Philipp Thalhammer

E-Mail	philipp.thalhammer[at]ifi.lmu.de
Telefon	089 / 2180-75143
Adresse	Philipp Thalhammer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Media Informatics Group Frauenlobstr. 7a 80337 München
Raum	455 (4. Stock)

Research Interests

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is quickly becoming one of the most influential technologies of our time. Still, the interaction with GenAI remains very one-dimensional, as most interfaces rely on chat-based input windows. I want to address this gap by exploring alternative input methods that are based on tangible interactions. To do so, I employ a user-centered design approach, getting in contact with users early in the development process and explore the design space using a research through design methodology that uses prototypes to iterate on concepts. Ultimately I want to remove barriers that exist for different user groups when interacting with GenAI, such as people with disabilities, elderly or children. I am also interested in deformable/flexible Interfaces because their organic shapes and intuitive interaction methods can potentially conform better to human bodies than traditional rigid interfaces.

News

I am co-organizing the Workshop "Be-Greifbare Interaktion" on MuC 2025 in Chemnitz.
I will be attending the Workshop "Generative AI and Accessibility" at CHI 2025 in Yokohama.
I will be attending CHI 2025 as a student volunteer.

Academic Background

2017 - 2021 Bachelor of Science Mediainformatics LMU Munich
2021 - 2024 Master of Science Human Computer Interaction LMU Munich
2024 - present PhD student at the Media Informatics Group LMU Munich

Teaching

WS24/25 Practical Course Sketching With Hardware (Master)
WS24/25 User Experience 1 (Bachelor)

Publikationen

2025
Download	Philipp Thalhammer, Alexander Wiethoff MediMomo: Designing a Physical AI Platform for Content Accessibility in Healthcare Workshop Generative AI and Accessibility: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 26 April 2025- 1 May 2025 (bib)
Download	Philipp Thalhammer Generative AI Meets Accessibility: Deformable Interfaces and Multimodal Solutions In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI'25). ACM. Bordeaux, France. 2025. https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3689050 (bib)
2024
Download	Jesse W. Grootjen, Philipp Thalhammer, Thomas Kosch Your Eyes on Speed: Using Pupil Dilation to Adaptively Select Speed-Reading Parameters in Virtual Reality Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 8, Issue MHCI, Association for Computing Machinery, 2024-09 (bib)
2023
Download	Philipp Thalhammer, Alexander Schmidt, David Mueller, Michael Huber, Sebastian Feger, Albrecht Schmidt ConnectivityControl: A Model Ecosystem for Advanced Smart Home Privacy In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM'23). ACM. Vienna, Austria. 2023. https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3626705 (bib)

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