Dr. Fariba Mostajeran

Dr. 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 Universität Bremen. She has been working as a research associate at the Universität Hamburg since 2015. Her current research focuses on validating and improving the use of virtual and augmented reality in psycho-and physiotherapy. 

Research Interests

• Medical Mixed Reality
• Digital Health
• Human-Computer Interaction

Scholarships

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

Invited Panels and Presentations

• "Psychological Effect Mechanisms of Virtual Humans", Virtual networking meeting of the BMBF funding projects "Interactive systems in virtual and real spaces -Innovative technologies for a healthy life", 2020.
• "The Female Programmer: The Unknown Being", Annual meeting of the Federal Conference of Women's and Equal Opportunities Officers at Universities (bukof), Hamburg, 2019.
• "The ethics of mind reading", The 4th IEEE EMBS Summer School of Neural Engineering in Beijing, China, 2018.
• "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 2020-2021) 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, WS 2020/2021), HCI Bachelor project (WS 2019/2020, WS 2020/2021)
• Reviewing History: IEEE VR (2018), Hindawi Journal of Healthcare Engineering (2018), AVEH (2019),  MUC 2019, CHI 2020-2021, ETRA 2020-2021, Media Psychology published by Taylor & Francis Group (2020), International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (2020), European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021)

Supervised Theses

• P. Reisewitz, Social facilitation and inhibition in augmented reality: performing motor and cognitive tasks in the presence of a virtual human, Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität of Hamburg, 2021.
• T. Lüdeke, Implementation and evaluation of a mobile app for the usage during rehabilitation within physical therapy, Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität of Hamburg, 2020.
• J. Gabel, A Framework for Manipulation of Hand and Arm Movements in Virtual Reality. Master thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, 2020.
• K. Pohlmann, Impact of Contour on Beauty and Emotional Experience in Interior Design.   Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, 2020.
• M. Fischer, Einfluss von naturnaher Virtual Reality auf Arbeitsgedächtnis, Aufmerksamkeit und Affekt. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, 2020.
• J. Blömer, Entwicklung und Evaluation einer Expositionstherapie in virtueller Realität zur Behandlung von Zwangsstörungen. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, 2020.
• S. Hanf, Auswirkung einer Arbeitsplatzumgebung in virtueller Realität auf Leistungsfähigkeit und Wohlbefinden. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität 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, Universität Hamburg, 2019.
• C. Franke, Evaluation der emotionalen Wirksamkeit einer virtuellen Gefängniszelle.  Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität 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, Universität Hamburg, 2019.
• A. K. Kirsten. Gamified alcohol-addiction therapy in virtual reality. Master thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, 2018.
• L. Bittner, Development and Evaluation of a VR-Game for Improvement of Depressive Mood. Bachelor thesis, Human-Computer Interaction, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg, 2018.