Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke

Professor, Head of Chair

E-Mail: steinicke"AT"informatik.uni-hamburg.de
Phone: +49 40 42883-2439, Secr. -2544

Office hours: Thu 2:00 - 3:00 PM (appointment via e-mail)

Vogt-Kölln-Str. 30, Room: F-113
D-22527 Hamburg, Germany

Bio

Frank Steinicke is a professor for Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Informatics at the University of Hamburg. From 2011 to 2014 he was a professor of Computer Science in Media at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Würzburg and chair of the Immersive Media Group. Between 2012 and 2014 he was the director of the newly founded interdisciplinary Institute for Human Computer Media. In 2009 he assumed an associate guest professor position at the University of Minnesota. He studied Mathematics with a Minor in Computer Science at the University of Münster, from which he received his Ph.D. and Venia Legendi in Computer Science. His research is driven by understanding the human perceptual, cognitive and motor abilities and limitations in order to reform the interaction as well as the experience in computer-mediated realities. Frank Steinicke regularly serves as panelist and speaker at major events in the area of virtual reality and human-computer interaction. He serves as the program chair for IEEE VR 2017/2018, which is the most renowned scientific conference in the area of VR/AR. He is on the IPC of various national and international conferences, and currently editor of the IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications Department on Spatial Interfaces. Furthermore, he is a member of the Steering Committee of the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) and the GI SIG VR/AR. Finally, he is a member of ACM, IEEE and GI, in particular, ACM SIGCHI, IEEE Smart Cities Community, and the GI SIGs on VR/AR, Medieninformatik and (Be-)greifbare Interaktion.

Short Bio

Frank Steinicke is a professor for Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Informatics at the University of Hamburg. His research is driven by understanding the human perceptual, cognitive and motor abilities and limitations in order to reform the interaction as well as the experience in computer-mediated realities. Frank Steinicke regularly serves as panelist and speaker at major events in the area of virtual reality and human-computer interaction and is on the IPC of various national and international conferences. He serves as the program chair for IEEE VR 2017/2018, which is the most renowned scientific conference in the area of VR/AR. Furthermore, he is a member of the Steering committee of the ACM SUI Symposium and the GI SIG VR/AR, and currently editor of the IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications Department on Spatial Interfaces.

Selected Prizes & Awards

Best Poster Award at 25th Int. Conf. on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & 20th Eurographics Symp. on Virtual Environments (EGVE), 2015
Best Poster Award (Audience Choice) at ICAT-EGVE (2015)
Best Demo Award at GI VR/AR HMD App Contest, 2015
Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award at GI VR/AR, 2015
Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award at IEEE Virtual Reality (VR), 2015
Best Short Paper Award at ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI), 2014
Best Paper Award at Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität (GI VR/AR), 2013
Best Paper Award at IEEE International Symposium on Virtual Reality Innovations (ISVRI), 2010
Best Paper Award at ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), 2009
Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award at International Conference on CYBERWORLDS, 2009
Best Paper Award at IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2008
Best Paper Award at ACM International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI), 2008
Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award at ACM Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), 2008
Best Paper Award at Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC), 2008
Honorable Mention for Best Poster Award at IEEE Virtual Reality (VR), 2007
Best Paper Award at International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP), 2007

Selected Keynotes & Invited Talks

Keynote: Visions and Future of VR/AR, binge.watch Festival, Hamburg, 2016
Keynote: Immersive Natives, DIGILITY 2016, Cologne, 2016
Keynote: Super-Natural User Interfaces for the Ultimate Display, Augmented World Expo (AWE) Europe 2016, Berlin, 2016
Keynote: Immersive Natives and the Future of VR/AR, Science Notes 2016, Berlin, 2016
Invited Talk: Being really virtual, Augmented World Expo (AWE), Santa Clara, 2016
Opening keynote: Spieleentwicklung für VR - Chancen, Herausforderungen und Stolpersteine, Hamburger Games Conference, Hamburg, 2016
Opening keynote: Being Really Virtual - Virtual Reality in the Year 2030, Virtual Revolution, Veldhoven, Netherland 2016
Invited panelist: Challenges in Perception Reseach in VR, IEEE VR, Clemson, USA, 2016
Invited panelist: Being really virtual, WTF/FTW VR, Hamburg, 2015
Invited talk: The Human in Cognitive Computing, Bitkom Akademie Workshop, Cologne, 2015
Invited talk: Riding the Wave of Exponential Innovation - Elephants do not eat Mice, but Cheetahs eat Gnus, World Usability Day, 2015
Opening talk: Perception and Cognitive during Redirected Walking, Seminar on walking in virtual and augmented reality, Copenhagen, Denmark 2015
Capstone keynote: (Super-)Natural User Interfaces, 2nd International Virtual Reality Symposium, Eindhoven, Netherland, 2015
Invited speaker: UltimateCity2030: Utopia oder Dystopia?, Next Media - InnovationCity2030, Hamburg, Germany, 2015
Invited speaker: Holodeck, Matrix, Simulacron - The Ultimate Display in the Year 2030, RSE Congress, Hamburg, Germany, 2015
Inaugural Lecture: Fooling your Senses for (Super-)Natural User Interfaces, Department of Informatics, Hamburg, Germany, 2015
Keynote: Be-greifbare Interaktion - Potential der digitalen Fabrikation, Opening Ceronomy Digital Media Labs, Würzburg, Germany, 2013
Keynote: Fooling your Senses – Perceptually-Inspired Interfaces for the Ultimate Display, SIGRAD 2013, Norrköping, Sweden, 2013