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Meet the Team
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. phil. Dr. rer. soc.

Carsten Röcker

Carsten Röcker is professor for Human-Technology Interaction at TH OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts and deputy director of the Institute Industrial IT. He also holds a position as a scientific advisor at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB-INA). His current research revolves around the topics of intelligent systems, human-technology interaction and technology acceptance.

inIT - Institut für industrielle Informationstechnik
Campusallee 6
32657 Lemgo

Room: CIIT EG 4.7

Scientific Education

  • 2019, PhD in Social Science (Dr. rer. soc.)
  • 2012, Habilitation in Communication Science (Priv.-Doz.)
  • 2009, PhD in Psychology (Dr. phil.)
  • 2006, PhD in Computer Science (Dr.-Ing.)
  • 2004, Master in Engineering and Management (Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.)
  • 2000, Master in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Dipl.-Ing.)

Employment

  • Since 2014, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ostwestfalen Lippe,
    • Professor for “User Experience and Interaction Design"
    • Member of the Executive Board of the Institute Industrial IT (inIT)
    • Deputy Director of the Institute Industrial IT (since 2019)
    • Head of the Research Group on Human-Computer Interaction
    • Member of the Research Cluster "ProErgo" 
    • Member of the Research Cluster "NextPlace"
    • Since 2022, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Lemgo
      • Scientific Advisor for the Department “Machine Intelligence
    • Since 2016, InnovationsZentrum für Internettechnologie und Multimediakompetenz Ostwestfalen-Lippe e.V., Paderborn
      • Member of the Board of Directors 
    • Since 2015, International Graduate School on “Intelligent Systems in Automation Technology (ISA)”, Paderborn
      • Member of the Board of Professors 
    • Since 2016, Graduierteninstitut für angewandte Forschung der Fachhochschulen in Nordrhein-Westfalen (GI NRW), Bochum
      • Member of the Department “Media and Interaction” 
      • Member of the Recommendations Committee of the Department “Media and Interaction”
    • 2014 - 2022, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Lemgo
      • Head of the Research Group on “Assistance Systems”
    • 2017, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan
      • Visiting researcher at the Graduate School of Engineering
    • 2012 - 2014,  RWTH Aachen University, Germany
      • Lecturer at the Communication Science Department
      • Senior Researcher at the Human-Computer Interaction Centre (HCIC)
    • 2013, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
      • Visiting Researcher at the Ambient Intelligence Lab
    • 2012, Medical University Graz, Austria
      • Guest Professor at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation
    • 2008 - 2014, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    • Adjunct Researcher in the Media Computing and HCI Group
    • 2008 - 2011, Human Technology Centre, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
      • Senior Researcher in the eHealth Research Group
    • 2010, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
      • Visiting Researcher at the Laboratory of Media and Cultural Studies
    • 2007 - 2008, University of California, San Diego, United States
      • Postdoctoral Researcher at the Distributed Cognition and HCI Laboratory
    • 2000 - 2006, Fraunhofer IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany
      • Research Associate in the Research Division „Ambiente - Workspaces of the Future“

     

    Reviewer for International Funding Agencies

    • Australian Research Council (ARC) 
    • Academy of Finland
    • Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
    • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

     

    Reviewer for Journals

    • ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
    • Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Springer)
    • Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
    • Journal of Computing and Information Technology
    • Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier)
    • Annals of Information Systems (Springer)
    • Universal Access in the Information Society (Springer)
    • Computers
    • Informatics
    • Journal of Computing and Information Technology 
    • Personalized Medicine
    • Human Technology
    • Electronic Journal of Health Informatics
    • Journal of Universal Computer Science
    • Applied Sciences
    • Technologies
    • BMC Medical Education
    • International Journal of Electronic Healthcare
    • International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management
    • Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics

     

    Reviewer for International Conferences (Selected Events)

    • ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
    • ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp)
    • ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileCHI)
    • ACM Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction (APCHI)
    • ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI)
    • ACM International Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS)
    • ACM Workshop on Smart Health Systems and Applications (SmartHealthSys)
    • IEEE Symposium on Computers & Informatics (ISCI)
    • IEEE International Conference on User Science and Engineering (i-USEr)
    • IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE)
    • IEEE International Workshop on Managing Health Information in Mobile Applications (CePHSA)
    • IEEE International Workshop on Consumer eHealth Platforms, Services and Applications
    • IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Consumer Health Care Networks (Mo-biCHeSS)
    • IFIP International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interact)
    • International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth)
    • International Conference on Human Factors in Computing and Informatics (SouthCHI) 
    • International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT)
    • International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII)
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth)
    • International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems (PhyCS)
    • Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS)
    • International Conference on Internet of Vehicles (IOV)
    • International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing (CS2)
    • World Congress on Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web 2.0 in Medicine, Health and Biomedical Research

     

    Organizing Committees

    • Mensch und Computer, September 8-11, 2019, Hamburg, Germany.
    • International Workshop on Designing Assistive Environments for Manufacturing (DAEM’18), co-located with the 11th International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA), Corfu, Greece from June 26-29, 2018
    • International Workshop on Designing Assistive Environments for Manufacturing (DAEM’17), co-located with the 10th International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA), Rhodos, Greece from June 21-23, 2017.
    • International Workshop on Smart Healthcare Applications (SmartHealth’14), December 2, 2014, Sydney, Australia.
    • International Workshop on Aesthetic Intelligence (AxI’14), November 11, 2014, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
    • International Workshop on User-Centered Design of Pervasive Healthcare Applications (UCDPHA’14), May 20, 2014, Oldenburg, Germany.
    • International Workshop on Smart Healthcare Applications (SmartHealth’13), November 25, 2013, Adelaide, Australia.
    • International Workshop on Aesthetic Intelligence (AxI’13), December 3, 2013, Dublin, Ireland.
    • International Workshop on Smart Healthcare Applications (SmartHealth’12), November 27, 2012, Melbourne, Australia.
    • International Workshop on Aesthetic Intelligence (AxI’12), November 13, 2012, Pisa, Italy.
    • International Workshop on User-Centered Design of Pervasive Healthcare Applications (UCDPHA’12), May 21, 2012, San Diego, CA, USA.
    • International Workshop on Intelligent Healthcare Applications (HIS’12), October 14, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.
    • International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Usability for Elderly (HCI4AGING’12), July 11-13, 2012, Linz, Austria.
    • International Workshop on Smart Healthcare Applications (SmartHealth’11), November 29, Canberra, Australia.
    • International Workshop on User-Centered Design of Pervasive Healthcare Applications (UCDPHA’11), May 23, 2011, Dublin, Ireland.
    • International Workshop on Smart Healthcare Applications (SmartHealth’10), November 23, 2010, Brisbane, Australia.
    • International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Usability for Elderly (HCI4AGING’10), July 12, 2009, Vienna, Austria.
    • International Workshop on User-Centered Design of Pervasive Healthcare Applications (UCDPHA’10), March 22, 2010, Munich, Germany.
    • International Workshop on Smart Healthcare Applications (SmartHealth’09), November 22, 2009, Melbourne, Australia.
    • International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction for Medicine and Health Care (HCI4MED’09), September 5, 2009, Cambridge, UK.

     

    Technical Program Committees

    • The Seventeenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI'24), May 26 - 30, 2024, Barcelona, Spain.

    • Sixteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI'23), April 24 - 28, 2023, Venice, Italy

    • 11th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI), Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-28 July.

    • 10th International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI), Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-28 July.

    • The Fifteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI'22), June 26, 2022 to June 30, 2022, Porto, Portugal

    • 6th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA'22), October 27 - 28, 2022, Valletta, Malta.

    • The Eighth International Conference on Human and Social Analytics (HUSO'22), May 22 - 26, 2022 in Venice, Italy

    • The Fourteenth International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications, April 24 - 28, 2022, Barcelona, Spain

    • The Ninth International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth'21), October 3 - 7, 2021, Barcelona, Spain

    • The Fourteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI'21), July 18- 22, 2021, Nice, France.

    • Seventh International Conference on Human and Social Analytics (HUSO'21), July 18 - 20, 2021, Nice, France.

    • Fifth International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA'21), October 28 - 29, Valletta, Malta. 

    • Ninth International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, 24-29 July, 2021, Washington DC, USA.

    • Thirteenth International Conference on Future Computational Technologies, April 18 - 22, 2021 - Porto, Portugal

    • Fourth International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA'20), November 5-6, Budapest, Hungary.

    • Tenth International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies (Ambient'20), July 26 - 30, 2020, Nice, France.

    • Ninth International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth'20), July 26 - 30, 2020, Nice, France.

    • Sixth International Conference on Human and Social Analytics (HUSO'20), June 28 - July 2, 2020, Athens, Greece.

    • International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications (FutureComputing'20), April 26 - 30, 2020, Nice, France.
    • International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies (AMBIENT'19), September 22 - 26, 2019, Porto, Portugal.
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth'19), September 22 - 26, 2019, Porto, Portugal.
    • International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI'19), July 26 - 31, 2019, Orlando, Florida, USA.
    • International Conference on Human and Social Analytics (HUSO'19), June 30 - July 4, 2019, Rome, Italy.
    • International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications (FutureComputing'19), May 5 - 9, 2019, Venice, Italy
    • International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies (Ambient’18), November 18 - 22, 2018, Athens, Greece.
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth’18), No-ember 18 - 22, 2018, Athens, Greece.
    • European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI'18), November 12-14, 2018, Larnaca, Cyprus.
    • International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI’18), Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018.
    • International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies (Ambient’17), November 12 - 16, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth’17), November 12 - 16, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
    • International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems (PhyCS’17), July 28 - 29, 2017, Madrid, Spain.
    • International Conference on Human and Social Analytics (HUSO’17), July 23 - 27, 2017, Nice, France.
    • European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI’17): Towards a Smart and Human-Centered Internet of Things, April 26-28, 2017, Málaga, Spain.
    • International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI’17), July 9 - 14, 2017, Vancouver, Canada
    • International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications (FutureComputing’17), February 19 - 23, 2017, Athens, Greece.
    • Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS’16), September 21-23, 2016, Varaždin, Croatia.
    • IEEE Industrial Electronics and Applications Conference (IEACon’16), November 20 - 22, 2016, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
    • International IEEE Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing (IEEE SC2’16), December 8-10, 2016, Nadi, Fiji.
    • International Conference on Internet of Vehicles (IOV’16) December 8-10, 2016, Nadi, Fiji.
    • International Conference on Digital Health, April 11 - 13, 2016, Montréal, QC, Canada. 
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth’16), October 9 - 13, 2016, Venice, Italy.
    • International IEEE Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE’16), September 12-16, 2016, Seattle, WA, USA.
    • International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems (PhyCS’16), July 27 - 28, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.
    • International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies (Ambient’16), October 9 - 13, 2016, Venice, Italy.
    • International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI’16), July 17 - 22, 2016, Toronto, Canada.
    • International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications (FutureComputing’16), March 20 - 24, 2016, Rome, Italy.
    • International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE’15), October 19 - 23, 2015, Shenzhen, China.
    • International Workshop on Developing Skills for Social and Emotional Wellbeing (held at CHI’15), April 19, 2015, Seoul, Korea.
    • International Workshop on Mobile Applications (MobiApps’15), August 24 - 26, 2015, Rome, Italy.
    • International Conference on Internet of Vehicles (IOV’15), December 19 - 21, 2015, Chengdu, China.
    • International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing (SC2’15), December 19 - 21, 2015, Chengdu, China.
    • International ACM Conference on Digital Health (DH’15), May 18 - 21, 2015, Florence, Italy.
    • International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI’15), August 2 - 7, 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
    • International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems (PhyCS’15), February 11 - 15, Angers, France.
    • International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications, March 22 - 27, 2015, Nice, France.
    • International Conference on Human and Social Analytics (HUSO’15), October 11 - 16, 2015, St. Julians, Malta.
    • Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS’14), September 17 - 19, 2014, Varaždin, Croatia.
    • International Conference on Enriching Health Data for Research and Practice (USAB’14), December 4 - 6, 2014, Vienna, Austria
    • International IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ISIEA’14), September 28 - October 1, 2014, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
    • International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE’14), November 3-7, 2014, Vienna, Austria.
    • ACM UbiComp Workshop on Smart Health Systems and Applications (SmartHealthSys’14), September 14, 2014, Seattle, Washington, USA.
    • International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing (SC2’14), September 1 - 2, 2014, Beijing, China.
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth’14), August 24 - 28, 2014 - Rome, Italy.
    • International Workshop on Mobile Applications (MobiApps’14), August 27-29, 2014, Barcelona, Spain.
    • International Conference on Internet of Vehicles (IOV’14), August 27-29, 2014, Beijing, China.
    • International Conference on Electronic Publishing and Information Technology (ICEPIT’14), April 22 - 24, 2014, University of Bahrain, Bahrain.
    • International IEEE Symposium on Computer Applications and Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE’14), April 7 - 8, 2014, Penang, Malaysia. 
    • International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems (PhyCS'14), January 7-9, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal.
    • International IEEE Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE’13), December 2-6, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth’13), November 16-17, 2013, Lisbon, Portugal.
    • Human-Computer Interaction & Knowledge Discovery Workshop, held at the IFIP International Cross Domain Conference and Workshop (CD-ARES’13), September 2 - 6, 2013, Regensburg, Germany.
    • International Workshop on Smart Offices and Other Workplaces (SOOW’13), July 16-19, 2013, Athens, Greece.
    • International IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics, April 7-9, 2013, Langkawi, Malaysia.
    • International Conference on Human Factors and in Computing and Informatics (SouthCHI’13), July 1-3, 2013, Maribor, Slovenia.
    • IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interact’13), September 2-6, 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.
    • Special Thematic Session on Human-Computer Interaction & Knowledge Discovery (HCI-KDD’13), held at SouthCHI’13, July 1-3, 2013, Maribor, Slovenia.
    • International IEEE Workshop on Consumer eHealth Platforms, Services and Applications (CeHPSA’13) held at the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, January 14, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
    • International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GlobalHealth’12), October 21 - 26, 2012, Venice, Italy.
    • International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Application (AIA’12), September 26 - 27, 2012, Beijing, China.
    • Special Session on Human-Computer Interaction and Knowledge Discovery held at the International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT’12), December 4-7, 2012, Macau.
    • International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI'13), July 21-26, 2013, Las Vegas, USA.
    • Special Session on Knowledge Discovery and Human-Computer Interaction in Computational Sciences at the International Conference on Data Technologies and Applications (DATA’12), July 25-27, 2012, Rome, Italy.
    • International IEEE Workshop on Mobile Consumer Health Care Networks (MobiChess’12), June 10-15, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
    • International IEEE Workshop on Consumer eHealth Platforms, Services and Applications (CeHPSA’12) held at the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, January 14, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.