2026 Gerd Kortuem: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	38	10099	9813	182	172	159	7599

Overview

Gerd Kortuem is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple areas within computer science and social sciences, with a particular focus on the intersections of technology and society.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics involving human-technology interaction, ethics, and data practices. Some of the noteworthy papers include:

Contestable AI by Design: Towards a Framework, 2022, Minds and Machines
Tensions in transparent urban AI: designing a smart electric vehicle charge point, 2022, AI & Society
Beyond data transactions: a framework for meaningfully informed data donation, 2023, AI & Society
Sensitive Data Donation: A Feminist Reframing of Data Practices for Intimate Research Contexts, 2024, Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Participation in Data Donation: Co-Creative, Collaborative, and Contributory Engagements with Athletes and their Intimate Data, 2024, Designing Interactive Systems Conference

Gerd Kortuem collaborates frequently with several researchers, which suggests active contributions within a network of peers. Frequent co-authors include:

Jacky Bourgeois (8 joint publications)
Alejandra Gómez Ortega (4 joint publications)
Evangelos Niforatos (4 joint publications)
Kars Alfrink (3 joint publications)
Ianus Keller (3 joint publications)

The venues in which Kortuem publishes show a range across computer science and interdisciplinary design-focused platforms. Frequent publication venues are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the Design Society
AI & Society
Designing Interactive Systems Conference
She ji

The epidemiology of their research leans toward the fields of:

Computer Science
Social Sciences

Within these broad fields, Kortuem's subfields of study include:

Human-Computer Interaction
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Safety Research
Demography

The main topics explored in their work focus on:

Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Technology Use by Older Adults
Information Systems Theories and Implementation
Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Best Publications

Smart objects as building blocks for the Internet of things

G. Kortuem;F. Kawsar;D. Fitton;V. Sundramoorthy

2095
Citations
When peer-to-peer comes face-to-face: collaborative peer-to-peer computing in mobile ad-hoc networks

G. Kortuem;J. Schneider;D. Preuitt;T.G.C. Thompson

336
Citations
Creating an Understanding of Data Literacy for a Data-driven Society

Annika Wolff;Daniel Gooch;Jose J. Cavero Montaner;Umar Rashid

313
Citations
Educating the Internet-of-Things Generation

G. Kortuem;A. K. Bandara;N. Smith;M. Richards

230
Citations
A relative positioning system for co-located mobile devices

Mike Hazas;Christian Kray;Hans Gellersen;Henoc Agbota

188
Citations
Software organization for dynamic and adaptable wearable systems

S. Fickas;G. Kortuem;Z. Segall

162
Citations
Cooperative Artefacts: Assessing Real World Situations with Embedded Technology

Martin Strohbach;Hans-Werner Gellersen;Gerd Kortuem;Christian Kray

156
Citations
An Internet-of-Things Enabled Connected Navigation System for Urban Bus Riders

Marcus Handte;Stefan Foell;Stephan Wagner;Gerd Kortuem

150
Citations
Building intelligent environments with Smart-Its

L.E. Holmquist;H.W. Gellersen;G. Kortuem;S. Antifakos

148
Citations
Physical prototyping with Smart-Its

H. Gellersen;G. Kortuem;A. Schmidt;M. Beigl

147
Citations
"Where are you pointing at?" A study of remote collaboration in a wearable videoconference system

M. Bauer;G. Kortuem;Z. Segall

130
Citations
Context-aware, adaptive wearable computers as remote interfaces to 'intelligent' environments

G. Kortuem;Z. Segall;M. Bauer

128
Citations
Disseminating Trust Information in Wearable Communities

Jay Schneider;Gerd Kortuem;Joe Jager;Steve Fickas

126
Citations
Proem: a middleware platform for mobile peer-to-peer computing

Gerd Kortuem

109
Citations
Smart Sensing and Context

Daniel Roggen;Clemens Lombriser;Gerhard Tröster;Gerd Kortuem

108
Citations
A collaborative wearable system with remote sensing

M. Bauer;T. Heiber;G. Kortuem;Z. Segall

105
Citations
Conversations with my washing machine: an in-the-wild study of demand shifting with self-generated energy

Jacky Bourgeois;Janet van der Linden;Gerd Kortuem;Blaine A. Price

103
Citations
Sensing and visualizing spatial relations of mobile devices

Gerd Kortuem;Christian Kray;Hans Gellersen

102
Citations
Reimagining the role of citizens in smart city projects

Daniel Gooch;Annika Wolff;Gerd Kortuem;Rebecca Brown

101
Citations
Supporting device discovery and spontaneous interaction with spatial references

Hans Gellersen;Carl Fischer;Dominique Guinard;Roswitha Gostner

99
Citations
Smart sensing and context : Second European Conference, EuroSSC 2007 Kendal, England, October 23-25, 2007 : proceedings

Gerd Kortuem

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Gellersen Aarhus University

Albrecht Schmidt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Nigel Davies Lancaster University

Nicolas Villar Microsoft (United States)

Michael Beigl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Kai Kunze Keio University

Kristof Van Laerhoven University of Siegen

Paul Lukowicz German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence

Daniel Roggen University of Sussex

Paul J.M. Havinga University of Twente

External Links

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