Sebastian Schäfer graduated from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. During his master's studies, he started working at KSRI as a frontend developer and junior researcher. In February 2024 he joined the Digital Service Innovation (DSI) research group at KSRI as a research assistant. As part of the Applied AI in Services Lab, he aims to combine UI design and development with his research interest in Human-AI Collaboration to help build services that enable effective interaction and collaboration between humans and AI systems.

Research Focus

• Designing Systems and Services for Efficient Human-AI Collaboration
• Interactive User Interfaces
• Large Language Models
• Computer Vision

Projects

• NaiS: Nachhaltige intelligente Sanierungsmaßnahmen (www.nais.tech)
• SDaC: Smart Design and Construction (www.sdac.tech) (completed)

Teaching

• Digital Services: Foundations (SS 2025)
• Digital Services: Foundations (SS 2024)