Teaching – Sven Mayer

In general, be it lectures or practical courses, I design the semester with the teaching philosophy: small groups, many hands-on experiences, and periodic presentations with open discussions involving all students in the course.

Lectures / Courses:

Introduction to Intelligent User Interfaces (WS 2024/2025)
Practical Human-Robot Interaction (WS 2024/2025)
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (WS 2024/2025)
Practical Machine Learning (SS 2024)
Practical Augmented Reality (SS 2024)
Practical Intelligent Interactive Systems (SS 2024)
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (SS 2024)
Introduction to Intelligent User Interfaces (WS 2023/2024)
Practical Intelligent Interactive Systems (WS 2023/2024)
Practical Human-Robot Interaction (WS 2023/2024)
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (WS 2023/2024)
Practical Machine Learning (SS 2023)
Practical Augmented Reality (SS 2023)
Practical Course Development of Media Systems: Reinforcement Learning (SS 2023)
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (SS 2023)
Introduction to Intelligent User Interfaces (WS 2022/2023)
Practical Augmented Reality (WS 2022/2023)
Practical Human-Robot Interaction (WS 2022/2023)
Practical Course Development of Media Systems: AI in Arts (WS 2022/2023)
Practical Machine Learning (SS 2022)
Practical Course: Development of Media Systems using Android (SS 2022)
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (SS 2022)
Introduction to Intelligent User Interfaces (WS 2021/2022)
Practical Course Development of Media Systems: Reinforcement Learning (WS 2021/2022) – Final Projects
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (WS 2021/2022)
Practical Machine Learning (SS 2021)
Practical Course: VR programming using Unity (SS 2021) – Final Projects
Practical Course: Development of Media Systems: XR Learning Application (SS 2021) – Final Projects
Practical Course: Development of Media Systems using Android (SS 2021)
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (SS 2021)
Introduction to Intelligent User Interfaces (WS 2020/2021)
Advanced Seminar Media Informatics (WS 2020/2021)
Practical Course: Fachpraktikum Interaktive Systeme: Machine Learning and Computer Vision for HCI (WS 2018/2019)
Practical Course: Fachpraktikum Interaktive Systeme (SS 2018)
Programmierung für Medieninformatik (WS 2017/2018)
Practical Course: Fachpraktikum Interaktive Systeme: Machine Learning for Intelligent Mobile User Interfaces using TensorFlow (WS 2017/2018)
Mensch-Computer-Interaktion (SS 2016)
Programmierung für Medieninformatik (WS 2016/2017)
Multimodal Interaction for Ubiquitous Computers (WS 2015/2016)
Multimodal Interaction for Ubiquitous Computers (WS 2014/2015)

Seminar:

Master Seminar (SS 2024)
Master Seminar (WS 2023/2024)
Bachelor Seminar (WS 2023/2024)
Master Seminar (SS 2023)
Bachelor Seminar (SS 2023)
Bachelor Seminar (WS 2022/2023)
Master Seminar (SS 2022)
Bachelor Seminar (SS 2022)
Master Seminar (WS 2021/2022)
Bachelor Seminar (WS 2021/2022)
Master Seminar (SS 2021)
Master Seminar (WS 2020/2021)
Bachelor Seminar (WS 2020/2021)
Master Seminar “Ubiquitous Technologies for Augmenting the Human” (SS 2015)

Workshop/Tutorial/Course Organisation:

2025 – Workshop – Workshop on The Future of Human-Robot Synergy in Interactive Environments: The Role of Robots at the Workplace at CHIWORK’25 (Jan Leusmann, Alex Binh Vinh Duc Nguyen, Pooja Prajod, Max Pascher, Andrew Vande Moere, Sven Mayer)
2025 – Workshop – Empowering the End-User – Software Development with LLMs at IS-EUD’25 (Thomas Weber, Passant Elagroudy, Philippe Palanque and Sven Mayer)
2025 – Workshop – BEHAVE AI: Workshop on BEst Practices and Guidelines for Human-Centric Design and EvAluation of ProactiVE AI Agents at IUI (Matthias Kraus, Sebastian Zepf, Rebecca Westhäußer, Isabel Feustel, Nima Zargham, Ilhan Aslan, Justin Edwards, Sven Mayer, Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos, Nicolas Wagner, Elisabeth André)
2024 – Workshop – Envisioning Ubiquitous Biosignal Interaction with Multimedia at MUM’24 in Stockholm, Sweden (Ekaterina Stepanova, Alice C. Haynes, Laia Turmo Vidal, Francesco Chiossi, Abdallah El Ali, Luis Quintero, Yoav Luft, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Sven Mayer)
2024 – Workshop – Workshop on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Interactive Systems: Experiences from the Community at MuC’24 in Karlsruhe, Germany (Anastasiya Zakreuskaya, Tobias Münch, Henrik Detjen, Sven Mayer, Passant Elagroudy, Bastian Pleging, Fiona Draxler, Benjamin Weyers, Uwe Gruenefeld, Jonas Auda, Waldemar Titov, Wendy E. Mackay, Daniel Buschek, Thomas Kosch)
2024 – Workshop – Second Workshop on Engineering Interactive Systems Embedding AI Technologies at EICS (Alan Dix, Kris Luyten, Sven Mayer, Philippe Palanque, Emanuele Panizzi, Lucio Davide Spano, Jürgen Ziegler)
2024 – Workshop – PhysioCHI: Towards Best Practices for Integrating Physiological Signals in HCI at CHI (Francesco Chiossi, Ekaterina R Stepanova, Benjamin Tag, Perusquia-Hernandez, Alexandra Monica, Arindam Dey, Sven Mayer, Abdallah El Ali)
2023 – Workshop – Engineering Interactive Systems Embedding AI Technologies at EICS (Alan Dix, Sven Mayer, Philippe Palanque, Emanuele Panizzi, Lucio Davide Spano)
2022 – Workshop – 1st Workshop on Prototyping Cross-Reality Systems at ISMAR (Uwe Gruenefeld, Jonas Auda, Florian Mathis, Mohamed Khamis, Jan Gugenheimer, Sven Mayer, Michael Nebeling, Mark Billinghurst)
2021 – Course – Introduction to intelligent UIs at ACAI (Albrecht Schmidt, Sven Mayer, Daniel Buschek)
2021 – Course – Introduction to Intelligent User Interfaces at CHI (Albrecht Schmidt, Sven Mayer, Daniel Buschek)
2018 – Tutorial – Machine Learning For Intelligent Mobile User Interfaces using Keras at MobileHCI (Huy Viet Le, Sven Mayer, Abdallah El Ali, Niels Henze)
2018 – Tutorial – Intelligent Interactive Systems – an Introduction to Machine Learning for Human-Computer Interaction art PerDis (Sven Mayer, Huy Viet Le)
2017 – Tutorial – Machine Learning with TensorFlow for Mobile and Ubiquitous Interaction at MUM(Huy Viet Le, Sven Mayer, Niels Henze)
2017 – Tutorial – Machine Learning for Mobile User Interfaces using TensorFlow at Mensch und Computer(Niels Henze, Huy Viet Le, Sven Mayer)
2017 – Tutorial – MobileHCI: Machine Learning for Intelligent Mobile User Interfaces using TensorFlow (Sven Mayer, Huy Viet Le, Niels Henze)
2016 – Workshop – Gemeinsam auf interaktiven Wegen at Mensch und Computer (Anna Kötteritzsch, Benjamin Weyers, Lars Lischke, Sven Mayer, Paweł W. Woźniak, Julian Fietkau, Michael Koch)
2015 – Workshop – From Mobile to Wearable – Using Wearable Devices to Enrich Mobile Interaction at MobileHCI (Stefan Schneegass, Thomas Olsson, Sven Mayer, Kristof Van Laerhoven)

Advised Theses (From 2022 on only a small Selection):

2022 Master thesis, Verena Winterhalter: Exploring Needs and Designs of Real World Privacy Policies
2022 Master thesis, Joana Braja: Investigating the Potential of Supporting Depression Therapy using Technology
2022 Master thesis, Marius Rusu: Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Networks for Fiducial Tangibles on Capacitive Touchscreens
2021 Bachelor thesis, Michelle Schmeling: Investigating the Importance Representation of Notification in VR
2019 Master thesis, Florian Strohm: Human Gaze Information for Mental Image Synthesization
2019 Bachelor thesis, Anna Penzkofer: Analyzing feature extraction for automatic conversation analysis on 360-degree videos
2019 Bachelor thesis, Maximilian Weiß: Comparison of Research Methods to Evaluate Visual Augmentations for Assisted Tool Use
2018 Bachelor thesis, Jonas Vogelsang: Design Space for Smartphone Interaction using the Finger Orientation
2018 Master thesis, Maria Bittl, Measuring is Sharing: User Perception and Privacy Challenges during Electromyography Interaction
2018 Master thesis, Ferdinand Pfähler, Development of a Machine Learning Based, Realtime, Hand Tracking System
2018 Bachelor thesis, Christian Krauter, Exploring Notification Presentation in Virtual Reality
2018 Bachelor thesis, Marcel Muntzinger, Calculation and Validation of a Pointing Transfer Function Using Machine Learning
2018 Bachelor thesis, Benedict Steuerlein, Finger Placement and Hand Grip during Smartphone Usage in Mobile Situations
2017 Master thesis, Adrian Lanksweirt, Gestaltung von grafischen Bedienelementen für neue Dimensionen der Touch-Eingabe
2017 Bachelor thesis, Robin Schweigert, Influence of Real World and Virtual Reality on Human Mid-Air- Pointing Accuracy
2017 Bachelor thesis, Maximilian Siegle, Hand and Finger Surfaces as Input Method for Smartphones
2017 Bachelor thesis, Leslie Tso, Exploring Finger Pose as a New Input Modality
2017 Bachelor thesis, Frank Bastian, Entwicklung eines Prototyps zur Evaluation von Fingerpositionen während des Gebrauchs eines Smartphones
2016 Master thesis, Johannes Wolf, Investigating the Characteristics of Unistroke Gestures using a Mobile Game
2016 Master thesis, Michael Mayer, Vision-based finger-pose detection to enhance mobile touch interaction
2016 Bachelor thesis, Daniel Stengel, Untersuchung des Einflusses zwei aufeinanderfolgender Steering-Tunnel auf die Produktionszeit
2016 Bachelor thesis, Phi Hung Dang, Developing SurfaceSliding – A New Interaction For Smartphones
2015 Master thesis (Diplom Informatik), Wolfgang Hinkel, Verstehen von Bildschirmarbeit auf unterschiedlichen großen Bild-schirmen
2015 Bachelor thesis, Stephan Roth, Camera-Based Finger Recognition to Improve Touchscreen Input
2015 Bachelor thesis, Omar ElAzazy, Improvement and Validation of a Model to Increase the Accuracy of Mid-Air Pointing
2015 Master thesis (Diplom Informatik), Michae Nistor, Context Cubes – A Context-Aware Projected Augmented Reality Helmet
2014 Bachelor thesis, Matthias Hoppe, Exploring the Design Space of Programming by Demonstration with Context Aware Assistive Systems
2014 Bachelor thesis, Johannes Herter, Augmented Reality supported Order Picking using Projected User Interfaces
2014 Bachelor thesis, Sebastian Pickl, Augmented Reality for Order Picking Using Wearable Computers with Head-Mounted Displays

Supervised Student Projects as PhD student (only until 2019):

2018 Erik Kleinsteuber, Jamie Ullerich, and Maximilian Weiß: Investigating the Effect of the Field of View on the Mid-Air Pointing Accuracy
2018 Eric Hämmerle, Gustav Murawski, Florin Rheinwald, and Emine Turcan: NLA-Tool
2018 Christian Krauter, Joachim Spalink, and Jonas Vogelsang: Auswirkung des Parralaxenfehlers beim Benutzen von Touchscreens
2017 Gerhard Breul, Hai Duy Dam, and Simon Hagenmayer: Usability improvement of a coffee machine
2016 Phi Hung Dang, Yannick Kaupe, and Alexander Sawtschuk: Examining the influence of pixel density on text-related tasks
2016 Andreas Preikschat, Markus Schweizer, and Ba Anh Vu: Ethnomethodologische Analyse von Kontrollräumen
2016 Mirac Coskuner, and Tamara Mantz: Influence of Physical and Digital Object Arrangement on Office Work
2015 Jan Hoffmann, Philipp Kratzer, and Stephan Roth: Design and evaluation of desktop effects for large high-resolution displays