Professor
Denys J.C. Matthies
Researcher (Dr.-Ing.) | Engineer (M.Sc.) | Designer (B.A.)
I am an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Lübeck. Since 2011, I conducted and published research in the Human-Computer Interaction domain. My areas of research interest include augmenting humans with wearable technology, which also intersects with the medical domain. In my academic career, I completed: B.A. Interface Design from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (09/2008-03/2012), M.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Munich (04/2012-03/2014), Dr.-Ing. in Computer Science from the University of Rostock (08/2014-02/2018), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Bioengineering Institute at The University of Auckland (03/2018-02/2020). From 03/2020, I quickly advanced to faculty position (Assoc Prof) specializing in Mobile Human-Computer Interaction. I have a consistent dedication to research through experience at a variety of HCI research labs: Telekom Innovation Laboratories in Berlin (09/2011-02/2012), the NUS HCI Lab in Singapore (10/2013-03/2014), Fraunhofer IGD Rostock in Germany (08/2014-09/2017), and Augmented Human Lab in New Zealand (03/2018-02/2020). I serve as a reviewer for many conferences and journals, such as: CHI, MobileHCI, UIST, UBICOMP, ISWC, TEI, INTERACT, WHC, EJBI, SIGGRAPH ASIA, MDPI, AHs, and iWOAR. Currently, as Program Director, I am fully occupied with institutional duties and teaching, which unfortunately limits my availability for academic review duties.
Media Channel
Take a glimpse at some projects on my Youtube Channel.
Recognition
Awards
Best Paper
25. July 2023, 25th HCI International Conference (HCII 2023) in Copenhagen, Denmark
Paper: LoomoRescue: An Affordable Rescue Robot for Evacuation Situations.
Best Paper
19. September 2022, 7th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (iWOAR ’22) in Rostock, Germany
Paper: ShoeTect: Detecting Body Posture, Ambulation Activity, Gait Abnormalities, and Terrain with Multisensory Smart Footwear
Best Paper for Novelty
2. July 2021, International Conference on Pervasice Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRAE 2021) in Corfu, Greece
Paper: DIY-PressMat: A Smart Sensor Mat for Posture Detection Applicable for Bed-exit Intention Detection, Pressure Ulcer Prevention, and Sleep Apnea Mitigation
Best Student Paper
2. July 2021, International Conference on Pervasice Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRAE 2021) in Corfu, Greece
Paper: GymSoles++: Combining Google Glass with Smart Insoles to Improve Body Posture when Performing Squats.
Honorable Mention
4. May 2019, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019) in Glasgow, Scotland
Paper: ChewIt. An Intraoral Interface for Discreet Interactions
Honorable Mention
06. December 2018, Fraunhofer IGD »Selected Readings in Computer Graphics: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)« in Darmstadt, Germany
Paper: CapSoles: who is walking on what kind of floor?
Honorable Mention
06. December 2018, Fraunhofer IGD »Selected Readings in Computer Graphics: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)« in Darmstadt, Germany
Paper: EarFieldSensing: A Novel In-Ear Electric Field Sensing to Enrich Wearable Gesture Input through Facial Expressions
Best Short Paper
14. October 2018, International ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2018) in Berlin, Germany
Paper: Step Detection for Rollator Users with Smartwatches
Creative Arts & Design prize (248 Competitors)
24. May 2018, Velocity Innovation Challenge (awarded by UniServices) in Auckland, New Zealand
Submission: GymBuddy - A Smartwatch App
Prize Money: 1000 NZD
Honorable Mention
30. November 2017, Fraunhofer IGD »Selected Readings in Computer Graphics: Impact on Society« in Darmstadt, Germany
Paper: SeismoTracker: Upgrade any Smart Wearable to enable a Sensing of Heart Rate, Respiration Rate, and Microvibrations
Honorable Mention
9. May 2017, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017) in Denver, USA
Paper: EarFieldSensing: A Novel In-Ear Electric Field Sensing to Enrich Wearable Gesture Input through Facial Expressions
Honorable Mention
1. December 2016, Fraunhofer IGD »Selected Readings in Computer Graphics« in Darmstadt, Germany
Paper: Botential: Localizing On-Body Gestures by Measuring Electrical Signatures on the Human Skin
Best Technical Paper
3. July 2015, International Conference on Pervasice Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRAE 2015) in Corfu, Greece
Paper: CapWalk: A Capacitive Recognition of Walking-Based Activities as a Wearable Assistive Technology
Best Video (Jury Award)
6. Oktober 2011, NeuroVision Film Contest BCCN 2011 at Bernstein Zentrum Freiburg
Video: MindArt - visualizations of real EEG data
Prize Money: 500 Euro
1. Prize (138 Competitors)
29. August 2011, Wish'n'Win Design Contest von Crazy Factory
Design: Design-Analyse & Ideation
Prize Money: 1000 Euro
Community Service & Duties
2024
  • Reviewing Papers for the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '24)
  • Program Committee Member of the Augmented Human International Conference (AHs '24)
2023
  • General Chair of the international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (iWOAR '23)
  • Program Committee Member Fourth International Conference on Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications (MOBILE 2023), Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference (HCII 2023)
  • Program Committee Member of the Augmented Human International Conference (AHs '23)
2022
  • Reviewing Papers for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23)
  • Program Committee Member of the international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (iWOAR '22)
  • Reviewing Notes & Briefs for the International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC '22)
  • Program Committee Member of the Augmented Human International Conference (AHs '22)
  • Reviewing Technical Papers for the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH '22)
  • Reviewing Late-Breaking Works for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22)
2021
  • Reviewing Funding Proposals for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG (German Research Foundation)
  • Program Committee Member of the Augmented Human International Conference (AHs '21)
  • Reviewing Emerging Technologies for SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 conference
2020
  • Reviewing Emerging Technologies for SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 conference
  • Associated Chair of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '20)
  • Reviewing Papers for the Augmented Humans International Conference (AHs '20)
  • Program Committee Member of the Augmented Human International Conference (AHs '20)
2019
  • Reviewing Full Papers/Notes for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '20)
  • Reviewing Papers for the International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '19)
  • Reviewing Articels for MDPI Sensors (Open Access Journal)
  • Reviewing Full Papers for the International ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. (UbiComp/IMWUT '19),
  • Reviewing Poster Papers for the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '19)
  • Invited Talk GER-NZ Summer School on Soft Robotics, Biomechanics and Advanced Human Machine Interaction, 12.06.2019 TU Dresden
  • Invited Talk Lecture Series GRK 2323, 11.06.2019, TU Dresden
  • Reviewing Work-in-Progress Papers for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19)
  • Reviewing Full / Short Papers for the Augmented Human International Conference (AH '19)
  • Program Committee Member of the Augmented Human International Conference (AH '19)
2018
  • Reviewing Articels for MDPI Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (Open Access Journal)
  • Reviewing Emerging Technologies for the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia (SIGGRAPH ASIA '18)
  • Reviewing Briefs / Notes / Papers for the International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '18)
  • Reviewing Papers for the International Conference on User Software Interface Software and Technology (UIST '18)
  • Reviewing Papers for the European Journal for Biomedical Informatics (EJBI)
  • Program Chair at 5th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (iWOAR '18)
  • Reviewing Late-Breaking Work Papersfor the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18)
  • Reviewing Full / Short Papersfor the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '18)
2017
  • Organizing Chair at the 4th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (iWOAR '17)
  • Reviewing Late-Breaking Work / alt.CHI Papers for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17)
  • Reviewing Full Papers for the IEEE International Conference on World Haptics (WHC '17)
2016
  • Reviewing Work-in-Progress Papers for the International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '17)
  • Reviewing Full / Short Papers for the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '16)
  • Organizing & Proceedings Chair at the 3rd international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (iWOAR '16)
  • Reviewing Full Papers for the 3rd international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (iWOAR '16)
  • Invited Speaker BITKOM Wearble Workshop, Berlin, January 2016
2015
  • Reviewing Full Papers/Notes for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16)
  • Reviewing Full Papers for the International SUMMER SCHOOL on Visual Computing (VCSS '15)
  • Proceedings Chair at the International SUMMER SCHOOL on Visual Computing (VCSS '15)
  • Reviewing Full / Short Papers for the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '15)
  • Organizing & Proceedings Chair at the 2nd international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (iWOAR '15)
  • Reviewing Full Papers for the 2nd international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (iWOAR '15)
2014
  • Reviewing Full Papers / Notes for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15)
  • Reviewing Full / Short Papers for the International IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT '15)
2013
  • Reviewing Full Papers / Notes for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14)
2012
  • Reviewing Work-in-Progress Papers for the International SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '13)
UI Designs
2018  
App Design and Implementation of an Fitness App for Android Smartwatches.
Currently under development
2017  
Interface-Design of an Elderly Activity Tracking App for Android Smartwatches.
2016  
Webesign and Implementation for 2016 State Elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
2015  
Webesign and Implementation for a Scientific ACM Workshop.
2015  
Interface-Design of an Emergency App for Android Smartwatches
2013  
App Design and Implementation of an Android App for kids.
2013  
Print Design of a greeting card.
2013  
Webesign for the NUS HCI Lab Singappre.
2012  
Print Design of an App Flyer.
2012  
Photos, Webdesign and Implementation.
2012  
Interface-Design for a mobile Web-App.
2011  
Interface-Design for a mobile Web-App.
2011  
Re-Design of the MacOS Mail Client.
2011  
Theme-Design for the EcoChallenge iPhone App.
2010  
Game-/Interface-Design and Implementation of a Multitouch-Table Game.
2010  
Webdesign for Jung-liberale Brandenburg.
2009  
Game-/Interface-Design of a Shoot'em'up-Game.
2009  
Web-Design for a Multigaming Clan: 7Dragonz.
2008  
Webdesign, Implementation and Product Presentation.
2008  
Webdesign of a Webshop for Computer- Software and Hardware.
2007  
CD / Cover and Inlay Design.
2006  
Experimental Interface-Design, Database-Design, and Implementation.
2006  
Experimental Interface-Design and Implementation of a Shoot'em'up Game.
2005  
Logo and Webdesign for a Multigaming Clan: TRFl0r.
2005  
Webdesign for a Multigaming Clan: BIOWAR (later: BIOXAR).
2003  
Webdesign and Implementation for a Multigaming Clan: UDF.