Philipp Toussaint

Philipp Toussaint is a PhD student in Information Systems at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and an affiliated researcher at the Chair of Information Infrastructures at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He is part of the Helmholtz Information & Data Science School for Health (Heidelberg) and affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). His research spans behavioral and design-oriented methods in information systems, integrating medical informatics and computer science.

• Education: Bachelor's and Master's in Information Systems from the University of Cologne (2016–2020).
• Work Experience: Research associate at KIT (2020–present), research assistant at KIT and University of Kassel (2017–2020).

Research Interests include human-AI collaboration, explainable AI (XAI), healthcare IT, gamification in AI evaluation, and blockchain applications in genomics. His current project, 'XAI-Omics,' applies XAI to life science data analysis.

Recent Publications focus on privacy trade-offs in genetic data sharing, gamification for AI evaluation, and blockchain in genomics. His work has appeared in top journals like Briefings in Bioinformatics and Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

• Scientific Awards: Best Paper Nomination (HICSS 2024), Dean's Award (University of Cologne, 2019).

Academic Services include reviewing roles for journals/conferences (THCI, HPT, ECIS, etc.). He has delivered invited talks on XAI in clinical decision support systems (Nov. 2024).