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Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Andreas Riener
Universitätsassistent (Postdoctoral research fellow)

Institut für Pervasive Computing
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
A-4040 Linz

Room: P105
Office Hour: Tuesday, 10-11AM
Phone: +43-732-2468-1432
Fax: +43-732-2468-8426
E-Mail: riener ät pervasive döt jku döt at
Projects
SOCIONICAL: FP7 ICT Call-3, FET proactive / Goal 8.4: Science of complex systems for socially intelligent ICT Goals: There are a number of projects that acknowledge the tight entanglement between social and technical systems. SOCIONICAL differs from these project in that it jointly deals with complex systems at three levels: (i) Interacting social entities; (ii) Interacting technical entities; (iii) Interacting socio-technical entities.
FACT: This industrial research project with Siemens AG Germany aims at developing systems which are able to manage themselves and adapt to their environment.
Autonomic Peer Systems: This industrial research project with Siemens AG Germany provides a basis for situated spontaneous interaction of mobile devices in decentralized ad-hoc scenarios.
Betreute Bakk-/Masterarbeiten
Subliminal Display Overlay Driver: Problem definition, Approach: (Visual) information overload is a topic of increasing importance. In this thesis, the influence of subliminal information transmission should be investigatedInformation, if displayed/flashed for only very short time (< 20ms; =subliminal) cannot be „seen" by the eye, but is recognized by (part of) the brainTo study this effect, a interface is required allowing for overlaying different types of information to normal screen contents (Webbrowser, Email-client, Word/Excel),...
Subliminal Information Transfer (Visual Channel): Problem definition, Approach: (Visual) information overload is a topic of increasing importance. In this thesis, the influence of subliminal information transmission should be investigatedInformation, if displayed/flashed for only very short time (< 20ms; =subliminal) cannot be „seen" by the eye, but is recognized by (part of) the brainTwo types/cases of interestvehicle steering//driving scenario using a lane change test (LCT); "content injection" in a dynamic scenarioadvertising scenario on a large...
Inattentive Auditory Stimulation: Problem definition, Approach: In this thesis, the influence of not attentively perceived auditory information on driving performance should be investigated (as it is known, for example, that engine sound and ambient noise reflect driving speed Experimental setting (user study): "Audio speedometer" simulated driving, route with speed limits; drive to the limit as good as possible (withoud exceeding it=fine) > experimental series: 1) regular (speedometer in dashboard), without sound 2)...
Scent/Flavor Stimulation while Driving: Problem definition, Approach: Driving a car is dynamic adaptation task; "driving performance" is massively influenced by a driver's emotional stateShift in (emotional) driver state is achievable by fragrance based stimulation, e.g.scent of lavender = relaxingpeppermint = stimulation, arousing, "active"Experimental setting (user study)measure the influence of different scents on driving performance (reaction time, optimum trace) or physiologic conditions (study ECG/HRV/autochronic image)application of...
ECG Analysis while Driving: Problem definition, Approach: Electrocardiogram (ECG) and related measures (HRV, autochronic image) offer great potential in person psychological state change evaluationMeasure the influence of several factors of influence on driver's emotional stateSeveral small-scale experiments 1) driving through tunnels (in particular for persons with claustrophobia) 2) compare driver workload with copassenger workload while driving on a motorway (200km); changes expected due to concentration on task of...
Physiological Sleep Analysis: Problem definition, Approach: Electrocardiogram (ECG) and related measures (HRV, autochronic image) offers great potential in person psychologic state change evaluationRecreation while sleeping is an important topicSleep analysis: Influence of ECG measures of a couple a) both sleeping alone (e.g. in different rooms or flats/houses) b) sleeping together (double bed) Expected outcome: ECG/HRV/autochronic images show significant differences, e.g.
Thermal Imaging for Emotional State Recognition: Problem definition, Approach: Implicit interaction using the emotional state of a person is a promising approach to improve HCIStatement: Emotional state of a person is correlated with his/her body surface temperature measurement taken with thermal IR (infrared) camera applied technology: FLIR (forward looking infra red)Measurement experiments with factor variationdifferent pieces of music, still images, moviescontinuously record thermal image evaluation & interpretation: potential/influence...
Sitting Behavior during Office Work: Problem definition, Approach: Identify/categorize patterns of sitting behaviornumber of different persons using the chair?for one person: how long did he/she work a certain dayhow long sitting on the chair, absent, what activity?Sitting posture database (~300GB data), MySQL, 1 month, pressure + webcam images, accelerometerMethodical analysis of pressure images (MATLAB+tools, etc.)PCA, LDA, SOM, OSFM, feature vecture identifaction, etc.
Tissue Interface: Aufgabenstellung:Ein romantisches Abendessen für zwei. Sie sitzen gegenüber ihrer Freundin und sind in ein angeregtes Gespräch vertieft und bemerken daß die aktuelle Hintergrundmusik, die Raumbeleuchtung, die Temperatur, etc. nicht mehr optimal mit der momentanen Stimmung übereinstimmt. Das Letzte daß sie in dieser Situation möchten ist aufzustehen, eine passende Musik einzulegen, das Raumthermostat umzustellen, den Lichtdimmer zu bedienen, usw.
Auswertung von Personenverhalten im Bürostuhl: Das Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit ist es, eine Datenbank mit Sitzmattendaten unter Zuhilfenahme des Mathematikpaketes MATLAB sowie allfällig notwendiger Zusatztools methodisch auszuwerten und zu analysieren.Datenbank: Eine Datenbank mit Sitzmattendaten eines Bürostuhles wurde bereits aufgebaut und steht zur Verfügung. Daten wurden kontinuierlich über einen Zeitraum von 30 Tagen in einer Portierloge gesammelt (30 Tage á 24 Stunden; 2 Hz Auflösung; die Portierloge war durchgehend besetzt).
Weitere, aktuelle Themen (Juni 2011): Interessierten Studenten können wir eine Menge weiterer Diplom-/Masterarbeitsthemen anbieten, etwa:Echtfahrexperimente mit Sensordatenaufzeichnung und -auswertungStudien zur Korrelation von EKG (HRV) mit Verkehrsdaten (siehe dazu: Andreas Riener, Alois Ferscha, Mohamed Aly: "Heart on the road: HRV analysis for monitoring a driver's affective state"Aktivitätserkennung mit Microsoft Kinect (XBOX), siehe http://www.xbox.com/de-at/kinect, http://de.wikipedia.
Mobiles haptisches Feedbacksystem (Portierung auf Google HTC Phone): Themenkomplex - Vorgesehen ist die Bearbeitung der Teile durch mehrere Studenten (eigenständig, oder auch in Gruppen) In Autos werden Informationen meist über den visuellen oder auditiven Sinneskanal übertragen bzw. aufgenommen. Durch die Vielzahl an Geräten/Diensten im Fahrzeug (Navigationssystem, ABS, ESP, Spurwechselassistent, mobile Anwendungen, Multimediaanlage, etc.) werden diese Sinne zunehmends überfordert, führen zur Ablenkung des Fahrers und in weiterer Folge zu Unfällen.
Invisible Object Recognition using Vibro-tactile Feedback: Aufgabenstellung Im Normalfall können wir Dinge, Objekte mit unseren Augen wahrnehmen, erkennen und insbesonders deren Größe und Form feststellen. Es gibt jedoch Situationen, in denen Sehen nicht oder nur eingeschränkt möglich ist, beispielsweise wenn es finster, nebelig oder verraucht ist bzw. wenn eine Person nur eingeschränkte Sehfähigkeit besitzt. Im Rahmen dieser Bakk.
Personenerkennung an der Gangart mittels Ultraschall-Sensorik (Gait Recognition): Aufgabenstellung: Das Ziel dieser Bakk.-/Diplom-/Masterarbeit ist es, Personenerkennung anhand ihrer Gangart  zu studieren. Dazu ist das ultraschallbasierte Positions- und Orientierungs-Trackingsystem „Intersense IS-900" zu verwenden. Es existieren zwar bereits jetzt diverse Lösungsansätze (meist bild- oder videobasiert), die aber alle noch Verbesserungen bedürfen bzw. unlösbare Nachteile aufweisen.
Ein Kollisionswarngürtel mit Ultraschall-Sensorik zur Distanzbestimmung: Im Rahmen dieser Diplomarbeit soll ein bestehendes taktiles Raumwahrnehmungssystem (Richtungs- bzw. Distanzinformationen werden mittels in einen Gürtel eingearbeiteten Vibrationselementen übermittelt) um eine Komponente zur „relativen Positionierung" erweitert werden.Die Übermittlung von taktiler Distanzinformation an den Träger des Systems soll mittels in einen Gürtel integrierten Vibrationselementen geschehen.
The Unconscious Perception (Unbewusste Wahrnehmung von Information): Zwischenmenschliche Kommunikation verwendet Informationen wie Gestik, Mimik, Gesichtsausdruck, Sympathie, etc. um die Entscheidungsfindung in bestimmten Situationen zu erleichtern; in der Mensch-Computer Interaktion  hingegen basieren Entscheidungen auf "harten Fakten". Ein Ziel zukünftiger Systeme könnte es sein, möglichst "menschlich" zu funktionieren und zu reagieren, bspw. durch Übermittlung zusätzlicher, unbewusst wahrgenommener Informationen, die den Benutzer in seiner Handlung beeinflussen.
Mobiles haptisches Feedbacksystem (Portierung auf HTC Hero Smartphone): In herkömmlichen Anwendungen werden Informationen meist über den visuellen oder auditiven Sinnes-kanal übertragen bzw. aufgenommen. Es gibt jedoch Situationen, in denen Sehen oder Hören nicht oder nur eingeschränkt möglich ist, beispielsweise in lauten Industrieumgebungen, durch Verkehrslärm oder Geschrei, wenn es finster, nebelig oder verraucht ist bzw. wenn eine Person nur eingeschränkte Seh- oder Hörfähigkeit besitzt.
DA-2007-05: Actuator-Based Vehicle Control: Im Rahmen dieser Diplomarbeit soll eine Matte aus Vibratoren, wie sie zb. in Mobiltelefonen zu finden sind, aufgebaut werden. Die einzelnen Vibratorelemente sind über ein Mikrocontrollerinterface (verwendeter Baustein ist auszuwählen) mit dem PC mittels geeigneter Technologie (USB, WLAN, RS232, BlueTooth, etc.) verbunden und über eine entsprechende Steuersoftware anzusprechen. Je eine Matte mit dieser Vibratormatrix (Grösse der Matrix ist festzulegen, zb. 4x4, 5x5, ...
In-house Audio Maintenance: Im Rahmen dieser Diplomarbeit soll ein System implementiert werden, welches „Wireless Audio-Streaming“-Funktionalitäten zur Verfügung stellt um Aktivlautsprecher im und um das Haus drahtlos mit Musik versorgen zu können. Als Trägertechnologie soll ZigBee zum Einsatz kommen, die ZigBee-Knoten werden lediglich an die Lautsprecher „angesteckt“. Das System ist Benutzeradaptiv – bewegt sich ein ausgewählter Benutzer durch das Haus so folgt ihm „seine“ Musik von Lautsprecher zu Lautsprecher...
Publications (61)
2012
A New Opportunity to Urban Evacuation Analysis: Very Large Scale Simulations of Social Agent Systems in Repast HPC
26th ACM/IEEE/SCS Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation (PADS 2012), Zhangjiajie, China -- July 15-19, 2012., 2012.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Hand and Finger Gestures in Vehicular Applications
Computer, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, Vol. 45, No. 4, ISSN: 0018-9162, DOI: 10.1109/MC.2012.108, pp. 42-47, 2012.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Subliminal Persuasion and Its Potential for Driver Behavior Adaptation
Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Editors: M.A. Sotelo Vazquez, IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 13, No. 1, ISSN: 1524-9050, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2178838, pp. 71-80, 2012.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
A. Riener, K. Zia, A. Ferscha, C. Beltran Ruiz, J. Minguez Rubio
Traffic flow harmonization in expressway merging
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (PUC), Springer, ISSN: 1617-4909, DOI: 10.1007/s00779-012-0505-6, pp. 14, 2012.
Online First
Projects: SOCIONICAL
2011
A. Riener*, P. Wintersberger
Natural, Intuitive Finger-based Input as a Means of In-Vehicle Information System Operation?
3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI'11), November 29-December 2, Salzburg, Austria, ACM, pp. 8, 2011.
A. Riener*, M. Gutenbrunner
Online UPnP/AV Device Database for Quick and Easy Capability Checking
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT '11), December 19-22, Islamabad, Pakistan, IEEE CS Press, New York, NY, USA, ISBN: 978-0-7695-4625-4/11, DOI: 10.1109/FIT.2011.65, pp. 314-320, 2011.
A. Riener, P. Wintersberger*
3D Theremin: A Novel Approach for Convenient "Point and Click"-Interactions in Vehicles
3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI'11), November 29-December 2, Salzburg, Austria, Editors: Andreas Riener and Myounghoon Jeon, Adjunct proceedings, pp. 2, 2011.
Poster paper
A. Riener*, M. Rossbory
Natural and Intuitive Hand Gestures: A Substitute for Traditional Vehicle Control?
3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI'11), November 29-December 2, Salzburg, Austria, Editors: Andreas Riener and Myounghoon Jeon, Adjunct proceedings, pp. 2, 2011.
Poster paper
Information injection below conscious awareness: Potential of sensory channels
3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications AutomotiveUI'11), November 29-December 2, Salzburg, Austria, Editors: Andreas Riener and Myounghoon Jeon and Manfred Tscheligi and Joseph Fellner, Workshop position paper, Adjunct proceedings, pp. 6, 2011.
Human-Computer Interaction beyond Keyboard and Mouse
9th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT '11), December 19-22, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011.
Invited speaker
A. Riener*, M. Tscheligi, J. Fellner, M. Jeon
Workshop Subliminal Perception in Cars
3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI'11), November 29-December 2, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 52, 2011.
Chapter 7: Sitting Postures & Electrocardiograms: A Method for Continuous and Unobtrusive Driver Authentication
Continuous Authentication based on Biometrics: Data, Models, and Metrics, Editors: Issa Traore and Ahmed Awad E. Ahmed, IGI Global, 701 E. Chocolate Ave. Hershey, PA 17033, USA, ISBN: 978-1-61350-129-0, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-129-0.ch007, pp. 137-168, 2011.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Comparing Parallel Simulation of Social Agents using Cilk and OpenCL
15th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2011), Salford, UK, IEEE CS Press, pp. 10, 2011.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
K. Zia, A. Riener*, A. Ferscha, A. Sharpanskykh
Evacuation Simulation based on Cognitive Decision making model in a Socio-Technical System
15th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2011), Salford, UK, IEEE CS Press, pp. 10, 2011.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
A. Riener*, M. Rossbory, A. Ferscha
Natural DVI based on intuitive hand gestures
Workshop User Experience in Cars, INTERACT 2011, September 5-9, Lisbon/Portugal, Springer LNCS, pp. 62-66, 2011.
A. Szczepanski, K. Saeed, A. Riener, A. Ferscha
Wearable Computers: A Study on ECG Signal Changes During Everyday Activities
2011 International Conference on Biometrics and Kansei Engineering (ICBAKE 2011), 19-22 September 2011, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan, IEEE CS Press, pp. 6, 2011.
Display content adaptation using a force sensitive office chair
International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI), Editors: Kevin Curran, IGI Global, 701 E. Chocolate Ave. Hershey, PA 17033, USA, Vol. 3, No. 3, ISSN: 1941-6237, pp. 8-17, 2011.
R. Müllner, A. Riener
An energy efficient pedestrian aware Smart Street Lighting system
International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (IJPCC), Editors: Ismail Khalil et al., Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom, Vol. 7, No. 2, ISSN: 1742-7371, DOI: 10.1108/17427371111146437, pp. 147-161, 2011.
article number 393720/137341
A. Ferscha, K. Zia, A. Riener, A. Sharpanskykh
Potential of Social Modelling in Socio-Technical Systems
The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition (FET11), 4-6 May, Budapest, Hungary, Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier, Vol. 7, pp. 235-237, 2011.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
A. Riener, G. Kempter, T. Saari, K. Revett
Subliminal Communication in Human-Computer Interaction
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 2011, Article ID 156028, received 8 March 2011, accepted 8 March 2011, Hindawi, DOI: 10.1155/2011/156028, pp. 3, 2011.
Editorial to the Special Issue
A. Riener, G. Kempter, T. Saari, K. Revett
Special Issue on Subliminal Communication in Human-Computer Interaction
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, Hindawi, Vol. 2011, pp. 59, 2011.
Guest Editors
Assessment of Simulator Fidelity and Validity in Simulator and On-the-road Studies
International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements, Editors: Constantin Paleologu, Vol. 3, No. 3-4, ISSN: 1942-261x, pp. 110-124, 2011.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
2010
The car seat: Potentials for relieving driver's cognitive load
International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2010), December 21-23, 2010, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010.
Invited speaker
Reduction of Driver Stress Using AmI Technology While Driving in Motorway Merging Sections
First International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI-10), November 10-12, 2010, Malaga, Spain, Editors: B. de Ruyter et al., Springer-Verlag, LNCS, Berlin Heidelberg, No. 6439, ISBN: 978-3-642-16916-8, pp. 127-137, 2010.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
A. Riener*, A. Ferscha, P. Frech, M. Hackl, M. Kaltenberger
Subliminal vibro-tactile based notification of CO2 economy while driving
2nd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications AutomotiveUI 2010), November 11-12, 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, ACM, ISBN: 978-1-4503-0437-5, pp. 92-101, 2010.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Challenges of subliminal information displays in the car-context
2nd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2010), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 11-12, Editors: A. Kun, S. Boll, Adjunct proceedings, 2010.
Poster paper
Projects: SOCIONICAL
K. Zia, A. Ferscha, A. Riener*, M. Wirz, D. Roggen, K. Kloch, P. Lukowicz
Scenario Based Modeling for Very Large Scale Simulations
14th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2010), Fairfax, VA USA., IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 8, 2010.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
A. Riener*, K. Zia, A. Ferscha, C. Beltran Ruiz, J. Minguez Rubio
AmI technology helps to sustain speed while merging – A data driven simulation study on Madrid motorway ring M30
14th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2010), Fairfax, VA USA, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 10, 2010.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Tactor Placement in Wrist Worn Wearables
14th annual IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'10), October 10-13, Seoul, South Korea, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 8, 2010.
Conferences: ISWC'10
Projects: DISPLAYS
Sensor-Actuator Supported Implicit Interaction in Driver Assistance Systems
Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 2009, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Editors: Steffen Hölldobler et al., Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), Bonn, Vol. 10, ISBN: 978-3-88579-414-2, pp. 221-230, 2010.
K. Zia, A. Ferscha, A. Riener, M. Wirz, D. Roggen, K. Kloch, P. Lukowicz
Pervasive Computing in the Large: The SOCIONICAL Approach
Adjunct Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Helsinki, Finland, May 2010., pp. 6, 2010.
Conferences: Pervasive 2010
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Simulating On-the-road Behavior Using Driving Simulators
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2010), February 10-16, 2010, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, Awarded with a best paper award, see
P. Lukowicz, G. Pirkl, D. Bannach, F. Wagner, A. Calatroni, K. Förster, T. Holleczek, M. Rossi, D. Roggen, G. Troester, J. Doppler, C. Holzmann, A. Riener, A. Ferscha, R. Chavarriaga
Recording a Complex, Multi Modal Activity Data Set for Context Recognition
Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Context-Systems Design, Evaluation and Optimisation (CosDEO 2010), VDE Publishing House, Hannover, Germany, 2010.
Projects: OPPORTUNITY
Sensor-Actuator Supported Implicit Interaction in Driver Assistance Systems
Vieweg+Teubner Research, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1st edition (January 14, 2010), ISBN: 978-3-8348-0963-6 (ISBN-10: 3834809632), pp. 287, 2010.
2009
Effect of Proactive Braking on Traffic Flow and Road Throughput
13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2009), October 25-28, Singapore, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 8, 2009.
Conferences: DS-RT 2009
Projects: SOCIONICAL, FACT
A. Riener, M. Straub, A. Ferscha
Time-lag as Limiting Factor for Indoor Walking Navigation
4th European Conference on Smart Sensing and Context (EuroSSC 2009), University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, Editors: P. Barnaghi et al., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, LNCS 5741/2009, ISBN: 978-3-642-04470-0, ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online), pp. 24-37, 2009.
Projects: SOCIONICAL, FACT
Heart on the road: HRV analysis for monitoring a driver's affective state
First International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2009), September 21-22, Essen, Germany, ACM Digital Library, ISBN: 978-1-60558-571-0, pp. 8, 2009.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
M. Straub, A. Riener, A. Ferscha
Route Guidance with a Vibro-tactile Waist Belt
Poster/Demo at the 4th European Conference on Smart Sensing and Context (EuroSSC 2009), University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, Editors: Editors: P. Barnaghi et al., Adjunct Proceedings, pp. 3, 2009.
A. Riener, M. Straub, A. Ferscha
Tactograms for Vibro-tactile Route Guiding
Advances in Wearable Computing 2009, Adjunct Proceedings of 13th International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC'09), Demo/Poster abstract, books@ocg.at, Editors: Alois Ferscha, Gabriele Kotsis, Daniel Roggen, Lucy Dunne, Rene Mayrhofer, Antonio Krüger, Horst Hörtner, Sabine Seymour, Christa Sommerer, Andreas Riener, Austrian Computer Society (OCG), Vol. 248, ISBN: 978-3-85403-248-9, pp. 1, 2009.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Reaction Time Differences in Real and Simulated Driving
First International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2009), September 21-22, Essen, Germany, Poster abstract, Adjunct Proceedings, pp. 1, 2009.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
Influence of Age and Gender on the Reaction Performance in Human-Vehicle Interaction
Special Issue: Nutzungsschnittstellen und interaktive Anwendungen im Auto, i-com, Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Editors: Albrecht Schmidt, Susanne Boll, and Klaus Bengler, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Vol. 8, No. 2, ISSN: 1618-162X, DOI: 10.1524/icom.2009.0023, pp. 34-39, 2009.
M. Straub, A. Riener, A. Ferscha
Distance Encoding in Vibro-tactile Guidance Cues
Poster at the 6th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2009), IEEE XPlore, July 13-16 2009, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ISBN: 978-963-9799-59-2, pp. 2, 2009.
Projects: SOCIONICAL
D. Roggen, K. Förster, A. Calatroni, T. Holleczek, Y. Fang, G. Troester, P. Lukowicz, G. Pirkl, D. Bannach, K. Kunze, A. Ferscha, C. Holzmann, A. Riener, R. Chavarriaga, J. Millán
OPPORTUNITY: Towards opportunistic activity and context recognition systems
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC 2009), IEEE CS Press, Kos, Greece, 2009.
Projects: OPPORTUNITY
D. Roggen, K. Förster, A. Calatroni, A. Bulling, T. Holleczek, G. Troester, P. Lukowicz, G. Pirkl, D. Bannach, A. Ferscha, A. Riener, C. Holzmann, R. Chavarriaga, J. Millán
OPPORTUNITY: activity and context awareness in opportunistic open-ended sensor environments
Poster at the 1st European Future Emerging Technologies Conference (FET 2009), Prague, Czech Republic, 2009.
Projects: OPPORTUNITY
Pervasive Adaptation in Car Crowds
First International Workshop on User-Centric Pervasive Adaptation (UCPA) at MOBILWARE 2009, Berlin, Germany, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST), Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 6, 2009.
Reconfiguration of Vibro-tactile Feedback in Vehicles
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2009), February 1-7, 2009, Cancun, Mexico, IEEE Computer Society Press, ISBN: 978-1-4244-3351-3, pp. 9, 2009.
Sensor-Actuator Supported Implicit Interaction in Driver Assistance Systems, PhD Thesis
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, pp. 329, 2009.
2008
Simulation Driven Experiment Control in Driver Assistance Assessment
Proceedings of the 12-th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, accepted for publication, Editors: David Roberts, IEEE Computer Society Press, October 27 - 29, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, No. 3425, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3425-1, ISSN: 1550-6425, pp. 10, 2008.
Conferences: DS-RT 2008
Master Thesis: Haptic Room-Awareness System
Raising awareness about space via vibro-tactile notifications
3rd European IEEE Conference on Smart Sensing and Context (EuroSSC'08), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, October 29-31 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, Vol. 5279/-1/2008, ISBN: 978-3-540-88792-8, ISSN: 0302-9743, pp. 235-245, 2008.
Conferences: EuroSSC 2008
Age- and Gender-Related Studies on Senses of Perception for Human-Vehicle-Interaction
Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Applications, September 7-10, 2008, Lübeck, Germany, accepted for publication, GI-Edition 2008, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), pp. 8, 2008.
A. Ferscha, B. Emsenhuber, A. Riener, C. Holzmann, M. Hechinger, D. Hochreiter, M. Franz, A. Zeidler, M. dos Santos Rocha, C. Klein
Vibro-Tactile Space-Awareness
Video paper, adjunct proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2008), Seoul, South Korea, 2008.
Supporting Implicit Human-to-Vehicle Interaction: Driver Identification from Sitting Postures
The First Annual International Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems (ISVCS 2008), ACM Digital Library, July 22-24, 2008, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2008.
A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, A. Riener, M. dos Santos Rocha, A. Zeidler, M. Franz, R. Mayrhofer
Peer-it: Stick-on solutions for networks of things
Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, Editors: Sajal K Das, Marco Contri, Behrzooz Shirazi, Elsevier B.V., Vol. 4, No. 3, ISSN: 1574-1192, pp. 448-479, 2008.
Intelligent Vehicle Handling: Steering and Body Postures while Cornering
21st International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2008), System Architecture and Adaptivity, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Editors: Brinkschulte, U.; Ungerer, T.; Hochberger, C.; Spallek, R.G, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 4934, ISBN: 978-3-540-78152-3, pp. 14, 2008.
Conferences: ARCS 2008
Master Thesis: Haptic Room-Awareness System
2007
A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, M. dos Santos Rocha, R. Mayrhofer, A. Zeidler, A. Riener, M. Franz
Building Flexible Manufacturing Systems Based on Peer-its
Special Issue on Embedded Systems Design in Intelligent Industrial Automation, EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems, 2007.
Driver Activity Recognition from Sitting Postures
Mensch und Computer 2007, Workshop Automotive User Interfaces, Weimar, Germany, Editors: Thilo Paul-Stueve, Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, ISBN: 978-3-86068-319-4, pp. 55-63, 2007.
2006
Emotional Interaction (Human-Machine Confluence)
Ubicomp 2006, Doctoral Colloquium, Newport, California, USA, September 18 - 21, 2006, Adjunct Proceedings, pp. 2, 2006.
A. Ferscha, M. Hechinger, A. Riener, H. Schmitzberger, M. Franz, M. dos Santos Rocha, A. Zeidler
Context-Aware Profiles
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (ICAS 2006), IEEE CS Press, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 48, 2006.
Building Pervasive Display Landscapes with Stick-On Interfaces
Workshop "Information Visualization and Interaction Techniques", associated with CHI'06 International Conference, Quebec, Canada, pp. 9, 2006.
Emotional Interaction (Human-Machine Influence)
Current PhD Research in Pervasive Computing, Technical Report LMU-MI-2006-01, Editors: Alois Ferscha and Marc Langheinrich and Albrecht Schmidt, LMU Munich, ISSN: 1862-5207, pp. 5, 2006.
2001
Entwicklung eines Online-Shops mit Apple Webobjects (Development of a online shop using Apple Webobjects)
Diploma Thesis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, Committee: Günther Blaschek, Rainer Lischka, 2001.

 


Supervised Diploma-/ Bachelor- /Master Thesis
Diploma Thesis "Cues for Vibro-tactile Route Guidance" (Markus Straub, 0255818), completed November 2009
Bachelor Thesis "A Software-Framework for Organizing Vibro-tactile Patterns (Tactograms)" (Martin Weniger, 0255354), completed November 2009
Bachelor Thesis "SSL - Ein interaktives, benutzerkontextsensitives Straßenbeleuchtungssystem" (Reinhard Müllner, 0756506), completed December 2010
Bachelor Thesis "Sitting Posture Recognition System"(Martin Mascherbauer, 0257379), completed February 2011
Bachelor Thesis "UPnP-Framework" (Martin Gutenbrunner, 0055172), completed March 2011
Diploma Thesis "Performance of Haptic Interaction for Vehicle-Control" (Martin Mascherbauer, 0257379), completed April 2011
Diploma Thesis "Handover Management of Media Streams"(Martin Gutenbrunner, 0055172), completed May 2011
 
Master Thesis "Emotional State Recognition while Driving" (Jürgen Noldi, 0555847)
Bachelor Thesis "Subliminal use of vibro-tactile patterns" (Michael Matscheko, 0156237)
Bachelor Thesis "Subliminal use of vibro-tactile patterns" (Manuel Lehner, 0156089)
Master thesis "Invisible Object Recognition using Vibro-tactile Feedback" (Georg Stevenson, 0355785)

Bachelor Thesis "Using Theremins for mouse pointer control" (Philipp Wintersberger, 0456762)

Master Thesis "Real-time gaze tracking for public displays" (Andreas Sippl, 0655395)

Master thesis "A werable collision detection system with tactile feedback" (Harald Hartl, 0555345)

Master thesis "Spatial Abstraction based on RGBD sensors" (Bernhard Anzengruber, 0455640)

Master thesis "The unconscious perception" (Rainer Gutkas)

Master thesis "Cultural differences in crowds" (Otto Naderer, 0256433)

Master thesis "Realtime ECG analysis framework" (Clemens Müller, 0957182)


Bachelor Thesis "A Testbed for Investigating on Haptic Space-Awareness" (Stefan Simmer, 0456435), aborted
Bachelor Thesis "Zigbee Power Consumption Meter" (Alexander Krenhuber, 0555278), aborted
   
Short Biography and Core Research Competences
   

Andreas Riener carried out his PhD at the Institute for Pervasive Computing, JKU Linz from which he received his PhD degree in 2009. In his PhD thesis he has confirmed driver-vehicle interfaces as complex configurations of technological system components and services, and implicit interaction therein as a major research challenge. In a substantial part of his thesis he dealt with implicit interaction modalities based on vibro-tactile sensations and notifications affecting the driver-vehicle feedback loop. Since 2009 he is a Postdoctoral research fellow at the same institute. Andreas Riener is and was engaged in several EU-and industrial-funded research projects, for instance in cooperation projects with Siemens AG or in the FP7 FET-Open projects “SOCIONICAL” and “OPPORTUNITY”.

His research interests include multimodal sensor and actuator systems with a focus on implicit human-computer. Furthermore, he is interested in driver vital state recognition from embedded sensors and context-sensitive data processing. His core competence and research focus is context-aware computing and implicit interaction influencing the driver-vehicle interaction loop.
   
Key Research Topics
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI): Interface technologies (multimodal, implicit, explicit, subliminal perception)
  • Automotive Systems: Driver-vehicle interfaces (DVI), tactile interaction, body postures
  • Sensory Modalities: Vibro-tactile interfaces (Haptics, Tactograms)
  • Biosignal sensing, analysis, processing
  • Emotional Computing (Man-Machine-Influence)
   
Research challenges in the field of subliminal interaction/perception
  • Compatibility of subliminal information transmission
  • Impact on the cognitive load of a person
  • Task difficulty
  • Level of distraction?
  • Basic characteristics (e.g. reachable bandwidth, type of information or speed of perception)
   
Further Research Interests
   
  • Sensor Systems / Sensor Networks
  • Peer to Peer (P2P) Technology/Systems
  • Wireless Communication (ZigBee)
   
Curriculum Vitae
   
Research interests and personal profile (CV):
  2011-05-18 Research Interests and Personal Profile - Andreas Riener.pdf
   
Eintrag in der JKU FoDok:
 
   
XING:
 
   
Skype:
  Chat with me
   
XING Group moderation
   
October 2, 2009
 

Join the "Interaction Modalities for Future Driver-Car Interfaces" group on XING, https://www.xing.com/net/drivercarinteraction

 

  "The focus of this group is multimodal and/or implicit interaction for the automotive domain, a subarea of major interest in the field of pervasive computing and human computer interaction (HCI). The driver of a modern car is, apart from the primary activity of steering the car, performing a lot of secondary and tertiary tasks (operation of driver information and assistance systems like navigation systems, car stereo, HVAC and ACC). Obviously, all the three task categories use the same limited resources of the driver, emphasizing the need for new concepts and solutions for advanced driver-vehicle interfaces that support the intuitive, implicit and efficient use of the resources and at the same time keeping the driver's attention on the main task of driving.

This group is intended to gather and discuss on novel, innovative interaction concepts for automotive applications (such as for example the assessment of the sense of touch as additional channel in automotive user interfaces) with the aim to intensify cooperation/collaboration with researchers and the industry and to specify requirements for future user interfaces in the domain of driver-vehicle interfaces."
   
Teaching (History)
   
WT 2005/06
 

Pervasive Computing - Peripheral Displays
Seminar, 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha and Dipl.-Ing. Schmitzberger


ST 2006
  Embedded Systems
Combined course (exercise part), 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha
ST 2006
 

Pervasive Computing - Emotional Computing
Seminar, 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha

 

WT 2006/07
 

Software Engineering I
Two Exercise groups

 

ST 2007
  Embedded Systems
Combined course (exercise part - WSN applications, ZigBee technology), 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha
ST 2007
 

Pervasive Computing Multimedia - "The Emotional Car"
Seminar, 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha

 

WT 2007/08
 

Software Engineering I
Two Exercise groups

 

ST 2008
 

Pervasive and Embedded Systems (340.019, 340.020, 340.022)
3 pratice groups, each 1 semester hour (1.5 ECTS)
Content: Reliability, Petri Nets, Microcontroller, ZigBee-Technology, Sensor/Actuator-Interaction, Matlab, Simulink, Project: Phidgets


ST 2008
 

Seminar Pervasive Computing: "Vibrotactile Interfaces for Drivers" (340.003)
Seminar, 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha


WT 2008/09
 

Software Engineering I
Two Exercise groups

 

ST 2009
 

Pervasive and Embedded Systems (340.019, 340.020, 340.022)
3 pratice groups, each 1 semester hour (1.5 ECTS)
Content: Reliability, Petri Nets, Microcontroller, Sensor/Actuator-Interaction, Octave, Gnuplot, Project: Phidgets


WT 2009/10
 

Software Engineering I (340.029, 340.016, 340.032)
3 pratice groups, each 2 semester hour (3.0 ECTS)
Introduction into the JAVA programming language (basic principles and concepts, classes/methods, arrays/strings/lists, inheritance, etc.)

 

ST 2010
 

Pervasive and Embedded Systems (340.019, 340.020, 340.022)
3 pratice groups, each 1 semester hour (1.5 ECTS)
Content: Reliability, Petri Nets, Microcontroller, Sensor/Actuator-Interaction, Octave, Gnuplot, Project: Phidgets


ST 2010
 

Seminar Pervasive Computing: "Subliminal Information Perception in Vehicular Interfaces" (340.003)
Seminar, 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha

 

WT 2010/11
 

Software Engineering I (340.029, 340.016, 340.032)
3 pratice groups, each 2 semester hour (3.0 ECTS)
Introduction into the JAVA programming language (basic principles and concepts, classes/methods, arrays/strings/lists, inheritance, etc.)

 

ST 2011
 

Pervasive and Embedded Systems (340.019, 340.020)
2 pratice groups, each 1 semester hour (1.5 ECTS)
Content: Reliability, Petri Nets, Microcontroller, Sensor/Actuator-Interaction, Octave, Gnuplot, Project: Phidgets


ST 2011
 

Seminar Pervasive Computing: "Gesture Recognition with MS Kinect" (340.003)
Seminar, 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha

 

WT 2011/12
 

Software Engineering I (340.029, 340.016, 340.032)
3 pratice groups, each 2 semester hour (3.0 ECTS)
Introduction into the JAVA programming language (basic principles and concepts, classes/methods, arrays/strings/lists, inheritance, etc.)

 

ST 2012
 

Pervasive and Embedded Systems (340.019, 340.020, 340.022)
3 pratice groups, each 1 semester hour (1.5 ECTS)
Content: Reliability, Petri Nets, Microcontroller, Sensor/Actuator-Interaction, Octave, Gnuplot, Project: Phidgets


ST 2012
 

Seminar Pervasive Computing: "Activity Recognition and Analysis" (340.003)
Seminar, 2 semester hours
Together with Prof. Ferscha

 

     
   
Other Courses
   
Nov. 5 - 7, 2007
 

Sensor Network Application Development (SNAD)
Department of Telecooperation, Johannes Kepler University, Linz

This course on Sensor Network Application Development was organized in context with the two networks of excellence Euro-FGI and CRUISE sponsored by the sixth Framework programme of the European Union.
The course website can be found <HERE>

 

 

Monday, November 5 2007
10.30 - 12.00AM, HT176G

ZigBee Introduction
Course materials (Introduction): PDF

01.15 - 04.45PM, HT176G
Course materials (Interoperability of components; TinyOS programming environment; first examples): PDF
Course materials (Interfaces, Configurations and Modules; Tasks, Interrupts and Synchronisation; Single-Hop Communication): PDF

 

 

Tuesday, November 6 2007
01.15 - 04.45PM, HF9915
Course material (Development of ZigBee programs - Base Station with Message Queue: Architecture Overview and Source Code Fragments): PDF

 

 

Wednesday, November 7 2007
08.30 - 11.00AM, HT176G
Course material (Communication between Motes and Applications, Radio Link Distance Limit, Multihop Sensor-Network): PDF

 

   
PhD Thesis
   
A. Riener
Sensor-Actuator Supported Implicit Interaction in Driver Assistance Systems
PhD Thesis, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, January 20, 2009, pp. 329, 2009.
To the download page...
   
   
Reports
   
A. Ferscha, M. Langheinrich, A. Schmidt (Editors)
Current PhD Research in Pervasive Computing
Proceedings of the First Int. Doctoral Colloquium on Pervasive Computing, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, Technical Report LMU-MI-2006-1, March 2006, ISSN 1862-5207.
   
   
Scientific Activities/Conference Committees
   
February 2013
  16th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2013), February 23-27, 2013, San Antonio, Texas, USA, http://cscw.acm.org/index.html, (TPC)
December 2012
  10th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2012), December 17-19, 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan, http://fit.edu.pk, (TPC)
October 2012
  4th Int. Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Auto-UI 2012), October 16-19, 2012, New Hampshire, US, http://www.auto-ui.org, (Paper Co-Chair)
October 2012
  7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI), October 14-17, 2012, Copenhagen, Danmark, http://www.nordichi2012.org/, (TPC)
September 2012
  IEEE Conference on Control, Systems & Industrial Informatics (ICCSII 2012), September 23-26, 2012, Bandung, Indonesia, http://www.iccsii.org/, (TPC)
September 2012
  IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA 2012), September 23-26, 2012, Bandung, Indonesia, http://www.isiea.org/2012/, (TPC)
September 2012
  Mensch und Computer (M&C) 2012, September 9-12, 2012, Konstanz, Germany, http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/mc2012, (TPC)
August 2012
  The 3rd International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2012), August 27-29, 2012, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-12/, (TPC)
June 2012
  8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'12), June 26-29, 2012, Guanajuato (Mexico) , http://www.intenv.org/, (TPC)
June 2012
  AwareCast Workshop (recent advances in behavior prediction and pro-active pervasive computing), in conjunction with PERVASIVE 2012, June 20, 2012, Newcastle (UK) , http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/dus/Awarecast//, (TPC)
May 2012
  ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2012), May 5-10, 2012, Austin, Texas, http://chi2012.acm.org, (TPC)
March 2012
  International Symposium in Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2012), March 28-30, 2012, Salamanca, Spain, http://isami.usal.es, (TPC)
March 2012
 

20th International IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS 2012), March 4-7, 2012, Vancouver, Canada, http://2012.hapticssymposium.org/, (TPC)

February 2012
  Self-Adaptive Networked Embedded Systems (SANES 2012), Special session in Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS), February 24-26, 2012, Rome, Italy, http://www.peccs.org/SANES.asp, (TPC)
February 2012
  Sixth international conference on tangible, embedded and embodied interaction (TEI 2012), February 19-22, 2012, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, http://www.tei-conf.org/12/, (TPC)
December 2011
  9th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2011), December 19-21, 2011, Islamabad, Pakistan, http://fit.edu.pk, (TPC)
December 2011
  3rd Int. Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Auto-UI 2011), November 29-December 2, 2011, Salzburg, Austria, http://www.auto-ui.org, (Posters and Interactive Demos Chair/TPC)
November 2011
  6th International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology (FCST-11), Bio-informatics, bio-inspired computing and networking track, November 16-18, 2011, Changsha, China, http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/fcst2011, (TPC)
October 2011
  5th International Conference on New trends in Information Science and Service Science (NISS), October 24-26, 2011, Macao, http://www.humanpub.org/niss/, (TPC)
October 2011
  AmI Environments 2011, Special Track of the 15th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA 2011), October 10-13, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal,, http://epia2011.appia.pt/, (TPC)
September 2011
  5th ACM International Workshop on Context-Awareness for Self-Managing Systems (CASEMANS 2011), September 17-21, 2011, Beijing, China, http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/dus/casemans/, (TPC), in conjunction with UBICOMP 2011
September 2011
  2nd International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2011), September 19-21, 2011, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-11/, (TPC)
September 2011
  Mensch und Computer (M&C) 2011, September 11-14, 2011, Chemnitz, Germany, http://uebermedien.org/, (TPC)
July 2011
  7th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'11), July 25-28, 2011, Nottingham, UK, http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie11, (TPC)
July 2011
  2nd International Workshop on Trust Management in P2P Systems, July 22-24, 2011, Kochi, Kerala, India, http://www.acc-rajagiri.org/IWTMP2PS2011.html, (TPC)
June 2011
  International Conference on Next Generation Information Technology (ICNIT 2011), June 21-23, 2011, Gyeongju City, Republic of Korea, http://www.aicit.org/icnit, (TPC)
June 2011
  7th International Conference on Networked Computing and Advanced Information Management (NCM 2011), June 21-23, 2011, Gyenogju, Korea, http://www.aicit.org/ncm, (TPC)
June 2011
  4th IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, June 10-12, 2011, Chengdu, China, http://www.iccsit.org/, (TPC)
May 2011
  ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011), May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada, http://chi2011.org, (TPC)
April 2011
  International Symposium in Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2011), April 6-8, 2011, Salamanca, Spain, http://isami.usal.es, (TPC)
February 2011
  2nd Workshop on Context-Systems Design, Evaluation and Optimisation (CoSDEO 2011), http://www.teco.edu/conf/cosdeo2011, (TPC)
February 2011
  4th International Conferences on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2011), http://www.iaria.org/conferences2011/ACHI11.html, (TPC)
January 2011   International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (COSIT 2011), http://coneco2009.com/cosit, (TPC)
December 2010   International Workshop on Bio-inspired Approaches to Advanced Computing and Communications (BioAdcom 2010) , http://www.bionetics.org/ws/BioAdcom.shtml (TPC)
November 2010
  5th International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology (ICCIT10), November 30-December 2, Seoul, Republic of Korea, http://www.aicit.org/iccit, (TPC)
November 2010
  2nd Int. Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Auto-UI 2010), November 11-12, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, USA, http://www.auto-ui.org, (TPC)
September 2010   Mensch und Computer (M&C) 2010, September 12-15, Duisburg, Germany, www.mensch-und-computer.de, www.interaktive-kulturen.de (TPC)
July 2010   2nd International Conference on Networks & Communications (NeCom 2010), http://www.coneco2009.com/necom/necom.html, (TPC)
July 2010   International Workshop on Trust Management in P2P Systems (IWTMP2PS 2010), http://coneco2009.com/IWTMP2PS2010/, (TPC)
July 2010   International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT '10), http://www.acadiau.ca/ant10/home.php, (TPC)
June 2010
  International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence (ISAmI 2010), http://isami2010.di.uminho.pt/index.php, (TPC)
February 2010
  3rd International Conferences on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2010), http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/ACHI10.html, (TPC)
November 2009
  3rd European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI '09), http://www.ami-09.org/ (TPC)
September 2009
  1st Int. Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Auto-UI 2009), http://www.auto-ui.org, (TPC)
September 2009
  13th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '09), http://www.iswc.net, (Publicity Chair, Demo Chair)
since 2005
  Reviewer for several conferences, e.g., PERVASIVE, UBICOMP, CHI, ISWC, AmI, etc. and Journals (Hindawi AHCI, IEEE PMC, etc.)
   
Scientific Activities/Journal Editor
   
Since 08/2009   Guest Editor of the HINDAWI Advances in Human-Computer Interaction (AHCI) Journal, Special Issue on Subliminal Communication in Human-Computer Interaction, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ahci/2011/si.schci/
Since 01/2010   Member of the Editorial Board of the INDERSCIENCE International Journal of Cognitive Biometrics  (IJCB), http://www.inderscience.com/ijcb
Since 08/2010   Member of the Editorial Board of the AICIT Journal of Convergence Information Technology  (JCIT), http://www.aicit.org/jcit/
Since 09/2011   Editor for the International Journal of Computer Engineering Researchy (IJCER), http://www.academicjournals.org/IJCER//
Since 01/2012   Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal On Advances in Intelligent Systems, http://www.iariajournals.org/intelligent_systems
   
Scientific Activities/Invited Talks
   
April 29, 2009   Invited talk "Vibrotactile Interaction in the Automotive Domain” at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Dec. 21, 2010   Keynote talk at Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2010) conference, "The car seat: Potentials for relieving driver's cognitive load", Islamabad, Pakistan
Autumn 2011   Invited talk "Activity recognition from driver Electrocardiography (ECG) in a dynamic vehicular environment", AGH University, Krakow, Poland (planned).
Dec. 22, 2011   Keynote talk at Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2011) conference, "Interaction Beyond Keyboard and Mouse", Islamabad, Pakistan
Jan. 26-28, 2012   Key contributor at the Kapsch TrafficCom Innovation workshop on "Smart City Solutions", Vienna, Austria
June 3, 2012
  Invited talk at the Intelligent Vehicle (IV'12) conference, "Hand and Finger Gestures: A novel approach for driver-vehicle interaction", Alcalá de Henares, Spain
   
Memberships
   

Member of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG)
IEEE Member
Member of the Jury of the "Dr. Hans Riegler Fachpreis", see http://www.hans-riegel-stiftung.de

   
Awards
   
November 17, 2008
  Talent Funding Award for Science, Winner of the ”Talentfoerderungspraemie fuer Wissenschaft”, Direktion Kultur, Amt der Landesregierung fuer Oberoesterreich
    For detailed information see JKU Homepage
November 2009
  Nominee for the Vodafone-Stiftung für Forschung: Innovations- und Föderpreise 2010
    For detailed information see Homepage of Vodafone-Stiftung für Forschung .
February 2010
  Nominee for the GI-Dissertationspreis (awards the best German, Austrian, and Swiss PhD thesis in the field of Computer Science)
    For detailed information see GI Homepage.
  (August 2010: Papers are published in the section "Dissertations" of the GI-Edition "Lecture Notes in Informatics" (LNI), ISBN: 978-3-88579-414-2, pp. 221-230)
Press
   
August 23, 2009   "Nach Gespür mit dem Auto fahren", Die Presse, see Die Presse.com online, Download article (PDF)
April 13, 2010   "Assistenten statt Automaten. Wie Technik in der Zukunft verschwinden soll", Ö1 Dimensionen - Welt der Wissenschaft, OE1 online, Download article (PDF)
September 1, 2010   "Angewandte Visionen" (applied visions), JKU UniVationen, 3/2010, p. 21, JKU Univationen online, Download article (PDF)
September 22, 2010   Spezialmatten könnten bald schon müde Lenker „wecken“, Neues Volksblatt, 22. September 2010, Zum Artikel online, Download (PDF)
September 22, 2010   Automatte weckt Fahrer auf, Salzburger Nachrichten, 22. September 2010, Seite 23, Zum Artikel online, Download (PDF)
September 22, 2010   Intelligente Matten wecken müde Autofahrer auf, Wiener Zeitung, 22. September 2010, Zum Artikel online, Download (PDF)
September 27, 2010   Intelligente Sitzmatten verhindern Sekundenschlaf, Hitradio Ö3 vom 27. September 2010, Beitrag (2:31min) zum Nachhören (MP3)
October 11, 2010   Sensoren fürs Auto, Antenne Muntermacher vom 11. Oktober 2010, Beitrag (1:51min) zum Nachhören (MP3)
October 12, 2010   Wie funktioniert das Google Car, Liferadio vom 12.11.2010, Beitrag zum Nachhören (MP3), Presseartikel zum Download (PDF)
December 25, 2010   Mehr Sicherheit ohne Fahrer - Persönliche Computerchauffeur, news.ORF.at vom 25.12.2010, Zum Artikel online, Download (PDF)
     
 

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