| Dipl. Inform, Dr.-Ing. eva(at)ehornecker(dot)de or: eva(dot)hornecker(at)uni(slash)weimar(dot)de Professor of HCI at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in Germany, chairing the Human Computer Interaction group in the Computer Science and Media department , in the Faculty of Media Since February 2013. I lead our HCI master (M.Sc.) program. As of October 2022, I also serve as vice-dean for research for the Faculty of Media of BUW. From autumn 2008 I
was a SICSA lecturer at the University
of Strathclyde, co-leading the
Mobiquitous Lab in Glasgow,
UK. Before, I worked at several places, including the UK's Open
University, Sussex University, the Vienna University of
Technology, and the HitLabNZ, following my PhD in Bremen,
Germany. |
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News I will be a Graduate Student Consortium chair for Mensch & Computer 2025 Chemnitz project: BMBF-funded GROOVE looks at improving the perceived synchronicity of virtual social interactions through both technical and cognitive psychological factors. GROOVE is a collaboration between the BUW groups of VR, HCI and Usabilit (Psychology), TU Ilmenau, and 2 companies Our
VolkswagenStiftung-funded ReThiCare
project finished in 2023. This interdisciplinary
project explored the design space of robotic, technical
assistance in care - avoiding the dominant rhetoric and image
of anthropomorphic, complex robots. We document our project in a brochure for public outreach. DFG (German National Research Foundation) funded a project on the User Experience of Data Physicalization (FluidData UX) in particular focusing on shape-change and the role of materiality (especially inflatables) 2020-2025. Museum/Visitor Research : Our book is still available for sale: Eva Hornecker and Luigina Ciolfi. Human-Computer Interactions in Museums. New York: Morgan & Claypool, Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics, 2019 (now offered by Springer) Also, the museum4punkt0 project recorded my talk at their Symposium „Digitalwerkstatt Museum“ in Berlin on October 16th 2019 and put it on vimeo (in German) |
My research
interests are the design and user experience of
'beyond the desktop' interaction (this includes pervasive
displays, tangible interaction, whole-body interaction, mobile
devices, and physical(ly embedded) computing), support of
social/collaborative interactions, user experience, and, very generally, the
social/societal implications of technology. One of my specific
areas of interest is in interactive museum installations.
My group has also done
research on e-textiles and interactive costumes for the stage, media architecture, augmented learning systems, data physicalization, and actuated / shape-changing interfaces. We focus on qualitative research methods and research-through design.
We often collaborate with the Media Architecture Master program, and jointly developed an interactive facade mapping for a festival in Meiningen, celebrating the 100 year commemoration of the Theatre Duke George II in 2014. We also were part of a large team developing an installation/event 'Die Ermittler' for the Weimar Kunstfest 2016 (photos here) . PhD student Michaela Honauer with students worked on Interactive costumes that were staged in June 2017 and in 2018 with the children-and-youth ballet of Theatre Gera/Altenburg for 'Die kleine Meerjungfrau' (the little mermaid)... Our team developed costumes for seahorse, jellyfish, and sea witch. |
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