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  • 2016 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Eva Hornecker is affiliated with Bauhaus University, Weimar in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction. Their research covers a variety of subfields such as Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Persona Design and Applications
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Eva Hornecker's frequent coauthors include:

  • Andreas Bischof
  • Christian Sønderskov Zarp
  • Norbert Krüger
  • Avgi Kollakidou
  • Philipp Graf

The scientist has published in several venues, notably:

  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Creativity and Cognition
  • SN Computer Science
  • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Eva Hornecker are:

  • "ADHD and Technology Research - Investigated by Neurodivergent Readers", 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "A Design Vocabulary for Data Physicalization", 2023, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • "Mapper of the IGM spin temperature: instrument overview", 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Pet-Robot or Appliance? Care Home Residents with Dementia Respond to a Zoomorphic Floor Washing Robot", 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • ""It's Just a Graph" - The Effect of Post-Hoc Rationalisation on InfoVis Evaluation", 2021, Creativity and Cognition

Eva Hornecker was recognized as an ACM Senior Member in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Getting a grip on tangible interaction: a framework on physical space and social interaction

    Eva Hornecker;Jacob Buur

  • Tangible User Interfaces: Past, Present and Future Directions

    Orit Shaer;Eva Hornecker

  • “I don’t understand it either, but it is cool” - visitor interactions with a multi-touch table in a museum

    E. Hornecker

  • Collaboration and interference: awareness with mice or touch input

    Eva Hornecker;Paul Marshall;Nick Sheep Dalton;Yvonne Rogers

  • Learning from interactive museum installations about interaction design for public settings

    Eva Hornecker;Matthias Stifter

  • Urban HCI: spatial aspects in the design of shared encounters for media facades

    Patrick Tobias Fischer;Eva Hornecker

  • A design theme for tangible interaction: embodied facilitation

    Eva Hornecker

  • Integrating material and digital: a new way for cultural heritage

    Daniela Petrelli;Luigina Ciolfi;Dick van Dijk;Eva Hornecker

  • Creative idea exploration within the structure of a guiding framework: the card brainstorming game

    Eva Hornecker

  • An observational study of children interacting with an augmented story book

    Andreas Dünser;Eva Hornecker

  • From entry to access: how shareability comes about

    Eva Hornecker;Paul Marshall;Yvonne Rogers

  • Lessons from an AR book study

    Andreas Dünser;Eva Hornecker

  • Beyond affordance: tangibles' hybrid nature

    Eva Hornecker

  • United-pulse: feeling your partner's pulse

    Julia Werner;Reto Wettach;Eva Hornecker

  • "I am just terrified of my future" Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research

    Anon Ymous;Katta Spiel;Os Keyes;Rua M. Williams

  • The role of physicality in tangible and embodied interactions

    Eva Hornecker

  • When the fingers do the talking: A study of group participation with varying constraints to a tabletop interface

    P. Marshall;E. Hornecker;R. Morris;N. Sheep Dalton

  • Fighting for control: children's embodied interactions when using physical and digital representations

    Paul Marshall;Rowanne Fleck;Amanda Harris;Jochen Rick

  • Of pages and paddles: Children's expectations and mistaken interactions with physical-digital tools

    Eva Hornecker;Andreas Dünser

  • The Elicitation Interview Technique: Capturing People's Experiences of Data Representations

    Trevor Hogan;Uta Hinrichs;Eva Hornecker

  • Enhancing Navigation Information with Tactile Output Embedded into the Steering Wheel

    Dagmar Kern;Paul Marshall;Eva Hornecker;Yvonne Rogers

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall University of Bristol
John W. Halloran
John W. Halloran University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yvonne Rogers
Yvonne Rogers University College London
Albrecht Schmidt
Albrecht Schmidt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mark J. Weal
Mark J. Weal University of Southampton
Ian Ruthven
Ian Ruthven University of Strathclyde
David De Roure
David De Roure University of Oxford
Robert J. K. Jacob
Robert J. K. Jacob Tufts University
Norbert Krüger
Norbert Krüger University of Southern Denmark

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