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Michael Bonfert hosting the Opening Ceremony at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2025

Rainer Malaka and Michael Bonfert, one of our former employees, were once again represented at this year's Heidelberg Laureate Forum.


Mehrdad Bahrini and Karsten Sohr at the "Campustage 2025"

Cybersecurity – Presentation at the Campustage 2025 by Datenschutz Nord

At the Campustage 2025 by Datenschutz Nord from DSN-Group, our colleagues Mehrdad Bahrini and Karsten Sohr demonstrated in their presentation that data protection and information security should not only be viewed from a technical perspective, but that the human factor in handling them must…


Anika Borg, Shiyao Zang, Lisa Hesselbarth; back: Iddo Wald, Rachel Ringe, Amber Maimon

Participation in RO-MAN - 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication - and the Mensch und Computer 2025 Conference

In August, some of our colleagues took part in two conferences.

At RO-MAN - 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Rachel Ringe presented her paper "Bot Appétit! Exploring how Robot Morphology Shapes Perceived Affordances via a Mise en Place Scenario in a…


Former Dean Rolf Drechsler (left) congrats new Dean Rainer Malaka

Rainer Malaka is the new Dean of FB3

Rainer Malaka has been elected the new Dean of Faculty 3 - Mathematics and Computer Science (FB3) in mid-June. Together with Peter Maa? and other members of the dean's board, the newly elected dean's team is now responsible for the management of the department, the implementation of council…


Our New Colleague Shiyao Zhang (Izzie)

Welcome to our New Colleague Shiyao Zhang

We welcome our new colleague: Shiyao Zhang (Izzie) started working as a research assistant in the Digital Media Lab in June 2025.

Izzie completed her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Bremen. During her studies, she already worked in the Digital Media Lab as a…


Denis Obrezkov after his PHD Defense

Denis Obrezkov Successfully Defended his PHD Thesis

At the end of June, Denis Obrezkov successfully defended his dissertation “Human Factors in Access Control: Analysis and Design”. Denis was a scholarship holder in our graduate college “Empowering Digital Media” for four years, where he worked in depth on the topic of ‘User Behavior in Access…


Rainer Malaka and Iddo Wald with ACM President Yannis Ioannidis

Rainer Malaka and Iddo Wald with ACM President Yannis Ioannidis at the CHI2025 in Yokohama (Japan)

When presenting their paper “Spatial Haptics: A Sensory Substitution Method for Distal Object Detection Using Tactile Cues” at CHI2025,  Rainer Malaka and Iddo Wald discussed with ACM President Yannis Ioannidis about the related application and the question on how vibro-tactile feedback can be used…


Rainer Malaka and Thomas E?meier (back row center and left) with Prof. Isao Echizen and his group

Visit to the NII: Rainer Malaka and Thomas E?meyer visit Prof Isao Echizen's Multimedia Security Lab

At the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, Prof Rainer Malaka and Dr Thomas E?meyer visited Prof Isao Echizen's Multimedia Security Lab. In this context, the lab presented itself with various research projects on the topic of media bias. The visit was underlined by an inspiring…


Our Guest Student Patcharaphon Sribunthankul (Mai) von der Chiang Mai University

Patcharaphon Sribunthankul as a Guest Student in the Digital Media Lab

From March to August, Patcharaphon Sribunthankul (Mai) from Chiang Mai University, Thailand, is visiting our lab as a research guest. She is studying under the supervision of Dr. Supara Grudpan, a former colleague who worked with us as a PHD student and completed her doctorate in November 2023.

Mai…


Lennard Scheurer, Research Assistant in the Digital Media Lab

New Research Assistant Lennard Scheurer

We welcome Lennard Scheurer as a new research assistant in the Digital Media Lab. Lennard studied computer science in both his Bachelor's and Master's degree at the University of Bremen and has already worked for us as a student assistant. As part of this work, Lennard was involved in the…