PD Dr. Mateusz Dolata
Researcher

Department of Informatics
University of Zurich
Binzmuehlestrasse 14
CH-8050 Zurich
Email: dolata@ifi.uzh.ch
Phone: +41 44 635 7198
Room: BIN 2.C.08
Short CV
- since 2025: Professor, ZF Endowed Chair of Artificial Intelligence, Zeppelin University, Germany.
- 2024: Venia Legendi in Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Habilitation Topic: "Essays on sociotechnical understanding of emerging technologies".
- 2018: Doctor of Science in Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Dissertation Topic: "The digital transformation of advisory practices" (Prof. Dr. G. Schwabe).
- 2012: Master of Science in Media Informatics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Thesis Topic: "Concept and Evaluation of Semi-Automatic Tagging for E-Mails" (Prof. W. Prinz, PhD).
- 2010: Bachelor of Arts in Computational Linguistics and Philosophy, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Thesis Topic: "Extending the Entity-Grid Model for the processing of implicit roles in discourse" (Prof. Dr. A. Frank).
Research Interests
- Collaboration between human and AI in an organizational context
- Policy and ethical design for AI systems
- Digital agents in services and healthcare
- Multimodal AI & AI in the Metaverse
Research Areas and Projects
- Human-AI Collaboration
- Patient-and-Data-centered Healthcare
- Advisory Service Support
- Technology Appropriation in Advisory Services (lead)
- Live Paper (completed, co-lead)
- Communication in IT-supported Advice Giving (completed, lead)
- Financial Advisory Service 2.0 (completed, contributor)
- Persuasive Home Security Advice (completed, contributor)
- Public Administration Advisory Support (completed, contributor)
- Small Group Collaboration
- Group Memory Support (completed, lead)
- Post-Creativity Frustration (completed, co-lead)
- Creativity through Jazz (completed, lead)
Teaching
Supervised Theses
Bachelor's Theses:
- Jonas Wittwer, Wie gut ist gut genug? Kriterien und Faktoren für die Akzeptanz von Digitalen Assistenten in der Bankberatung, 2021.
- Hannah Rohe, WISE-Bot: Making Surveys More Attractive to Patients with The Help of a Chatbot, 2021.
- Jonas Zürcher, Entwicklung eines Chatbots für Umfragen: WISE-Bot, 2021.
- Dave Basler, Development of an app-prototype to support intersession activity during psychotherapy, 2021.
- Florian Burkhardt, Development of a digital agent to support intersession activity during psychotherapy, 2021.
- Charlotte Eder, Bankberatung 2.0: Eine Untersuchung der Anthropomorphisierung von digitalen Assistenten im Bankwesen, 2021.
- Damaris Schmid, Rise of the Strategizer: Enhancing Bank Advisory Sessions with an AI-Based Conversational Agent, 2020.
- Tim Schluchter, Design Principles for Conversational Agents in Group Collaboration: A Review of Public Opinion and Research, 2020.
- Michael Nadig, Exploring practices of the used car negotiation, 2020.
- Christoph Fässler, Personalisierte Schmerzdarstellung - Weiterentwicklung eines zahnärztlichen Visualisierungstools zur Verbesserung der Informationstherapie, 2020.
- Andjela Markovic, Development of an Interactive Website for the European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2021: Determining Pragmatic Quality Guidelines for Conference Websites, 2020.
- Aleksandra Markovic, Development of an Interactive Website for the European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 2021: Determining Hedonic Quality Guidelines for Conference Websites, 2020.
- Gian Waltert, The Influence of Information Technology on Financial Services: A Qualitative Study on Practices in Mortgage Advisory Sessions, 2020.
- Abirami Raghupathy, Digital Companion: A patient-centered information system for patient-physician consultation, 2020.
- Joshua Heubi, Entwicklung eines digitalen Trainers zur Verbesserung der Erreichbarkeit und Begrüssung der telefonischen Kundenbetreuung im Rathaus, anhand von Spracherkennung und -synthese, 2019.
- Sebastian Richner, Deriving Value from Ad Hoc Textual Patient Feedback, 2019.
- Kenny Kunzmann, Designideen zur Einführung von digitalen Agenten in Beratungsgesprächen anhand der Design Science Research Methodologie, 2019.
- Robin Kaufmann, Welcome, IT: Eine Untersuchung, wie Technologien in der Bankberatung eingeführt werden und wie Sprachassistenten diese Einführung unterstützen können, 2019.
- Kasimir Bobst, Suggestions and Methods for Improving Speech-to-Text Data received from recapp and Definition of an Interface Between Obtained Data and the Back End, 2019.
- Nicola Cassani, Lernerfolg in IT-gestützten Kundengesprächen in der Bankberatung, 2019.
- Lukas Enggist, Nutzungspraktiken und Akzeptanz der Beratungssoftware in einer Bank, 2019.
- Mathias Lüthi, Digital Life Insurance Customer Journeys: Using behavioral analytics and conversational UI to increase conversion rates, 2018.
- Jara Fuhrer, Beratungspraktiken von Arbeitsvermittlern der Agentur für Arbeit und Potentiale für Unterstützung durch IT, 2018.
- Alina Marti, Beratungspraktiken der Arbeitsamt-Mitarbeiter in Erstberatungen und Potentiale für Unterstützung der Beratung durch IT, 2018.
- Mirko Serbak, Identifizierung wichtiger Feedbackeigenschaften: Eine Technische Analyse von Studenten-zu-Studenten-Feedback, 2018.
- Nataliia Frey, Improving Student Peer Feedback: Application of Computational Linguistics to Analyze Feedback Texts, 2018.
- Jana Spörri, Feedback on Feedback: The Influence of IT User Feedback Channels on Collaborative Advisory Services, 2018.
- Fabrizio Füchslin, Verwendung von Podcasts an Schweizer Hochschulen, 2018.
- Natalie Wellnhammer, Praktiken im Umgang mit Vorlesungs-Podcasts, 2018.
- Alice Truong, Papier, Stift und Token: Objekte der Interaktion in Bankberatungen, 2017.
- Désirée Blass, Überzeugen durchs Erschrecken: Motivationspraktiken in der Sicherheitsberatung, 2017.
- Lilian Pinto, Die ersten und letzten Minuten einer Bankberatung mit und ohne LivePaper – Dokumente und Interaktionen zwischen Kunde und Berater, 2017.
- Gavin Bellhouse, Interaction Objects: Windows, Doors and Tablets in Burglary Prevention Services, 2017.
- Pascal Zehnder, Entwicklung einer Tablet-basierten Applikation zur Unterstützung der Arbeitspraktiken in der Hypothekarberatung, 2017.
- Silvan Imhof, Chancen und Herausforderungen der IT-unterstützten Beratung, 2016.
- Sarah Rüegger, Practitioners’ Perspective on Dark Horse, 2016.
- Sebastian Pinegger, Entwicklung eines "post-advisory" IT-Prototypen zur Steigerung der Entscheidungszufrieden nach der Hypothekarberatung, 2016.
- Marco Egli, Papier-Praktiken in der Bankberatung: Ein traditionelles Hilfsmittel als Treiber der modernen Welt, 2016.
- Cigdem Yarici, Conversational Involvement in IT-supported Advice Giving, 2015.
- Mathias Molnar, Unterstützung der Group Memory durch Video-basierte Dokumentation mit Tags in Meetings, 2014.
- Maximilian Steinbach, Support of a group memory in design thinking projects through effective post-processing of the video-based documentation, 2013.
Master's theses:
- David Wyss, Teilautonome Multikopter zugunsten der Einsatzzentrale bei Raubüberfällen: Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen von Drohnen als polizeiliches Einsatzmittel, 2021
- Jara Fuhrer, Building a Prototype for Automated Documentation of Financial Advisory Sessions Accompanied by a Digital Assistant, 2021.
- Fanny Zucchinetti, Risk Factors of Atherosclerosis – Designing a Mobile App to Support Patient Education and Self-Management, 2021.
- Mathias Lüthi, Closing the Loop: Integration von Kundeninformationen in ein Bankberatungsgespräch, 2021.
- Nino Scherrer, Selbstberatung mit einem virtuellen Assistenten als Teil von einem Omnichannel Service: Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Prototyps, 2020.
- Andreas Bucher, General-Purpose Framework for Intent Recognition in Dialogues, 2020.
- Anna Götz, An Evaluation of Software Tools for Structured Documenting of Medical History Taking and Physical Exams, 2020.
- Natalie Wellnhammer, Persuasion with the use of the App EP: Examining the Implementation Rate of Recommended Home Security Measures, 2020.
- Dzmitry Katsiuba, IT-Unterstützung des intelligenten Kundenfeedback-Managements: Konzept der Zusammenarbeit zwischen einem intelligenten Agenten und menschlichen Akteuren, 2020.
- Lilian Pinto, Technology’s Creative Potential in the Waiting Room, 2020.
- Désirée Blass, Der Einfluss verschiedener IT-Systeme auf die vom Kunden wahrgenommene Qualität von Hypothekarberatungen., 2020.
- Alice Truong, Digitale Unterstützung für die Informationstherapie bei Patienten mit orofazialem Schmerzsyndrom, 2019.
- Chris Herzog, Building a voice-enabled, virtual Assistant Prototype with State-of-the-Art Technology for financial Advisory Sessions, 2018.
- David Bolli, Elicitation of Roles for Virtual Assistants with a Speech Interface Aiming to Improve the Quality of Face-to-Face Financial Advisory Sessions, 2018.
- Marco Egli, The Bleeding Edge of Virtual Assistants: Exploratory Analysis of Behavioral Phenomena in Virtual, Speech-Based Assistant Use and Implications for Their Integration in Face-to-Face (Financial) Advisory Sessions, 2018.
- Christian Schneider, Verbesserter Wissenstransfer in der Finanzberatung mittels der Live Paper Technologie, 2018.
- Gzim Zimberi, Beratungspraktiken in einer Versicherungsgesellschaft unter Mithilfe von mobilen Anwendungen: Eine "in-the-wild" Studie des Einflusses von zwei mobilen Anwendungen auf die Beratungspraktiken, 2017.
- Oettli Daniel, IBM Watson in Switzerland: An Analysis of Pilot Projects, 2017.
- Nicola Storz, IBM Watson in Switzerland: An Analysis of Pilot Projects, 2017.
- Nikita Shah, Methaphors in Information Systems Research, 2016.
- Adrian Gasparini, Application of Handwriting Recognition in Advisory Services, 2016.
Service and Outreach
- Reviewed for IS conferences (ICIS, ECIS, HICSS, WI), HCI/CSCW conferences (ACM CSCW, CHI), IS journals (MISQ, ISJ, JIT, EJIS, BISE), and the CSCW journal. Various co-chair roles in ECSCW.
- Associated editor for conferences (ICIS, ECIS, ACM CSCW, WI, INTERACT, DESRIST) and journals (BISE, ISJ). Editorial Advisory Board Member of the CSCW journal.
- General Conference Co-Chair of the 19th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, ECSCW, in 2021.
- Steering committee member and publicty co-chair of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies, EUSSET, since 2019.
Publications
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Publications
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2025
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How Persuadee’s Psychological States and Traits Shape Digital Persuasion: Lessons Learnt from Mobile Burglary Prevention Encounters. In: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2025 (HICSS-58), Waikoloa, HI, USA, 7 Januar 2025 - 11 Januar 2025, 1236-1335.
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AI-ThinkLets for Brainstorming. In: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2025 (HICSS-58), Honolulu, USA, 6 Januar 2025 - 10 Januar 2025. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 357-371.
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2024
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How credibility assessment technologies affect decision fairness in evidence-based investigations: A Bayesian perspective. Decision Support Systems, 187:114326.
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How Patient-Generated Data Enhance Patient-Provider Communication in Chronic Care: Field Study in Design Science Research. JMIR Medical Informatics, 12:e57406.
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How Does an Online Mental Health Community on Twitter Empower Diverse Population Levels and Groups? A Qualitative Analysis of #BipolarClub. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26:e55965.
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Calm Advice: How Digitalizing Pen-and-Paper Practices Improves Financial Advice-Giving. Business & Information Systems Engineering:online.
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PROMISE: A Framework for Model-Driven Stateful Prompt Orchestration. In: Islam, Shareeful; Sturm, Arnon. Intelligent Information Systems. Cham: Springer, 157-165.
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Conceptualizing Multi-party AI Reliance for Design Research. In: 19th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2024, Trollhättan, Sweden, 3 June 2024 - 5 June 2024. Springer (Bücher), 51-65.
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Firefighters' Perceptions on Collaboration and Interaction with Autonomous Drones: Results of a Field Trial. In: CHI '24: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, USA, 11 May 2024 - 16 May 2024. ACM Digital library, 265.
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Essays on sociotechnical understanding of emerging technologies. 2024, University of Zurich, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
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Development in times of hype: How freelancers explore Generative AI?. In: ICSE '24: IEEE/ACM 46th International Conference on Software Engineering, Lisbon Portugal, 14 April 2024 - 20 April 2024. IEEE/ACM, 1-13.
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Talking to Multi-Party Conversational Agents in Advisory Services: Command-based vs. Conversational Interactions. In: GROUP 2025, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, 12 January 2025 - 15 January 2025. ACM Digital library, 1-25.
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Power of Language Automation: The Potential for Closing the Loop in Responding to Online Customer Feedback. In: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024 (HICSS-57), Honolulu, 3 January 2024 - 6 January 2024. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 381-391.
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Towards the Socio-Algorithmic Construction of Fairness: The Case of Automatic Price-Surging in Ride-Hailing. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 40(1):55-65.
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Making sense of AI systems development. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 50(1):123-140.
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2023
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Artificially Human: Examining the Potential of Text-Generating Technologies in Online Customer Feedback Management. In: International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023, Hyderabad, India, 9 December 2023 - 13 December 2023. Association for Information Systems, 12.
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From Solution Trap to Solution Patchwork: Tensions in Digital Health in the Global Context. In: 2023 International Conference on Information Systems, Hyderabad, India, 10 December 2023 - 13 December 2023. Association for Information Systems, online.
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Moving beyond privacy and airspace safety: Guidelines for just drones in policing. Government Information Quarterly, 40(4):101874.
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Algorithmic Management for Community Health Worker in Sub-Saharan Africa: Curse or Blessing?. In: INTERACT 2023 19th IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, York, 28 August 2023 - 1 September 2023. Springer, 94-114.
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What is the metaverse and who seeks to define it? Mapping the site of social construction. Journal of Information Technology, 38(3):239-266.
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Data-Driven Governance in Crises: Topic Modelling for the Identification of Refugee Needs. In: 24th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, Gdansk, Poland, 11 July 2023 - 14 July 2023. ACM Digital library, 1-11.
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Learning with Digital Agents: An Analysis based on the Activity Theory. Journal of Management Information Systems, 40(1):56-95.
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Secondary Mental Models: Introducing Conversational Agents in Financial Advisory Service Encounters. In: Forty-Fourth International Conference on Information Systems, Hyderabad, India, 9 December 2023 - 13 December 2023. Association for Information Systems, online.
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Intransparenz bei komplexen digitalen Dienstleistungen – Der Fall der Beantragung einer Baugenehmigung. In: Boockmann, Bernhard; Braun, Heidrun; Tonn, Hannah. Zugänglichkeit und Adressatenorientierung von Gesetzgebung und Verwaltung. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 49-70.
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“Garbage In, Garbage Out”: Mitigating Human Biases in Data Entry by Means of Artificial Intelligence. In: INTERACT 2023 19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, 28 August 2023 - 1 September 2023. Springer, 27-48.
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