2024W

• Bachelor Thesis for Informatics and Business Informatics / 187.A99 / PR
• Design and Fabrication / 193.132 / VU
• Foundations of Ubiquitous Computing and IoT / 193.121 / VU
• Intelligent User Interfaces / 193.106 / VU
• Orientation Informatics and Business Informatics / 180.766 / VU
• Project in Computer Science 1 / 193.117 / PR
• Project in Computer Science 2 / 193.118 / PR
• Scientific Research and Writing / 193.052 / SE
• Seminar for PhD Students / 187.A72 / SE

2025S

• Bachelor Thesis for Informatics and Business Informatics / 187.A99 / PR
• Human-centered AI / 193.147 / VU
• Interface und Interaction Design / 193.127 / VU
• Project Media and Human-Centered Computing 1 / 193.021 / PR
• Project Media and Human-Centered Computing 2 / 193.022 / PR
• Scientific Research and Writing / 193.052 / SE
• Seminar for PhD Students / 187.A72 / SE

• AIM: Multimodal Intent Communication of Autonomous Systems
  2025 – 2027 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
• STARTS
  2025 – 2026 / EU-Kommission DG-XII
• ERIKA - Die digitale Begleiterin für klimabewusstes Handeln im Alltag
  2024 – 2026 / Arbeiterkammer Niederösterreich
• AI Facility Manager
  2021 / Siemens AG Österreich

2025

• Embroidered Driven Shields for Robust Textile Touch Interfaces / Aigner, R., Wolling, F., & Michahelles, F. (2025). Embroidered Driven Shields for Robust Textile Touch Interfaces. IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics. https://doi.org/10.1109/JFLEX.2025.3571382
• Smart Trash Can: Image Classification and Segmentation for Waste Quality Management in the Home / Wolling, F., Gabor Pal, Larcher, L., & Michahelles, F. (2025). Smart Trash Can: Image Classification and Segmentation for Waste Quality Management in the Home. In IoT ’24: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Internet of Things (pp. 65–71). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3703790.3703798

2024

• JumpMetric: Assessment of Fiducial Positions for Vertical Jump Height Estimation from Depth Cameras and Wearable Sensors / Kügler, C., Trollmann, P., Wolling, F., & Michahelles, F. (2024). JumpMetric: Assessment of Fiducial Positions for Vertical Jump Height Estimation from Depth Cameras and Wearable Sensors. In A. Matviienko, J. Niess, & T. Kosch (Eds.), MUM ’24: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 419–431). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3701571.3701607
• Urban-Engage: Pioneering Urban Planning with Citizen-Driven 15-Minute City Solutions / Michahelles, F., Riener, A., Grundel, I., Boztepe, S., Trygg, K., Israel, H., Pfleging, B., Veenstra, M., & Wintersberger, P. (2024). Urban-Engage: Pioneering Urban Planning with Citizen-Driven 15-Minute City Solutions. In Workshopband MuC 2024. Mensch und Computer 2024, Karlsruhe, Germany. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2024-mci-ws16-393
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• Beyond Screen Time: Exploring Smartwatch Interventions for Digital Well-Being / Shahu, A., Pechstein, F., & Michahelles, F. (2024). Beyond Screen Time: Exploring Smartwatch Interventions for Digital Well-Being. In Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2024 (pp. 83–98). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3670653.3670674
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• Push Me: Evaluating Usability and User Experience in Nudge-based Human-Robot Interaction through Embedded Force and Torque Sensors / Kassem, K., Saad, A., Pascher, M., Schett, M., & Michahelles, F. (2024). Push Me: Evaluating Usability and User Experience in Nudge-based Human-Robot Interaction through Embedded Force and Torque Sensors. In MuC ’24: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2024 (pp. 399–407). https://doi.org/10.1145/3670653.3677487
• TipTopTyping: A Thumb-to-Finger Text Input Method and Character Layout Optimized for Mobile Spatial Computing / Beier, R., Wolling, F., Hornecker, E., & Michahelles, F. (2024). TipTopTyping: A Thumb-to-Finger Text Input Method and Character Layout Optimized for Mobile Spatial Computing. In Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2024 (pp. 196–206). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3670653.3670669
• How can we become more human by AI/IoT... / Michahelles, F. (2024, March 12). How can we become more human by AI/IoT... [Keynote Presentation]. DFG SPP 2911 winter school, Mürren, Switzerland. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/196724
• Development and Evaluation of Advanced Cyclist Assistance Systems on a Bicycle Simulator / Wang, Y., Dorfbauer, S., van der Spaa, L., Mirnig, A. G., Michahelles, F., & Wintersberger, P. (2024). Development and Evaluation of Advanced Cyclist Assistance Systems on a Bicycle Simulator. In AutomotiveUI ’24: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (pp. 283–293). https://doi.org/10.1145/3640792.3675721
• Carbon Rebellion: Empowerment using Data-Driven Narratives / Shahu, A., Wölfer, M., & Michahelles, F. (2024). Carbon Rebellion: Empowerment using Data-Driven Narratives. ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677324

2023

• User-Centered Investigation of Features for Attention Management Systems in an Online Vignette Study / Talypova, D., Lingler, A., & Wintersberger, P. (2023). User-Centered Investigation of Features for Attention Management Systems in an Online Vignette Study. In F. Michahelles, P. Knierim, & J. Häkkilä (Eds.), Proceedings of MUM 2023, the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 108–121). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3626705.3627766
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• Smart Trash Can: Easy Collection of Photos of Organic Waste in the Home / Taurer, F., Wolling, F., Moore, J., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Smart Trash Can: Easy Collection of Photos of Organic Waste in the Home. In MUM ’23: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 571–573). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626705.3631881
• Enhancing Professional Training with Single-User Virtual Reality: Unveiling Challenges, Opportunities, and Design Guidelines / Shahu, A., Kinzer, K., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Enhancing Professional Training with Single-User Virtual Reality: Unveiling Challenges, Opportunities, and Design Guidelines. In F. Michahelles, P. Knierim, & J. Häkkilä (Eds.), MMUM ’23: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 244–256). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626705.3627791
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• MUM '23: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia / Michahelles, F., Knierim, P., & Häkkilä, J. (Eds.). (2023). MUM ’23: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626705
• The Power of Two: Exploring the Synergies between Human Intelligence and Machine Learning / Michahelles, F. (2023, November 27). The Power of Two:  Exploring the Synergies between Human Intelligence and Machine Learning [Conference Presentation]. HCAI@OVGU First Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence Symposium 2023, Magdeburg, Germany. https://doi.org/10.34726/5283
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• The Eternity bike / Michahelles, F. (2023, October 4). The Eternity bike [Presentation]. Blickpunkt Forschung: Klimafitte Stadt @ TU Wien 2023, Wien, Austria.
• Nachhaltige Nachhaltigkeit / Michahelles, F. (2023, September 20). Nachhaltige Nachhaltigkeit [Presentation]. ABC Blockchain Talk #18 2023, Wien, Austria. https://doi.org/10.34726/5286
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• Et Machina: Exploring the Use of Conversational Agents Such as ChatGPT in Scientific Writing / Kassem, K., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Et Machina: Exploring the Use of Conversational Agents Such as ChatGPT in Scientific Writing. In CEUR Workshop Proceedings CHItaly 2023. CHItaly 2023, Italy.
• Skillab - A Multimodal Augmented Reality Environment for Learning Manual Tasks / Shahu, A., Dorfbauer, S., Wintersberger, P., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Skillab - A Multimodal Augmented Reality Environment for Learning Manual Tasks. In J. Abdelnour Nocera, M. Larusdottir, & H. Petrie (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023  19th IFIP TC13 International Conference, York, UK, August 28 – September 1, 2023, Proceedings, Part III (pp. 588–607). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42286-7_33
• Electrifying Obstacle Avoidance: Enhancing Teleoperation of Robots with EMS-Assisted Obstacle Avoidance / Shahu, A., Kassem, K., Zehetgruber, L., Wintersberger, P., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Electrifying Obstacle Avoidance: Enhancing Teleoperation of Robots with EMS-Assisted Obstacle Avoidance. In P. Lukowicz, S. Mayer, J. Koch, J. Shawe-Taylor, & I. Tiddi (Eds.), HHAI 2023: Augmenting Human Intellect (pp. 224–233). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA230086
• Investigation of a Pitch Function for Motion-Based VR Bicycle Simulators / Wang, Y., Steinmetz, M., Dorfbauer, S., Michahelles, F., & Wintersberger, P. (2023). Investigation of a Pitch Function for Motion-Based VR Bicycle Simulators. In A. Schmidt, K. Väänänen, T. Goyal, P. O. Kristensson, & A. N. Peters (Eds.), CHI EA ’23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–7). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585623
• Human-Centered AI / Pinhanez, C., Michahelles, F., & Schmidt, A. (2023). Human-Centered AI. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 22(1), 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2023.3244009
• Human and machine / Michahelles, F. (2023, February 7). Human and machine [Keynote Presentation]. Lapland Robotics seminar, Finland.
• Lenssembly: Authoring Assembly Instructions in Augmented Reality Using Programming-by-Demonstration / Kosch, T., Knierim, P., Kritzler, M., Beicht, D., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Lenssembly: Authoring Assembly Instructions in Augmented Reality Using Programming-by-Demonstration. In C. Röcker & S. Büttner (Eds.), Human-Technology Interaction : Shaping the Future of Industrial User Interfaces (pp. 199–222). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99235-4_8
• Enhancing the Supervision of Out-of-View Robots: A Study on Multimodal Feedback and Monitoring Screens / Kassem, K., Shahu, A., Tüchler, C., Wintersberger, P., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Enhancing the Supervision of Out-of-View Robots: A Study on Multimodal Feedback and Monitoring Screens. In MuC ’23: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023 (pp. 487–491). https://doi.org/10.1145/3603555.3608550
• Build-A-Bot: Developing A Software Platform For A Modular Mobile Robot / Kassem, K., Pavlova, G., Schlund, S., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Build-A-Bot: Developing A Software Platform For A Modular Mobile Robot. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Internet of Things (pp. 74–81). https://doi.org/10.1145/3627050.3627054
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• Explainable Federated Learning: A Lifecycle Dashboard for Industrial Settings / Ungersbock, M., Hiessl, T., Schall, D., & Michahelles, F. (2023). Explainable Federated Learning: A Lifecycle Dashboard for Industrial Settings. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 22(1), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2022.3229166
• The unwritten manual of becoming a professor of HCI / Michahelles, F., Boll, S., Siek, K. A., Salim, F. D., & Quigley, A. J. (2023). The unwritten manual of becoming a professor of HCI. In A. Schmidt, K. Väänänen, T. Goyal, P. O. Kristensson, & A. N. Peters (Eds.), CHI EA ’23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–3). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3574192
• Hand-in-Hand: Investigating Mechanical Tracking for User Identification in Cobot Interaction / Saad, A., Pascher, M., Kassem, K., Heger, R., Liebers, J., Schneegass, S., & Gruenefeld, U. (2023). Hand-in-Hand: Investigating Mechanical Tracking for User Identification in Cobot Interaction. In F. Michahelles, P. Knierim, & J. Häkkilä (Eds.), MUM ’23: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 1–9). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626705.3627771
• Let us Break the Time Barrier—Anytime Computing / Michahelles, F., & Wintersberger, P. (2023). Let us Break the Time Barrier—Anytime Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 22(4), 55–57. https://doi.org/10.34726/5559
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2022

• Towards Shared Control / Michahelles, F. (2022, December 8). Towards Shared Control [Keynote Presentation]. computer-science-insights-at-hsg, Switzerland. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/153470
• Green IT - achieving sustainability goals by IT / Michahelles, F. (2022, September 20). Green IT - achieving sustainability goals by IT [Keynote Presentation]. Siemens Configuration Sympsium, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/152520
• Nudgit - Reducing Online News Consumption by Digital Nudges / Shahu, A., Melem, A., Wintersberger, P., & Michahelles, F. (2022). Nudgit - Reducing Online News Consumption by Digital Nudges. In MobileHCI ’22: Adjunct Publication of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 1–5). https://doi.org/10.1145/3528575.3551447
• Human-centered AI / Michahelles, F. (2022, May 11). Human-centered AI [Keynote Presentation]. Seminar at TU Freiberg, Germany. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/152628
• Self-Balancing Bicycles: Qualitative Assessment and Gaze Behavior Evaluation / Wintersberger, P., Shahu, A., Reisinger, J., Alizadeh, F., & Michahelles, F. (2022). Self-Balancing Bicycles: Qualitative Assessment and Gaze Behavior Evaluation. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (pp. 189–199). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568444.3568451
• What Is Happening Behind The Wall? / Kassem, K., Ungerböck, T., Wintersberger, P., & Michahelles, F. (2022). What Is Happening Behind The Wall? In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 1–19). Acm Dl. https://doi.org/10.1145/3546731
• Designing for Continuous Interaction with Artificial Intelligence Systems / Wintersberger, P., van Berkel, N., Fereydooni, N., Tag, B., Glassman, E., Buschek, D., Blandford, A., & Michahelles, F. (2022). Designing for Continuous Interaction with Artificial Intelligence Systems. In CHI EA ’22: Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–4). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3516409
• Development and Evaluation of a Motion-based VR Bicycle Simulator / Wintersberger, P., Matviienko, A., Schweidler, A., & Michahelles, F. (2022). Development and Evaluation of a Motion-based VR Bicycle Simulator. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 1–19). https://doi.org/10.1145/3546745
• Scenario-based Investigation of Acceptance of Electric Muscle Stimulation / Shahu, A., Wintersberger, P., & Michahelles, F. (2022). Scenario-based Investigation of Acceptance of Electric Muscle Stimulation. In Conference Proceedings AHs 2022: Augmented Humans 2022 (pp. 184–194). https://doi.org/10.1145/3519391.3519416
• Would Users Accept Electric Muscle Stimulation Controlling their Body? Insights from a Scenario-based Investigation / Shahu, A., Wintersberger, P., & Michahelles, F. (2022). Would Users Accept Electric Muscle Stimulation Controlling their Body? Insights from a Scenario-based Investigation. In CHI EA ’22: Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–7). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3519693

2021

• Gear Up for Safety:Development and Evaluation of an Assisted Bicycle / Wintersberger, P., Suppan, D., Schweidler, A., & Michahelles, F. (2021). Gear Up for Safety:Development and Evaluation of an Assisted Bicycle. In 13th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications. ACM, Austria. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3473682.3480258
• Back-end semantics for multimodal dialog on XR devices / Poller, P., Chikobava, M., Hodges, J., Kritzler, M., Michahelles, F., & Becker, T. (2021). Back-end semantics for multimodal dialog on XR devices. In 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. 26th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community, Texas, United States of America (the). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3397482.3450719
• The Eternity Bike - Bringing Active Safety to the Bicycle / Michahelles, F., & Wintersberger, P. (2021). The Eternity Bike - Bringing Active Safety to the Bicycle. CHI’21 Cycling@CHI Workshop, Japan. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/87196
• Human-machine collaboration on data annotation of images by semi-automatic labeling / Haider, T., & Michahelles, F. (2021). Human-machine collaboration on data annotation of images by semi-automatic labeling. In Mensch und Computer 2021 (pp. 552–556). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3473856.3473993
• Personal Fabrication: Patrick Baudisch and Stefanie Mueller Talk About Physical Natives / Michahelles, F., & Mayer, S. (2021). Personal Fabrication: Patrick Baudisch and Stefanie Mueller Talk About Physical Natives. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 20(1), 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1109/mprv.2020.3045822
• Pervasive Fabrication: Making Anything, Anywhere / Michahelles, F., Peek, N., & Mayer, S. (2021). Pervasive Fabrication: Making Anything, Anywhere. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 20(1), 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/mprv.2021.3061864

• Impact of Time Discrepancy on Machine Learning Models for Human Activity Recognition / Trollmann, P. (2025). Impact of Time Discrepancy on Machine Learning Models for Human Activity Recognition [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2025.120632
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• Wireless Synchronization of Wearable Sensor Nodes / Prader, M. (2025). Wireless Synchronization of Wearable Sensor Nodes [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2025.112084
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• Learning from Demonstrations: Human perspective and perception / Gietl, P. (2025). Learning from Demonstrations: Human perspective and perception [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2025.122461
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• Watchful detox : smartwatches for digital detox activities? A field deployment study / Pechstein, F. (2024). Watchful detox : smartwatches for digital detox activities? A field deployment study [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2024.103806
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• Digital Detox - Self-regulating their digital usage behavior / Sehic, E. (2024). Digital Detox - Self-regulating their digital usage behavior [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2024.95122
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• Automatic detection and emoji-based communication of non-verbal cues during online presentations / Oberhauser, P. (2023). Automatic detection and emoji-based communication of non-verbal cues during online presentations [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.110723
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• The use of single-user immersive virtual reality in professional training / Kinzer, K. (2023). The use of single-user immersive virtual reality in professional training [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.109622
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• Software platform for a modular collaborative robot : Simulating a robot in augmented reality / Pavlova, G. (2023). Software platform for a modular collaborative robot : Simulating a robot in augmented reality [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.90980
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• How much can social dynamics and mobile applications help in the battle against climate change? / Janik, M. (2023). How much can social dynamics and mobile applications help in the battle against climate change? [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.110562
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• Smart agent supported task-switching optimization using reinforcement learning and Human Cognition Modelling / Lingler, A. (2023). Smart agent supported task-switching optimization using reinforcement learning and Human Cognition Modelling [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2023.105567
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• “Mixed Reality Bike” – Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Cycling Simulator / Schweidler, A. (2022). “Mixed Reality Bike” – Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Cycling Simulator [Diploma Thesis, Technische Universität Wien]. reposiTUm. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/80154

• Honorable Mention Short Paper
  2024 / MUC2024 / Germany / Website
• IoT2023 best paper award
  2023 / International Conference of the Internet of Things, co-sponsored by ACM / Japan / Website
• Reviewer's Choice Award of Interact 2023 Conference
  2023 / IFIP Technical Committee 13 on Human–Computer Interaction. / Austria / Website
• Ten Year Impact Award
  2022 / 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2022) / Portugal / Website

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