04/27/2026
CHI 2026: HAII in Barcelona
The HAII team presents research, organizes workshops, and helps run the program at CHI 2026, the leading international conference on Human-Computer…
04/10/2026
Research and Networking Offsite: HAII meets Uni Duisburg-Essen HCI Group in Willingen
HAII and the HCI Group from Uni Duisburg-Essen meet at the Essener Skihütte in the mountains of Willingen for Winter School to discuss research and…
04/09/2026
CHI 2026 Honorable Mention for our VR Research on “A Tree’s Perspective”
Our CHI 2026 paper on transitional and multisensory VR for nature connectedness received an Honorable Mention Award and will be presented in Barcelona…
03/23/2026
German Pre-CHI 2026: HAII at LMU Munich
The HAII team joins the HCI community at LMU Munich for three days of presentations, discussion, and exchange ahead of CHI 2026 in Barcelona.
03/20/2026
Beyond Boundaries: Shaping Doctoral Research with the German HCI Community
The Chair of Human-AI Interaction joins the Internal Doctoral Colloquium (IDC) 2026 at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) to exchange ideas and…
03/17/2026
Teaching Intelligent User Interfaces at the Interdisciplinary College 2026
At IK 2026, Prof. Sven Mayer introduced Intelligent User Interfaces to an interdisciplinary community spanning neuroscience, cognitive science, and…
03/06/2026
From Dortmund to Toronto: Towards Advancement in Inclusive Digital Technologies for Society
A fellowship experience connecting TU Dortmund and Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) to explore digital transformation and inclusive technologies…
03/02/2026
Welcome Jonathan Liebers
Our group keeps growing, and we welcome Dr. Jonathan Liebers, who joined us as a Postdoctoral Researcher on March 1, 2026.
03/02/2026
Welcome Aria Kalforian
We warmly welcome Aria Kalforian to the Chair of Human-AI Interaction, who joined our team as a PhD student in March 2026.
02/01/2026
Welcome Soumik Bhattacharjee
Our group continues to grow, and we are delighted to welcome Soumik Bhattacharjee, who joined us as a PhD student on February 1, 2026.
01/26/2026
Winter School 2026: TU Dortmund at Söllerhaus with the friends of the HCI community
From January 17 to 23, 2026, members of the Human-AI Interaction group at TU Dortmund University had the opportunity to participate in the…
01/01/2026
Welcome Ankur Bhatt
With the new year, we also welcome Ankur Bhatt, who joined the group as a PhD student.
12/01/2025
Welcome Matthias Schmidmaier
We welcome Matthias Schmidmaier to the HAII group, who joined our team in the final month of 2025 as a researcher.
12/01/2025
Welcome Toan Nguyen
On December 1st, 2025, Toan Nguyen joined the group as a PhD student. He has a background spanning artificial intelligence and human-centred…
11/08/2025
Inaugural Lecture: Shaping Intelligent Environments through Human AI Interaction
On November 5, 2025, Sven Mayer gave his inaugural lecture at the Department of Computer Science at TU Dortmund University. Under the title Shaping…
09/01/2025
Welcome Lisa Townsend
We warmly welcome Lisa Townsend to the Human-AI Interaction group, who joined our team as a Researcher in September 2025.
06/30/2025
The Perceived Empathy of Technology Scale Now in German
We just published the Perceived Empathy of Technology Scale (PETS) in German.
06/02/2025
Welcome to the Chair of Human-AI Interaction at TU Dortmund University
As of June 2025, we are excited to announce the establishment of the Chair of Human-AI Interaction at the Faculty of Computer Science at TU Dortmund…