Current Work

I am currently working as Full Professor at the Trier University, leading the Human-Computer Interaction Group in the Computer Science department (Informatikwissenschaften). Prior to this, I worked as post doc in the Virtual Reality and Immersive Visualization Group at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany in the EU FET Flagship Project "The Human Brain Project" coordinating a work package on the topic of visual data analysis and immersive visualization.

Research Interests

• Human-Computer Interaction

• Virtual Reality and Immersive Visualization

• Desktop-based Virtual Reality

• Virtual Museums

• Formal Methods in Human Computer Interaction

• Engineering of Interactive Systems

• Interactive Data Analysis

• Information Visualization

• Petri Nets and Graph Transformation Systems

• Accessible Computing

• Collaborative and Learning Systems

• Ambient Intelligent Systems

Education

04/2008 - 12/2011 University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany, German Doctorate of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.)

Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. W. Luther

Thesis title: “Reconfiguration of User Interface Models for Monitoring and Control of Human-Computer Systems”

10/2003 - 03/2008 University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany, Diploma in Computer Science (Dipl.-Inform.)

Employment

since 12/2024 Full Professor, Trier University, Trier, Germany

12/2018 - 11/2024 Assistant Professor, University of Trier, Trier, Germany

04/2019 - 09/2019 Guest Professor, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

10/2013 - 11/2018 Research Associate (PostDoc), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

06/2017 - 10/2017 Guest Lecturer and Researcher, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

01/2012 - 09/2013 Research Associate (PostDoc), Univsity of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

Awards

2006 - 2008 German National Academic Foundation Student Fellowship 

2008 - 2011 German National Academic Foundation PhD Fellowship 

2008 - 2010 German Academic Exchange Service Tri-national summer academy with the University of Chile, WASEDA University, Tokyo, University of Tokushima, Japan, and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

2016 Best Technote Award, IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI)

2016 Honorable Mention Technote Award, IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI)

2017 Kármán Fellowship for Outgoing Researcher (DFG Excellence Initiative)

Professional Activities

Chair

2025

• ACM EICS, Conference Co-Chair, Trier, Germany

2024

• ACM VRST, Conference Co-Chair, Trier, Germany

2023

• ACM VRST, Poster & Demo Chair, Christchurch, New Zealand

• IEEE VR, Publicity Chair, Shanghai, China

• ACM EICS, Publicity Chair, Swansea, UK

• ACM SUI, Paper Chair, online

2022

• IEEE VR, Conference Paper Chair, Christchurch, New Zealand

• ACM SUI, Paper Chair, online

2021

• CollabTech, General Chair, Trier, Germany (collabtech2021.uni-trier.de)

• IEEE VR, Research Demo Chair, Lisbon, Portugal

• GI Mensch und Computer, Workshop Chair, Ingolstadt, Germany

• ICAT-EGVE, Program Chair, Sankt Augustin, Germany

• Workshop on Everyday VR (WEVR), IEEE VR, Lisbon, Portugal (fully virtual)

• Workshop on Novel Input Devices and Interaction Techniques (NIDIT), IEEE VR, Lisbon, Portugal (fully virtual)

2020

• GI VR/AR Workshop, General Chair, Trier, Germany (givrar2020.uni-trier.de)

• IEEE VR, Research Demo Chair, Atlanta, USA

• GI Mensch und Computer, Workshop Chair, Magdeburg, Germany

• Workshop on Everyday VR (WEVR), IEEE VR, Atlanta, US (fully virtual)

• Workshop on VR and AR in Everyday Context (VARECo), GI Mensch und Computer, Magdeburg, Germany (fully virtual)

2019

• 3DUI Contest, IEEE Virtual Reality, Osaka, Japan

• GI Mensch und Computer, Interactive Demos Chair, Hamburg, Germany

• ACM SUI, Student Volunteer Chair, New Orleans, USA

• Workshop on Everyday VR (WEVR), IEEE VR, Osaka, Japan

• Workshop on Research and Practice Challenges for Engineering Interactive Systems while Integrating Multiple Stakeholders Viewpoints (EISMS), ACM EICS, Valencia, Spain

• Workshop on VR and AR in Everyday Context (VARECo), GI Mensch und Computer, Hamburg, Germany

2018

• 3DUI Contest, IEEE Virtual Reality, Reutlingen, Germany - link

• IEEE VR Tutorials, IEEE Virtual Reality, Reutlingen, Germany - link

• ACM EICS Workshops and Tutorials, ACM Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS), Paris, France - link

• MuC Demos, Mensch und Computer (German HCI Conference), German Informatics Society, Dresden, Germany - link

• ACM SUI Student Volunteer, ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, Berlin, Germany - link

2017      

• 3DUI Contest, IEEE 11th Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), Los Angeles, CA, USA - link

2016      

• 3DUI Contest, IEEE 10th Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), Greenville, SC, USA - link

• MuC Local Organization, Mensch und Computer (German HCI Conference), German Informatics Society, Aachen, Germany - link

• MuC Workshops, Mensch und Computer (German HCI Conference), German Informatics Society, Aachen, Germany - link

• Workshop Urban und Digital - Gemeinsam auf interaktiven Wegen, Mensch und Computer, Aachen, Germany - link

2015      

• 3DUI Contest, IEEE 9th Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), Arles, France - link

• Workshop on Formal Methods in Human Computer Interaction (FoMHCI), ACM Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS), Duisburg, Germany - link

• Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living, The German conference on Human Computer Interaction (Mensch und Computer), Stuttgart, Germany

• Workshop of Ambient Intelligence in Metropolitan Regions (AmIUA), 9th International Conference of Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence, Puerto Varas, Chile - link

2014      

• Workshop of Ambient Intelligence in Metropolitan Regions (AmIUA), 8th International Conference of Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence, Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Workshop on Methods for Planning, Execution and Evaluation of Empirical User Studies, Aachen, Germany

Member of Program Committees

• IEEE VR 2018 - 2024

• ISMAR 2022 - 2024

• GI VR/AR 2019, 2020

• GI MuC 2019, 2020

• ACM SUI 2018, 2019, 2022

• ACM VRST 2019, 2020

• IVA 2019

• Interact 2021

• ACM CLIHC 2015, 2017, 2019

• CRIWG 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

• MexiHCI 2012 & 2014

• UCAmI-IWAAL 2012 & 2014 & 2015

• CollabTech 2016, 2019, 2022

• OzCHI 2018

• IEEE AIVR 2018, 2019

• FMIS 2018, 2019

Reviewer - Journals

• Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE

• Virtual Reality, Springer Nature

• Frontiers in Virtual Reality, Frontiers

• Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers

• Journal on Human Computer Studies, Elsevier

• International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Taylor and Francis

• Interacting with Computers, Oxford Press

• IEEE Access, IEEE

• i-com, De Gruyter

• Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer

• Information Technology and Decision Making, World Scientific

• EG Computer Graphics Forum

• Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Elsevier

• Proceedings of the ACM, ACM

• Neuroinformatics, Springer

• Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, IOS Press

• Journal of Universal Computer Science, J.UCS

• SN Computer Science

Reviewer - Conference

• CHI 2016, 2017, 2020

• ISMAR 2019 – 2021

• GI MuC 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020

• EICS 2016 - 2023

• SUI 2017

• UIST 2016

• EG PGV 2014

• ICAT-EGVE 2020, 2021

• IEEE VR VAAT Workshop 2016

• OzCHI 2015, 2016, 2017

• VRST 2017

• AVI 2018

Other Academic Duties

since 2013 Reviewer for the German National Academic Foundation selection process

Member of Academic Societies

Member of IFIP WG 2.7 / 13.4

Professional Member of ACM and SIGCHI

Professional Member of IEEE

Professional Member of the German Informatics Society (GI)