Fariba Mostajeran

Fariba Mostajeran Research Associate E-Mail: mostajeran"AT"informatik.uni-hamburg.de Phone: +49 40 42883-2553 Office hours: By arrangement (please send me an e-mail) Vogt-Kölln-Str. 30, Room: F-130 D-22527 Hamburg, Germany

Short Bio

Fariba Mostajeran received her B.Sc. in Computer Engineering-Software from the University of Isfahan (Iran) and her M.Sc. in Digital Media from the University of Bremen (Germany). She has been working as a research assistant at the University of Hamburg since 2015. Her current research focuses on validating and improving the use of mixed reality, in particular, virtual and augmented reality in psycho-and physiotherapy. 

Research Interests

• Medical Mixed Reality
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Assistive Technologies
• Affective Computing
• Biofeedback

Scholarships

• EXIST-Gründerstipendium (EXIST Founder Scholarship), 2014-2015
• Deutschlandstipendium (German Scholarship), 2012-2013

Invited Talks

• "MR Pharmacy: Psycho-and Physiotherapy in Mixed Reality Environments", Hamburg Animation Conference, 2018
• "MR Pharmacy: Adaptive User Interfaces and Biofeedback for Therapy in Mixed Reality Environments", VR Meetup, Hamburg, 2018

Academic Services

• Program Committee: ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA 2020) Short Papers
• Organization Committee: IEEE VR Workshop on Applied VR for Enhanced Healthcare (AVEH 2019), Mensch und Computer (MUC) 2019 Workshop on Virtuelle und Augmentierte Realität für Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden
• Selection Committee: W3 professorship in Software Ergonomics and Usability with a focus on Security-Critical Systems (2017-2018), Professorship (W2/W3) for Informatics, with a focus on Computational cognitive systems (2019-2020), Cluster of Cognitive Systems-sub-committee of W1 (Tenure Track W2) professorship in Assistive Health Systems (2019-2020),  W2 Professorship for Computer Science, especially Digital Transformation & Technochange (2019-2020)
• Teaching: User Interface Software and Technology- Brain-Computer Interfaces (WS 2017/2018, WS 2018/2019, WS 2019/2020), HCI Bachelor project- HCI for Happiness (WS 2019/2020)
• Reviewing History: IEEE VR (2018), Hindawi Journal of Healthcare Engineering (2018), AVEH (2019),  MUC 2019, CHI 2020, ETRA 2020, Media Psychology published by Taylor & Francis Group (2020)

Supervised Theses

• J. Blömer, Entwicklung und Evaluation einer Expositionstherapie in virtueller Realität zur Behandlung von Zwangsstörungen. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 2019-2020.
• S. Hanf, Auswirkung einer Arbeitsplatzumgebung in virtueller Realität auf Leistungsfähigkeit und Wohlbefinden. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 2020.
• K. Ney, Visualization of Self-Compassion in Virtual Reality: A Pilot Study on the Application of VR in Individuals with Occasional Paranoid Thoughts. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 2019.
• C. Franke, Evaluation der emotionalen Wirksamkeit einer virtuellen Gefängniszelle.  Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 2019.
• J. Krzikawski, Auswirkungen der visuellen Konfrontation eines Waldes auf Stimmung, Kognition und Stress auf verschiedenen Immersionsebenen. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 2019.
• A. K. Kirsten. Gamified alcohol-addiction therapy in virtual reality. Master thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 2018.
• L. Bittner, Development and Evaluation of a VR-Game for Improvement of Depressive Mood. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, 2018.

Publications