Henrike Weingärtner

E-Mail	vorname.nachname@ifi.lmu.de
Phone	+49-89 / 2180-75139
Address	Henrike Weingärtner LMU Munich Media Informatics Group Frauenlobstr. 7a 80337 Munich, Germany
Room	445 ( 4th floor)

Research Interests

My research focuses on the fate of personal data after a person passes away. As digitalization increases, the amount of data individuals accumulate grows significantly, raising important questions about how this data should be handled posthumously. Users often want their data managed according to their preferences, whether through deletion or transfer to specific individuals. Relatives may seek access for emotional or legal reasons, while broader societal concerns center on privacy, security, and ethics. My research explores solutions that can facilitate data inheritance, ensuring that personal data is handled in line with the deceased person's wishes.

Teaching

Summer Term 2026: Media Technology, Hauptseminar Media Informatics, Seminar Personal and social competencies
Winter Term 2025: Digital Media, Hauptseminar Media Informatics, Seminar Personal and social competencies
Summer Term 2024: Media Technology, Hauptseminar Media Informatics, Seminar Personal and social competencies
Winter Term 2024: Digital Media, Hauptseminar Media Informatics
Summer Term 2024: Media Technology, Practical Course: Sketching With Hardware, Hauptseminar Media Informatics
Winter Term 2023: Digital Media, Hauptseminar Media Informatics, Design Workshop 1
Summer Term 2023: Media Technology, Hauptseminar Media Informatics
Winter Term 2022: Einführung in die Programmierung, Proseminar Media Informatics

Publications

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Theses (Bachelor/Master)

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In Progress

2026
Dila Arikan	bachelor thesis	AI-Assisted Generation of Semantic Metadata for Personal Text and Document Files
Linus Limmer	bachelor thesis	AI-Assisted Generation of Semantic Metadata for Personal Images and Videos
Tingyue Ou	bachelor thesis	Adapting 2D Visualization Methods for Representing Uncertainty in 3D Space
2025
Elisabeth Thalhammer	bachelor thesis	Exploring the Role of Personal Journals in Digital Legacy Curation

Accomplished

2025
Luise Donat	project thesis	A Matter of Time: Designing Temporal Navigation in Virtual Reality
Miriam Janner	bachelor thesis	Structuring Digital Legacies: Creating Metadata Based on User Preferences
Astrid Johannsen	master thesis	Exploring Location-Locked Messaging for Social Connections
Xiaowen Fan	bachelor thesis	Time Ruler: Interactive Visualization of Time in 4D Spatial-Temporal Data
2024
Alexandra Ginger	master thesis	Transferring 2D-Visualization Techniques to Uncertainty in 3D Space
Nils Rothamel	bachelor thesis	Evaluation of Interaction Techniques to Compare Different Time Points in VR
Melanie Kitze	bachelor thesis	Bending Time: Evaluation of Body Movement as a Temporal Navigation Tool
Tolgahan Balci	bachelor thesis	Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Physical Object to Communicate Digital Work Progress
Stella Born	bachelor thesis	Physical Slumber: Exploring Physicalisation for Sleep Data
Lisa Deschler	bachelor thesis	Physicalization of Sleep Data: Designing and Evaluating a Tangible Device for Sleep Quality Assessment
Tam Tran	bachelor thesis	Implementing and Evaluating a Physical Object to Communicate Digital Work Progress
Christopher Senn	master thesis	Towards a Digital Legacy - Empowering Users to Manage their Social Media Data
2023
Marcus Reiners	bachelor thesis	Data physicalization for health-related wellbeing motivation in a private context
Luise Donat	bachelor thesis	What We Leave Behind - Designing an Application for Digital Data Curation to Empower a "Good Death"
Teodora Petrova	bachelor thesis	Investigating Death Preparation Practices on Social Media
Jana Unterberg	bachelor thesis	Tangible Productivity - Developing a Tangible Prototype to Communicate Digital Work Progress