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Consent Information
Information Sheet & Privacy Statement
We kindly ask you to read the following explanations carefully and to approve the present declaration of consent before you take part in the study.
Subject of the study/the experiment
This project investigates how well LLM based AI-agents can help human users in scientific writing tasks specifically related work generation for scientific papers. This investigation will provide insights into the strengths and limitations of LLM agents in handling expert domain tasks.
Process of the study/the experiment
You will be provided an LLM-Chat interface where you can provide feedback to the models generating related work section drafts for a scientific paper. You will also evaluate model outputs based on different criteria by selecting the best output.
Duration of participation
Participation in the study/the experiment will require around 20-30 minutes.
Experiences and risks which are associated with the participation in the study/the experiment
The participants of the study do not face any risks which are greater than risks they face in general life.
Privacy Statement
Data processing in the context of this study is performed according to the privacy regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Freedom of Information law of the State of Hessen (HDSIG). All data will only be used for the purposes described on the Information Sheet.
In the context of this study, the following data will be collected:
- Your conversation with the models upon LLM-generated related work section draft.
- Your evaluations choices.
- Demographic information (e.g., age, education), number of years spent as a researcher, number of published papers, experience using AI-assistant work writing.
Confidentiality
All data collected in the course of the study are naturally confidential and will only be used in anonymized form. You will be asked at no point of the study to disclose your name or other unambiguous information about yourself.
Data storage
Collected data will be stored in the TU Darmstadt, and the raw data will be deleted after three years by the participating researchers (in the cases where project owners are employed by UKP lab at the end of this period, data deletion work will be delegated to the ethics coordinator of the lab). We do not collect any names, e-mails, or similarly personally identifiable data. In addition, necessary measures will also be taken to prevent the extraction of information that can lead to identifying the participants from the content of the data, and such content will be anonymized.
Evaluation, archiving, and publication of the anonymized data
An anonymized version of participants’ conversations and their evaluations will be used scientific research. This study thus follows the recommendations of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for quality assurance in research.
Voluntariness & Rights of the test persons
Your participation in this study is voluntary. You can withdraw from participation at any point of time or withdraw your consent without facing any disadvantages (withdrawal). If you withdraw from participation, no data connected to your person will be stored.
You have the right to request which data about your person has been stored and – if necessary – demand that they be either corrected or deleted. You also have the right to restrict processing, the right to object to processing, and the right to data portability in a commonly used, structured, and machine-readable form.
In case of dissent, you have the right to complain to the Data Protection Officer of Hessen (see below for the address).
Declaration of Consent
I have read the explanations regarding the study Related Work Generation with Human-AI Collaboration, and I hereby agree to participate in the above study.
I agree that any data collected during the study, will be analyzed for scientific purposes and stored in anonymized/pseudonymized form. I know that my participation is voluntary and that I can withdraw from participation at any time without giving reasons.
For questions about data protection issues, please contact the data protection officer of TU Darmstadt:
Jan Hansen
Email: datenschutz@tu-darmstadt.de
