Human-Computer Interaction
Prof. Dr. Tanja D?ring
Prof. Dr. Tanja D?ring has been an interim professor for Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Bremen since October 2021.
Her research focuses on tangible interaction and materiality, gesture interaction, mobile interaction, interaction in VR/AR, and interactive surfaces. She has diverse experience in practical and applied research projects in which she has designed and realized systems for various application domains, such as healthcare, automotive, sustainability, education, and culture. Methodologically, her research combines user-centered design approaches, including prototyping, participatory design, usability engineering as well as qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. Her dissertation on "A Materials Perspective on HCI. Case Studies on Tangible, Gestural, and Ephemeral User Interfaces" was awarded the dissertation prize for outstanding results in the research of computer science applications in social systems by the CSCW section of the German Informatics Society and the International Institute for Socio-Informatics. Her paper "A Design Space for Ephemeral User Interfaces," published in 2013, recently received the 10-Years Impact Award of the ACM TEI 2023.
Tanja is the chair of the GI section "Tangible Interaction". It is involved in organizational and program committees, e.g. as Workshop Chair of Mensch und Computer 24, as Program Chair of ACM TEI 24 and MUM 22, as Local Chair of ACM CHI 23, or as Short Paper Chair of Mensch und Computer 22, as well as Associate Chair and Program Committee for international journals and conferences. From 2008 to 2011, she was a research assistant at the Chair of Pervasive Computing and User Interface Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Tanja D?ring studied computer science and art history in Hamburg and Valladolid (Spain).
Positions und Functions
- Workshop and Tutorials Chair Mensch und Computer 2024 (Karlsruhe, Germany)
- Local Chair ACM CHI 2023 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Program Chair ACM TEI 2024 (Cork, Ireland)
- Program Chair MUM 2022 (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Short Paper Chair Mensch und Computer 2022 (Darmstadt, Germany)
- Chair of GI-Fachgruppe Be-greifbare Interaktion
- Member of the Steering Committee of the GI-Fachbereich "Mensch-Computer-Interaktion"
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Member Magazine ".inf" of the German Informatics Society
- Editorial Board Member der i-com (Journal of Interactive Media)
- Member Gemeinsamer beschlie?ender Ausschusses des Studengang "Digitale Medien" (Uni Bremen/Hochschule für Künste Bremen)
Awards and Honors
- 2023: Honorable Mention Award at CHI 2023 for our full paper "Point of no Undo: Irreversible Interactions as a Design Strategy". Together with Beat Rossmy, Nada Terzimehic, Daniel Buschek, Alexander Wiethof.
- 2023: Honorable Mention Demo Award (Jury) at CHI 2023 for our demo "Versatile Immersive Virtual and Augmented Tangible OR - Using VR, AR and Tangibles to Support Surgical Practice". Together with Anke Verena Reinschlüssel, Thomas Muender, Roland Fischer, Valentin Kraft, Verena Nicole Uslar, Dirk Weyhe, Andrea Schenk, Gabriel Zachmann, Rainer Malaka.
- 2023: ACM TEI 23 10-Year Impact Award for our full paper "A Design Space for Ephemeral User Interfaces" (TEI 2013). Together with Axel Sylvester and Albrecht Schmidt.
- 2020: Honorable Mention Award at CHI Play 2020 for our full paper "Playful User-Generated Treatment: A Novel Game Design Approach for VR Exposure Therapy". Together with Dmitry Alexandrovsky, Georg Volkmar, Maximilian Splieth?ver, Stefan Finke, Marc Herrlich, Jan Smeddinck and Rainer Malaka.
- 2020: Our project BETAlight received a nomination for the STARTS PRIZE '20 (Grand prize of the European Commission honoring Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts). Together with Barbro Scholz, Esther Stühmer and Axel Sylvester.
- 2018: Honorable Mention Award at CHI Play 2018 for our full paper "VRBox: A Virtual Reality Augmented Sandbox for Immersive Playfulness, Creativity and Exploration". Together with Thomas Fr?hlich, Dmitry Alexandrovsky, Timo Stabbert, and Rainer Malaka.
- 2018: Selected as young researcher for the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2018
- 2017: Dissertation award for excellent results in researching computer science applications in social systems by the GI CSCW & Social Computing group and the international institute for socio-informatics (IISI)
- 2008: MAZ Level One Award for the best graduation in computer science (3rd place), Computer Science Department, University of Hamburg
- 2008: Best Paper Award GI-Informatiktage 2008 (Excellence initiative of the German Computer Science Association GI)
- 2007: 1st place Award EXPO Department Informatik, University of Hamburg
Contact
Prof. Dr. Tanja D?ring
Postal address: Bibliothekstr. 5, 28359 Bremen
Office: MZH 6520
Phone: +49 421 218 64406
Administration:
Svenja Voss / Evgenia Sazonkina
Office: MZH 6500/6510
Phone: +49 421 218-64401