2026 Lars Erik Holmquist: 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	35	11634	11302	733	721	168	5703

Overview

Lars Erik Holmquist is affiliated with the Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within computer science and social sciences, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.

The main fields of study in their work include:

Computer Science
Social Sciences

Within these fields, Holmquist has focused on subfields such as:

Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Demography
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Management of Technology and Innovation

Their research topics cover aspects like:

AI in Service Interactions
Technology Use by Older Adults
Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
Interactive and Immersive Displays
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
Social Robot Interaction and HRI
Artificial Intelligence in Games

Holmquist has authored several papers published across varied venues. Notable recent publications include:

Views and experiences on the use of voice assistants by family and professionals supporting people with cognitive impairments, 2022, Frontiers in Dementia
Is Functionality All That Matters? Examining Everyday User Opinions of Augmented Reality Devices, 2021, 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)
Technology in care, 2020, Nursing and Residential Care
Re-purposing everyday digital technology for marginalised groups, 2021, Scientific Publication Server (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)
Re-purposing voice assistant technology for use by people living with dementia and their carers, 2024, Gerontechnology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Holmquist include:

Ana-Maria Salai
Glenda Cook
Alexandra Kirton
Craig Paul Green
Stephen Gibson

The scientist's work has appeared multiple times in publication venues such as:

Frontiers in Dementia
2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)
Nursing and Residential Care
Scientific Publication Server (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences)
Gerontechnology

Best Publications

Smart-Its Friends: A Technique for Users to Easily Establish Connections between Smart Artefacts

Lars Erik Holmquist;Friedemann Mattern;Bernt Schiele;Petteri Alahuhta

735
Citations
Performing a check-in: emerging practices, norms and 'conflicts' in location-sharing using foursquare

Henriette Cramer;Mattias Rost;Lars Erik Holmquist

318
Citations
Token-Based Access to Digital Information

Lars Erik Holmquist;Johan Redström;Peter Ljungstrand

295
Citations
UbiComp 2002: Ubiquitous Computing

Gaetano Borriello;Lars Erik Holmquist

286
Citations
WebStickers: using physical tokens to access, manage and share bookmarks to the Web

Peter Ljungstrand;Johan Redström;Lars Erik Holmquist

265
Citations
Supporting group collaboration with interpersonal awareness devices

Lars Erik Holmquist;Jennica Falk;Joakim Wigström

255
Citations
WEST: a Web browser for small terminals

Staffan Björk;Lars Erik Holmquist;Johan Redström;Ivan Bretan

235
Citations
Sonic City: the urban environment as a musical interface

Lalya Gaye;Ramia Mazé;Lars Erik Holmquist

201
Citations
Between aesthetics and utility: designing ambient information visualizations

T. Skog;S. Ljungblad;L.E. Holmquist

180
Citations
Informative art: information visualization in everyday environments

Lars Erik Holmquist;Tobias Skog

159
Citations
Building intelligent environments with Smart-Its

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

148
Citations
Mobile music technology: report on an emerging community

Lalya Gaye;Lars Erik Holmquist;Frauke Behrendt;Atau Tanaka

137
Citations
Intelligence on tap: artificial intelligence as a new design material

Lars Erik Holmquist

133
Citations
Token-Based Acces to Digital Information

Lars Erik Holmquist;Johan Redström;Peter Ljungstrand

121
Citations
Transfer scenarios: grounding innovation with marginal practices

Sara Ljungblad;Lars Erik Holmquist

119
Citations
Pin&Play: the surface as network medium

K. Van Laerhoven;N. Villar;A. Schmidt;H.-W. Gellersen

101
Citations
Ubiquitous graphics: combining hand-held and wall-size displays to interact with large images

Johan Sanneblad;Lars Erik Holmquist

88
Citations
Focus+context visualization with flip zooming and the zoom browser

Lars Erik Holmquist

85
Citations
User-driven innovation in the future applications lab

Lars Erik Holmquist

77
Citations
Prototyping: generating ideas or cargo cult designs?

Lars Erik Holmquist

77
Citations
Inventing the future

Lars Erik Holmquist

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Albrecht Schmidt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Barry Brown Stockholm University

Ana Paiva Instituto Superior Técnico

Hiroshi Ishii MIT

Gaetano Borriello University of Washington

George Fitzmaurice Autodesk (United States)

Bernt Schiele Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Michael Beigl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Hans Gellersen Aarhus University

Florian Michahelles Siemens (Germany)

External Links

Personal website of Lars Erik Holmquist

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