Creativity and Artificial Intelligence: Conceptual Foundations, Design, and Use
Doctoral Dissertation - Deborah Mateja, 2025.
The Role of Ego-Involvement in Evaluating AI Creativity
Deborah Mateja, Maria Suddenko, Monica Fallon, Alexander Dietrich, Armin Heinzl: ECIS Proceedings, 2024.
AnimateSVG: Autonomous Creation and Aesthetics Evaluation of Scalable Vector Graphics Animations for the Case of Brand Logos
Deborah Mateja, Rebecca Armbruster, Jonathan Baumert, Tim Bleil, Jakob Langenbahn, Jan Schwedhelm, Sarah Sester, Armin Heinzl: Forthcoming IAAI-2023.
Computergestützte Kreativität
Deborah Mateja, Armin Heinzl: Handbuch Digitalisierung, 2022.
Towards Machine Learning as an Enabler of Computational Creativity
Deborah Mateja, Armin Heinzl: IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence 2 (6), 460-47, 2021.
Socio-behavioral Elements in Data-driven Requirements Engineering: The Case of Enterprise Cloud Software
Philipp Hoffmann, Deborah Mateja, Kai Spohrer, Armin Heinzl: ECIS Proceedings, 2020.
Bridging the Vendor-User Gap in Enterprise Cloud Software Development through Data-driven Requirements Engineering
Philipp Hoffmann, Deborah Mateja, Kai Spohrer, Armin Heinzl: ICIS Proceedings, 2019.
Since 03/2025 University of Mannheim – Chair of General Management and Information Systems
Postdoc
10/2019 – 03/2025 University of Mannheim – Chair of General Management and Information Systems
Doctoral student
09/2016 – 09/2019 SAP – Analytics & Insight Consulting
Conceptualisation, roll out, and content-related accompaniment of global trainings for SAP data science solutions (including SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Predictive Analytics)
07/2017 – 09/2017 McKinsey & Company
Internship: Reconfiguration of sales and compensation structure for a leading European insurance company
Assignments in Business Transformation Services, Big Data & Cloud Analytics Consulting, HANA Services and others across multiple locations (including Walldorf, Palo Alto, Hamburg)
Bosch, Level Up AI Event, 2025: The Times They are A(I) Changin: Creativity in the AI Era
AOM Symposium on 'And There Was AI: Minds, Machines, and the Reinvention of Creativity', 2025: Draw Me Like One of Your Biased Models: Biases in AI Art
AOM Symposium on 'Innovating with AI: Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Creative Processes', 2025: Draw Me Like One of Your Biased Models: Biases in AI Art
Kompetenznetzwerk für Hochschul- und Mediendidaktik Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2025: The Art of the Unexpected: Generative AI and Creativity
KI-Slam, bwcon Rhein-Neckar, 2024: AI for Fashion Design: How an Industry is Transformed in the AI Era
Ministry for Schools and Education of the State of North Rhine Westphalia, Bezirksregierung NRW, 2023: Exploring the World of AI and its Implications for Educational Policy
People and Culture @ Bosch, 2023: Exploring the World of AI and its Organizational Implications
Kehrer Design Academy, 2023: AI for Fashion Design: How an Industry is Transformed in the AI Era
Berufsbildendeschule Ludwigshafen, 2023: Understanding AI and its Ethical Implications
Hightech Summit, 2021: LogoAI: Introducing an AI for Interactive Logo Design
AI-Avatars
a project dedicated to developing AI models that create interactive, photorealistic 3D avatars; funded by investBW
LogoAI
a project dedicated to creating an AI-based system for autonomous design; funded by KI-Innovationswettbewerb Baden-Württemberg
CloudMall
a project dedicated to creating an overarching ecosystem of Cloud service providers and users; funded by the State of Baden-Württemberg
Organizing for Innovation in the AI-Enabled World: 07/2025 AOM Professional Development Workshop
The Art World as a Lab for Understanding AI's Impact on Creative Practices and Organizations: 07/2025 AOM Professional Development Workshop
Innovating with AI: Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Creative Processes: 07/2025 AOM Symposium
This IS Excellence Research Network: 05/2025 in Mannheim
Reimagining Creative and Knowledge Work in the Age of Generative AI: 07/2024 AOM Professional Development Workshop
Innovating with AI: Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Creative Processes: 07/2024 AOM Symposium
Innovating in the Digital Age: AI, Creativity, and the AIdeation Process: 07/2023 AOM Symposium
B.Sc. Business Informatics
Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Mannheim; top 10% graduate
International:
Research Visit in Cleveland, OH
Master Semester abroad in Seoul.
Bachelor Internship in Palo Alto, CA.
High School Year abroad in Honolulu, HI.