Workshop Report: Material Manifestations of Dislocation and (Re)connection

This workshop focused on the material qualities of dislocation. The process of humans becoming separated from each other is likely to have diverse consequences; from shifting frequency, modes, or routines of communication and collaboration, to completely alternate means of connection. In this workshop, we discussed a broad range of material manifestations and implications of (researching […]

Professorship in HCI

Announcing a Full Professorship for Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg, Austria is seeking to fill, at the earliest opportunity, a limited-term (five years) Full Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) (also affiliated with the Department for Computer Science). The position is financed by the […]

PhD Position with focus on wearable technology in sports & HCI

Area: Human-Computer Interaction with focus on wearable technology in sports&HCI Deadline for application: July 28th, 2019 Intended date of beginning: September/October 2019 The University of Salzburg (Austria) is offering a PhD position at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction with focus on “Wearable Technology in Sports”. As part of our interdisciplinary team, you will conduct design, […]

The 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work

The Center for Human-Computer Interaction is proud to announce that it will host the 17th International conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Practice-centred computing and the Design of cooperation technologies, ECSCW 2019! The conference will take place from June 8 to June 12 2019, at the Center for HCI and the Faculty of Chemistry and Physics of Materials […]

Digital Spring 2020

The Center for Human-Computer Interaction is, again, a proud partner of Digital Spring, the biennial Media Arts Festival hosted by ARGEKultur in partnership with subnet, the Center, and other local partners. Next year, Digital Spring will boast the theme ‘STAND BY’: neither on, nor off, but always ready. STAND BY describes the attention-economy of […]

The Center for HCI at AUI '18

This year’s International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AUI ’18) took place from 23rd to 25th of September in Toronto, Canada. Nicole Perterer and Sandra Trösterer attended the conference, conducting different workshops and presenting their work: Papers Follow Me: Exploring Strategies and Challenges for Collaborative Driving Nicole Perterer, Susanne Meerwald-Stadler, Sandra Trösterer, Alexander Meschtscherjakov, […]

Master Programme in Human-Computer Interaction

We are happy tom announce a NEW master programme in Human-Computer Interaction*! It is a joint degree master programme of the University of Salzburg together with the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences. This interdisciplinary degree programme combines principles from computer science, design and psychology and is dedicated to understanding the evolving relationship between people and […]

The Center for HCI at TEI 2019

From March 17th until March 20th, Martin and Dorothé attended the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI). Along with 200 other participants, they enjoyed an exciting three-day conference and a full day of studio workshops. Martin and Dorothé, together with Bernhard, as well as Katrin Wolf and Jens Reinhardt from the […]

IARIA Fellowship for Alexander Mirnig at ComputationWorld PATTERNS 2018

In March 2018, Alexander Mirnig attended the IARIA ComputationWorld PATTERNS 2018 conference in Barcelona, Spain. The PATTERNS conference is an annual interdisciplinary conference and part of the larger ComputationWorld umbrella. Both academic and industry contributions are solicited and the conference covers a wide range of pattern-related topics, from pattern basics to domain specific patterns, pattern detection algorithms, […]

MTI-Journal Special Issue 'Automotive User Interfaces'

We are very happy to announce a Special Issue on Automotive User Interfaces for the MTI (Multimodal Technologies and Interaction) Open Access Journal. The overall goal of this Special Issue is to explore and evaluate automotive user interfaces, interaction design, and user experience. It targets original and scientifically-grounded research, as well as design-oriented research undertaken […]

digital spring festival 2018

Tuesday, 13.3.2018 – Sunday, 18.3.2018 digital spring 2018 | media art festival TRANSHUMANISM: Updates are available We are excited to be co-hosts of the biennial media art festival digital spring 2018, an initiative by ARGEkultur Salzburg and subnet in cooperation with the Center for HCI, Salzburger Kunstverein, and FS1 – Freies Fernsehen Salzburg. As part of this year’s festival […]

The Homo Ludens as a Physical-Digital Hybrid

Thursday, 15.3.2018, 9.00 am – 10.00 pm digital spring 2018 | media art festival Theme day at the Center for HCI: THE HOMO LUDENS AS A PHYSICAL-DIGITAL HYBRID Venue: Center for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Studio 3 | free admission As a physical being, the human is subject to the abilities of its bodily form as […]

StudienteilnehmerInnen gesucht!

Einladung zur Teilnahme an der Fahrsimulatorstudie zum Thema Selbstfahrende Autos – Wenn Mensch und Auto sich beim Fahren abwechseln Schon jetzt unterstützen Systeme wie Einparkhilfen oder Spurhalteassistenten Menschen in vielen Bereichen des Autofahrens. Dieser Trend hin zum selbstfahrenden Auto wird sich in den nächsten Jahren noch verstärken, was bedeutet, dass menschliche FahrerInnen immer seltener selbst die Kontrolle über das Fahrzeug übernehmen werden müssen. Dennoch […]

Center research is making headlines

A recently published journal article of the Center for HCI, published with Frontiers in Robotics and AI, is currently making the global headlines! In the article we report on a study on social robots where we found that people liked a robot that makes errors considerably more than a robot that operated free from error. At […]

Center*Stage: Talk by Laura Devendorf, 2017/08/22

Talk by Laura Devendorf: Designing Unstable Technology for Unstable Futures Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 4pm-5pm Center for HCI, Studio 3 Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8 Designing Unstable Technology for Unstable Futures: If there is anything we can know about the future, it is that it is unstable, uncertain, unknowable, and unpredictable. Often, the tendency when designing […]

Discussing 'Digital Futures' at the Alpbach Technology Symposium 2017

At this year’s Alpbach Technology Symposium, Manfred Tscheligi will chair a breakout session on “Digital Futures: Design as Key to Future Digital Worlds“, which is coordinated by Martin Murer. The breakout session will be a follow-up to several previous events that the Center for HCI organised addressing the relation between design, research, and innovation (e.g., breakout sessions at […]

Meet the Artist: Lucie Strecker / Klaus Spiess, 2017/07/12

subnetAIR Lucie Strecker, together with her collaborator Klaus Spiess, is resident artist at the Center from July to August 2017. They work on projects around wetware, biofacts, and new interfaces/relations to non-human (yet biological) actors. Get to know them during the “meet the artist” talk. Wednesday, July 12, 18:00 Studio 3, Center for Human-Computer Interaction Jakob-Haringer-Straße […]

Meet the artist: Young Suk Lee, 2017/05/24

subnetAIR Young Suk Lee is resident artist at the Center from May to July 2017. Get to know her during her “meet the artist” talk. She will give a general overview as well as insights into her current project, the interactive wig. Wednesday, May 24th, 17:00 Studio 3, Center for Human-Computer Interaction Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, Techno 5 5020 Salzburg […]

wissen:stadt Salzburg at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction

As part of wissen:stadt Salzburg, we welcomed an interested audience on Friday, May 12th in the Center for Human-Computer Interaction to raise questions, try out displays, and discuss our projects with us at our several stations. Before we opened our doors to the public, two school classes got the chance to be part of our workshop […]

Meet the artist: Antoni Raijekov, 2017/03/08

subnetAIR: Meet the artist Wednesday, March 8th 19:00 Studio 3 Center for Human-Computer Interaction Universität Salzburg Jakob-Harnger-Straße 8 / Techno 5 5020 Salzburg Language will be German or English, depending on audience preference. Antoni Raijekov is an interdisciplinary artist working in the field of music, theatre and digital arts born in Sofia, Bulgaria and currently […]

subnetTALK

subnetTALKs are open dialogues. We invite artists and researchers to talk about the intersections between art, science and technology. An impulse talk sets the stage for the discussion that follows. subnetTALK is recorded and broadcasted by FS1. Rüdiger Wassibauer moderates the dialogue. subnetTALK is a Cooperation between the Center for Human-Computer Interaction and subnet. Documentation: since […]

subnetTALK: Simon Schäfer, 22.02.2017

We are excited to announce the first of seven subnetTALKs this year in Studio 3, at the brand new location of the Center for HCI at Techno-Z. On Wednesday, the 22nd of February at 19.00, we will welcome Simon Schäfer, sculptor, media and performance artist, circuit bender, musician and professional chatterbox. Simon will share his thoughts about his […]

Visiting Researchers at the CHCI: Michal Kapinus and Zdenek Materna

Michal Kapinus and Zdenek Materna are two PhD researchers from the Robo@Fit group at the University of Technology in Brno, Czech Republic. From November 21 to December 2, 2016, they spent a research visit at the CHCI to cooperate with our Human-Robot Interaction group. Michal and Zdenek presented their augmented reality setup that they previously developed […]

Die Plattform Digitales Salzburg lädt ein zur Podiumsdiskussion „Wer steuert in Zukunft unsere Fahrzeuge?“

Die Salzburger Altstadt hat im Oktober schon einen Vorgeschmack auf die mögliche Zukunft des Straßenverkehrs bekommen: Auf einer Strecke von 500 Metern rollte ein Minibus ohne Fahrer vom Festspielhaus zum Domplatz. Mit 7 km/h. Pilotversuche für automatisiertes Fahren stehen in Österreich in den Startlöchern. Teilweise sind unterstützende Systeme – etwa beim Einparken – bereits im […]

The Center for HCI at RO-MAN 2016

From August 26-31, Manuel Giuliani, Nicole Mirnig, Susanne Stadler and Gerald Stollnberger attended this year’s RO-MAN conference in New York. This year, Ro-MAN was held for the 25th time. The anniversary edition of this well-established conference series was dedicated to acknowledging the progress in the robotics field. The team presented four papers and covered a […]

Industrielle Roboterprogrammierung mit Augmented Reality

Studienteilnehmer gesucht! Wir suchen Roboterprogrammierer (m/w), Anfänger bis Experte in der On- und Offline Pro-grammierung, und Roboterinstandhalter (m/w), die an einer Studie zur Roboterprogrammierung mit Augmented Reality Unterstützung teilnehmen. Augmented Reality, in letzter Zeit in aller Munde durch Pokémon Go, ist die Überlagerung der realen Welt mit digitalem, computer-generierten Inhalt. Bei Pokémon Go wird Augmented […]

Center*Stage: Laura Splan, 2016/09/07

Continuing the collaboration between subnetAIR and the Center for Human-Computer Interaction we are happy to announce a conversation with Laura Splan. September 7, 2016 19.00 | Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18 Meet the Artist: Laura Splan (US) Laura Splan is an artist and lecturer whose work explores intersections of art, science, technology and craft. Her conceptually based projects examine the material […]

Discussing 'Innovation by Making' at the Alpbach Technology Symposium 2016

At this year’s Alpbach Technology Symposium, Manfred Tscheligi again chaired a breakout session on “Innovation by Making: Paradigm Shifts and New Innovation Cultures“ (coordinated by Verena Fuchsberger). The breakout session was a follow-up to several previous events that the Center for HCI organised on fabrication, i.e., a workshop at Critical Alternatives 2015, an expert summit in Salzburg in […]

Center*Stage: Kanari Shirao, 2016/09/01

Continuing the collaboration between subnetAIR and the Center for Human-Computer Interaction we are happy to announce a conversation with Kanari Shirao. September 1, 2016 19.30 | Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18 Meet the Artist: Kanari Shirao (JP/DE) Kanari Shirao is a sound and media artist. After graduating in 2009 in Computer Music and Acoustic Design at Tokyo Kunitachi College of Music, he chose to […]

subnetAIR: Artists in Residence 2017 announced

We are happy to announce that we have subnetAIRs 2017. Thank you very much for the many applications we have received for 2017. We are very excited about the continuously increasing quality and internationalisation. It is a pity that we only have three slots. So it is a pleasure to announce that the city of […]

subnetAIR: Artist in Residence Program

We are happy to host the artist in residence program subnetAIR at the Center since spring 2016. This program is curated by subnet, a renowned platform for media art and experimental technology, supporting artistic and cultural discourse with and about digital technology and its societal relevance. subnetAIR provides international artists an opportunity to spend four to six weeks in […]

High school interns perform research study on robots and humour

Yara Meilinger and Jared Lerchner, two high school students, completed a 4-weeks internship at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction during July and August 2016. They worked together with the Human-Robot Interaction Group on the topic social robots. The students were given the unique possibility to go through an entire scientific research process, including a literature […]

Center*Stage: Shifting Attentions in Design (Thu, June 16)

In cooperation with the Salzburg Global Seminar / The Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators, we cordially invite you to join us for a Lecture and Panel Discussion (open to the public) on “Shifting Attentions in Design – From Boundaries to Opportunities” Thursday, June 16, 17.00 – 19.00 Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg Sigmund-Haffner […]

Automotive Retail Lab

University of Salzburg enters into research cooperation with Porsche Holding Salzburg Designing a unique customer experience The automotive industry goes through changes. The consumer behaviour is constantly changing due to new digital opportunities. In this project, an interdisciplinary researcher team, led by Prof. Dr. Manfred Tscheligi, from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction and from the Department Chemistry […]

COOP2016 - Symposium

From the 24th until the 27th of May, 2016, Katja Neureiter visited the International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems (COOP2016) in Trento, Italy, which is one of the key conferences in the field of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Together with researchers from the University of Siegen, the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), […]

Deconstructive Interactions Lab @ SCHMIEDE

Many kids enjoy taking apart the stuff that surrounds them to figure out how things work: they break open toys, disassemble kitchen appliances and dissect animals. Embedded technology gets smaller and smaller; the digital reality gets hidden as pictures behind glass; we grow up; and we tend to forget about the intimate relationships to artefacts […]

The Center for HCI at PATTERNS 2016

From March 21 to 24 2016 Alexander Mirnig attended the PATTERNS 2016 conference in Rome, Italy. The PATTERNS conference is an annual interdisciplinary conference and part of the larger ComputationWorld umbrella. Both academic and industry contributions are solicited and the conference covers a wide range of pattern-related topics, from pattern basics to domain specific patterns, […]

The Center for HCI at HRI 2016

From March 7 – 10th, Nicole Mirnig attended the 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction in Christchurch, New Zealand. The HRI Conference is a highly selective annual international conference that aims to showcase the very best interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in human-robot interaction with roots in and broad participation from communities that include but […]

The Center for HCI @ Lange Nacht der Forschung 2016

On the 22nd of April 2016, the Lange Nacht der Forschung (long night of research) took place in Austria and the Center for HCI presented its research to visitors during the event. What will Human-Machine Interaction of the Future look like? Our main topic for this years Lange Nacht der Forschung was the future of HCI. At our […]

Persuasive Technology 2016

In the first week of April and in cooperation with the AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology), we welcomed 120 scientists from 23 nations for the 11th International Conference on Persuasive Technology. This year’s topic Contextual Persuasion: Supporting Life Situations and Challenges by Persuasive Design was all about the use of persuasive technologies in the context […]

The Center for HCI at CSCW'16

From February 27th until March 3rd, 2016, Alina und Nicole attended the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing in San Francisco, CA, USA. Besides us and around 700 other conference attendees, a couple of remote telepresence robots attended the entire conference and were great conversation partners during breaks. Together with Michael Muller (IBM Research), Katja Neureiter (Center for HCI), Nervo Verdezoto […]

Join our Research Team

Wir suchen eine/n studentische/n Mitarbeiter/in!! Das Car Interaction Lab des Centers for Human-Computer Interaction (Fachbereich Computerwissenschaften) sucht ab sofort eine/n studentische/n Mitarbeiter/In zur Mitarbeit in verschiedenen Forschungsprojekten des Labs. Die Aufgaben umfassen dabei insbesondere: Betreuung der Fahrsimulationsumgebung des Labs (Software [insb. OpenDS] und Hardware) Programmierung und/oder handwerkliche Umsetzung von Prototypen Mitarbeit bei der Vorbereitung, Durchführung […]

Study on Collaboration and Communication between Two Cars

The Center for Human Computer Interaction is currently conducting an explorative study with driver-passenger pairs who are sitting in two different cars in order to explore novel approaches for communication and collaboration beyond the car. Thereby, we aim to support users with regards to decision-making and problem-solving tasks during a shared ride. So far, 14 driver-passenger […]

Take part in our Symposium at COOP 2016!

Practice- and user-oriented design approaches, e.g., user centered design (UCD) and participatory design (PD), have largely decided how we create innovations in IT projects that aim to create a healthy, connected and mobile ageing society. However, there still seem to be many blind spots within design methodology, which are just overlooked or taken-for-granted. For example, […]

Center*Stage March 10, 2016: Robert B. LISEK

Kicking off the collaboration between subnetAIR and the Center for Human-Computer Interaction we are happy to announce a conversation with Robert B. LISEK. March 10, 2016 18.00 | Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18 | free entry Meet the Artist: Robert B. LISEK (talk/conversation) In an informal setting artist and mathematician Robert B. Lisek, the first subnetAIR resident in 2016, will introduce […]

Join our COOP 2016 Workshop on Contextual Collaboration and Automation

This day-long workshop on Contextual Collaboration: Where Automation and People Meet will focus on collaboration with autonomous systems and in automated environments. Due to trends towards autonomous driving and smart industrial automation people are more and more surrounded by (semi-) autonomous systems. The way people collaborate with each other in these automated environments or with autonomous systems […]

Center for HCI at I-Day 2016

On the 3rd of February, the Department of Computer Science organized their yearly open day for pupils (I-DAY). A variety of short lectures were attended by 160 pupils , in addition to trying out different prototypes developed by students or demonstrations at seven stations. For the Center for HCI, Christiane Moser, Michaela Peterhansl, Cornelia Zenz, and Annabell […]

Call for Submissions - Technology Appropriation and Communication Needs

On basis of thoughtful and inspiring discussions with workshop attendees at the European conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW’15) about drivers for technology appropriation – we are very happy to further explore this topic in a dedicated focus section on technology appropriation in the IxD&A Journal to be published this summer. Our focus section is about […]

Game Jam @ Persuasive Technology Conference 2016

We will host a game jam on April 4, 2016 as part of the International Conference on Persuasive Technology 2016. The idea behind this game jam is to create games and playful interactive objects that act as persuasive artifacts within social settings. Prototypical implementations of game designs will be accomplished in a one-day workshop and played at the conference in […]

Invited talk at Sonophilia

Manuel Giuliani was invited to talk about the ReMeDi project at Sonophilia. This event brings together young entrepreneurs, creatives and influencers to exchange ideas. It took place on 23 January 2016 in Salzburg. The talk was received well and the listeners asked many interesting questions afterwards. It focussed on the Center’s work on medical robotics in ReMeDi (Remote Medical Diagnostician). […]

Join our CHI 2016 Workshop on Lightweight Games User Research

In line with the #chi4good spirit, the Games User Research (GUR) field must advance towards demographics that will benefit from GUR, but are currently less well represented. This includes small, independent developers, non-profit organizations and academics that create mobile games, games for health or change, and educational games. This workshop on “Lightweight Games User Research […]

CHI'16 Workshop: HCI and Autonomous Vehicles

Do you want to ride in one of Goolgle cars? Then you might have the chance at our CHI’16 workshop on “HCI and Autonomous Vehicles: Contextual Experience Informs Design” in in San Jose, USA, in May 2016! On the day before the workshop participants are invited to visit together with workshop organizers Google Partnerplex and […]

Join us for a Workshop on »Fabrication« at CHI'16

Following two successful events on fabrication during 2015, this endeavour will continue in San Jose, USA, in May 2016, with a workshop at CHI 2016: Fabrication & HCI: Hobbyist Making, Industrial Production, and Beyond The workshop is organised by Verena, Martin and Manfred together with Silvia Lindtner (University of Michigan, USA), Shaowen and Jeff Bardzell (Indiana University, USA), […]

The Center for HCI at ICSR 2015

Nicole Mirnig attended the 7th International Conference on Social Robotics which was hosted from October 26th – 30th, in Paris, France. The ICSR conferences focus on the interaction between humans and robots and the integration of robots into our society. With the conference theme “Individual Differences”, this year’s edition of the conference series again united researchers […]

Workshop at CSCW 2016

We are co-organizing a workshop at CSCW 2016: Collaborative Appropriation: How Couples, Teams, Groups and Communities Adapt and Adopt Technologies The one-day workshop will take place on the 27th of February 2016 in conjunction with the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing in San Francisco, USA. About the Workshop Previous workshops and papers have examined how individual […]

The Center for HCI at fti...ReMiXeD Speeddating

Christiane Moser presented the work from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at fti…ReMiXeD speeddating event. This event was organized by the Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Technologie und Innovation (bmvit) together with Plansinn and hosted during this years BeSt – Die Messe Für Beruf, Studium und Weiterbildung. More than 50 pupils from two school classes from the […]

The Center for HCI at BAIKA: „mobilität querdenken“

On October 27, Alexander Mirnig and Thomas Grah attended the 2nd BAIKA conference „mobilität querdenken“ in Munich, Germany. The conference was an interesting get-together between industry (established and startups), academia, and governmental institutions, with the aim of bringing these parties together for potential collaborations. The talks at “Bayern Innovativ – mobilität querdenken” were mainly focusing on […]

11th International Conference on Persuasive Technologies

We are proud to announce that we will host the 11th international conference on Persuasive Technologies (PT-16) at the Center for HCI in Salzburg. PT-16 will take place April 5-7 at the Center for HCI and the Edmundsburg. The conference will bring together young and senior researchers as well as colleagues and friends from industry […]

Invited Seminar @ UNIBZ

Christiane Moser was invited by the Free University of Bozen (UNIBZ) for a two day seminar (October 12th and 13th) on “Game Design with Children“. The seminar started with a talk by Christiane Moser about her PHD on “Child-centered Game Development” that was also open for students and other faculty members. Afterwards, Prof. Gabriella Dodero, […]

The Center for HCI at CHI Play 2015

Christiane Moser and Bernhard Maurer presented work from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at CHI Play 2015, which took place in London, UK, from October 3rd to 7th and attracted around 200 attendees from all over the world. Bernhard Maurer presented a paper on “Gaze-Based Onlooker Integration: Exploring the In-Between of Active Player and Passive […]

The Center for HCI at RO-MAN 2015

Thomas Meneweger from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction attended IEEE RO-MAN 2015, the 24th International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. RO-MAN 2015 took place in Kobe, Japan, from August 31th to September 4th. This years’ conference theme was “Interaction with Socially Embedded Robots”. Thomas gave a talk on “Working Together with Industrial Robots: Experiencing Robots in a Production […]

Expert Discussion: The Future of Fabrication

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 11.00 – 13.00 Concluding our expert workshop on Rethinking Technology Innovation: Factories, Fabrication & Design Research, which took place on September 28th to 30th, 2015, we hosted a discussion with further experts in the area of fabrication in cooperation with the federation of Austrian Industries, the Austrian Institute of Technology, and ITG – Innovationsservice Salzburg. The Future […]

The Center for HCI at AutomotiveUI'15

This year’s International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications took place from 1st – 3rd September in Nottingham, England, and attracted around 280 attendees from research and industry from all over the world. Sandra Trösterer, Ilhan Aslan, Thomas Grah, Alexander Meschtscherjakov, and Manfred Tscheligi attended the conference and presented work from the […]

New Bachelor Theses in Human-Robot Interaction

End of August 2015, Kevin Kain, Markus Miksch, and Michael Miksch started their bachelor theses with the Human-Robot Interaction Group at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction. All three students are from the Department of Computer Science from the University of Salzburg. Kevin Kain will work on the topic of using augmented reality as tool for […]

The Center for HCI at IROS 2015

Nicole Mirnig and Gerald Stollnberger attended the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems which took place in Hamburg, Germany, from September 28th to October 2nd. The theme of this year’s IROS conference was “Gateway to the Era of Robots”, following the notion of Hamburg as Germany’s “Gateway to the World”. IROS is one of […]

The Center for HCI at ECSCW 2015

From September 19-23, Alina Krischkowsky attended the European conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW) 2015 in Oslo, Norway. Together with Manfred Tscheligi, Katja Neureiter, Michael Muller, Anna Maria Al Zubaidi-Polli, and Nervo Verdezoto, Alina organized a one-day workshop on „Experiences of Technology Appropriation: Unanticipated Users, Usage, Circumstances, and Design“. Michael Muller and Alina were on site in Oslo to discuss with the […]

The Center for HCI at AAL Forum 2015

From 22nd until 25th of September the AAL Forum 2015 took place in Ghent, Belgium. The event combines interactive sessions and workshops with an interesting exhibition area and attracts around 600 attendees from all over Europe every year. Its main purpose is to exhibit ICT solutions for older adults and to encourage networking and discussions upon new […]

Factories, Fabrication & Design Research

In September 2015 the center hosted a 2.5 day event on „Rethinking Technology Innovation: Factories, Fabrication & Design Research”. A group of approx. 25 researchers and practitioners met for disucussions in round-table sessions, working groups, as well as a public event open to other interested stakeholders.

Why do we need standards?

While the Human-Robot Interaction R&D community produces great amounts of scientific outputs on aspects such as efficacy, effectiveness, user satisfaction, emotional impact and social components, the results are scattered in a myriad of different approaches and ways of performing and testing interaction. In consequence, results are not comparable and benchmarking of the various approaches proposed […]

Robotics Summer School

From August 24th to 29th, Nicole Mirnig, Susanne Stadler and Gerald Stollnberger attended a summer school on robotics at the Akademie der Automatisierungstechnik in Vienna. The one-week event was organized by F-AR Förderung der Automation und Robotik and Centauro – Center of Competence in Automation in Robotics. The summer school was open for interested roboticists […]

The Center for HCI at Interact 2015

At this years Interact conference, which took place in Bamberg, Germany from 14 – 18 of September, several of our researchers presented work from the Fabrication Experience Lab and the Car Interaction Lab. Sandra Trösterer presented her paper on “Four Eyes See More Than Two: Shared Gaze in the Car”. Daniela Wurhofer participated in the doctoral consortium […]

The Center for HCI at Critical Alternatives 2015

From August 17-21, 2015, Verena Fuchsberger and Martin Murer attended the decennial Aarhus conference “Critical Alternatives“. Together with Manfred Tscheligi, Silvia Lindtner, Andreas Reiter, Shaowen Bardzell, Jeffrey Bardzell, and Pernille Bjørn, they organized a one-day workshop on “The Future of Making: Where Industrial and Personal Fabrication Meet“. Therein, they discussed intersection of (hobbyist) making and (industrial) production, […]

International Summer School on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

From the 24th until the 30th of August, Alina Krischkowsky and Katja Neureiter attended the International EUSSET Summer School on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) together with almost 30 students from all around the world. It was constituted by a variety of interesting talks, working groups, and tutorial sessions that encouraged students to actively engage […]

Human Enhancement Technologies: Amplifying or Reducing Inequality

At this year’s Alpbach Technology Symposium, Manfred Tscheligi chaired a working group on “Human Enhancement Technologies: Amplifying or Reducing Inequality“, taking place on August 28th, 2015. Key thinkers from academia from various disciplines as well as experts from industry discussed how technology can (or cannot) enhance humans, how such technology needs to be designed, and […]

Invited Workshop @ Ubisoft Blue Byte

Christiane Moser was invited to hold a two day workshop at Ubisoft Blue Byte, which took place on August 13th and 14th. From Bluebyte Mainz and Düsseldorf 35 participants from the Game Design, Art, and Coding Department, as well as Management und Producing defeated the heat and vividly participated in discussions throughout the two days. […]

Center*Stage: Talk by Lennart Nacke

Monday, July 27th, 2015, 5pm Assoc.-Prof. Lennart Nacke: From Body Signals To Brainy Player Insights Games User Researchers are often sceptical when it comes to using brain and body sensors, but as the cost of sensor technologies continues to drop, it is time to consider the potential insights that we might gain from using these […]

The Center for HCI at IDC2015

At IDC 2015, Christiane Moser presented work from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction. IDC 2015 took place in Boston, USA, from June 21st to 24th, and attracted around 150 attendees from all over the world. Christiane Moser presented a short paper as poster on “Physics-based Gaming: Exploring Touch vs. Mid-Air Gesture Input” that was co-authored […]

Center*Stage: Talks by Ben Schouten and Panos Markopoulos

Monday, June 16th, 2015, 6pm Prof. Ben Schouten: Playful Empowerment “All play means something”, that is what Huizinga said (Homo Ludens). It can turn an everyday practice into a special experience that can gather us around a common goal or theme. You can encounter that experience in everyday live, whether it concerns your health or […]

The Center for HCI at TVX 2015

At TVX 2015, Christiane Moser presented work from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction. TVX 2015 took place in Brussels, Belgium, from June 3rd to 5th, and attracted around 200 attendees from all over the world. Christiane Moser, Thomas Kargl, and Manfred Tscheligi co-organized a workshop together with Jeroen Vanattenhoven from CUO at KU Leuven, Lilia […]

The Center for HCI at CHI 2015

At CHI 2015, Alina Krischkowsky, Verena Fuchsberger, Martin Murer, and Alexander Meschtscherjakov presented work from the Center for Human-Computer Interaction. CHI 2015 took place in Seoul, Korea, from April 18th to 23rd, and attracted around 2700 attendees from all over the world. Alexander gave a talk about “A Formal Analysis of the ISO 9241-210 Definition of User […]

Workshop at ECSCW 2015

We are co-organizing a workshop at ECSCW 2015: Experiences of Technology Appropriation: Unanticipated Users, Usage, Circumstances, and Design This will be a one-day workshop taking place in September 2015 in conjunction with the European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW) in Oslo, Norway. About this Workshop Whether in private or professional life, people frequently adapt, adopt, […]

Workshop at Critical Alternatives, Aarhus 2015

We will co-organize a Workshop at the conference on Critical Alternatives in Aarhus, Denmark, in August 2015: The Future of Making: Where Industrial and Personal Fabrication Meet This one-day workshop seeks to reflect on the notion of fabrication in both personal and industrial contexts. Although these contexts are very distinct in their economical and political […]

HWID Workshop at Interact 2015

We are co-organizing a workshop at Interact 2015: Human Work Interaction Design (HWID): Design for Challenging Work Environments This one-day workshop aims to contribute to the goals of the IFIP 13.6 Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) working group, i.e., to establish relationships between empirical work-domain studies and recent developments in interaction design. This goal translates to […]

Center*Stage: Talks by Anna Vallgårda & Kim Halskov

Monday, March 9, 2015, 5pm Ass. Prof. Anna Vallgårda: Temporal Form of Interaction Design Anna Vallgårda, PhD, is the Assistant Professor and Head of the ixd lab at the it university of copenhagen. Her research is about developing interaction design as a material practice. Dr.Vallgårda understands the computer as a material for design and experiment with it as such, with the […]

Workshop at TVX 2015

We are co-organizing a workshop at TVX 2015: People, Context, and Devices: Defining the New Landscape of TV Experiences In conjunction with TVX 2015. Modern technologies (e.g., tablet, smartphone, large public displays) remove many of the constraints that define the scope of what television is or can be, but we often define it based upon […]