Publications
Below is a searchable list of publications by the projects of the Priority Program.
Kalus, Alexander; Lanzinger, Michelle; Rolny, Laurin; Strasser, Benedikt; Wolf, Katrin; Henze, Niels; Bogon., Johanna
Heavy Looks, Slower Moves: Effects of Physical and Visual Object Weight on Pointing in Virtual Reality Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’25), ACM ACM, 2025.
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title = {Heavy Looks, Slower Moves: Effects of Physical and Visual Object Weight on Pointing in Virtual Reality},
author = {Alexander Kalus AND Michelle Lanzinger AND Laurin Rolny AND Benedikt Strasser AND Katrin Wolf AND Niels Henze AND Johanna Bogon.},
doi = {10.1145/3706599.3720211},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-04-25},
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Diefenbach, Sarah; Riehle, Anna; Jannott, Hannah; Vornhagen, Joëlle-Sophie; Stoll, Johannes; Markhoff, Lea; Terzi, Pia
Psychological needs related to civil inattention: A qualitative and quantitative view on public encounters Journal Article
In: British Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. e12828, 2025.
BibTeX | Tags:
@article{diefenbach2025psychological,
title = {Psychological needs related to civil inattention: A qualitative and quantitative view on public encounters},
author = {Sarah Diefenbach and Anna Riehle and Hannah Jannott and Joëlle-Sophie Vornhagen and Johannes Stoll and Lea Markhoff and Pia Terzi},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
journal = {British Journal of Social Psychology},
volume = {64},
number = {1},
pages = {e12828},
publisher = {Wiley Online Library},
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Gol, Reyhaneh Sabbagh; Valkov, Dimitar; Linsen, Lars
XMTC: Explainable Early Classification of Multivariate Time Series in Reach-to-Grasp Hand Kinematics Journal Article
In: arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.04398, 2025.
BibTeX | Tags:
@article{gol2025xmtc,
title = {XMTC: Explainable Early Classification of Multivariate Time Series in Reach-to-Grasp Hand Kinematics},
author = {Reyhaneh Sabbagh Gol and Dimitar Valkov and Lars Linsen},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.04398},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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Uhde, Alarith; Dreyer, Lianara; Hassenzahl, Marc
The Witness Experience Inventory Journal Article
In: Interacting with Computers, pp. iwaf010, 2025, ISSN: 1873-7951.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags:
@article{10.1093/iwc/iwaf010,
title = {The Witness Experience Inventory},
author = {Alarith Uhde and Lianara Dreyer and Marc Hassenzahl},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwaf010},
doi = {10.1093/iwc/iwaf010},
issn = {1873-7951},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
journal = {Interacting with Computers},
pages = {iwaf010},
abstract = {Interactions with technology are part of social life, for example in cafés, trains, or parks. This social situatedness not only changes how users experience these interactions. It also influences the situated experiences for other co-located people (“witnesses”). However, despite a large body of research on user experiences, the relation between an interaction and witness experiences, and ways to design for them, remain underexplored. To address this gap, this paper introduces the “Witness Experience Inventory”, a research tool grounded in social-interpretivist theories, that offers a pragmatic approach to study how interactions with technology affect witness experiences. Based on an analysis of eight interactive technologies, we illustrate how the Witness Experience Inventory can inform the design of socially situated interactions with technology to avoid negative and create more positive witness experiences. We provide guidelines for applications of the Witness Experience Inventory in future research and its adaptable coding template. Both build on experiences from our own research, but give future researchers and practitioners the flexibility to adapt the tool to the social settings they study.},
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Kaufhold, Marc-André; Mentler, Tilo; Nestler, Simon; Reuter, Christian
The tension of usable safety, security and privacy Journal Article
In: i-com, 2025.
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title = {The tension of usable safety, security and privacy},
author = {Marc-André Kaufhold and Tilo Mentler and Simon Nestler and Christian Reuter},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2025-0009},
doi = {doi:10.1515/icom-2025-0009},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
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Pöhler, Jonas; Flegel, Nadine; Mentler, Tilo; Laerhoven, Kristof Van
Keeping the human in the loop: are autonomous decisions inevitable? Journal Article
In: i-com, 2025.
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title = {Keeping the human in the loop: are autonomous decisions inevitable?},
author = {Jonas Pöhler and Nadine Flegel and Tilo Mentler and Kristof Van Laerhoven},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2024-0068},
doi = {doi:10.1515/icom-2024-0068},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
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Mentler, Tilo
(Can’t) Fly Me to the Moon or Mars? Context of Use Analysis Approaches for Space Exploration Proceedings Article
In: Bensch, Leonie; Nilsson, Tommy; Nisser, Martin; Pataranutaporn, Pat; Schmidt, Albrecht; Sumini, Valentina (Ed.): Advancing Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (SpaceCHI 2025), pp. 23:1–23:7, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Dagstuhl, Germany, 2025, ISSN: 2190-6807.
@inproceedings{mentler:OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.23,
title = {(Can't) Fly Me to the Moon or Mars? Context of Use Analysis Approaches for Space Exploration},
author = {Tilo Mentler},
editor = {Leonie Bensch and Tommy Nilsson and Martin Nisser and Pat Pataranutaporn and Albrecht Schmidt and Valentina Sumini},
url = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.23},
doi = {10.4230/OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.23},
issn = {2190-6807},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
booktitle = {Advancing Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (SpaceCHI 2025)},
volume = {130},
pages = {23:1–23:7},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
series = {Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
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Chamunorwa, Michael; Müller, Heiko; Boll, Susanne
Enhancing Smart Home User Experience: A Study of Everyday Objects for Smart Home Control Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1–29, 2025.
BibTeX | Tags:
@article{chamunorwa2025enhancing,
title = {Enhancing Smart Home User Experience: A Study of Everyday Objects for Smart Home Control},
author = {Michael Chamunorwa and Heiko Müller and Susanne Boll},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction},
volume = {9},
number = {5},
pages = {1–29},
publisher = {ACM New York, NY},
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Kraus, Marian; Flegel, Nadine; Mentler, Tilo
Movement, Position, Size: Insights from a Treadmill-Based Low-Fidelity Prototyping Study on Non-touch Smartwatch Interaction Proceedings Article
In: IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 79–97, Springer 2025.
BibTeX | Tags:
@inproceedings{kraus2025movement,
title = {Movement, Position, Size: Insights from a Treadmill-Based Low-Fidelity Prototyping Study on Non-touch Smartwatch Interaction},
author = {Marian Kraus and Nadine Flegel and Tilo Mentler},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
booktitle = {IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction},
pages = {79–97},
organization = {Springer},
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Petersohn, Hendric; Pöhler, Jonas; Laerhoven, Kristof Van; Flegel, Nadine; Mentler, Tilo
Tasks, Trends, Typefaces: A Cross-Domain Comparison of Guidelines for Information Visualization in Control Rooms Proceedings Article
In: Mensch und Computer 2025-Workshopband, pp. 10–18420, Gesellschaft für Informatik eV 2025.
BibTeX | Tags:
@inproceedings{petersohn2025tasks,
title = {Tasks, Trends, Typefaces: A Cross-Domain Comparison of Guidelines for Information Visualization in Control Rooms},
author = {Hendric Petersohn and Jonas Pöhler and Kristof Van Laerhoven and Nadine Flegel and Tilo Mentler},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
booktitle = {Mensch und Computer 2025-Workshopband},
pages = {10–18420},
organization = {Gesellschaft für Informatik eV},
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pubstate = {published},
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Oechsner, Carl; Leusmann, Jan; Welsch, Robin; Butz, Andreas Martin; Mayer, Sven
Influence of Perceived Danger on Proxemics in Human-Robot Object Handovers Book Section
In: Proceedings of the Mensch und Computer 2025, pp. 111–120, 2025.
BibTeX | Tags:
@incollection{oechsner2025influence,
title = {Influence of Perceived Danger on Proxemics in Human-Robot Object Handovers},
author = {Carl Oechsner and Jan Leusmann and Robin Welsch and Andreas Martin Butz and Sven Mayer},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Mensch und Computer 2025},
pages = {111–120},
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pubstate = {published},
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Mecke, Lukas; Buschek, Daniel; Gruenefeld, Uwe; Alt, Florian
Exploring the Lands Between: A Method for Finding Differences between AI-Decisions and Human Ratings through Generated Samples Proceedings Article
In: arXiv, 2024.
@inproceedings{meckelands2024,
title = {Exploring the Lands Between: A Method for Finding Differences between AI-Decisions and Human Ratings through Generated Samples},
author = {Lukas Mecke AND Daniel Buschek AND Uwe Gruenefeld AND Florian Alt},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.12801},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-09-22},
publisher = {arXiv},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
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Dietz, Felix; Mecke, Lukas; Riesner, Daniel; Alt, Florian
Delusio – Plausible Deniability For Face Recognition Journal Article
In: Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., vol. 8, no. MHCI, 2024.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: biometrics, facial authentication, plausible deniability
@article{10.1145/3676494,
title = {Delusio - Plausible Deniability For Face Recognition},
author = {Felix Dietz and Lukas Mecke and Daniel Riesner and Florian Alt},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3676494},
doi = {10.1145/3676494},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-09-01},
urldate = {2024-09-01},
journal = {Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.},
volume = {8},
number = {MHCI},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
abstract = {We developed an Android phone unlock mechanism utilizing facial recognition and specific mimics to access a specially secured portion of the device, designed for plausible deniability. The widespread adoption of biometric authentication methods, such as fingerprint and facial recognition, has revolutionized mobile device security, offering enhanced protection against shoulder-surfing attacks and improving user convenience compared to traditional passwords. However, a downside is the potential for third-party coercion to unlock the device. While text-based authentication allows users to reveal a hidden system by entering a special password, this is challenging with face authentication. We evaluated our approach in a role-playing user study involving 50 participants, with one participant acting as the attacker and the other as the suspect. Suspects successfully accessed the secured area, mostly without detection. They further expressed interest in this feature on their personal phones. We also discuss open challenges and opportunities in implementing such authentication mechanisms.},
keywords = {biometrics, facial authentication, plausible deniability},
pubstate = {published},
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Weiss, Yannick; Villa, Steeven; Grootjen, Jesse W; Hoppe, Matthias; Kale, Yasin; Müller, Florian
Exploring Redirection and Shifting Techniques to Mask Hand Movements from Shoulder-Surfing Attacks during PIN Authentication in Virtual Reality Journal Article
In: Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., vol. 8, no. MHCI, 2024.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: hand redirection, shoulder-surfing, virtual reality
@article{10.1145/3676502,
title = {Exploring Redirection and Shifting Techniques to Mask Hand Movements from Shoulder-Surfing Attacks during PIN Authentication in Virtual Reality},
author = {Yannick Weiss and Steeven Villa and Jesse W Grootjen and Matthias Hoppe and Yasin Kale and Florian Müller},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3676502},
doi = {10.1145/3676502},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-09-01},
urldate = {2024-09-01},
journal = {Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.},
volume = {8},
number = {MHCI},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
abstract = {The proliferation of mobile Virtual Reality (VR) headsets shifts our interaction with virtual worlds beyond our living rooms into shared spaces. Consequently, we are entrusting more and more personal data to these devices, calling for strong security measures and authentication. However, the standard authentication method of such devices - entering PINs via virtual keyboards - is vulnerable to shoulder-surfing, as movements to enter keys can be monitored by an unnoticed observer. To address this, we evaluated masking techniques to obscure VR users' input during PIN authentication by diverting their hand movements. Through two experimental studies, we demonstrate that these methods increase users' security against shoulder-surfing attacks from observers without excessively impacting their experience and performance. With these discoveries, we aim to enhance the security of future VR authentication without disrupting the virtual experience or necessitating additional hardware or training of users.},
keywords = {hand redirection, shoulder-surfing, virtual reality},
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Ismael Prieto Romero Lukas Mecke, Sarah Delgado Rodriguez
Exploring the Use of Electromagnets to Influence Key Targeting on Physical Keyboards Conference
2024.
@conference{Mecke2024,
title = {Exploring the Use of Electromagnets to Influence Key Targeting on Physical Keyboards},
author = { Lukas Mecke, Ismael Prieto Romero, Sarah Delgado Rodriguez, Florian Alt
},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585703},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-04-19},
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Tobias Wagner René Schäfer, Ulyana Lavnikevich
Enhancing Notification Awareness for Online Presenters via a Wrist-Worn Device Conference
2024.
@conference{Schäfer2024,
title = {Enhancing Notification Awareness for Online Presenters via a Wrist-Worn Device},
author = {René Schäfer, Tobias Wagner, Ulyana Lavnikevich, Jan Borchers
},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585855},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-04-19},
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Kian Izadi Alia Saad, Anam Ahmad Khan
HotFoot: Foot-Based User Identification Using Thermal Imaging Conference
2024.
@conference{Saad2024,
title = {HotFoot: Foot-Based User Identification Using Thermal Imaging},
author = { Alia Saad, Kian Izadi, Anam Ahmad Khan, Pascal Knierim, Stefan Schneegass, Florian Alt, Yomna Abdelrahman},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580924},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-04-19},
urldate = {2024-04-19},
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Pascher, Max; Saad, Alia; Liebers, Jonathan; Heger, Roman; Gerken, Jens; Schneegass, Stefan; Gruene, Uwe
Hands-On Robotics: Enabling Communication Through Direct Gesture Control Journal Article
In: arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.09077, 2024.
BibTeX | Tags:
@article{pascher2024hands,
title = {Hands-On Robotics: Enabling Communication Through Direct Gesture Control},
author = {Max Pascher and Alia Saad and Jonathan Liebers and Roman Heger and Jens Gerken and Stefan Schneegass and Uwe Gruene},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-01-01},
journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.09077},
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pubstate = {published},
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KURZWEG, MARCO; WEISS, YANNICK; ERNST, MARC O; SCHMIDT, ALBRECHT; WOLF, KATRIN
A Survey on Haptic Feedback through Sensory Illusions in Interactive Systems Journal Article
In: 2024.
BibTeX | Tags:
@article{kurzweg2024survey,
title = {A Survey on Haptic Feedback through Sensory Illusions in Interactive Systems},
author = {MARCO KURZWEG and YANNICK WEISS and MARC O ERNST and ALBRECHT SCHMIDT and KATRIN WOLF},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-01-01},
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Hoelzemann, Alexander; Bock, Marius; Laerhoven, Kristof Van
Evaluation of Video-Assisted Annotation of Human IMU Data Across Expertise, Datasets, and Tools Proceedings Article
In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops), pp. 1-6, 2024.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Crowdsourcing;Annotations;Conferences;Semantics;Benchmark testing;Activity recognition;Complexity theory;Inertial sensors;Activity recognition;Sensor data annotation
@inproceedings{10503292,
title = {Evaluation of Video-Assisted Annotation of Human IMU Data Across Expertise, Datasets, and Tools},
author = {Alexander Hoelzemann and Marius Bock and Kristof Van Laerhoven},
doi = {10.1109/PerComWorkshops59983.2024.10503292},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-01-01},
booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops)},
pages = {1-6},
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