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Overview

Josef F. Krems is affiliated with Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Engineering, with a substantial focus on Social Psychology and Safety, Risk, Reliability, and Quality. Krems has contributed extensively to topics involving Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Traffic and Road Safety, and Safety Warnings and Signage.

Their body of work includes 86 publications in Psychology and 56 in Engineering, with a notable concentration on Social Psychology comprising 77 works. Additional subfields addressed include Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Transportation.

Josef F. Krems has published research in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • AHFE International
  • Information
  • Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Krems include:

  • "Vulnerable road users and the coming wave of automated vehicles: Expert perspectives," 2021, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • "Comfort or Not? Automated Driving Style and User Characteristics Causing Human Discomfort in Automated Driving," 2021, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
  • "Effects of a light-based communication approach as an external HMI for Automated Vehicles - a Wizard-of-Oz Study," 2020, Transactions on Transport Sciences
  • "Improving Passenger Experience and Trust in Automated Vehicles Through User-Adaptive HMIs: 'The More the Better' Does Not Apply to Everyone," 2021, Frontiers in Human Dynamics
  • "Effects of Gesture-Based Interaction on Driving Behavior: A Driving Simulator Study Using the Projection-Based Vehicle-in-the-Loop," 2020, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Frequent collaborators include Andreas Keinath, Frederik Naujoks, Matthias Beggiato, Tina Morgenstern, and Yannick Forster.

Krems has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Springer Science+Business Media titled HCI International 2022 Posters.

Best Publications

  • Experiencing Range in an Electric Vehicle: Understanding Psychological Barriers

    Thomas Franke;Isabel Neumann;Franziska Bühler;Peter Cocron

  • Understanding charging behaviour of electric vehicle users

    Thomas Franke;Josef F. Krems

  • What drives range preferences in electric vehicle users

    Thomas Franke;Josef F. Krems

  • The evolution of mental model, trust and acceptance of adaptive cruise control in relation to initial information

    Matthias Beggiato;Josef F. Krems

  • Keep Your Scanners Peeled: Gaze Behavior as a Measure of Automation Trust During Highly Automated Driving

    Sebastian Hergeth;Lutz Lorenz;Roman Vilimek;Josef F. Krems

  • Understanding the impact of electric vehicle driving experience on range anxiety

    Nadine Rauh;Thomas Franke;Josef F. Krems

  • Is EV experience related to EV acceptance? Results from a German field study

    Franziska Bühler;Peter Cocron;Isabel Neumann;Thomas Franke

  • Interacting with limited mobility resources: Psychological range levels in electric vehicle use

    Thomas Franke;Josef F. Krems

  • The German Naturalistic Cycling Study - comparing cycling speed of riders of different e-bikes and conventional bicycles

    K. Schleinitz;T. Petzoldt;L. Franke-Bartholdt;Josef F. Krems

  • Peripheral detection as a workload measure in driving: Effects of traffic complexity and route guidance system use in a driving study

    Georg Jahn;Astrid Oehme;Josef F. Krems;Christhard Gelau

  • Direct experience with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) matters when evaluating vehicle attributes, attitude and purchase intention

    Franziska Schmalfuß;Kristin Mühl;Josef F. Krems

  • Comfort in automated driving: An analysis of preferences for different automated driving styles and their dependence on personality traits

    Hanna Bellem;Barbara Thiel;Michael Schrauf;Josef F. Krems

  • Prior Familiarization With Takeover Requests Affects Drivers’ Takeover Performance and Automation Trust

    Sebastian Hergeth;Lutz Lorenz;Josef F. Krems

  • Learning and development of trust, acceptance and the mental model of ACC. A longitudinal on-road study

    Matthias Beggiato;Marta Pereira;Tibor Petzoldt;Josef Krems

  • An experimental study to investigate design and assessment criteria: What is important for communication between pedestrians and automated vehicles?

    Claudia Ackermann;Matthias Beggiato;Sarah Schubert;Josef F. Krems

  • Driving comfort, enjoyment and acceptance of automated driving - effects of drivers' age and driving style familiarity.

    Franziska Hartwich;Matthias Beggiato;Josef F Krems

  • The Subject Preference in the Processing of Locally Ambiguous WH-Questions in German

    Matthias Schlesewsky;Gisbert Fanselow;Reinhold Kliegl;Josef Krems

  • Objective Metrics of Comfort: Developing a Driving Style for Highly Automated Vehicles

    Hanna Bellem;Thorben Schönenberg;Josef F. Krems;Michael Schrauf

  • The first impression counts – A combined driving simulator and test track study on the development of trust and acceptance of highly automated driving

    Franziska Hartwich;Claudia Witzlack;Matthias Beggiato;Josef F. Krems

  • Vulnerable road users and the coming wave of automated vehicles : Expert perspectives

    Wilbert Tabone;Joost de Winter;Claudia Ackermann;Jonas Bärgman

  • Methods of evaluating electric vehicles from a user's perspective - The MINI E field trial in Berlin

    P Cocron;F Buhler;I Neumann;Thomas Franke

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Franke
Thomas Franke University of Glasgow
Frederik Naujoks
Frederik Naujoks BMW Group (Germany)
Klaus Bengler
Klaus Bengler Technical University of Munich
Maria Bannert
Maria Bannert Technical University of Munich
Astrid Schütz
Astrid Schütz University of Bamberg
Reinhold Kliegl
Reinhold Kliegl University of Potsdam
Niels Taatgen
Niels Taatgen University of Groningen
Günter Daniel Rey
Günter Daniel Rey Chemnitz University of Technology
Claus-Christian Carbon
Claus-Christian Carbon University of Bamberg
Dietrich R. T. Zahn
Dietrich R. T. Zahn Chemnitz University of Technology

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