Program Committee

PROGRAM CHAIR

Martina Ziefle
RWTH-Aachen University
Germany

Brief Bio
Martina Ziefle is professor for Communication Science at RWTH Aachen University and head of the eHealth Research group at the Human Technology Centre at RWTH Aachen University. Martina Ziefle studied psychology at the universities of Göttingen and Würzburg, Germany, where she finished her studies with honors. From the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, she received her Ph.D. in psychology summa cum laude. After her habilitation at RWTH, in which she examined reading processes in electronic media, Martina Ziefle took up positions as assistant professor at the University of Münster and, subsequently, at the RWTH Aachen. The research of Prof. Ziefle addresses the human factor in different technology types and using contexts. Technology acceptance decisively depends on the extent to which user diversity is considered and implemented in technological design. A special research focus is directed to the design of medical technologies. Here, the identification of users’ specific needs as well as affective barriers towards new technologies is essential in this sensitive field. In addition to teaching and directing research in HumTec, Prof. Ziefle leads various projects funded by industrial and public authorities, dealing with the interaction and communication of humans with technology. ... More >>

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Bessam Abdulrazak, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Mehdi Adda, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
Carmelo Ardito, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Giacinto Barresi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Anupam Basu, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
Karsten Berns, Robotics Research Lab, Germany
Laurent Billonnet, Xlim Institute - University of Limoges, France
Philipp Brauner, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Jane Bringolf, Centre for Universal Design Australia Ltd, Australia
Yao J. Chang, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Mario Ciampi, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
Georg Duftschmid, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Stefano Federici, University of Perugia, Italy
David L. Fuschi, BRIDGING Consulting Ltd., United Kingdom
Alastar Gale, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Ennio Gambi, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy
Javier Gomez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Florian Grond, McGill University, Canada
Nick Guldemond, Erasmus University, Netherlands
Jaakko Hakulinen, Tampere University, Finland
Andreas Heinig, Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems, Germany
David Isern, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Eila Järvenpää, Aalto University, Finland
Petr Ježek, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Takahiro Kawamura, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
Jeongeun Kim, Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of
Peter Kokol, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Stathis Konstantinidis, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Andrej Kos, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mikel Larrea, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Natasha Layton, Swinburne University, Australia
Ahmad Lotfi, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Jin Luo, University of west London, United Kingdom
Heikki Lyytinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Andrea Mangiatordi, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Giuseppe Mangioni, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy
Maurice Mars, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Elvis Mazzoni, University of Bologna, Italy
Hamid McHeick, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada
René Meier, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Ronald Merrell, Virginia Commonwealth Universtiy, United States
Maurice Mulvenna, University Of Ulster, United Kingdom
Amit A. Nanavati, IBM Research, India
Lina Nilsson, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Yvonne O'Connor, University College Cork, Ireland
Helen Pain, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Marko Perisa, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia
Marcelo Pimenta, UFRGS, Brazil
Marco Porta, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
Amon Rapp, University of Torino, Italy
Ulrich Reimer, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Corina Sas, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Sreela Sasi, Gannon University, United States
Marcia Scherer, Institute for Matching Person & Technology, United States
Andreas Schrader, Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
Jitae Shin, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, Republic of
Oh-Soon Shin, Soongsil University, Korea, Republic of
Telmo Silva, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Josep Silva, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Åsa Smedberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Luca Spalazzi, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy
Ton A. Spil, University of Twente, Netherlands
Susanna Spinsante, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy
Taro Sugihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Andrew Targowski, Western Michigan University, United States
Bert-Jan van Beijnum, University of Twente, Netherlands
Andrea Vitaletti, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Doug Vogel, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Miroslav Vrankic, Professor of Electrical Engineering University of Rijeka, Croatia
Meng E. Wong, Education National Institute of Singapore, Singapore
George Xylomenos, Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Evi Zouganeli, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

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