PEOPLE / Prof. Dr. Jürgen Steimle
Jürgen Steimle is a full professor (W3) at the Department of Computer Science at Saarland University and Saarland Informatics Campus. He directs the Human-Computer Interaction and Interactive Technologies Lab. He is also the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Previously, he held positions as Independent Research Group Leader (W2) at Saarland University (2013-2016) and Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (2013-2018). From 2012 to 2014, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Darmstadt University of Technology.
His research investigates embedded and embodied user interfaces that seamlessly merge with the physical world and the human body, to enable more effective, expressive, and engaging interactions with computers and interactive devices. His current focus areas include flexible sensors and displays, on-body interaction and wearable computing, touch and haptic interfaces, digital fabrication and new materials for interaction.
His work was recognized with an ERC Starting Grant, best paper awards at the premier conferences in human-computer interaction ACM CHI and UIST, and the Best Computer Science Dissertation Award 2009 by the German, Austrian and Swiss Computer Societies. He is serving as co-chair and member of program committees for major international conferences, including positions as general co-chair at ACM ISS 2017, program co-chair for ACM TEI 2017 and workshops track co-chair for CHI 2014 and CHI 2015. From 2018-2020 he was the Dean of Studies for Computer Science.
Email: last name (at) cs.uni-saarland.de
Phone: +49 (0)681 302 71080 (Administrative assistant Mona Linn), direct extension -71081
Fax: +49 (0)681 302 70155
Office: Building E1.7, Room 2.23
Office Hours: By appointment
