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Jürgen Steimle

Jürgen Steimle

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
41
Citations
5482
World Ranking
8969
National Ranking
446

Jürgen Steimle publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Steimle sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 174 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Jürgen Steimle D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Steimle sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jürgen Steimle is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany, focusing their research on fields spanning computer science, neuroscience, and engineering. Their work primarily addresses areas including human-computer interaction, cognitive neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as tactile and sensory interactions, interactive and immersive displays, and advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials. Additional research interests include innovative human-technology interaction, virtual reality applications and impacts, muscle activation and electromyography studies, and sensor technology and measurement systems.

Steimle's frequent publication venues reflect a focus on human-computer interaction and related technical domains. These include:

  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • Designing Interactive Systems Conference
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jürgen Steimle encompass a range of topics within sensor design and human-technology interfaces:

  • Computational design and optimization of electro-physiological sensors, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Manifesto for Digital Social Touch in Crisis, 2021, Frontiers in Computer Science
  • Next Steps in Epidermal Computing: Opportunities and Challenges for Soft On-Skin Devices, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Grand challenges in human-food interaction, 2023, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • SparseIMU: Computational Design of Sparse IMU Layouts for Sensing Fine-grained Finger Microgestures, 2022, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Carey Jewitt, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Sara Price, Marion Koelle, and Gijs Huisman.

Best Publications

  • iSkin: Flexible, Stretchable and Visually Customizable On-Body Touch Sensors for Mobile Computing

    Martin Weigel;Tong Lu;Gilles Bailly;Antti Oulasvirta

  • Grand Challenges in Shape-Changing Interface Research

    Jason Alexander;Anne Roudaut;Jürgen Steimle;Kasper Hornbæk

  • PrintScreen: fabricating highly customizable thin-film touch-displays

    Simon Olberding;Michael Wessely;Jürgen Steimle

  • Capricate: A Fabrication Pipeline to Design and 3D Print Capacitive Touch Sensors for Interactive Objects

    Martin Schmitz;Mohammadreza Khalilbeigi;Matthias Balwierz;Roman Lissermann

  • Tacttoo: A Thin and Feel-Through Tattoo for On-Skin Tactile Output

    Anusha Withana;Daniel Groeger;Jürgen Steimle

  • jamSheets: thin interfaces with tunable stiffness enabled by layer jamming

    Jifei Ou;Lining Yao;Daniel Tauber;Jürgen Steimle

  • SkinMarks: Enabling Interactions on Body Landmarks Using Conformal Skin Electronics

    Martin Weigel;Aditya Shekhar Nittala;Alex Olwal;Jürgen Steimle

  • Flexpad: highly flexible bending interactions for projected handheld displays

    Jürgen Steimle;Andreas Jordt;Pattie Maes

  • Performance and Ergonomics of Touch Surfaces: A Comparative Study using Biomechanical Simulation

    Myroslav Bachynskyi;Gregorio Palmas;Antti Oulasvirta;Jürgen Steimle

  • Foldio: Digital Fabrication of Interactive and Shape-Changing Objects With Foldable Printed Electronics

    Simon Olberding;Sergio Soto Ortega;Klaus Hildebrandt;Jürgen Steimle

  • More than touch: understanding how people use skin as an input surface for mobile computing

    Martin Weigel;Vikram Mehta;Jürgen Steimle

  • SmartSleeve: Real-time Sensing of Surface and Deformation Gestures on Flexible, Interactive Textiles, using a Hybrid Gesture Detection Pipeline

    Patrick Parzer;Adwait Sharma;Anita Vogl;Jürgen Steimle

  • PrintSense: a versatile sensing technique to support multimodal flexible surface interaction

    Nan-Wei Gong;Jürgen Steimle;Simon Olberding;Steve Hodges

  • FoldMe: interacting with double-sided foldable displays

    Mohammadreza Khalilbeigi;Roman Lissermann;Wolfgang Kleine;Jürgen Steimle

  • Flexibles: Deformation-Aware 3D-Printed Tangibles for Capacitive Touchscreens

    Martin Schmitz;Jürgen Steimle;Jochen Huber;Niloofar Dezfuli

  • A cuttable multi-touch sensor

    Simon Olberding;Nan-Wei Gong;John Tiab;Joseph A. Paradiso

  • Multi-Touch Skin: A Thin and Flexible Multi-Touch Sensor for On-Skin Input

    Aditya Shekhar Nittala;Anusha Withana;Narjes Pourjafarian;Jürgen Steimle

  • CoScribe: Integrating Paper and Digital Documents for Collaborative Knowledge Work

    J. Steimle;O. Brdiczka;M. Muhlhauser

  • TipText: Eyes-Free Text Entry on a Fingertip Keyboard

    Zheer Xu;Pui Chung Wong;Jun Gong;Te-Yen Wu

  • Digital Digits: A Comprehensive Survey of Finger Augmentation Devices

    Roy Shilkrot;Jochen Huber;Jürgen Steimle;Suranga Nanayakkara

  • PolySense: Augmenting Textiles with Electrical Functionality using In-Situ Polymerization

    Cedric Honnet;Hannah Perner-Wilson;Marc Teyssier;Bruno Fruchard

  • Springlets: Expressive, Flexible and Silent On-Skin Tactile Interfaces

    Nur Al-huda Hamdan;Adrian Wagner;Simon Voelker;Jürgen Steimle

Frequent Co-Authors

Max Mühlhäuser
Max Mühlhäuser Technical University of Darmstadt
Yoshihiro Kawahara
Yoshihiro Kawahara University of Tokyo
Tobias Kraus
Tobias Kraus Leibniz Association
Sebastian Boring
Sebastian Boring Aalborg University
James D. Hollan
James D. Hollan University of California, San Diego
Kasper Hornbæk
Kasper Hornbæk University of Copenhagen

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