Media Informatics and Human-Computer Interaction Groups
The Media Informatics and Human-Computer Interaction Groups of the Department of Informatics of the University of Munich are headed by the chair of Applied Informatics and Media Informatics (Prof. Dr. Heinrich Hußmann, Prof. Dr. Sven Mayer) as well as the chair of Human-Computer Interaction (Prof. Dr. Andreas Butz). Together with the chair for Human-Centered Ubiquitous Media we are responsible for the program "Medieninformatik" at the University of Munich.
News
- 27.10.2022: We welcome Prof. Dr. Johanna Pirker in our group
Prof. Pirker will join our group from November to start new research projects and teach Multimedia Programming, Human Computation and more! Johanna Pirker was previously assistant professor at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at Graz University of Technology (TUG) and ETH Zurich. In 2017, she finished her doctoral dissertation in computer science on motivational environments under the supervision of Christian Gütl (TUG) and John Belcher (MIT). - 24.10.2022: Open Lab Day 2022
On the 24th of October from 6 pm, the department for Media Informatics opens its door to interested people from the industry, research, students and prospective students, friends, and family. The employees present their current research projects, and students showcase the results of their work done in semester projects. Further information can be found here. - 13.10.2022: Introduction to the study subject media informatics
You can find the slides of the introduction to the subject Media Informatics and the minor subjects MMI, KuMM and Business Administration here. Have a good start into the new semester everyone! https://syncandshare.lrz.de/getlink/fi83Q5DW8vDV3oBdzuQe8M/

Publications
Beat Rossmy, Nađa Terzimehić, Tanja Doering, Daniel Buschek, Alexander Wiethoff
Point of no Undo: Irreversible Interactions as a Design Strategy
Point of no Undo: Irreversible Interactions as a Design Strategy
Francesco Chiossi, Luke Haliburton, Changkun Ou, Andreas Butz, Albrecht Schmidt
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions: Effect of Context Switching On Prospective Memory
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions: Effect of Context Switching On Prospective Memory