Presenter

Jürgen Steimle is a full professor (W3) at the Department of Computer Science at Saarland University and Saarland Informatics Campus. He directs the Human-Computer Interaction and Interactive Technologies Lab. From 2022-2024, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. Previously, he held positions as Independent Research Group Leader (W2) at Saarland University (2013-2016) and Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (2013-2018). From 2012 to 2014, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Darmstadt University of Technology.

His research investigates embedded and embodied user interfaces that seamlessly merge with the physical world and the human body, to enable more effective, expressive, and engaging interactions with computers and interactive devices. His current focus areas include on-body interaction and wearable computing, touch and haptic interfaces, human-robot interaction, flexible sensors and displays, digital fabrication and new materials for interaction.

His work was recognized with an ERC Starting Grant, best paper awards at the premier conferences in human-computer interaction ACM CHI and UIST, and the Best Computer Science Dissertation Award 2009 by the German, Austrian and Swiss Computer Societies. He is serving as co-chair and member of program committees for major international conferences, including positions as program chair at UIST 2023 and TEI 2017, general chair at ACM ISS 2017, and workshops track chair for CHI 2014 and CHI 2015.