Hello, I am Matthias Böhmer,matthiasboehmer

I am a professor of computer science at Technische Hochschule Köln, University of Technology, Arts, Sciences. Currently I am building up our new lab for mobile and distributed information technology with a great support of my team. My focus is on building mobile and distributed information systems. In particular, I am interested in understanding and supporting the usage of mobile apps and innovative connected products.

Before I became a professor at TH Köln I worked for product design at Deutsche Telekom in Bonn (2013-2015). As a technology manager in the Telekom Design Gallery I looked into future products for the company and built a platform for experiencing innovative use cases. During my PhD studies I was an HCI researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbrücken (2011-2013). My first job was at the Software Engineering Lab of Münster University of Applied Sciences, where I was a research associate (2007-2010). During summer 2012 I spent some time at Microsoft Research, Redmond, working on making mobile phones less irritating in meetings.

I obtained a Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science (2005) and a Master of Science in Information Technology (2007) from Münster University of Applied Sciences. I was a PhD student at the Graduate School of Computer Science of Saarland University and my doctoral work was about “Understanding and Supporting Mobile Application Usage“. My research was – and partly still is – motivated by the evolution of mobile phones from mere communication appliances to multi-purpose devices.

Selected publications

2024

FoldAR: Using the Bended Screen of Foldable Smartphones for Depth Discrimination in Augmented Reality Teetz, Max; Petersen, David; Seetohul, Vimal Darius; Böhmer, Matthias: FoldAR: Using the Bended Screen of Foldable Smartphones for Depth Discrimination in Augmented Reality. In: Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI '24), ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024. (Type: Proceedings Article | Abstract | Links)
ShoulderTapper: Providing Directional Cues through Electrotactile Feedback for Target Acquisition in Pick-by-Light Systems Seetohul, Vimal Darius; Schweitzer, Katrin; Böhmer, Matthias: ShoulderTapper: Providing Directional Cues through Electrotactile Feedback for Target Acquisition in Pick-by-Light Systems. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM’24), ACM, New York, NY, USA, Forthcoming. (Type: Proceedings Article | )

2023

Predicting Rating Distributions of Website Aesthetics with Deep Learning for AI-Based Research Eisbach, Simon; Daugs, Fabian; Thielsch, Meinald T.; Böhmer, Matthias; Hertel, Guido: Predicting Rating Distributions of Website Aesthetics with Deep Learning for AI-Based Research. In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, vol. 30, iss. 3, no. 37, pp. 1-28, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links)
Extending the Interaction Space of Rotary Knobs by Multi-touch-based Grasp Recognition Petersen, David; Gellert, Edgar; Böhmer, Matthias: Extending the Interaction Space of Rotary Knobs by Multi-touch-based Grasp Recognition. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023, (Honorable Mention Award ). (Type: Proceedings Article | Links)
The Friend’s Egg: A Prototype for Spatially Aware, Interpersonal, Audiovisual Remote Communication to Maintain Friendship over Distance Huschke, Sabine; Seetohul, Vimal Darius; Lindt, Irma; Böhmer, Matthias: The Friend’s Egg: A Prototype for Spatially Aware, Interpersonal, Audiovisual Remote Communication to Maintain Friendship over Distance. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023. (Type: Proceedings Article | Links)
Towards Improving Spatial Orientation using Electrical Muscle Stimulation as Tactile and Force Feedback Seetohul, Vimal Darius; Schweitzer, Katrin; Böhmer, Matthias: Towards Improving Spatial Orientation using Electrical Muscle Stimulation as Tactile and Force Feedback. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023. (Type: Proceedings Article | Links)

2022

MultiKnob — A Knob for Multiplexing Rotation Inputs by Multitouch-based Grasp Recognition Gellert, Edgar; Petersen, David; Böhmer, Matthias: MultiKnob — A Knob for Multiplexing Rotation Inputs by Multitouch-based Grasp Recognition. In: Mensch und Computer 2022 (MuC ’22), ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2022. (Type: Proceedings Article | Abstract | Links)

2021

Code & Context: Ein Studiengang im Spannungsfeld von Informatik und Design Böhmer, Matthias; Bente, Stefan; Noss, Christian; Juric, Nina; Wörzberger, René; Hartung, Carl Georg; Müller, Holger; Preusser, Ivonne: Code & Context: Ein Studiengang im Spannungsfeld von Informatik und Design. In: Bitkom, Jahrbuch Digital Design, 2021. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links)
Towards Enhancing Spatial Awareness through Electrical Muscle Stimulation Seetohul, Vimal Darius; Böhmer, Matthias: Towards Enhancing Spatial Awareness through Electrical Muscle Stimulation. In: EICS ’21: The 13th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computer Systems, pp. 17-21, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2021, ISBN: 9781450384490. (Type: Proceedings Article | Abstract | Links)
Thine - Approach for a fault tolerant distributed packet manager based on hypercore protocol Blähser, Jannik; Göller, Tim; Böhmer, Matthias: Thine - Approach for a fault tolerant distributed packet manager based on hypercore protocol. The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Dew Computing, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-6654-2463-9. (Type: Conference | Links)

2020

Improving Mixed-initiative Collaboration between Humans and Robots when Vacuuming the Floor by Tracking Manual Cleaning Blähser, Jannik; Kremer, Frank; Jansen, Patrick; Abel, Robin; Böhmer, Matthias: Improving Mixed-initiative Collaboration between Humans and Robots when Vacuuming the Floor by Tracking Manual Cleaning. In: NordiCHI 2020 Workshop on The UX of Interactive Machine Learning, 2020. (Type: Proceedings Article | Abstract | Links)

2019

Collaborative Homes: Exchange of learned interaction patterns to support networked living Gellert, Edgar; Böhmer, Matthias: Collaborative Homes: Exchange of learned interaction patterns to support networked living. In: Poster Proceedings of European Conference on Ambient Intelligence 2019, 2019. (Type: Proceedings Article | Abstract | Links)
Entwicklung einer digitalen Medien-App Ein interdisziplinäres Lehrkonzept dreier Fakultäten Böhmer, Matthias; Scherfer, Konrad; Zabel, Christian: Entwicklung einer digitalen Medien-App Ein interdisziplinäres Lehrkonzept dreier Fakultäten. In: Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre, vol. 92, 2019. (Type: Book Section | )

2018

Understanding Mobile Information Supply: Studying the Amount of Textual Information Smartphones Provide Petersen, David; Böhmer, Matthias: Understanding Mobile Information Supply: Studying the Amount of Textual Information Smartphones Provide. In: Proceedings of NordiCHI 2018, ACM, 2018. (Type: Proceedings Article | Links)
Edge, Robert; Mussack, Dominic; Böhmer, Matthias; Schrater, Paul: Predicting Contextual Influences on App Usage from a Rational Model of Time Allocation. In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PerCom Workshops) , IEEE, 2018. (Type: Proceedings Article | )

2017

Reschke, Daniela; Böhmer, Matthias; Sorg, Manuel: Tactifloor: design and evaluation of vibration signals for doorway reminder systems. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, pp. 449–455, ACM 2017. (Type: Proceedings Article | )

2014

Böhmer, Matthias; Lander, Christian; Gehring, Sven; Brumby, Duncan P; Krüger, Antonio: Interrupted by a phone call: exploring designs for lowering the impact of call notifications for smartphone users. In: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 3045–3054, ACM 2014. (Type: Proceedings Article | )
Böhmer, Matthias; Krüger, Antonio: A Case Study of Research through the App Store: Leveraging the System UI as a Playing Field for Improving the Design of Smartphone Launchers. In: International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 32–45, 2014. (Type: Journal Article | )

2013

Böhmer, Matthias; Krüger, Antonio: A Study on Icon Arrangement by Smartphone Users. In: CHI '13 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013. (Type: Proceedings Article | )
Böhmer, Matthias; Ganev, Lyubomir; Krüger, Antonio: AppFunnel: A Framework for Usage-centric Evaluation of Recommender Systems that Suggest Mobile Applications. In: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2013. (Type: Proceedings Article | )
Böhmer, Matthias; Saponas, Scott T; Teevan, Jaime: Smartphone Use Does Not Have to Be Rude: Making Phones a Collaborative Presence in Meetings. In: MobileHCI 2013, 2013. (Type: Proceedings Article | )
Parate, Abhinav; Böhmer, Matthias; Chu, David; Ganesan, Deepak; Marlin, Benjamin: Practical Prediction and Prefetch for Faster Access to Applications on Mobile phones. In: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international joint conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing, pp. 275–284, ACM 2013. (Type: Proceedings Article | )
Böhmer, Matthias; Hempel, Jonas; Gehring, Sven; Krüger, Antonio: Revisiting Phone Call UIs for Multipurpose Mobile Phones. In: 2013. (Type: Journal Article | )
Löchtefeld, Markus; Böhmer, Matthias; Daiber, Florian; Gehring, Sven: Augmented reality-based advertising strategies for paper leaflets. In: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication, pp. 1015–1022, ACM 2013. (Type: Proceedings Article | )
Löchtefeld, Markus; Böhmer, Matthias; Ganev, Lyubomir: AppDetox: helping users with mobile app addiction. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, pp. 43, ACM 2013. (Type: Proceedings Article | )

2011

Falling asleep with Angry Birds, Facebook and Kindle: a large scale study on mobile application usage Böhmer, Matthias; Hecht, Brent; Schöning, Johannes; Krüger, Antonio; Bauer, Gernot: Falling asleep with Angry Birds, Facebook and Kindle: a large scale study on mobile application usage. In: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services, pp. 47–56, ACM 2011. (Type: Proceedings Article | Links)

Please see my Google Scholar profile for all publications.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Matthias Böhmer
Mobile and Distributed Architectures

Technische Hochschule Köln
Campus Gummersbach
Steinmüllerallee 1
51643 Gummersbach

Room: 3.248
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Phone: +49 2261 8196 6397
E-Mail: matthias.boehmer@th-koeln.de