Daniel Ullrich

Focus of Research

Human-Robot-Interaction & Social Robots

Intuitive Interaction

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Experience Design

UX Evaluation & Usability Testing

Research Methods & Statistics

Industry research and consulting projects

Allianz AG, User research and UX evaluation (NDA), 2016

BSH GmbH, Design & UX of Social Robots (NDA), 2015

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, design of a future working environment for air traffic control, 2012

Siemens AG, building technologies, UX evaluation and user interface design consultancy, 2012

Siemens AG, UX consultancy (NDA), 2010

Empolis GmbH, User interface evaluation and re-design, user research, 2009

Teaching & Courses

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Media Informatics

Lecture "User Experience II", project seminar "Experience design", lecture and seminar "Human-Computer Interaction", seminar "research methods"

Darmstadt University of Technology, Psychology

Teaching: Project seminar "Human-Computer Interaction", project seminar "Psychology and new media", project seminar " Collaborative Advanced Design Project ", seminar "Usability methods", seminar "introduction to product design", seminar and exercise "multivariate research methods", seminar and exercise "research methods and data analysis with SPSS", seminar "linear models", seminar "current topics in social psychology", seminar "Homo Oeconomicus", seminar "communication psychology"

Bachelor, Master, Project and Diploma Theses

Open Topics

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(all current topics revolve around the domain of human robot interaction.)

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Publications

2023
Download	Lara Christoforakos, Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich (Un)learning Reflection with the Help of Moral Agents. Potential risks on an individual and societal level to be considered in interaction design. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Workshop on Moral Agents for Sustainable Transitions.
	Sarah Diefenbach, M. Herzog, Daniel Ullrich, Lara Christoforakos Social Robot Personality: A Review and Research Agenda. In C. Misselhorn; P. Poljansek & T. Stoerzinger (Eds.): Emotional Machines: Perspectives, Affective Computing and Emotional Human-Machine Interaction. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/9783658376420
Download	Sarah Diefenbach, Lara Christoforakos, Daniel Ullrich Moral debate or rebellion. The power of psychological reactance and its potential role in interaction design. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Workshop on Moral Agents for Sustainable Transitions.
	Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach Forecasting transitions in digital society: From social norms to AI applications. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting.
Download	Carl Oechsner, Daniel Ullrich Designing Dynamic Robot Characters to Improve Robot-Human Communications. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Workshop on Socially Assistive Robots. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.05219
2022
Download	Daniel Ullrich Zukunftsvisionen. In S. Diefenbach, S. & P. von Terzi (Eds.). Digitale Gesellschaft neu denken. Chancen und Herausforderungen in Alltags- und Arbeitswelt aus psychologischer Perspektive, pp. 164-175. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Download	Sarah Diefenbach, Lara Christoforakos, Daniel Ullrich, Andreas Butz Invisible but Understandable: In Search of the Sweet Spot between Technology Invisibility and Transparency in Smart Spaces and Beyond. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(10), 95. doi: 10.3390/mti6100095
Download	Lara Christoforakos, Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich Designing Robots with Personality. In: J. Doerrenbacher, J., R. Ringfort-Felner, R. Neuhaus and M. Hassenzahl (Eds.) Meaningful Futures with Robots - Designing a New Coexistence (pp. 70-78). CRC Press Taylor & Francis.
Download	Stefan Tretter, Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich, Nina Gerber Branchenreport UX/Usability 2022 In: Ludewig, E., Jackstaedt, T. & Hinze, J. (Hrsg.), Mensch und Computer 2022 - Workshopband. Bonn: Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V.. DOI: 10.18420/muc2022-up-477
2021
Download	Daniel Ullrich, Andreas Butz, Sarah Diefenbach The development of overtrust: An empirical simulation and psychological analysis in the context of human-robot interaction. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2021.554578
Download	Lara Christoforakos, A. Gallucci, T. Surmava-Grosse, Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach Can robots earn our trust the same way humans do? A systematic exploration of competence, warmth and anthropomorphism as determinants of trust development in HRI. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2021.640444
Download	Stefan Tretter, Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich, Nina Gerber Branchenreport UX/Usability 2021 In: Ludewig, E. & Jackstaedt, T. (Hrsg.), Mensch und Computer 2021 - Usability Professionals. Bonn: Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. und German UPA e.V.. DOI: 10.18420/muc2021-up-456
2020
Download	Daniel Ullrich, Andreas Butz, Sarah Diefenbach The eternal robot: Anchoring effects in human's mental models of robots and their self. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2020.546724
Download	Sarah Diefenbach, Andreas Butz, Daniel Ullrich Intelligence Comes from Within - Personality as a UI Paradigm for Smart Spaces Designs, 4(3), 18, https://doi.org/10.3390/designs4030018
Download	Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach, Lara Christoforakos Das Robot Impression Inventory - Ein modulares Instrument zur Erfassung des subjektiven Eindrucks von Robotern. In T. Koehler, E. Schoop & N. Kahnwald (Eds.) Communities in New Media. From hybrid realities to hybrid communities. Proceedings of 23rd Conference GeNeMe (pp. 244-249). Dresden: TUDpress. https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/77458/
Download	Stefan Tretter, Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich Branchenreport UX/Usability 2020 In: H. Fischer, H. & S. Hess. (Eds.), Mensch und Computer 2020 - Usability Professionals. Bonn: Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. und German UPA e.V.
2018
	Daniel Ullrich, Andreas Butz, Sarah Diefenbach Who do you follow?: Social Robots' Impact on Human Judgment. In Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 265-266). ACM.
Download	Hanna Schneider, Malin Eiband, Daniel Ullrich, Andreas Butz Empowerment in HCI - A Survey and Framework In CHI '18: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Montreal, Canada, April 21 - 26, 2018. ACM, New York, NY, USA.
2016
Download	Daniel Ullrich, Andreas Butz Social Robots for the 21st Century. In IEEE Computer, 49(6), 88-92.
Download	Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach, Andreas Butz Murphy Miserable Robot: A Companion to Support Children's Well-being in Emotionally Difficult Situations. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3234-3240). ACM.
	Sarah Diefenbach, A. Kapsner, Matthias Laschke, Jasmin Niess, Daniel Ullrich Technology For Behavior Change - Potential, Challenges, And Ethical Questions. I-com - Journal of Interactive Media, 15(2), 195-201.
	Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich Digitale Depression. Wie neue Medien unser Glücksempfinden verändern. MVG Verlag.
2015
	Stefan Tretter, Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach Die Intuitivitaets-Illusion: Attributionsfehler bei der Produktinteraktion. Mensch & Computer 2015.
	Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich An experience perspective on intuitive interaction: central components and the special effect of domain transfer distance. Interacting with Computers, 27(3), 210-234.
	Sarah Diefenbach, Stefan Tretter, Daniel Ullrich, Nina Kolb Branchenreport UX/Usability 2015. In A. Endmann, H. Fischer, & M. Kraekel (Eds.). Mensch und Computer 2015 - Usability Professionals (pp. 7-20). Muenchen: De Gruyter.
2014
	Daniel Ullrich Intuitive Interaktion: Eine Exploration von Komponenten, Einflussfaktoren und Gestaltungsansätzen aus der Perspektive des Nutzererlebens Doctoral thesis, TU Darmstadt.
	Nina Kolb, Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich Berichte aus der Usability/UX Branche: Ausbildungswege, Arbeitsfeld und aktuelle Diskussionen. I-com. Zeitschrift fuer interaktive und kooperative Medien, 13 (1), 82-87.
2013
	Daniel Ullrich Komponenten und Einflussfaktoren der intuitiven Interaktion: Ein integratives Modell. I-com. Zeitschrift fuer interaktive und kooperative Medien, 12 (3), 44-53.
	Sarah Diefenbach, Nina Kolb, Daniel Ullrich Branchenreport UX/Usability 2013. In H. Brau, A. Lehmann, K. Petrovic, and M. C. Schroeder (Eds.) Usability Professionals 2013 (pp. 264-272). Stuttgart: German Chapter der Usability Professionals' Association e.V.
2012
	Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich, Nina Kolb Branchenreport Usability 2012. In H. Brau, A. Lehmann, K. Petrovic, and M. C. Schroeder (Eds.) Usability Professionals 2012 (pp. 288-294). Stuttgart: German Chapter der Usability Professionals' Association e.V.
	Paul Gerber, Daniel Ullrich Automatisierte nichtinvasive Emotionsmessung. Ein Erfahrungsbericht von der Vision bis zur Realisierung. I-com. Zeitschrift fuer interaktive und kooperative Medien, 11 (3), 41-46.
2011
	Daniel Ullrich, J. Lambrecht, Joachim Vogt Mensch System Integration (MSI) in der Flugsicherung als interdisziplinaerer Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprozess. Anthropotechnik 2011.
	Patrick Christ, Daniel Ullrich, Jens Alexander Ewald, K. Schaefer Intuitives Nutzerverhalten und peripher-physiologische Aktivierung bei der Bedienung von Tablet-Computern In K.Bittrich, S. Blanckenberger and J. Lukas & (Eds.), Beitraege zur 53. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (p. 214). Lengerich: Pabst.
	Roman Szymanski, Daniel Ullrich Erwartungshaltung vs. Usability. Der Effekt von negativer Erwartungshaltung auf die Akzeptanz von Software-Systemen. Usability Professionals 2011 (pp. 112-119). Stuttgart: German Chapter der Usability Professionals' Association e.V.
	Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach Erlebnis intuitive Interaktion - ein phaenomenologischer Ansatz. I-com. Zeitschrift fuer interaktive und kooperative Medien, 10 (3), 63-68.
	Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich Branchenreport Usability 2011. In H. Brau, A. Lehmann, K. Petrovic, and M. C. Schroeder (Eds.) Usability Professionals 2011 (pp. 52-57). Stuttgart: German Chapter der Usability Professionals' Association e.V.
2010
	Sarah Diefenbach, Marc Hassenzahl, Daniel Ullrich, S. Schroeder Usability Professionals In i-com. Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien
	Katrin Borcherding, Daniel Ullrich Entscheidungs- und Nutzenanalyse In Holling, H., Schmitz, B. (Eds.) Handbuch Statistik, Methoden und Evaluation (pp. 244-251). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
	Daniel Ullrich Intuitive Interaction. Assessment of four basic components by means of the INTUI questionnaire. Klee #1 Conference 2010, Darmstadt.
	Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach INTUI. Exploring the Facets of Intuitive Interaction. In J. Ziegler & A. Schmidt (Eds.) Mensch & Computer 2010 (pp. 251-260). Muenchen: Oldenbourg.
	Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach From Magical Experience To Effortlessness: An Exploration of the Components of Intuitive Interaction. In Proceedings of the NordiCHI 2010 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 801-804). New York: ACM Press.
	Sarah Diefenbach, Daniel Ullrich Branchenreport Usability 2010. In H. Brau, S. Diefenbach, K. Goering, M. Peissner, and K. Petrovic (Eds.) Usability Professionals 2010 (pp. 181-186). Stuttgart: German Chapter der Usability Professionals' Association e.V.
2009
	Henning Brau, Sarah Diefenbach, Marc Hassenzahl, K. Kohler, F. Koller, M. Peissner, K. Petrovic, M. Thielsch, Daniel Ullrich, D. Zimmermann Usability Professionals 2009 In Usability Professionals 2009. Stuttgart: German Chapter der Usability Professionals' Association e.V.
2007
	Marc Hassenzahl, Daniel Ullrich To do or not to do: Differences in user experience and retrospective judgments depending on the presence or absence of instrumental goals. Interacting with Computers, 19(4), 429-437.
	Hardo Sorgatz, Oliver Christ, Daniel Ullrich, Sarah Diefenbach Is the tablet an ergonomic alternative to the computer mouse? In A. Toomingas, A. Lantz & T.Berns (Eds.), Computing Systemy for Human Benefits from the 8th Conference on Work with Computer Systems (p. 79). Stockholm: Royal Institute of Technology.