Article in Nature Communications

We present a computational method for designing wearable electro-physiological sensors that capture muscle movement, heart rate, and galvanic skin response. By optimizing sensors for the user’s body anatomy, highly compact wearable sensing devices can be fabricated easily and rapidly. They offer an optimal trade-off between signal quality and the size of the device, ensuring both functionality and ergonomic wearability. An interactive design tool allows designers […]

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Paper at UIST 21 on Prototyping Haptic Feedback in VR

At UIST 21 we present a paper on rapid prototyping of vibrotactile feedback in virtual reality by leveraging the user’s voice. Please find more details here.

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Multiple PhD and Post-Doc Positions

We are hiring! We have a total of 6 openings for post-doctoral researchers and PhD researchers. The application deadline is June 30. You can find more information on our Jobs page.

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Paper on Human-Robot Interaction at ICRA’21

We will present the following paper at the IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation 2021: Human-Like Artificial Skin Sensor for Physical Human-Robot Interaction by Marc Teyssier, Brice Parilusyan, Anne Roudaut & Jürgen Steimle

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5 Papers Accepted to CHI 2021

We will present the following main track papers at CHI 2021: BodyStylus: Freehand On-Body Design and Fabrication of Epidermal Interfaces (Narjes Pourjafarian, Marion Koelle, Bruno Fruchard, Sahar Mavali, Konstantin Klamka, Daniel Groeger, Paul Strohmeier, Jürgen Steimle) Eyecam: Revealing Relations between Humans and Sensing Devices through an Anthropomorphic Webcam (Marc Teyssier, Marion Koelle, Paul Strohmeier, Bruno Fruchard, Jürgen Steimle) SoloFinger: Robust Microgestures while Grasping Everyday Objects […]

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Keynote at MUM’20 on Augmented Materiality

Jürgen Steimle will give the closing keynote at the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM’20 on “Augmented Materiality”. More information can be found here.

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Marion Koelle receives Helene-Lange Award

She was awarded the Helene-Lange-Preis 2020 for her doctoral research on “Designing Socially Acceptable Body-worn Cameras”. The award recognises outstanding dissertations contributing to digitalisation. Selection criteria include innovativeness, creativity, practical impact and societal relevance.

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Special Issue of ToCHI on Digital Touch

We invite submissions to a special issue of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction on “Digital Touch: Reshaping interpersonal communicative capacity and social touch practices”. Guest editors are: Sara Price, Carey Jewitt, Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze and Jürgen Steimle. See the Call for papers for more details.

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Honorable Mention Awards at ACM CHI 2020

Two of our contributions at ACM CHI 2020 were recognized with Honorable Mention awards: Rapid Iron-On User Interfaces: Hands-on Fabrication of Interactive Textile Prototypes Konstantin Klamka, Interactive Media Lab Dresden, Technical University Dresen, Dresden, Germany Raimund Dachselt, Interactive Media Lab Dresden, Technical University Dresen, Dresden, Germany Jürgen Steimle, Saarland University, Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarbrücken, Germany Social Acceptability in HCI: A Survey of Methods, Measures, and […]

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ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award for Paul Strohmeier

We are excited that Paul Strohmeier is going to receive an ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award for his PhD thesis. Paul wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Kasper Hornbaek at the University of Copenhagen. Congratulations, Paul and Kasper!

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