Brief Bio
Dr. Jochen Huber is Professor of Computer Science at Furtwangen
University. Previously, he was a Senior User Experience Researcher
at
Synaptics and
an SUTD-MIT postdoctoral fellow in the
Fluid Interfaces Group at
MIT Media Lab and the
Augmented Human Lab at
Singapore University of Technology and Design. He holds a Ph.D. in
Computer Science and degrees in both Mathematics
(Dipl.-Math.) and Computer Science
(Dipl.-Inform.), all from
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.
Before joining MIT and SUTD, Jochen was head of the
Tangible Interaction group
at the Telecooperation Lab at Technische Universität Darmstadt,
Germany (2012-2013). At the same time, he held regular positions as
an adjunct lecturer in Interaction Design at the
Institute for Media Design,
University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Germany, since 2009. He was a
visiting scholar at FXPAL (2011)
and a research assisitant at the
European Media Lab (2006-2008).
Research Interests
My research investigates technology that empowers people who find
themselves at the edge of sensorial capability. I design, implement
and study novel human-machine-interfaces that provide enhanced
interactive and perceptive capabilities. Such augmenting technology
can for instance assist a worker in a smart factory to perceive and
understand its “invisible” AI processes. Yet, my approach goes
beyond developing custom solutions that live in silos—the
novelty lies in putting sensorial ability and disability on a
continuum of usability for certain technology, rather than treat one
or the other extreme as the focus. To give an example from a
different application domain: a reading aid for the visually
impaired can also double as a literacy development tool in early
childhood education.
I call this research thrust “Assistive Augmentation”, an emerging
subfield of applied computer science at the intersection of
human-computer interaction and assistive technology. My work caters
to the needs of our ongoing digital transformation with applications
in mobile, healthcare, automotive and Industry 4.0 in general. It
addresses high-impact societal problems like accessibility,
sustainability and interoperability of human-machine interfaces.
Awards and Recognitions
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SUTD-MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship (2013-2015)
In June '13, I was awarded a two-year fellowship to conduct
research on alternative feedback modalities for mobile interfaces
within the SUTD-MIT Postdoctoral Program.
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Finalist, Singapore Challenge, Global Young Scientist Summit
(2014)
A proposal on "Smart Adaptive Interfaces for Ageing
Gracefully" I co-authored with fellows of the Augmented Senses
Group at SUTD was selected for the final round of
GYSS 2014.
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Best Paper Award EuroiTV (2012)
A paper I
co-authored on
PalmRC: Imaginary Palm-based Remote Control for Eyes-free
Television Interaction
was recognized with the EuroiTV best paper award 2012.
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Full Ph.D. Scholarship, German Research Foundation
(2008-2012)
I was awarded a full Ph.D. scholarship funded by the German
Research Foundation to pursue a doctoral dissertation within the
graduate school on "Technology-enhanced Learning" at
Technische Universität Darmstadt (DFG Graduiertenkolleg
— GRK 1223).
Academic Service
I regularly review papers for major conferences (e.g. CHI, ACM
Multimedia, IUI, Augmented Human, MobileHCI, TEI, ITS), journals
(e.g. Springer PUC, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Computer),
as well as books for the Oxford University Press.
Also, I serve(d) as a program committee member for:
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ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI)
2020
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ACM International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces
(AutoUI) 2019
- Augmented Human 2019
- IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2019
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ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI)
2019
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Iternational Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and
Interaction (iWOAR) 2019
- Augmented Human 2018
- IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2018
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Iternational Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and
Interaction (iWOAR) 2018
- Augmented Human 2017
- IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2017
- ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM) 2017
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Iternational Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and
Interaction (iWOAR) 2017
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ICCV 2nd Workshop on International Workshop on Egocentric
Perception, Interaction and Computing 2017
- IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2016
- ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM) 2016
- Augmented Human 2016
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Iternational Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and
Interaction (iWOAR) 2016
- IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2015
- ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM) 2015
- Augmented Human 2015
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ICME Workshop on International Workshop on Wearable and Ego-vision
Systems for Augmented Experience (WEsAX) 2015
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International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2015
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Iternational Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and
Interaction (iWOAR) 2015
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British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference
(BCS HCI) 2014
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ACM International Workshop on Socially-Aware Multimedia (SAM) 2014
- IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2014
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ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI) 2014 —
Workshop Track
- Augmented Human 2014
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International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2014
- ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM) 2013
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ACM International Workshop on Socially-Aware Multimedia (SAM) 2013
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British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference
(BCS HCI) 2013
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International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2013
— Posters and Demos Track
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British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference
(BCS HCI) 2012
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Workshop on "Be-greifbare Interaktionen" (Tangible Interactions)
2012-2015