-Prompt Variability in Large Language Models for Creative Tasks by Jana Gonnermann-Müller and Nicolas Leins
CHI Conference, Barcelona
Research Stays and Visits
- Feb 2023
- Stellenbosch University hosted by Christian Maasdorp
Events
- Apr 2026
- CHI Conference, Barcelona
- Sep 2025
- 3rd NHR conference, Göttingen
- summer 2025
- Organizational Knowledge Management, Potsdam
- Dec 2024
- The International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Bangkok
- Sep 2024
- Internationale Tagung der Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Würzburg
- Jun 2024
- NeuroIS Retreat (NeuroIS), Vienna
- Aug 2023
- The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Panama City
- May 2023
- NeuroIS Retreat (NeuroIS), Vienna
- Jan 2023
- Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Lahaina
- Dec 2022
- The International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen
- summer 2021
- Organizational Knowledge Management, Potsdam
Teaching
- summer 2025
- Seminar Instructor for Programming AR and VR Applications for Education at UP
- summer 2025
- Lecturer for Organizational Knowledge Management at UP
- summer 2024
- Seminar Instructor for Programming AR and VR Applications for Education at UP
- summer 2023
- Seminar Instructor for Research Methods at UP
- summer 2022
- Seminar Instructor for Research Methods at UP
- summer 2021
- Teaching Assistant for Organizational Knowledge Management at UP