Personal Information

Name	Dirk Wenig	Photo by Frederic Pollmann
Address	Bremen Germany
Email	mail@dirkwenig.de
Phone	Digital Media Lab
Website	http://www.dirkwenig.eu/
Nationality	German
Date of Birth	Oct. 17, 1982

Photo by Frederic Pollmann

Employment

Since 01/2013	Research Associate Digital Media Lab, Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI), University of Bremen Bremen, Germany
Since 01/2013	Barkeeper Schmidt's Kneipe Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany
07/2009 – 12/2012	Scholarship Holder Graduate School "Advances in Digital Media" (funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, KTS), Digital Media Lab, Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI), University of Bremen Bremen, Germany

Education

07/2009 – 05/2015	Dr.-Ing. (magna cum laude) Thesis "Navigation in the Real World and in Virtual Worlds", University of Bremen Bremen, Germany
10/2003 – 04/2009	Dipl.-Inf. (grade 1.2) Thesis "User-generated Content for Image-Based Mobile Navigation", University of Bremen Bremen, Germany

Research

Selected Publications	@inproceedings{Wenig:2017:PIN:3098279.3098529, author = {Wenig, Nina and Wenig, Dirk and Ernst, Steffen and Malaka, Rainer and Hecht, Brent and Sch\"{o}ning, Johannes}, title = {Pharos: Improving Navigation Instructions on Smartwatches by Including Global Landmarks}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services}, series = {MobileHCI '17}, year = {2017}, isbn = {978-1-4503-5075-4}, location = {Vienna, Austria}, pages = {7:1--7:13}, articleno = {7}, numpages = {13}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3098279.3098529}, doi = {10.1145/3098279.3098529}, acmid = {3098529}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, keywords = {computer vision, global landmarks, landmark-based navigation, pedestrian navigation, smartwatches}, } Nina Wenig, Dirk Wenig, Steffen Ernst, Rainer Malaka, Brent Hecht and Johannes Schöning (2017) Pharos: Improving Navigation Instructions on Smartwatches by Including Global Landmarks In MobileHCI '17: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 7.1-7.13. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/3098279.3098529 \| PDF of Paper \| BibTex @inproceedings{Wenig:2017:WES:3025453.3025852, author = {Wenig, Dirk and Sch\"{o}ning, Johannes and Olwal, Alex and Oben, Mathias and Malaka, Rainer}, title = {WatchThru: Expanding Smartwatch Displays with Mid-air Visuals and Wrist-worn Augmented Reality}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, series = {CHI '17}, year = {2017}, isbn = {978-1-4503-4655-9}, location = {Denver, Colorado, USA}, pages = {716--721}, numpages = {6}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3025453.3025852}, doi = {10.1145/3025453.3025852}, acmid = {3025852}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, keywords = {micro-interaction, smartwatches, wearable devices}, } Dirk Wenig, Johannes Schöning, Alex Olwal, Mathias Oben and Rainer Malaka (2017) WatchThru: Expanding Smartwatch Displays with Mid-air Visuals and Wrist-worn Augmented Reality In CHI '17: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 716-721. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/3025453.3025852 \| PDF of Paper \| BibTex @inproceedings{Colley:2017:GPG:3025453.3025495, author = {Colley, Ashley and Thebault-Spieker, Jacob and Lin, Allen Yilun and Degraen, Donald and Fischman, Benjamin and H\"{a}kkil\"{a}, Jonna and Kuehl, Kate and Nisi, Valentina and Nunes, Nuno Jardim and Wenig, Nina and Wenig, Dirk and Hecht, Brent and Sch\"{o}ning, Johannes}, title = {The Geography of Pok{\'e}Mon GO: Beneficial and Problematic Effects on Places and Movement}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, series = {CHI '17}, year = {2017}, isbn = {978-1-4503-4655-9}, location = {Denver, Colorado, USA}, pages = {1179--1192}, numpages = {14}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3025453.3025495}, doi = {10.1145/3025453.3025495}, acmid = {3025495}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, keywords = {algorithmic bias, augmented reality, geoHCI, geography, location-based games, pok'mon GO}, } Ashley Colley, Jacob Thebault-Spieker, Allen Yilun Lin, Donald Degraen, Benjamin Fischman, Jonna Häkkilä, Kate Kuehl, Valentina Nisi, Nuno Nunes, Nina Wenig, Dirk Wenig, Brent Hecht and Johannes Schöning (2017) The Geography of Pokémon GO: Beneficial and Problematic Effects on Places and Movement In CHI '17: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1179-1192. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/3025453.3025495 \| PDF of Paper \| BibTex @inproceedings{Wenig:2016:SBI:2935334.2935373, author = {Wenig, Dirk and Steenbergen, Alexander and Sch\"{o}ning, Johannes and Hecht, Brent and Malaka, Rainer}, title = {ScrollingHome: Bringing Image-based Indoor Navigation to Smartwatches}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services}, series = {MobileHCI '16}, year = {2016}, isbn = {978-1-4503-4408-1}, location = {Florence, Italy}, pages = {400--406}, numpages = {7}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2935334.2935373}, doi = {10.1145/2935334.2935373}, acmid = {2935373}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, keywords = {cartography, mobile maps, pedestrian navigation, smartwatches, stripe maps}, } Dirk Wenig, Alexander Steenbergen, Johannes Schöning, Brent Hecht and Rainer Malaka (2016) ScrollingHome: Bringing Image-based Indoor Navigation to Smartwatches In MobileHCI '16: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 400-406. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/2935334.2935373 \| BibTex Honorable Mention Award @inproceedings{Wenig:2015:SIM:2785830.2785862, author = {Wenig, Dirk and Sch\"{o}ning, Johannes and Hecht, Brent and Malaka, Rainer}, title = {StripeMaps: Improving Map-based Pedestrian Navigation for Smartwatches}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services}, series = {MobileHCI '15}, year = {2015}, isbn = {978-1-4503-3652-9}, location = {Copenhagen, Denmark}, pages = {52--62}, numpages = {11}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2785830.2785862}, doi = {10.1145/2785830.2785862}, acmid = {2785862}, publisher = {ACM}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, keywords = {Cartography, Mobile Maps, Pedestrian Navigation, Smartwatches}, } Dirk Wenig, Johannes Schöning, Brent Hecht and Rainer Malaka (2015) StripeMaps: Improving Map-based Pedestrian Navigation for Smartwatches In MobileHCI '15: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 52-62. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/2785830.2785862 \| BibTex Best Paper Award @article{doi:10.1080/17489725.2014.977519, author = {Dirk Wenig and Stefan Brending and Nina Runge and Rainer Malaka}, title = {Using Split Screens to Combine Maps and Images for Pedestrian Navigation}, journal = {Journal of Location Based Services}, volume = {8}, number = {3}, pages = {179-197}, year = {2014}, doi = {10.1080/17489725.2014.977519}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17489725.2014.977519}, eprint = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17489725.2014.977519} } Dirk Wenig, Stefan Brending, Nina Runge and Rainer Malaka (2014) Using Split Screens to Combine Maps and Images for Pedestrian Navigation In Journal of LBS: Journal of Location Based Services 8(3), 179-197. Taylor & Francis. 10.1080/17489725.2014.977519 \| BibTex All Publications...
Projects	first.stage funded by European Union, EU (since 02/2018) The goal of the EU-project first.stage is to research, design, develop, evaluate, and showcase natural user interfaces that improve previsualisation in film, animation, and the performing arts by speaking the language of the artist rather than that of a technician, providing efficient workflows, and offering the high degree of control required by practitioners. This set of previs tools should be easy to use — requiring less training than current software, efficient — requiring less man-hours, and effective — offering the same level of precision and control as the specialist tools employed at the moment. It should further support distributed teamwork, as production teams are often spread over many places and only meet in person for short bursts. More... InfoSys funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG (07/2013 – 12/2014) In material sciences, a large amount of research data is generated through a broad spectrum of different experiments. As of today, the research data is often stored decentralized without generally accepted templates. Goal of the project is to establish a centralized information system for material sciences and to provide citable and (openly) accessible experimental data to the research community. More...
Talks	Marc Herrlich and Dirk Wenig (November 15, 2012) Natürlich realitätsbasiert – Interaktionsforschung am TZI World Usability Day (WUD) 2012. UPA Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Selected Publications

Nina Wenig, Dirk Wenig, Steffen Ernst, Rainer Malaka, Brent Hecht and Johannes Schöning (2017) Pharos: Improving Navigation Instructions on Smartwatches by Including Global Landmarks In MobileHCI '17: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 7.1-7.13. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/3098279.3098529 | PDF of Paper | BibTex

Dirk Wenig, Johannes Schöning, Alex Olwal, Mathias Oben and Rainer Malaka (2017) WatchThru: Expanding Smartwatch Displays with Mid-air Visuals and Wrist-worn Augmented Reality In CHI '17: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 716-721. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/3025453.3025852 | PDF of Paper | BibTex

Ashley Colley, Jacob Thebault-Spieker, Allen Yilun Lin, Donald Degraen, Benjamin Fischman, Jonna Häkkilä, Kate Kuehl, Valentina Nisi, Nuno Nunes, Nina Wenig, Dirk Wenig, Brent Hecht and Johannes Schöning (2017) The Geography of Pokémon GO: Beneficial and Problematic Effects on Places and Movement In CHI '17: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1179-1192. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/3025453.3025495 | PDF of Paper | BibTex

Dirk Wenig, Alexander Steenbergen, Johannes Schöning, Brent Hecht and Rainer Malaka (2016) ScrollingHome: Bringing Image-based Indoor Navigation to Smartwatches In MobileHCI '16: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 400-406. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/2935334.2935373 | BibTex Honorable Mention Award

Dirk Wenig, Johannes Schöning, Brent Hecht and Rainer Malaka (2015) StripeMaps: Improving Map-based Pedestrian Navigation for Smartwatches In MobileHCI '15: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 52-62. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 10.1145/2785830.2785862 | BibTex Best Paper Award

Dirk Wenig, Stefan Brending, Nina Runge and Rainer Malaka (2014) Using Split Screens to Combine Maps and Images for Pedestrian Navigation In Journal of LBS: Journal of Location Based Services 8(3), 179-197. Taylor & Francis. 10.1080/17489725.2014.977519 | BibTex

All Publications...

Projects

first.stage funded by European Union, EU (since 02/2018) The goal of the EU-project first.stage is to research, design, develop, evaluate, and showcase natural user interfaces that improve previsualisation in film, animation, and the performing arts by speaking the language of the artist rather than that of a technician, providing efficient workflows, and offering the high degree of control required by practitioners. This set of previs tools should be easy to use — requiring less training than current software, efficient — requiring less man-hours, and effective — offering the same level of precision and control as the specialist tools employed at the moment. It should further support distributed teamwork, as production teams are often spread over many places and only meet in person for short bursts. More...

InfoSys funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG (07/2013 – 12/2014) In material sciences, a large amount of research data is generated through a broad spectrum of different experiments. As of today, the research data is often stored decentralized without generally accepted templates. Goal of the project is to establish a centralized information system for material sciences and to provide citable and (openly) accessible experimental data to the research community. More...

Talks

Marc Herrlich and Dirk Wenig (November 15, 2012) Natürlich realitätsbasiert – Interaktionsforschung am TZI World Usability Day (WUD) 2012. UPA Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Teaching

Lectures	FiT in MINT: Digital Media, Module Mobile Media Academy for Continuing Education, University of Bremen (Winter 2015/2016) Mobile/Ubiquitous Media University of Bremen (Summer 2018, Winter 2016/2017, Winter 2015/2016, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011)
Teaching Assistance	Mobile/Ubiquitous Media University of Bremen (Summer 2018, Winter 2016/2017, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011) Introduction to Digital Media University of Bremen (Summer 2010, Winter 2009/2010) Human-Computer Interaction University of Bremen (Winter 2017/2018) Entertainment Computing University of Bremen (Summer 2016)
Supervised Student Projects	PreVIZzARt/Previsualisation (Bachelor) University of Bremen (Summer 2018) Sportal/Entertainment Computing (Master) University of Bremen (Winter 2012/2013) MoVirWorld/Mobile Virtual Worlds (Bachelor) University of Bremen (Summer 2012, Winter 2011/2012)
Supervised Theses	Alexandra Fuchs (2017) FoldWatch: Using Origami-Inspired Paper Prototypes to Explore the Extension of Output Space in Smartwatches Master (Second Reviewer) Leon Hahne (2017) Entwicklung und Evaluierung eines Musikabstimmungssystems für Mobile Geräte Bachelor (Second Reviewer) All Theses...

Personal Activities and Skills

Academic Volunteering	Program Committee member Conference on Location Based Services (LBS) 2018, 2017 Local Organizer Global Game Jam 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Social Engagement	Since 09/2002 Emergency Medical Services, Rapid Response Unit (Schnelleinsatzgruppe Rettung) Administrative District of Rotenburg (Wümme) Rotenburg (Wümme), Germany
Memberships	Association for Computing Machinery, ACM CORRECT!V (CORRECTIV – Recherchen für die Gesellschaft gGmbH) FabLab Bremen e. V. German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband Bemen e.V., DRK) German Society for Computer Sciences (Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V., GI) German UPA (Berufsverband der Deutschen Usability und User Experience Professionals e. V.)
Mother Tongue	German
Other Languages	English (Language Certificate C1.1)

Curriculum Vitae