Program Overview

Oberseminar Media Informatics

The Oberseminar Media Informatics is a lecture series that serves as a platform for presenting current research topics from the department, including guest lectures. This includes intermediate and final presentations, which are part of every project, diploma, and master's thesis. A separate seminar is available for final presentations of bachelor's theses. All interested students are cordially invited to attend the Oberseminar, especially those who are working on their project or diploma thesis.

Lecturers and Person in Charge

• Lecturers: Prof. Hußmann, Prof. Butz
• Person in Charge: Max Maurer
• Hours per week: 2
• ECTS credits: 5 (Disputation Master Thesis)
• Module: P7.2

Dates and Locations

• Date: Tuesday 14-16
• Location: Amalienstraße 17, Raum A 105

Contents

The lecture series aims to present current research topics from the department, including guest lectures. It includes intermediate and final presentations that are part of every project, diploma, and master's thesis. Students working on their project or diploma thesis are especially encouraged to attend the Oberseminar regularly.

Presentation Length for Student Presentations

• End presentation of project work: 15 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion
• Initial presentation of diploma thesis: 10 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion
• End presentation of diploma thesis: 20 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion
• End presentation of master's thesis: 20 minutes presentation + 15 minutes discussion

Order of Presentations

The order of presentations will be determined during the Oberseminar based on various criteria. The order shown on the website indicates only when the presentations were registered.

Obtaining a Presentation Date

To obtain a presentation date, please register in time. The email must include the following: name, proposed date, and title of the presentation/work.

Presentations

The following presentations are scheduled:

• 03.05.11:
  • Fabian Winter: Extension of a framework for feedback systems (DA, final)
  • Rainer Waxenberger: Developing new authentication mechanisms using body movement in 3D (DA, initial)
  • Ben Blaha: High-fidelity prototyping of haptic sensory impressions on interactive surfaces (DA, final)
• 10.05.11:
  • Michaela Le: Usage-adaptive display-control concept for automobiles (DA, initial)
  • Eduard Held: Throwaway TUI - Towards a disposable physical interface (PA)
• 17.05.11:
  • Franz Berwein: Pressure-sensitive tangible user interfaces through optical tracking (DA, final)
  • Henri Palleis: HMI concepts for concealed objects (DA, initial)
  • Sarah Tausch: Investigation of the influence of display configurations on phase-oriented group learning (DA, initial)
  • Alice Thudt: Studying interactive visualizations to support information exploration (DA, initial)
• 24.05.11:
  • Sebastian Schmechel: Creation of a novel display concept for vehicles (DA, initial)
  • Florian Müller: Defining criteria for gestures on touchless screens (DA, final)
  • Simon Mansfeld: Acquisition of structure information from stationary and moving objects through image processing methods to improve image output (DA, initial)
  • Christian Lindner: Implicit authentication as an extension of pattern-based passwords (DA, initial)
• 31.05.11:
  • Andrea Nutsi: Human-machine interaction for web-based sensor/actuator technology (DA, initial)
  • Matthias Kager: Evaluation of the use of software quality metrics in software engineering (DA, initial)
  • Eduard Vodicka: Vertibles: Designing applications for TUIs on vertical interactive surfaces (DA, initial)
  • Florian Schlegel: Development and evaluation of interactive touch interfaces for the cockpit displays of a robot motion flight simulator (DA, initial)
• 07.06.11:
  • Matthias Walter: Multimedia user guidance in automobiles (DA, final)
  • Mirco Schönfeld: Mobile health applications (PA)
  • Sebastian Löhmann: Distant transmission of tactile stimuli during interaction with touch-sensitive surfaces (DA, final)
• 14.06.11:
  • (No presentations scheduled)
• 21.06.11:
  • (No presentations scheduled)
• 28.06.11:
  • Magdalena Blöckner: Mobile interaction with media facades (DA, final)
  • Simone Rodenstock: Gesture-based interaction concept for operating selected vehicle functions (DA, initial)
  • Melanie Kunz: Conceptualization of mobile communities for automotive manufacturers (DA, initial)
  • Corinna Ragutt: TDR-based touch-sensitive surfaces made of paper (DA, initial)
• 05.07.11:
  • Moritz Neugebauer: Mobile car configurator (PA)
  • Bernhard Slawik: Choctruder - 3D printing with chocolate (DA, initial)
  • Stefan Bauer: Identification of changes in the HMI of automotive infotainment systems for test automation (DA, final)
• 12.07.11:
  • (No presentations scheduled)
• 19.07.11:
  • Hr. Draxler: Systems for phonetic analysis (special lecture, 45 minutes)
• 26.07.11:
  • Joséphine Nitschké: Model-based design and testing of infotainment system HMIs (DA, initial)
  • Miriam Kranz: Remote tactile feedback on arbitrary touch surfaces (DA, initial)
  • Richard Wallner: Design of a visualization concept for tracking and controlling project status in the BMW software development process (DA, initial)