Eva Hornecker



Dipl. Inform, Dr. Ing.
  eva(at)ehornecker(dot)de

Lecturer
 in the Dept. of Computer and Information Science,
 University of Strathclyde
, Glasgow, UK
 Mobiquitous Lab   (see my departmental homepage)
 
Before Strathclyde, I was a Visiting RF at the Pervasive  Interaction Lab at the OU (Open University)
 affiliated with the ShareIT project

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Since autumn 2008 I am a SICSA lecturer at Strathclyde (the UK equivalent to an Assistant Professor). I worked at several places before, including the UK's Open University, Sussex University, the Vienna University of Technology, following my PhD in Bremen, Germany.

Research Opportunities: I am looking for excellent PhD students. Check out my research interests, publications, and the Mobiquitous Lab website. Other opportunities include visiting research periods (for a master theses or internship) or if you have any other ideas for collaborations, drop me an email!


News

My paper 'Beyond Affordance: Tangibles' Hybrid Nature' was accepted for TEI 2012
- if you haven't read enough theory papers by me...

Eva is Theme Chair on the Design Processes theme on the TPC of ACM DIS'12 , June 2012 in Newcastle UK and ACM CHI'12 Interactivity Explorations chair - and will be Poster co-chair for ITS 2012 (Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces) in Boston - a busy year!

My research interests are the design and user experience of 'beyond the desktop' interaction (this includes e.g. multitouch surfaces, tangible interaction, whole-body interaction, mobile devices, physical(ly embedded) computing), support of social/collaborative interactions, and, very generally, the social/societal implications of technology.


Misc
A new, beautifully designed version of the Tangible Interaction Framework Brainstorming Card Game is available (thanks to Designer Elisabeth Eichhorn Berlin/Potsdam!)


Since spring 2011 I am forum editor for an article series on Tangible and Embodied Interaction for ACM's interaction magazine. Check out my intro article in the ACM DL!
Every second issue of interactions features an article for this forum (contact me if you want to contribute!)


Over summer 2010, we conducted a formative user study of five touchscreen and interactive table prototype installations for the National Trust Scotland. The new Robert Burns Birthplace museum in Alloway hosts the final installations and some of the flash-based games we tested are now available on their website.
The Tangible Interaction Framework - thinking about physical space and social interaction

Photos

The best thing about the Livingstone Tower is the views of Glasgow...

Photos from Glasgow and Scotland - beautiful city and country...

Our 2nd year students do a group project in physical computing using Arduino in my 'Approaches to Multimedia' class. Here is an overview of the best projects in 2009 and 2010 - some of these are pretty amazing for a 6 weeks project in 3d term of studies...
Photos from beautiful Brighton and surrounds ('05/6)      

   
from a visit home in my PhD-time town BREMEN (07)


Orit Shaer and me co-authored a survey paper about Tangible User Interfaces: Past, Present and Future Directions' for the Foundations and Trends in HCI' journal Vol. 3 Nr. 1-2, 2010
from NZ ('06/7) on flickr
    (this is only 1/3d...) Most of what I know in beautiful Christchurch is now in ruins due to the recent earthquake. Its painful to look at some of these pictures...

from Boulder, Colorado (2001)