Submitted my PhD thesis, Toward Computational Human-Vehicle Interaction Design: From Design-Problem Formulation to Human-in-the-Loop Optimization.

Joined the CHI 2027 program committee as Associate Chair.

Paper conditionally accepted at UIST 2026 (led by Max Rädler) - MoTUI: Personalization of In-Vehicle Tactile Interfaces for People With Vision Impairments and the Blind.

Two papers conditionally accepted at AutomotiveUI 2026: Multi-Session User Experience Assessments of Computationally Optimized Automated Vehicle Functionality Visualizations and Effects of Auditory Information for People With Visual Impairments in Highly Automated Vehicles.

Two papers conditionally accepted in PACM IMWUT: Comparing Preferences Between Japan and Germany for External Communication of Automated Vehicles Using Bayesian Optimization and BlurDriving: Investigating How Personalized Blur Techniques Impact Drivers’ Performance in Virtual Reality.

Presented our latest automotive user interface research to broad public audiences at the Langer Abend der Wissenschaft 2026 (Long Evening of Science) at Ulm University.

Session Chair at CHI 2026: Context-aware Interfaces for Mobility & Automation.

Guest lecture From One-Size-Fits-All to Preference-Based Interactions with Technology and research visit at UCL Interaction Centre, UK.

Joined the Program Committee of CHIWORK '26 as Senior Member.

Joined the Best Paper Award Committee for CHI '26.

At CHI '26, three papers led or co-authored were conditionally accepted, spanning mediated reality techniques in automotive settings and adaptive user interfaces for future mobility.

Joined the Distinguished Reviewer Board for ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), which acknowledges sustained high-quality, timely, and constructive peer review contributions to the HCI community.

Joined the organizing committee of MuC 2026 as Student Research Competition Chair.

Received Honorable Mention Award at MUM 2025 for AirClick: Modularized Interactive Inflatables for On-Demand Room Transformation.

Paper accepted at MUM 2025 - AirClick: Modularized Interactive Inflatables for On-Demand Room Transformation.

Joined the CHI 2026 program committee as Associate Chair in the User Experience and Usability subcommittee.

Paper accepted at IEEE RO-MAN 2025 (led by Maren Raab) - Assessing Pedestrian Behavior Around Autonomous Cleaning Robots in Public Spaces: Findings from a Field Observation.

Co-organized a workshop (Accessible Automated Automotive Workshop Series (A3WS): Accessibility in Mobility) and a tutorial (Human-in-the-Loop Bayesian Optimization for ALL: Practical Applications in Human-Computer Interaction Challenges) at MuC 2025 in Chemnitz, Germany.

Released v1.1.0 of Bayesian Optimization for Unity, enabling a streamlined HITL workflow with Bayesian optimization (via BoTorch) to personalize designs.

At the Long Evening of Science at Ulm University, presented novel human-vehicle interaction research to more than 2,000 visitors, including prospective students and families.

Transportation Research Part F paper accepted: Longitudinal Effects of Visualizing Uncertainty of Situation Detection and Prediction of Automated Vehicles (AVs) on User Perceptions. A three-day study with 50 participants viewing real-world commute videos twice daily showed that clear, consistent AV uncertainty visualizations significantly increased trust over time while revealing the need for explicit AV intent cues and manual intervention options.

OptiCarVis received an Honorable Mention Award at CHI '25 in Yokohama, Japan.

At CHI '25, five papers led or co-authored were published, spanning sustainability, the impact of motion on interaction quality, and adaptive user interfaces for future mobility.

Delivered the laudatio for Mark Colley at the SIGCHI Awards Dinner, honoring his Special Recognition for Early Career Researcher Award.

Two papers published at HRI '25 in Melbourne, Australia: HUD-SUMO, linking SUMO and CARLA to simulate AR HUD settings and predict their impact on reaction time, speed adherence, lane changes, and acceleration; and UAM-SUMO, extending SUMO to model urban air taxi corridors alongside ground vehicles for large-scale studies of traffic flow, mode choice, and passenger trust.

At the Bildungsmesse Ulm 2025, the VeMoR simulator attracted many prospective students interested in high-immersion motion feedback in a safe, lab environment. The speaker of the Baden-Wurttemberg parliament and Ulm's Mayor visited the booth.

Started as a visiting researcher at the UCL Interaction Centre in London, UK, hosted by Mark Colley.

At the Long Evening of Science Fair at Ulm University, showcased VeMoR, a VR vehicle-motion simulator enabling roll, pitch, and yaw synchronization to the virtual vehicle to bridge the gap between static lab setups and expensive full-motion rigs. Presented future mobility research to over 2,000 visitors.

Transportation Research Part F paper accepted: Visualizing Imperfect Situation Detection and Prediction in Automated Vehicles: Understanding Users' Perceptions via User-Chosen Scenarios. EduLicit, a web-based platform, elicits public "challenging AV scenarios" and evaluates how visualizing an AV's perception, prediction, and planning influences user acceptance.

The Social Engineer launched on Steam - a room-scale VR serious game for practicing social-engineering defense strategies.

PedSUMO accepted at HRI '24, a SUMO extension simulating pedestrian interactions at unsignalized crossings to study how external AV signals affect large-scale pedestrian compliance (code on GitHub).

Registration Chair at AutoUI '23 in Ingolstadt, overseeing online and on-site registration and coordinating with ACM on organization and budgeting.

First-author CHI '23 paper: AutoVis: Enabling Mixed-Immersive Analysis of Automotive UI Interaction Studies. AutoVis combines desktop and VR views with automotive-specific visualizations (context portals, driving-path events, avatars, trajectories, heatmaps), guided by expert requirements and validated on real and public datasets (demo).