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Prof. Dr . Beat Signer
P E R S O N A L D E T A I L S
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M A I L I N G A D D R E S S
V r i j e U n i v e r s i t e i t B r u s s e l D ep a r t m en t o f C o m p u t e r S c i en c e P l e i n l a a n 2 1 0 5 0 B r u s s e l s B e l g i u m
A C A D E M I C Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S
August 2005 PhD in Computer Science, ETH Zurich
October 1999 Dipl. Inf . Ing. ETH (equivalent to a MSc) minor in Business Administration
E M P L O Y M E N T
February 2009 – present Professor ( tenure s ince 1.1.2012) Department of Computer Science, Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel
October 2007 – January 2009 Senior Researcher Inst itute of Information Systems, ETH Zurich
September 2005 – September 2007 Postdoctoral Researcher Inst itute of Information Systems, ETH Zurich
October 1999 – August 2005 Research and Teaching Assistant Inst itute of Information Systems, ETH Zurich
November 1996 – March 1997 Industry placement, software engineering for real -time systems Oerlikon Contraves, Zurich, Switzer land
August 1993 – October 1993 PC software/hardware installations and support Teleprint tdc SA, Baden-Dättwil , Switzer land
L A N G U A G E S
German (mother tongue), English (CEFR C1 cert if icate ) , Dutch (NT2 Effect iveness 1 cert if icate) , French ( intermediate) , Italian (basic)
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R E F E R E E S
Prof. Emeritus Dr. Moira C. Norrie Inst itute of Information Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzer land
Prof. Dr. Jean Vanderdonckt Louvain Interact ion Laboratory (LILab), Univers ité catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Paul Luff Interact ion and Technology Research Group, King 's College London , UK
Prof. Dr. Andreas Dengel German Research Center for Art if ic ia l Inte l l igence ( DFKI), Kaisers lautern, Germany
Prof. Dr. Morten Fjeld t2i Lab , Chalmers Univers ity of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Abigail Sel len Socio-Digital Systems Group, Microsoft Research , Cambridge, UK
Prof. Dr. Axel Vogelsang Lucerne Univers i ty of Applied Sciences and Arts , Switzer land
Prof. Dr. Brygg Ullmer Human-Centered Computing Divis ion , LSU, Clemson Univers ity , USA
Prof. Dr. Christian Heath Interact ion and Technology Research Group, King 's College London , UK
R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S
Cross-Media Informat ion Spaces and Architec tures (CISA), Human-Information Interact ion, Informat ion Visual isat ion and Data Phys ical isat ion, Personal Information Management , Mult imodal and Mult i -Touch Interact ion , Interact ive Paper and Augmented Real ity, Document Engineer ing, Ubiquitous and Tangible Computing
E X T E R N A L L Y F U N D E D P R O J E C T S
February 2020 – April 2020 (Adminis trat iv e PI ) Francqui Chair VUB 2019/2020, chair holder: Prof. Dr. Jean Vanderdonckt Financing: Francqui Foundation
April 2018 (PI ) Next Generation User Interfaces Financing: VUB OVP-WE 2018
January 2017 – December 2017 (Co-PI ) Interdisciplinary Student Projects in Data Journalism in Col laboration with Media Partners Financing: Fonds Onderwijsvernieuwingsprojecten (OVP) 2016
March 2017 – April 2017 (PI ) Connect Financing: Innovir is
August 2016 (PI ) Next Generation User Interfaces Financing: VUB OVP-WE 2016
January 2016 – December 2019 (Superv isor ) Towards User-defined Cross-Device and Cross-Media Interaction Financing: FWO PhD Scholarship (Audrey Sanctorum)
January 2016 – December 2020 (Co-PI ) TICKLE: Adaptive Persuasive ICT Tools to Tackle School Burnout Among Youngsters in Brussel Financing: ICITY-RDI.BRU (European Regional Development Funds programme 2014-2020)
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January 2015 – December 2018 (Superv isor ) Towards a Unified Framework for Personal Cross -Media Information Management Financing: IWT PhD Scholarship (Sandra Trul lemans)
January 2013 – May 2014 (Superv isor ) Towards Context-aware Implicit Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction Financing: IWT PhD Scholarship (Brecht De Rooms)
October 2012 – September 2016 (Superv isor ) A Dynamically Extensible Open Cross -Document Link Service Financing: VUB-OZR PhD Scholarship (Ahmed A.O. Tayeh)
January 2012 – November 2015 (Co-PI ) New Possibilit ies for Print Media and Packaging - Combining Print with Digital Financing: EU FPS COST Act ion FP1104
August 2012 (PI ) Next Generation User Interfaces Financing: VUB-Onderwijsfonds
February 2011 – January 2014 (Co-PI ) MobiCraNT - Second Generation Mobile Cross-Media Applications: Scalabil ity, Heterogeneity and Legacy Financing: Innovir is ICT Impluse Programme 2010
January 2011 – December 2014 (Superv isor ) Software Engineering Technologies for Applications with Multimodal Interaction Financing: IWT PhD Scholarship (Lode Hoste)
January 2011 – December 2014 (Co-PI ) Toward Cognitive Adaptive Edu-games Financing: VUB-OZR Horizontal Act ivity (HOA)
January 2009 – now iRead Init iat ive to improve teaching aids (e.g. interact ive paper) for rura l areas of India in col laborat ion with the bj inst itute (Bruno Jehle)
October 2007 – September 2009 (Work Package Leader ) Query by Sketching (QbS) SNF Project , Project Partners : Univers ity of Basel , ETH Zurich
April 2005 – March 2008 (Work Package Leade r ) PaperWorks: Interweaving Paper and Digital Documents EU STREP (FP6-516895), Project Partners : King’s College London, ETH Zurich, Univers ity of Brunel , Univers ity of Malmo, Anoto, Acreo, Ar jowiggins, Pearson
April 22, 2005 – May 8, 2005 (Pro je c t Leader ) Generosa Enterprise Interact ive Paper Insta l la t ion for the 150 Years ETH Jubilee
January 2004 – January 2007 DELOS: Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries EU Project (FP6)
July 2005 – December 2005 (Pro je c t Leader ) Artists in Labs (AIL) Programme 6 months col laborat ion with an art ist in res idency
January 2001 – July 2004 (Work Package Leade r ) Paper++ EU Project (IST-2000-26130), Project Partners : King’s College London, ETH Zurich, Anitra Medienprojekte GmbH, Arjowiggins, Hewlett -Packard
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T E A C H I N G
Course Lectures
Informat ion Visua l i sat ion (4019538FNR) (6 ECTS) 2020 – now
Web Techno log ie s (1019888BNR) (6 ETCS) 2015 – now
Next Generat ion User In t er faces (4018166FNR) (6 ETCS) 2014 – now
Advanced Topics in Informat ion Sys tems (4016792ENR) (6 ETCS) 2011 – now
Introduct ion to Databases (1007156ANR) (6 ETCS) 2010 – 2019
Databases (4018173ENR) (6 ETCS) 2010 – 2019
Web Informat ion Systems (4011474FNR) (6 ETCS) 2009 – 2015
Seminar Web In format ion Systems Techno logy (WE-DINF-12688) (6 ETCS) 2009 – 2010
Informat ion Systems (Advanced Course) 2007 – 2008 ( led by Prof. Dr. Moira C. Norr ie)
Objec t -Orien ted Techno log ie s fo r Data Management 2000, 2003 ( led by Prof. Dr. Moira C. Norr ie)
Seminar Organisation and Supervision
Advanced Topics in Informat ion Sys tems 2005 – 2006, 2008
Computer Supported Cooperat iv e Work 2006 – 2008
Industry Courses
Web Search and Future Trends on the Web (6 hours) , St ibbe, Brussel , March, 2015
Web Search (6 hours) , St ibbe, Brussel , September, 2011
XML Solut ions , March 24/25, 2003
XML Data Model l ing , In f ormat ion Exchange and Universal Access , July 8/9, 2002
XML Solut ions , March 25/26, 2002
XML Solut ions , March 26/27, 2001
Web Information Systems, October 9/10, 2000
Course Tutor
Informat ion Systems (Advanced Course) 2003 – 2004
Informat ion Systems (Basi c Course ) 2000 – 2003
Objec t -Orien ted Techno log ie s fo r Data Management , 1999 – 2001
Informat i c s III 2000 – 2001
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S U P E R V I S I O N
PhD Students
Ekene Attoh, Towards a Middleware fo r Contex t-aware Impl i c i t Human-Computer Interac t ion Across IoT Plat forms , January 2020 – now
Maxim Van de Wynckel , Hybr id Pos i t ion ing and Impl i c i t Human-Computer Interac t ion , October 2019 – now
Payam Ebrahimi, A Framework for Hybrid Rea l -Time Point Could Analys i s , July 2017 – now
Jan Maushagen, Persuas ive and Adapt ive Techno lo g ie s fo r Learning Environments , October 2016 – now (co-supervisor )
Audrey Sanctorum, eSPACE: Concep tual Foundat ions fo r End-User Autho r ing o f Cross -Devic e and IoT Appli cat i ons , October 2015 – July 2020
Reinout Roels , MindXpres : Conceptual and Technical Foundat ions fo r Next Generat ion Presentat ion So lut ions , October 2012 – May 2019
Lars Van Holsbeeke, Towards a Middlewar e fo r Context -aware Impl i c i t Human-Computer Intera c t ion Across Smar t Environments , October 2016 – September 2018
Sandra Trul lemans, Enabling and Informing the Des ign o f Cross -Media Personal Informat ion Management So lut ions , September 2013 – February 2018
Crist ian Vasquez Paulus, Soc ia l Emergent Semant i c s fo r Personal Data Management , January 2014 – May 2017
Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, A Dynamical ly Extens ibl e Cross -Document Link Serv i c e , October 2012 – October 2016
Brecht De Rooms, Towards Context -aware Impl i c i t Mul t imodal Human -Computer Interac t ion , January 2013 – May 2014
Lode Hoste , A Declara t iv e Approach for Eng ineer ing Mult imodal Interac t ion , 2011–2015
Adriana Ispas, Inves t iga t ions on the Bene f i t s o f Us ing Dig i tal Pen and Paper Techno log ie s in Meet ings , Diss . ETH No. 20157, 2011 (co-supervis ion together with Prof. Dr. Moira C. Norrie)
Nadir Weibel , A Publ ishing Infras truc ture fo r Int erac t iv e Paper Documents , Diss ETH No. 18514, 2009 ( co-supervis ion together with Prof. Dr . Moira C. Norrie)
Postdoc Students
Dr. Reinout Roels , MindXpres and Next Generat ion Presenta t ion So lu t ions , June 2019 – now
Dr. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, Cross -Document Link Serv i c e s , November 2016 – now
Dr. Sandra Trul lemans, Cross -Media Personal Informat ion Management , March 2018 – September 2019
Dr. Bruno Dumas, Second Generat ion Mobi le Cro ss -Media Appl i cat ions : Scalabi l i ty , Heterogene i ty and Legacy (MobiCraNT) , February 2011 – January 2014
Bachelor ’s Theses
Ahmed Barhdadi, Wi-Fi Signal Visual i sa t ion and Crowdsourc ing , 2020
Arthur Chomé, A Framework for Mixed Rea l i ty , 2019
Thomas Lieven Vaeyens , Immers ive Mixed Real i ty Exper ience fo r an Educat ional Context , 2019
Antoine Maxime, MRPaint : A Mixed Real i ty Compet i t iv e Game , 2019
Brent Wil lems, Museum o f the Future : Towards a Mixed Rea l i ty Informat ion Explorer , 2018
Lander Demesmaeker, Designing Customisab le User Inter face Dis tr ibut ion , 2018
Mateusz Blommaert , Context Rule Conf l i c t Dete c t ion be tween Mult iple Users and Environments , 2017
Linda de Corte , Context -aware Media Adaptat ion for In format ion Displays , 2017
Kwinten Pardon, Improv ing Our Love/Hate Rela t ionsh ip with Email , 2016
Tom Str icks , Advanced Linking and Annotat ions fo r Of f i c e Documents , 2015
Arno De Wit te, Tracking My Documents , 2015
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Ayrton Vercruysse , Finger Tracking on the Desk and in Thin Air , 2014
Kevin Van Gyseghem, Dynamic Graph Visua l i sa t ion for the MindXpres Pr esentat ion Too l , 2013
Ruben Tytgat , A Dec larat iv e Sca le - , Rotat ion- and Pos i t ion - invar iant 3D Gesture Algor i thm , 2013
Audrey Sanctorum, Scratching the Sur fac e , 2013
Toon Duwee, Express iv e Contro l o f Augm ented Real i ty Dur ing Live Music Per formances , 2012
Toon Teugels , Extrac t ing Context Informat ion fr om Sensors , 2012
Bram Moerman , Explor ing In format ion Through Advanced Visual i sa t ion Techniques , 2012
Rik Vanmechelen, iGesture : Implementat ion and Evaluat ion o f Advanced Gesture Dete c t ion Algor i thms , 2011
Brecht Van Laethem, Paper -Dig i tal Maps , 2011
Jeroen Heymans , Pen and Paper -based Obje c t Database Inter face , 2011
Arthur Vogels , iGesture Extens ion for 3D Input Devic es , November 2008
Hermann Hofstetter , Remote Sketch ing on Paper , August 2007
Gianni Frey, iFlash: A Flash Plug - in for iServer , Apri l 2006
Samuel Wil l imann, Active Component Author ing Too l , October 2005
Ueli Kurmann, Interac t i v e Paper Laboratory Notebooks , Apr i l 2005
Stefan Naegel i , Ecl ipse Plug - in for Jawin , Apri l 2005
Thomas Bruderer , Paper -bas ed Cross -Media Author ing , Apr i l 2005
Stefan Malär , Advanced XHTML Plug - in for iServer , Apri l 2005
Sandra Brockmann, Navigat ion Fac i l i t i e s fo r Paper -Based Tour is t In format ion System for the Edinburgh Fes t ivals , Apri l 2005
David Mysicka, Link Browser fo r the Int egrat ion Server Archi t e c ture ( iServer ) , October 2004
Nina Laschet, Cross -Media Author ing Too l , October 2004
Alexandre de Spindler , Bayes ian Network for Pre fe t ch ing Caches , August 2004
Phil ipp Boll iger , Active Components fo r iServer - In Considerat ion o f Paper -Based Author ing , Apri l 2004
Fabio Lanfranchi , QuickTime Movie Plug - in for the In tegrat ion Server Archi t e c ture ( iServer ) , August 2003
Andreas Diener , Author ing Too l fo r Dig i tal ly Augmented Pape r , October 2002
Michael Stahl , Java HID-USB API for Windows , October 2002
Daniel Heiniger and Peter Geissbuehler , Voice -Based User Inter face fo r the eXtens ibl e Informat ion Management Archi t e c ture (XIMA) , Apri l 2001
Claudia Saupper, E-Mail Appl i cat ion based on OMS Java , Apr i l 2001
Markus Haller , XML Export fo r OMS , Apri l 2001
Gaudenz Alder , JGraph - A Swing Component fo r Visual i s ing Graphs , December 2000
Raphael Huber, A Sl im and Open Data Model fo r Publ i c Transpor t Network us ing OMS , November 2000
Master ’s Theses
Reihaneh Kalhor , Towards Dynamic Data Phys i cal i sat ion , 2020
Mohamed Arbaoui , Using Augmented Real i ty fo r City Awareness , 2020
Lander Demesmaeker, Monocular SLAM for 2D Mapping , 2020
Ghassan Sal iby, Dynamic Data Phys i cal i sat ion for Geo - tagged Data Explorat ion , 2020
Brent Wil lems, Next Generat ion Fi le Sys tem , 2020
Jeroen Grégoire, Smart Off i c e Impl i c i t In terac t ion by Locat ion , 2020
Gregory Beankens , A Video Booth So lut ion , 2020
Ben Bergs, LIDAR-based SLAM , 2020
Claudia Vaquera , Off i c e o f the Future , 2020
Xuyao Zhang, Phixe l : An Int erac t iv e Phys i cal User Inter face fo r Explor ing Datase ts , 2020
Maxime Libert , Using Augmented Real i ty to Contro l Dev ic e Interac t ion in a Web o f Things Environment , 2020
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Alexandre Jacobs , An Augmented Real i ty Museum Guide , 2020
Eleni I lkou, EduKnow: A Framework for S truc tur ing Educat ional Mater ial – Mathemat i c s as a Use Case , 2019
Yevhen Dukhno, A Middleware fo r Smar t In terac t ions Across Inte rne t o f Things P la t forms , 2018
Satyam Kapoor , Metaphors fo r the End-User Author ing o f Web o f Things and Cross -Devi c e Appl i cat ions , 2018
Rencong Tang, A Mixed Real i ty So lut ion for Indoor Navigat ion , 2018
Ahmed Kareem A. Abdullah, Towards Inves t igat ing the Des ign Space o f Data Phys i cal i sat ion , 2018
Tim Leenaers , Mashup Too l fo r Dis tr ibuted Phys i cal -Dig i tal User Inter face s , 2018
Kwinten Pardon, An Extens ible Presen tat ion Framework for Real - t ime Data Acquis i t ion, Interac t ion and Augment ed Real i ty Visual i sat ions , 2018
David Cino, Opportuni t i e s fo r Dis tr ibuted Phys i ca l -Dig i ta l User Inter faces , 2018
Kevin Van Ryckegem, A Framework for the Rapid Proto typing o f Cross -Devic e Interac t ion , 2018
Timothy Curtin , TangHo: A Tangib le Hologram Plat form for Explor ing In terac t ions w ith Data Through Mobi le Simula ted Data Phys i cal i sa t ion , 2017
Tom De Rycke, CrossWow: Towards Rapid Proto typing o f Cross -Devic e Inte rac t ion , 2017
Nicolas Carraggi , Making Wearables Fit the User : A Trigger -Ac t ion Programming Approach to Conf igure Wearables , 2017
Joeri Boonen, CastJS: A Web -based Context -aware Ambient Media P layer Sys tem , 2017
Kushal Soni , An Extens ible Virtua l Ass is tant fo r the PowerPoint Presentat i on Too l , 2017
Arno De Wit te , A User - fr i endly and Devic e - independent Inter face fo r Cross -Devic e Informat ion Exchange , 2017
Jeroen Nyckees, Distr ibuted Mul t i -Touch Use r In ter fac es fo r Modular Musi cal Express ion , 2017
Jan Maushaegen , TagVis : A Visua l i sat ion o f Relat ionships Between Tags , 2016
Lars Van Holsbeeke, Rule Shar ing for the Context Model l ing Too lkit s , 2016
Tim Witters , PoPa: Po l i cy -bas ed Payment Hubs fo r Dig i tal Payment s , 2016
Vetrivel Dhanyamithra , An Explorat ion o f Fi le Explorer Adaptat ion for Document Ref ind ing , 2016
Jonas Vereycken, Inves t igat ing Graph -bas ed Storage Backends for Hypermedia Link Serv i c e s , 2016
Mohammed Zahir , An Extens ib le Plat form for Real -Time Feedback in Pre senta t ion Train ing , 2016
David Sverdlov, Enri ching the XLink Standard w ith RSL Metamode l Features , 2016
Chunxiang Yan , Table tPoint : A Pen and Table t -based Presentat ion So lut ion , 2016
Joachim Michie ls , Towards Advanced Task Management , 2016
Marius Hir janu, An Ambient In format i on System for Smart Lab Environments , 2016
Jasmien De Ridder, End User Contro l o f Dynamic Distr ibuted User Inter fa ces , 2015
Tim Vereecken, ADFIS: An Appli cat ion Deve lo pment Framework for Interac t iv e Sur faces , 2015
Joris Vandermeersch, Content Migrat ion and Layout fo r the MindXpres Presentat ion Too l , 2015
Ayrton Vercruysse , Big Brother i s Watch ing Your Documents : A Framework to Manage Tracked Phys i ca l Data , 2015
Audrey Sanctorum, Fluid Cross -Media and Cross -Devic e In terac t ion in the Off i c e o f the Future , 2015
Payam Ebrahimi, Note4u: An Advanced Note taking So lut ion in Synergy With Your Memory , 2015
David Bos , Mult imodal Interac t ion for the MindXpres Presentat ion Too l , 2015
Evgeni Ivakhnov, May the Persona l In format ion Manager be With You: A Ubiquitous Distr ibuted PIM System , 2015
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Yves Baeten , Intui t iv e Informat ion Visua l i sat ion for the MindXpres Presentat ion Too l , 2015
Tim Reynaert , Re- f ind ing Phys i cal Document s : I t i s Like a Dream Come True , 2015
Ngoc Tran, Enhanced Retr i eva l and Discovery o f Desktop Documents , 2015
Toon Duwee, AlinkTable : A Visual i sat ion and Interac t ion Technique for Linked Persona l Cross -Media Informat ion Management Sys t ems , 2014
Antonios Kafazis , Tang ible Explorat ion and Quer y ing o f Cross -Media In format ion Spaces , 2014
Trang Nguyen, I Know What You Did With Your Documents : A Uni f i ed Tracking and Re -f inding Framework , 2014
Jasper Debie , Guided Data Visual i sa t ion for the MindXpres Pres entat ion Too l , 2014
Serafeim Kourlos, An Inves t igat ion o f Adapt ing Document S truc tures , 2014
David Swalus , Enhanced Visual i sat ion o f Web Links and Annota t ions , 2014
Paul Mestereaga , Inte l l i g ent Sour ce Code Visual i sat ion for the MindXpres Presentat ion Too l , 2014
Barry D'Hoine, Ident i f i cat ion and Distr ibut ion o f Cross -Media Ent i t i e s in a Peer - to -Peer Environment , 2014
Jochen François , Dynamic Content in Flu id Cross -Media Documents , 2014
Daniel Velasquez , An Artwork Recommender Sy s tem Based on User Pro f i l e s and Pre fer ences , 2014
Sam Nielandt , A Framework for Real -Time Emot ion Recogni t ion w ith an Online EEG-based BCI dur ing Content Browsing , 2014
Wouter Mensels , A Framework to Prov ide User Contro l in Context -aware Sys tems , 2014
Paul Babatunde Otuyalo, Version ing in the Flu id Cross -Media Document Format , 2014
Ngole Sone Nsime, Video -based Tracking o f Phys i cal Documents on a Desk , 2014
Roeland Matthi jssens, Fixing the Web – Combin ing Advanced Linking and Visua l i sat ion in HTML5 based on RSL , 2013
Sandra Trul lemans , Per sonal Cross -Media In format ion Management , 2013 (V.Ir.Br. Award 2012/2013 )
Christophe Vermeylen , Audience -dr iven Pres enta t ions Based on the MindXpres Presentat ion Too l , 2013
Jeroen Heymans , A WYSIWYG Template Author ing So lut ion for the MindXpres Presentat ion Too l , 2013
Benjamin Peetermans , Automated Ges ture Candidate s fo r Ful l -Body Ges ture Recogni t ion , 2013
Reinout Roels , MindXpres : An Extens ible Content -dr iven Cross -Media Pre senta t ion Too l , 2012
Wouter Van Rossem, An Extens ibl e Framework f or Indoor Pos i t ioning on Mobi le Dev ic es , 2012
Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, A Metamode l and Proto type fo r Flu id Cross -Media Document Formats , 2012
María Fernanda Solórzano , Mobile Mult imodal Interac t ion : An Inves t iga t ion and Implementat ion o f Context -dependent Adaptat ion , 2012
Luis Guil len Barja , Co-lo cated Col labora t iv e Table top In terac t ion - An Evaluat ion and Extens ion o f Des ign Guide l ines , 2012
Brecht Van Laethem, Recogni t ion o f Deic t i c and I conic Gesture s fo r Home Automation , 2012
Szabolcs Becze , Map-based In terac t ion Using Dig i tal Pen, Sty lus and Touch Scr een: A Comparat ive Evaluat ion o f Usabi l i ty and Per formance , 2012
Sven De Kock, The Next Generat ion o f Input Devic es - SpeeG vers ion 2 , 2012
Jorn De Baerdemaeker , SpeeG: A Speech - and Gesture -based Text Input Devic e , 2011
Tom Antjon , SynergE-Learn ing : A PaperPo int -based Lec ture Captur ing and Annotat ion Too l , September 2011
Johan Bas, A 3D Gestur e Recogni t ion Extens ion f or iGesture , September 2011
Gregory Cardone, An RSL-based Assoc iat iv e F i le sys t em , November 2010
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Björn Puype, Extending the iGesture Framework with Mult imodal Gesture Interac t ion Funct iona l i ty , October 2010 (Baudouin Elleboudt Award 2011 )
Katinka Kromwijk , Conference Informat ion System - Analys i s , Des ign and Implementat ion , September 2008
Monica Frisoni , Dis tr ibuted Lookup Serv i c e fo r Interac t iv e Paper Appl i cat i ons , August 2007
Ueli Kurmann, iGesture : A General Gesture Recogni t ion Framework , September 2006
Alexandre de Spindler , Distr ibuted Col laborat iv e Informat ion Environment based on iServer , January 2005
Carlo Quir ici , Study into Po tent ial Use o f Dig i tal Pen and Paper Techno log y at the SNF , October 2004
Christ ian Heinzer , Dist r ibuted iServer Archi t e c ture Based on Pee r - to -Peer Concepts , October 2003
Michael Stahl , jUSB: Java USB API for Windows , May 2003
Simon Schulé, XHTML Plug - in fo r the In tegrat ion Server Archi t e c ture ( iSe rver ) , October 2003
Corsin Decurt ins , Visual i sat ion o f Tours and Trai l s , November 2001
Peter Geissbuehler , Prov iding a Telephone Avalanche Warning Serv i c e us ing XIMA and VoiceXML , October 2001
Daniel Heiniger , Prov id ing a Telephone Avalanche Warning Serv i c e us ing XIMA and WML , October 2001
Raphael Huber, GOMS: A Geographica l Obj e c t Management Sys t em , Apr i l 2001
Michael Grossniklaus, CMServer : An Obj ec t -Ori ented Framework for Websi t e Deve lopment and Content Manag ement , November 2000
Matthias Kist ler , WAP Inter face fo r OMS Java based on an XML Server Component , Apri l 2000
Michael Gut, Framework for Web Informat ion Sy stems based on OMS and Java Serv le t s , November 1999
Internships
Hercule Kalonji Kalala , A Review o f Kinec t -based User In ter faces , VLIR scholarship , October – November 2012
Tutorial Assistants
Claudio Hatz , iPaper Too ls , December 2007
Michele Croci , iGesture Recogni t ion Framework , October 2007
Matthias Geel , Interac t i v e Table top , September 2007
Ueli Kurmann, iGesture Recogni t ion Framework , January 2007
Gianni Frey, iFlash P lug - in for iServer , November 2006
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P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S
Departmental/Faculty Roles
Faculty representat ive in the Internat ional Pol icy C ounci l (RIB), 2015 – now
Chairman of the Faculty Commission for International isat ion (FACIR), 2015 – September 2019
Member of the Dean’s off ice , 2015 – September 2019
Member of the Faculty Commission for Int ernational isat ion (FACIR), 2013 – now
Exchange Coordinator for the Department of Compu ter Science at the Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , September 2009 – now
Member of the Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineer ing Sciences Council at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , 2009 – now
Member of the Department of Computer Science Counci l at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , 2009 – now
Member of the Univers ity Council for the Bachelor of Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2013 – now
Member of the Univers ity Council for the Master ’s of Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2013 – now
Member of the Univers ity Council for the Master ’s of Applied Computer Science (MACS) at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2013 – now
Member of the Exam Commission for the Master ’s of Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , September 2011 – now
Member of the Exam Commission for the 1st Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , September 2011 – now
Member of the Exam Commission for the Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers ite it Brussel , September 2011 – now
Member of the Exam Commission for the Bridging Programme in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2015 – now
Chairman of the Exam Commission for the 1st Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2015 – September 2018
Chairman of the Exam Commission for the Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2015 – September 2018
Chairman of the Exam Commission for the Bridging Programme in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2015 – September 2018
Member of the Univers ity Council for the Master ’s of Applied Informatics at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2013 – 2016
Secretary of the Exam Commission for the 1st Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2013 – 2015
Secretary of the Exam Commission for the Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2013 – 2015
Secretary of the Exam Commission for the Bridging Programme in Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , January 2013 – 2015
Member of the Faculty Teaching Commission ( for the Department of Computer Science) at the Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel , October 2011 – January 2014
Secretary of the Exam Commission for the Department of Computer Science at the Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , September 2011 – 2013
Selection Committees
Professor of Computer Science ( 1.0 FTE), Department of Computer Science , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Belg ium, 2019
Professor of Computer Science (0.1 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2018
Professor of Computer Science (1.0 FTE), Software Languages Lab , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Belg ium, 2018
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Professor of Computer Science (1.0 FTE), Human-Computer Interact ion Group, Hasselt Univers ity , Belgium 2017
Professor of Computer Science (0.2 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2016
Professor of Computer Science (1.0 FTE), Software Languages Lab, Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Belg ium, 2015
Professor of Computer Science (1.0 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2015
Professor of Computer Science (0.2 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2014
Professor of Computer Science (0.2 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2014
Professor of Computer Science (1.0 FTE), Software Languages Lab , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Belg ium, 2014
Professor of Computer Science (1.0 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2013
Professor of Computer Science (0.5 FTE), Software Languages Lab , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Belg ium, 2013
Professor of Computer Science (1.0 FTE), Software Languages Lab , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Belg ium, 2012
Professor of Computer Science (0.2 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2012
Professor of Computer Science (0.1 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2012
Professor of Computer Science (0.1 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2012
Professor of Computer Science (0.1 FTE), Web & Informat ion Systems Engineer ing Lab, Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Belgium, 2012
PhD Juries
Bram Van Deurzen, Robot i c Graphics , Hasselt Univers ity , Belgium
Nathan Magrofuoco, Mult i -Context Stroke Gesture Recogni t ion , Univers ité cathol ique de Louvain , Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Isel Grau, Se l f - labe l ing Grey -Box Model : An Inte rpre tab le Semi -Superv is ed Class i f i e r , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Brussels , Belgium
Audrey Sanctorum , eSPACE: Concep tual Foundat ions f o r End-User Autho r ing o f Cross -Devic e and IoT Appli cat i ons , Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel (supervisor) , Brussels , Belgium
Florian Myter , Triuv ira t e : A Programming Language Des ign for Dis tr ibuted Rich Interne t Appl i cat ions , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, December 2019
Khanh Duy Le, Design ing to Support Workspace Awa reness in Remote Col laborat ion U sing 2D Interac t iv e Sur faces , Chalmers Univers ity of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 2019
Reinout Roels , MindXpres : Conceptual and Tec hnical Foundat ions fo r Next Generat ion Presentat ion So lut ions , Vri je Univers ite it Brussel (supervisor ) , Brussels , Belgium, May 2019
Linda Di Geronimo, Explor ing Motion -based and Mid -Air Gestures in Mobi le Web Contexts , ETH Zurich, Switzer land, October 2018
Janwi l lem Swalens, A Mult i -Paradigm Concurrent Programming Model , Vri je Univers ite it Brussel , September 2018
Gabor Adam Fodor, Mult imedia Secur i ty wi th Appl i cat ions in Tra i tor Trac ing , Video Encrypt ion and Art Inves t igat ion , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belg ium, Apri l 2018
Sandra Trul lemans, Enabling and Informing the Des ign o f Cross -Media Personal Informat ion Management So lut ions , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel (supervisor) , February 2018
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Pavel Andreevich Samsonov, Improv ing Interac t i ons with Spa t ia l Context -aware Serv i c e s , Hasselt Univers ity , Belgium, December 2017
Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, A Dynamical ly Extens ibl e Cross -Document Link Serv i c e , Vr i je Univers itei t Brussel (supervisor) , Brussels , Belgium, October 2016
Jens Nicolay, Puri ty Analys i s fo r Higher -Order Imperat iv e Languages : An Abstrac t Interpre ta t ion Approach , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, June 2016
Matthias Geel , Memsy: A Persona l Resource Management Infras truc ture , ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzer land, September 2015
Lode Hoste , A Declara t iv e Approach for Eng ineer ing Mult imodal Interac t ion , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel (supervisor) , Brussels , Belgium, June 2015
David Catteeuw, The Emergence o f Hones t S ignal ing t hrough Learning and Evolut ion , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, January 2015
Ugo Sangiorgi , A Method for Pro to typing Graphical User In ter faces by Sket ching on Mult iple Dev ic es , Univers ité catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, August 2014
Dietr ich Kammer , Formal is i e rung ges t i s cher Interakt ion für Mult i touch-Syst eme , TU Dresden , Dresden, Germany, January 2014
Ahmed Ewais , Author ing Adapt ive 3D Virtual Learn ing Environments , Vr i je Univers itei t Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, January 2014
Will iam Van Woensel , Mobile , Cl ien t -Side Context -prov is ioning v ia the Decentral ized and Integra ted Query ing o f Online Semant i c Web Data , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, September 2013
Lamia Abo Zaid, The Feature Assembly Approach for Mode l l ing and Managing So f tware Variabi l i ty , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, June 2013
Quentin Bonnard, Paper Inter faces : An HCI Approach to Geometry Educat ion , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Lausanne, Switzer land, December 2012
Elisa Gonzalez Boix , Handling Part ial Fai lures in Mobi le Ad hoc Network Appl i cat ions - From Programming Language Des ign to Too l Suppor t , Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, November 2012
Abdalghani Mushtaha, Towards Des ign ing Loca l ized Websi t e s , Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belg ium, August 2012
Matthias Stevens , Par t i c ipatory Sens ing for Susta inable Soc ie t i e s - The Case o f Urban Noise Po l lut ion , Vri je Univers i teit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, June 2012
Wael Al Sarra j , A Usabil i ty Evaluat ion Framework for Web Mashup Makers for End-Users , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, March 2012
Adriana Ispas, Solut ions fo r Natural Note taking based on Paper -Dig i tal Te chno log ie s , ETH Zurich (co-supervisor) , Zurich, Switzer land, December 2011
Andoni Lombide Carreton, Ambient -or i ent ed Dataf low Programming for Mobi le RFID -Enabled Appl i cat ions , Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belg ium, November 2011
Jorge Val le jos , Modular is ing Content Dependency and Group Behav iour in A mbient -or i en ted Programming , Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, June 2011
Michael Spranger , The Evolut ion o f Grounded Spat ial Language , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belg ium, May 2011
Andres Yie , A Non-invas ive Approach for Evo lv ing Model Trans format ion Chains , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, February 2011
Mario Sanchez , Executable Mode ls fo r Extens ible Workf low Engines , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , Brussels , Belg ium, February 2011
Oscar Gonzales , Monito r ing and Analys i s o f Workf low Appl i cat ions : A Domain -spec i f i c Language Approach , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, September 2010
Joris Bleys , Language St rateg i e s fo r the Domain o f Colou r , Vr i je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, June 2010
Sven Van Segbroeck, Complex Dynamics in Adapt ive Networks , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belg ium, Apr i l 2010
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Feng Liu, Bio log i ca l Lite rature Miner - Gene Normalizat ion and In terac t ion Art i c l e Class i f i cat ion , Vr i je Univers ite it Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, February 2010
Yifei Chen, Bio log i cal Litera ture Miner - Gene Ment ion Recogni t ion and Prote in -Prote in Pair Extrac t ion , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, February 2010
Yan Tang, On Semant i c Dec is ion Tables , Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium, October 2009
Programme Committees
CHI 2018 , Workshop Select ion Committee, Internat ional Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , Montréal , Canada, Apr i l 2018
CHI 2013 , Workshop Select ion Committee, Internat ional Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , Paris , France , Apri l 2013
CMTA 2009 , 1st International Workshop on Cross -Media Technologies and Applicat ions , Fukuoka, Japan , March 2009
CoPADD 2007 , 2nd Internat ional Workshop on Col laborat ing over Paper and Digital Documents , London, UK, November 2007
CoPADD 2006 , 1st International Workshop on Col laborat ing over Paper and Digital Documents , CSCW 2006, Banff , Canada , November 2006
CrowdUI 2014 , 1st International Workshop on User Interfaces for Crowdsourcing and Human Computat ion, Como, Italy, May 2014
DATAVIEW 2011 , 2nd Internat ional Workshop on Data Visual izat ion and Integrat ion in Enterprises and on the Web, Lugano, Switzer land , September 2011
DATAVIEW 2010 , 1st International Workshop on Data Visual izat ion and Integrat ion in Enterprises and on the Web, Crete, Greece, October 2010
DIS 2014 , ACM Conference on Designing Interac t ive Systems, Vancouver , Canada, June 2014
EGMI 2014 , 1st International Workshop on Engineering Gestures for Mult imodal Interfaces , Rome, Italy , June 2014
EICS 2017 , 9th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, Lisbon, Portugal , June 2017
EICS 2016 , 8th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, Brussels , Belg ium, June 2016
EICS 2015 , 7th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, Duisburg, Germany , June 2015
Hypertext 2020 , 31st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Socia l Media, Orlando, USA, July 2020
ICDEM 2010 , 2nd International Conference on Data Engineer ing and Management , Tiruchirappal l i , India , July 2010
ICMI 2015 , 17th International Conference on Mult imodal Interact ion, Seatt le, USA, November 2015
ICPCA 2011 , 6th International Conference on Pervas ive Computing and Applicat ions, Port El izabeth , South Afr ica , October 2011
ICPCA 2008 , 3rd International Conference on Pervas ive Computing and Applicat ions , Alexandr ia, Egypt , October 2008
ICPCA 2007 , 2nd International Conference on Pervas ive Computing and Applicat ions, Birmingham, United Kingdom , July 2007
ICWE 2016 , 16th International Conference on Web Engineering, Lugano, Switzer land , June 2016
ICWE 2015 , 15th International Conference on Web Engineering, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 2015
ICWE 2014 , 14th International Conference on Web Engineering, Toulouse, France , July 2014
PaperComp 2010 , 1st International Workshop on Paper Comput ing, Copenhagen, Denmark , September 2010,
RCIS 2012 , 6th International Conference on Research Challenges (demo track), Valencia , Spain , May 2012
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SAAKM 2009 , Semantic Authoring, Annotat ion and Knowledge Markup Workshop , Redondo Beach , USA, September 2009
SAAKM 2007 , Semantic Authoring, Annotat ion and Knowledge Markup Workshop, Whist ler , Canada , October 2007
TEI 2021 , 15th International Conference on Tangible , Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Salzburg, Austr ia , February 2021
TEI 2020 , 14th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Sydney, Austral ia, February 2020
TEI 2019 , 13th International Conference on Tangible , Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Tempe, USA, March 2019
TEI 2018 , 12th International Conference on Tangible , Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2018
TEI 2017 , 11th International Conference on Tangible , Embedded a nd Embodied Interact ion, Yokohama, Japan, March 2017
TEI 2016 , 10th International Conference on Tangible , Embedded a nd Embodied Interact ion, Eindhoven, The Nether lands, February 2016
TEI 2015 , 9th Internat ional Conference on Tangible, Embedded a nd Embodied Interact ion, Stanford, USA, January 2015
TEI 2014 , 8th Internat ional Conference on Tangible, Embedded a nd Embodied Interact ion, Munich, Germany , February 2014
TEI 2013 , 7th Internat ional Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Barcelona, Spain , January 2013
TEI 2012 , 6th Internat ional Confer ence on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Kingston, Canada , February 2012
TEI 2011 , 5th Internat ional Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Funchal , Portugal , January 2010
TEI 2010 , 4th Internat ional Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Cambridge, USA, January 2010
TEI 2009 , 3rd Internat ional Conference on Tangible and Embedded I nteract ion, Cambridge, United Kingdom, February 2009
TEI 2008 , 2nd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded I nteract ion, Bonn, Germany , February 2008
TPDL 2012 , International Conference on Theory and Pract ice of Digital Librar ies , Cyprus, Cyprus , September 2012
TPDL 2011 , Internat ional Conference on Theory and Pract ice of Digital Librar ies , Berl in, Germany , September 2011
Reviewer
ACM PACMHCI , Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interact ion (HCI)
ACM TOCHI , ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interact ion
CHI 2019 , ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, UK, May 2019
CHI 2017 , 35th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Denver , USA, May 2017
CHI 2016 , 34th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, USA, May 2016
CHI 2015 , 33th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul, Korea , Apr i l 2015
CHI 2014 , 32th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada , Apr i l 2014
CHI 2011 , 29th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vancouver, Canada , May 2011
CHI 2010 , 28th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta , USA, Apri l 2010
CHI 2009 , 27th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Boston, USA, Apri l 2009
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EICS 2014 , 6th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, Rome, Italy, June 2014
EICS 2013 , 5th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, London, UK, June 2013
EICS PACM 2018 , Engineering Interact ive Computing Systems , 2018
Einstein Foundation
EPSRC , The Engineer ing and Physical Sciences Research Counci l
i-com , Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperat ive Medien , 2012
IEEE Pervasive Computing , Journal on Research and Pract ice in Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
IEEE TLT , IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
IHM 2019 , 31th French Conference on Human-Computer Interact ion, Grenoble , France, December 2019
IJART , Internat ional Journal of Arts and Technology
IJCIS , Internat ional Journal of Cooperat ive Information Systems
IJHCS , Internat ional Journal on Human-Computer Studies
IJSWIS , Internat ional Journal on Semant ic Web and Informat ion Systems
INTERACT 2015 , 15th Internat ional Conference on Human-Computer Interact ion, Bamberg, Germany, September 2015
IS , International Journal of Information Sciences
ISS 2017 , Internat ional Conference on Interact ive Surfaces and Spaces, Brighton, UK, October 2017
ITS 2015 , International Conference on Interact ive Tabletops and Surfaces , Madeira, Portugal , November 2015
ITS 2009 , Internat ional Conference on Interact ive Tabletops and Surfaces , Banff , Canada, November 2009
JMUI , Journal on Mult imodal User Interfaces
JPMTR , Journal of Print and Media Technology Research
NRHM , New Review of Hypermedia and Mult imedia
NordiCHI 2012 , Nordic Forum for Human-Computer Interact ion Research , Copenhagen, Denmark , October 2012
PACMHCI , Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interact ion
SCP , Science of Computer Programming
SNF , Swiss National Science Foundation
TableTop 2006 , 1st IEEE Internat ional Workshop on Horizontal Interact ive Human-Computer Systems, Adelaine, Austral ia , January 2006
TEI 2016 , Work-in-Progress , 10th Internat ional Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interact ion, Eindhoven, The Nether lands , Febr uary 2016
The Computer Journal , Brit ish Computer Society
UbiComp 2011 , 13th Internat ional Conference on Ubiquitous Computing , Bei j ing, China, September 2011
UbiComp 2006 , 8th Internat ional Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, Orange County, USA, September 2006
UIST 2013 , 26nd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software, St Andrews , United Kingdom, October 2013
UIST 2009 , 22nd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software, Victoria, Canada , October 2009
UIST 2007 , 20th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software, Newpo rt , USA, October 2007
WWW 2006 , 15th International World Wide Web Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland , May 2006
YSC 2018 , 7th Internat ional Young Scientist Conference on Computat ional Science , Herakl ion, Greece, July 2018
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Session Chair
EICS 2016 , 8th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, Brussels , Belg ium, June 2016
WISM 2010 , 7th International Workshop on Web Information Systems Modeling , Vancouver, Canada, November 2010
ICOODB 2009 , 2nd Internat ional Conference on Object Databases , Zurich, Switzer land, July 2009
Conference and Workshop Organisation
Track Chair (User Interfaces and Hypertext Structures) of Hypertext 2019, 30th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Socia l Media, Hof, Germany , September 2019
Late-breaking Results and Demo Co-chair of EICS 2016, 8th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interact ive Computing Systems, Brussels , Belgium, June 2016
Co-organiser of EGMI 2014, 1st Internat ional Workshop on Engineer ing Gestures for Mult imodal Interfaces , Rome, Italy, June 2014
Tutorial Chair of ICOODB 2010, 3rd International Conference on Objects and Databases , Frankfurt/Main, Germany, September 2010
Local Organiser of CAiSE 2001, 13th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering , Inter laken, Switzer land , June 2001
Editor
Proceedings Co-editor of EGMI 2014, 1st International Workshop on Engineering Gestures for Mult imodal Interfaces , June 2014, Rome, Ita ly
Proceedings Editor of CoPADD 2007, 2 nd Internat ional Workshop on Collaborat ing over Paper and Digita l Documents , London, UK, November 2007
Proceedings Editor of CoPADD 2006, 1st International Workshop on Col laborat ing over Paper and Digital Documents , CSCW 2006, Banff , Canada , November 2006
Professional Memberships
ACM , Associat ion for Computing Machinery
ACM SIGWEB , ACM Specia l Interest Group on Hypertext , Hypermedia and the Web
ACM SIGCHI , ACM Special Interest Group on Human Computer Interact ion
IEEE , Inst itute of Electr ical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE Computer Society
Invited Talks
Cross -Media Informat ion Spaces and Archi t e c tures : From Next Generat ion Pr esentat ion So lut ions to Tangible Holograms and Dynamic Data Phys i ca l i sat ion , Invited Talk , Chalmers Univers ity of Technology, Sweden, November 2019
Towards Cross -Media Info rmat ion Spaces and Archi t e c tures , Keynote at RCIS 2019, International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Brussels , May 2019
CISA: From Interac t iv e Paper to Dynamic Data Phys i cal i sa t ion , GlobIS Alumni Workshop, ETH Zurich, Switzer land, June 1, 2018
Introduc ing Tangib le Holo grams for Data Phys i ca l i sat ion and Big Data Explo rat ion , Global Information Systems group , ETH Zur ich, Switzer land, June 2, 2017
Cross -Media Informat ion Spaces and Archi t e c tures , Seminar organised by Infogroep, Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , May 5, 2015
From PaperPoin t to MindXpres : Towards Enhanced Presentat ion Too ls , Education Thursday, Mechelen, December 4, 2014
Cross -Media Informat ion Spaces and Archi t e c tures , Seminar organised by Infogroep, Vri je Univers iteit Brussel , Apri l 24, 2013
Cross -Media Informat ion Systems – Quo Vadis? , CRAFT, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Lausanne, Switzer land, November 2, 2012.
The Future o f Computers and the In terne t , Mens en computer in 2030? , Vri je Univers itei t Brussel , March 24, 2011
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Paper -Dig i tal User Inter faces : Appl i cat ions , Frameworks and Future Chal lenges , User Interface Colloquium, Otto -von-Guer icke Univers ity Magdeburg, Germany, November 2, 2009
Interakt ives Papier : Ein neues Medium zur In tegra t ion von Papier und dig i ta len Medie n in crossmedia len Publ ikat ionen , Swiss Publishing Week, Hotel Banana City , Winterthur , Switzer land, September 2008
Interac t iv e Paper in Cross -Media Publ i shing , Zukunft Crossmedia – Publ ishers Zukunft? , Schule für Gestaltung Bern und Biel , Bern, Switzer lan d, August 2008
Interac t iv e Paper : Introduct ion and Basi c Te chno logy & Interac t iv e Paper – Appl i cat ions and Future Deve lopments , Y-Toolbox, Workshop about Paper, Y (Inst itute for Transdiscip l inar ity) , Bern Univers ity of Arts , Bern, Switzer land, Apri l 2008
Integra t ing Paper and Dig i ta l In format ion Spaces – The iServer/ iPaper So lut i on , Research Seminar, German Research Center for Artif icial Intel l igence (DFKI), Kaisers lautern, Germany, March 2008
Interac t iv e Paper and Cross -Media Publ i sh ing , Treffpunkt Publ ishing, Berufsschule für Gestaltung, Zur ich, Switzer land, January 2008
Interac t iv e Paper @ ETH Zurich , mult i task – Crossmedia les Publizieren l ive, mult i digital , Baar , Switzer land, November 2007
Bridg ing the Paper -Dig i ta l Div ide : The iPaper Interac t iv e Pape r Framework , Research Seminar, Faculty of Informatics , Univers i ty of Lugano, May 2007
Science Communication
VUB-onderzoeker on twikkel t al t e rnat i eve presenta t i e so f tware , Emerce.nl , September 2019
VUB-onderzoeker komt met PowerPoint -al t ernat i e f , Computable .be, September 2019
Belg is ch presentat i eplat form MindXpres maakt e inde aan l ineaire nav iga t i e , Techzine.be, September 2019
VUB-onderzoeker on twikkelde vo l l ed ig n ieuwe presenta t i e so f tware : “Er gaat the vee l , t i jd ver loren met PowerPoint” , Pieter Van Nuffer , DataNews, Knack, Belg ium, August 2019
ArtVis : Gaining New Ins ights f rom Dig i tal Artwork Col le c t ions , Instal lat ion and Demo at the Dag van de Wetenschap, Atomium, Brussels , November 24, 2013
The Future o f Computers and the In terne t , Mens en computer in 2030 ? , Vr i je Univers ite it Brussel , March 24, 2011
Interact ive Paper in Cross -Media Publishing, Zukunft Crossmedia – Publishers Zukunft? , Schule für Gestaltung Bern und Biel , Bern, Switzer land, August 2008
Generosa Enterpr is e , Interact ive Paper Instal lat ion for the 150 Years ETH Jubilee , Platzspitz , Zur ich, Apri l 22, 2005 – May 8, 2005
Other Activities
Part ic ipant of the profess ional education s eminar on educational evaluat ion, November 2017
Part ic ipant of the profess ional education seminar on the Toetsmatr i j s , Mach 2017
Part ic ipant of the seminar on Profess ional Educat ion organised by the Vri je Univers itei t Brussel (2 days) , September 2011, Nieuwpoort , Belgium
Dutch Course (CVO-KHNB), Cert if icate NT2 Effect iveness 1 (A+B), NT2 r ichtgraad 4 , June 2013
Dutch Course (CVO-KHNB), Cert if icate NT2 Vantage 1 (A+B), NT2 r ichtgraad 3 , June 2012
Dutch Course (CVO-KHNB), Cert if icate NT2 r ichtgraad 2 , January 2012
Dutch Course (CVO-KHNB), Cert if icate NT2 r ichtgraad 2 , Threshold 3 (A+B), June 2011
Dutch Course (CVO-KHNB), Cert if icate NT2 r ichtgraad 2 , Threshold 2 (A+B), January 2011
Dutch Course (CVO-KHNB), Cert if icate NT2 r ichtgraad 2 , Threshold 1 (A+B), June 2010
Dutch Course (CVO-KHNB), Cert if icate NT2 r ichtgraad 1 , January 2010
Part ic ipant of the Inter -Discipl inary Summer School , Information Environments : Analys is and Design , August 2002, Zurich, Switzer land
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H O B B I E S
Photography [ht tp://beats igner .com/photography/ ], Travel l ing, L iterature , Beach Volleybal l and Snowboarding
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
tot a l o f 114 pub l ic at ions , f i rs t author : 28 publ ica t ions , la s t author : 54 publ icat ions c i t a t ions : 1892 , h - index : 23 , p ro f i t p - ind ex : 0 .61 (da ta by Goog l e Schol ar )
Peer Reviewed Conference and Workshop Papers 1. Audrey Sanctorum, Suzanne Kieffer and Beat Signer, User -dr iven Des ign Guide l ines
fo r the Author ing o f Cross -Devic e and In terne t o f Things Appl i cat ions , Proceedings of NordiCHI 2020, 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interact ion, Tal l inn, Estonia, October 2020 (to appear)
2. Eleni I lkou and Beat S igner, A Techno logy -enhanced Smart Learn ing Envi ronment Based on the Combinat ion o f Knowledge Graphs and Learning Paths , Proceedings of CSEDU 2020, 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, May 2020 [https://doi.org/10.5220/0009575104610468]
3. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, Ngoc Tran and Beat Signer , Enhanced Document Re tr i eval and Discovery Based on a Combinat ion o f Impl i c i t and Expli c i t Document Rel a t ionships , Proceedings of DocEng 2019, 19th ACM Symposium on Document Engineer ing , Berl in , Germany, September 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3342558.3345407] (acceptance rate: 39%)
4. Olga De Troyer , Jan Maushagen, Renny Lindberg, Jonathan Riggio , Ja ël Muls , Beat S igner and Koen Lombaert s , A Play fu l Mobi le Dig i tal Env ironment to Tack le Schoo l Burnout Using Mic ro Learning , Persuas ion & Gamif i cat ion , Proceedings of ICALT 2019, 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies , Maceió, Brazi l , July 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2019.00027]
5. Audrey Sanctorum and Beat S igner, A Unify ing Reference Framework and Model fo r Adapt ive Dis tr ibuted Hybrid User In ter faces , Proceedings of RCIS 2019, 13th
International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Brussels , Belgium, May 2019
6. Beat S igner , Payam Ebrahimi , Timothy J . Curt in and Ahmed K.A. Abdullah, Towards a Framework for Dynamic Data Phys i ca l i sat ion , Internat ional Workshop Toward a Des ign Language for Data Physica l iz at ion, Berl in , Germany, October 2018 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_DataPhys2018.pdf]
7. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, Payam Ebrahimi and Beat Signer , Cross -Media Document Linking and Navigat ion , Proceedings of DocEng 2018, 18 th ACM Symposium on Document Engineer ing, Halifax, Canada, August 2018 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3209280.3209529]
8. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, Bruno Dumas and Beat Signer, Fluid Document Formats in the Age o f Ubiquitous Computing , Proceedings of DChanges 2018, Internat ional Workshop on (Document) Changes: Modell ing, Detect ion, Storage and Visual izat ion, Hal ifax , Canada, August 2018
9. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh and Beat Signer, An Analys i s o f Cross -Document Linking Mechanisms , Proceedings of JCDL 2018, ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digita l Librar ies , Fort Worth, USA, June 2018 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3197026.3197053] (acceptance rate: 37%)
10. Sandra Trul lemans, Payam Ebrahimi and Beat Signer , Des igning Pros the t i c Memory : Audio or Transcr ipt , That i s the Quest ion , Proceedings of AVI 2018 , International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interf aces , Grosseto, Italy, May 2018 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3206505.3206545] (acceptance rate: 25%)
11. Sandra Trul lemans, Payam Ebrahimi and Beat Signer, Cross ing Spaces : Towards Cross -Media Per sona l In format ion Management Use r Inter faces , Proceedings of AVI 2018, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces , Gross eto, Italy , May 2018 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3206505.3206528] (acceptance rate: 25%)
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12. Anke Brock, Brent Hecht , Beat Signer and Johannes Schöning, Bespoke Map Customizat ion Behav io r and I ts Impl i ca t ions fo r the Des ign o f Mult imed ia Cartographic Too ls , Proceedings of MUM 2017, 16 th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Mult imedia , Stuttgart , Germany, November 2017 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3152832.3152833] (honorable mention award )
13. Sandra Trul lemans, Ayrton Vercruysse and Beat Signer , DocTr: A Uni f y ing Framework for Tracking Phys i cal Documents and Organisa t ional St ruc tur es , Proceedings of EICS 2016, 8th SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interact ive Computing Systems, Brussels , Belg ium, June 2016 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2933242.2933254] (acceptance rate: 31%)
14. Audrey Sanctorum and Beat S igner, Towards User -de f ined Cross -Devic e In terac t ion , Proceedings of DUI 2016, 5th Workshop on Distr ibuted User Interfaces , Lugano, Switzer land, June 2016 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46963-8_17]
15. Sandra Trul lemans, Audrey Sanctorum and Beat Signer , PimVis: Exploring and Re-f inding Document in Cross -Media Information Spaces, Proceedings of AVI 2016, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces , Bari , I taly , June 2016 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2909132.2909261] (acceptance rate: 26%)
16. Sandra Trul lemans and Beat Signer, A Mul t i - layered Context Model l ing Approach for End Users , Exper t Users and Programmers , Proceedings of SERVE 2016, International Workshop on Smart Ecosystems cReation by Visual dEsign, Bar i Italy , June 2016 [http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1602/paper7.pdf]
17. Reinout Roels , Yves Baeten and Beat Signer , An Int erac t iv e Data Visual i sat ion Approach for Next Generat ion Presen ta t ion Too ls . Towards Rich Presentat ion -based Data Explorat ion and Story te l l ing , Proceedings of CSEDU 2016, 8 th International Conference on Computer Supported Educat ion, Rome, Italy, Apri l 2016 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0005806401230133] (acceptance rate: 18%)
18. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh and Beat Signer, A Dynamical ly Extens ible Open Cro ss -Document Link Serv i c e , Proceedings of WISE 2015, 16th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, Miami , USA, November 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26190-4_5] (acceptance rate: 31%)
19. Reinout Roels , Paul Mestereaga and Beat Signer, Towards Enhanced Presen tat ion -based Teaching o f Programming : An Interac t iv e Source Code Visua l i sat ion Approach , Proceedings of CSEDU 2015, 7 th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Lisbon, Portugal , May 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0005445300980107] (acceptance rate: 20%) (best paper award )
20. Reinout Roels and Beat Signer, MindXpres : An Extens ib le Content -dr iven Cro ss -Media Presentat ion Plat form , Proceedings of WISE 2014, 15th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering, Thessaloniki , Greece, October , 2014 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11746-1_16] (acceptance rate: 26%)
21. Ahmed A.O. Tayeh and Beat Signer, Open Cros s -Document Linking and Browsing based on a Visual P lug - in Arch i t e c ture , Proceedings of WISE 2014, 15th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering, Thessaloniki , Greece, October , 2014 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11746-1_17] (acceptance rate: 26%)
22. Sandra Trul lemans and Beat Signer, Towards a Conceptual Framework and Metamode l fo r Context -Aware Personal Cross -Media Informat ion Management Sys tems , Proceedings of ER 2014, 33rd International Conference on Conceptual Modell ing, Atlanta , USA, October 2014 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12206-9_26] (acceptance rate: 26%)
23. Sandra Trul lemans and Beat Signer, From User Needs to Opportuni t i e s in Personal Informat ion Management : A Case Study on Organisat ional Strateg i e s in Cross -Media Informat ion Spac es , Proceedings of DL 2014, Internat ional Conference on Digita l Librar ies , London, UK, September 2014 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JCDL.2014.6970154] (acceptance rate: 28%)
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24. Reinout Roels , Christophe Vermeylen and Beat Signer , A Unif i ed Communicat ion Plat form for Enriching and Enhanc ing Presentat ions with Act ive Learn ing Components , Proceedings of ICALT 2014, 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies , Athens , Greece, July 2014 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ ICALT.2014.46] (acceptance rate: 24%) (best paper award )
25. Lode Hoste and Beat S igner , Criter ia , Chal lenge s and Opportuni t i e s fo r Gesture Programming Languages , Proceedings of EGMI 2014, 1st Internat ional Workshop on Engineer ing Gestures for Mult imodal Interfaces , Rome, Ita ly, June 2014 [http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1190/paper4.pdf]
26. Bruno Dumas, Bram Moerman, Sandra Trul lemans and Beat S igner , An Advanc ed User Inter fa ce fo r Explor ing , Analys ing and Brows ing Dig i ta l Artwork Col le c t ions , Demo Proceedings of AVI 2014, Internat ional Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces , Como, Ita ly , May 2014 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/dumas_AVI2014a.pdf]
27. Bruno Dumas, Bram Moerman, Sandra Trul lemans and Be at S igner, ArtVis : Combining Advanced Visual i sa t ion and Tangible Interac t ion for the Explorat ion, Analys i s and Browsing o f Dig i tal Ar twork Col le c t ions , Proceedings of AVI 2014, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interface s , Como, Ita ly , May 2014 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2598153.2598159] (acceptance rate: 28%)
28. Lode Hoste and Beat S igner , Water Bal l Z: An Augmented Fight ing Game Using Water as Tac t i l e Feedback , Proceedings of TEI 2014, 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interact ion , Munich, Germany, February 2014 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2540930.2540946] (acceptance rate: 27%)
29. Lode Hoste and Beat S igner , SpeeG2: A Speech - and Gesture -based In ter face fo r Eff i c i ent Contro l l e r - f r e e Text Entry , Proceedings of ICMI 2013, 15th International Conference on Mult imodal Interact ion , Sydney, Austral ia , December 2013 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2522848.2522861] (acceptance rate: 37%)
30. Reinout Roels and Beat Signer , An Extens ib le Presentat ion Too l fo r Flexible Human -Informat ion In terac t ion , Demo Proceedings of HCI 2013, 27th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interact ion , London, United Kingdom, September 2013 [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2578048.2578119]
31. Bruno Dumas, María Solórzano and Beat S igner , Des ign Guide l ines fo r Adapt ive Mult imodal Mobi le Input So lut ions , Proceedings of MobileHCI 2013, 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interact ion with Mobile Devices and Services , Munich, Germany, August 2013 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2493190.2493227] (acceptance rate: 22%)
32. Lode Hoste and Beat S igner , Express iv e Contro l o f Indire c t Augmented Real i ty Dur ing Live Mus ic Per formances , Proceedings of NIME 2013, 13th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Express ion, Daejeon, Korea Republ ic , May 2013 [http://nime.org/proceedings/2013/nime2013_32.pdf]
33. Lode Hoste , Brecht De Rooms and Beat Signer , Declarat iv e Gestur e Spot t ing Using Inferred and Ref ined Cont ro l Po ints , Proceedings of ICPRAM 2013, International Conference on Pattern Recognit ion, Barcelona, Spain, February 2013 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/hoste_ICPRAM2013.pdf] (acceptance rate: 24%)
34. Bruno Dumas, Beat Signer and Denis L alanne, Fusion in Mul t imodal In terac t iv e Sys tems: An HMM-Based Algor i thm for User Induc ed Adaptat ion , Proceedings of EICS 2012, 4th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interact ive Computing Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2012 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2305484.2305490] (acceptance rate: 22%)
35. Lode Hoste , Bruno Dumas and Beat Signer , SpeeG: A Mult imodal Spee ch - and Gesture -based Text Input So lut ion , Proceedings of AVI 2012, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces , Capri Is land, Italy, May 2012 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2254556.2254585] (acceptance rate: 28%)
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36. Bruno Dumas, Tim Broché , Lode Hoste and Beat Signer, ViDaX: An Interac t iv e Semant i c Data Visual i sa t ion and Explorat ion Too l (Poster) , Proceedings of AVI 2012, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces , Capri Is land, Italy , May 2012 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2254556.2254702]
37. Lode Hoste , Bruno Dumas and Beat Signer , Mudra: A Unif i ed Mult imodal Int erac t ion Framework , Proceedings of ICMI 2011, 13th Internat ional Conference on Mult imodal Interact ion , Al icante , Spain, November 2011 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2070481.2070500] (acceptance rate: 39%)
38. Bruno Dumas, Beat Signer and Denis Lalanne, A Graphical UIDL Editor fo r Mult imodal Interac t ion Des ign Based on SMUIML , Proceedings of UIDL 2011, Workshop on Software Support for User Interface Descript ion Language, Lisbon, Portugal , September 2011 [https://beatsigner.com/publications/dumas_UIDL2011.pdf]
39. Elien Paret , Wi l l iam Van Woensel , Sven Casteleyn, Beat Signer and Olga De Troyer , Eff i c i ent Query ing o f Dis tr ibuted RDF Sources in Mobi le Set t ings based on a Source Index Model , Proceedings of MobiWIS 2011, 8th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems, Niagara Fal ls , Canada, September 2011 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2011.07.072] (acceptance rate: 36%) (best paper award )
40. Adriana Ispas, Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, An Extens ib le Dig i tal Ink Segmentat ion and Class i f i cat ion Framework for Natura l Note taking , Proceedigs og EICS 2011, ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interact ive Computing Systems , Pisa, I taly , June 2011 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1996461.1996528] (acceptance rate: 22%)
41. Elien Paret , Wi l l iam Van Woensel , Sven Casteleyn, Beat Signer and Olga De Troyer , Eff i c i ent Mobi le Query ing o f Dis tr ibuted RDF Sources (Poster) , Proceedings of ESWC 2011, 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference, Herakl ion Greece, May 2011 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/paret_ESWC2011.pdf]
42. Nadir Weibel , Beat Signer, Moira C. Norr ie , Herman Hofstetter , Hans-Christ ian Jetter and Harald Reiterer , PaperSketch: A Paper -Dig i tal Col laborat iv e Remote Sketch ing Too l , Proceedings of IUI 2011, International Conference on Intel l igent User Interfaces , Palo Alto , USA, February 2011 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1943403.1943428] (acceptance rate: 44%)
43. Christophe Scholiers , Lode Hoste , Beat S igner and Wolfgang De Meuter , Midas: A Dec larat iv e Mul t i -Touch Interac t ion Framework , Proceedings of TEI 2011 , 5th International Conference on Tangible, Emb edded and Embodied Interact ion , Funchal , Portugal , January 2011 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1935701.1935712] (acceptance rate: 32%)
44. Beat S igner, What i s Wrong with Dig i ta l Documents ? A Concep tual Mode l f o r Struc tural Cross -Media Cont ent Compos i t ion and Reuse , Proceedings of ER 2010, 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling , Vancouver , Canada, November 2010 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16373-9_28] (acceptance rate: 20%)
45. Adriana Ispas, Nan Li , Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer, Paper -Dig i tal Meet ing Support and Rev iew , Proceedings of CollaborateCom 2010, 6th International Conference on Collaborat ive Computing, Chicago, USA, October 2010 [https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2010.29] (acceptance rate: 37%)
46. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, Interac t iv e Paper : Past , Present and Future , Proceedings of PaperComp 2010, 1st Internat ional Workshop on Paper Computing, Copenhagen Denmark, September 2010 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_PaperComp2010.pdf]
47. Adriana Ispas, Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, A Study o f Inc identa l Note taking to Inform Dig i tal Pen and Paper So lu t ions , Proceedings of HCI 2010, 24th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interact ion, Dundee, United Kingdom, September 2010 [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2146359] (acceptance rate: 42%)
48. Beat S igner, Alexandre de Spindler and Moira C. Norrie, Collabora t iv e Ad-hoc Informat ion Shar ing in Cross -Media In format ion Environments , Proceedings of CoopIS 2009, 17th International Conference on Cooperat ive Information Systems , Vilamoura , Portugal , November 2009 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05148-7_32] (acceptance rate: 20%)
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49. Stefania Leone, Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Alexandre de Spindler , From Stat i c Methods to Role -Dr iven Serv i c e Invocat ion - A Metamode l fo r Ac t ive Content in Obj ec t Databases , Proceedings of ER 2009, 28th Internat ional Conference on Conceptual Model ing, Gramado, Brazi l , November 2009 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04840-1_33] (acceptance rate: 19%)
50. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, An Arch i t e c ture fo r Open Cross -Media Annotat ion Serv i c e s , Proceedings of WISE 2009, 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, Poznan, Poland, October 2009 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04409-0_39] (acceptance rate: 23%)
51. Beat S igner, Alexandre de Spindler and Moira C. Norrie, A Framework for Link Shar ing in Cooperat iv e Cross -Media Informat ion Spaces , Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cooperat ive Design, Visual izat ion and Engineering, Luxembourg City , Luxembourg, September 2009 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04265-2_27]
52. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, Active Components as a Method for Coupl ing Data and Serv i c e s - A Databas e -Driven Appl i cat ion Dev e lopment Process , Proceedings of ICOODB 2009, 2nd Internat ional Conference on Object Databases , Zurich, Switzer land, July 2009 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14681-7_4]
53. Adriana Ispas, Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, An Extens ib le Framework for Personal Cross -Media In format ion Management , Proceedings of Workshop on Cross-Media Information Analys is , Extract ion an d Management, Koblenz, Germany, December 2008 [http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-437/paper3.pdf]
54. Elke I . Reuss, Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, PowerPoint Mult imedia Presentat ions in Comput er Sc i ence Educat ion : What do Users Need? Proceedings of USAB 2008, 4th Symposium on Usabil i ty & HCI for Education and Work, Graz, Austr ia, November 2008 [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89350-9_20] (acceptance rate: 8%) (best paper award )
55. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, A Framework for Deve loping Pervas ive Cross -Media Appl i cat ions based on Phy s i ca l Hypermedia and Act ive Components , Proceedings of ICPCA 2008, 3rd International Conference on Pervas ive Computing and Applicat ions, Alexandr ia, Egypt, October 2008 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPCA.2008.4783676]
56. Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Nadir We ibel , Interac t iv e Paper as a Reading Medium in Dig i tal Librar ie s , Proceedings of ECDL 2008, 12th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digi ta l Librar ies , Aarhus, Denmark, September 2008 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87599-4_24] (acceptance rate: 29%)
57. Marcus Liwicki , Kinga Schumacher, Andreas Dengel , Nadir Weibel , Beat S igner and Moira C. Norr ie , Pen and Paper -based Interac t ion w ith the Semant i c Desktop , Proceedings of DAS 2008, 8th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analys is Systems, Nara, Japan , September 2008 [https://beatsigner.com/publications/liwicki_DAS2008.pdf]
58. Marcus Liwicki , Kinga Schumacher, Andreas Dengel , Nadir Weibel , Beat S igner and Moira C. Norr ie , Semanti c eInk – Pen and Paper -based Interac t ion w ith the Semant i c Desktop , Demo Proceedings of DAS 2008, 8th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analys is Systems, Nara, Japan , September 2008 [https://beatsigner.com/publications/liwicki_DAS2008a.pdf]
59. Nadir Weibel , Adriana Ispas, Beat Signer and Moira C. Norrie, Paper -Proo f : A Paper -Dig i tal Proo f -Edit ing Sys tem , Proceedings of CHI 2008 Interact iv ity Track, Florence, Italy, Apri l 2008 [http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1358628.1358682]
60. Michael Springmann, Adriana Ispas, Heiko Schuldt , Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer, Towards Query by Sketch , Second DELOS Conference on Digita l Librar ies , Pisa, I taly , December 2007 [https://beatsigner.com/publications/springmann_DELOS2007.pdf]
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61. Nadir Weibel , Beat Signer, Patr ick Pont i and Moira C. Norrie, PaperProo f : A Paper -Dig i tal Proo f -Edit ing Sys tem , Proceedings of CoPADD 2007, 2nd International Workshop on Collaborat ing over Paper and Digital Document, London , United Kingdom, November 2007 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/weibel_CoPADD2007.pdf]
62. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, As We May Link : A General Metamode l fo r Hypermedia Sys tems , Proceedings of ER 2007, 26th International Conference on Conceptual Model l ing, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2007 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75563-0_25] (acceptance rate: 22%)
63. Michael Grossniklaus, Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Nadir Weibel , Produc ing Interac t iv e Paper Documents based on Mul t i -Channe l Conten t Publ i sh ing , Proceedings of AXMEDIS 2007, 3rd Internat ional Conferenc e on Automated Production of Cross Media Content for Mult i -channel Distr ibution, Barcelona, Spain, November 2007 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AXMEDIS.2007.32]
64. Beat S igner, Uel i Kurmann and Moira C. Norr ie, iGesture : A General Gesture Recogni t ion Framework , Proceedings of ICDAR 2007, 9th International Conference on Document Analys is and Recognit ion, Curit iba, Brazi l , September 2007 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICDAR.2007.139] (acceptance rate: 26%)
65. Nadir Weibel , Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer, A Model fo r Mapping be tween Pr inted and Dig i ta l Document Ins tances , Proceedings of DocEng 2007, ACM Symposium on Document Engineer ing, Winnipeg, Canada, August 2007 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1284420.1284428] (acceptance rate: 39%)
66. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie , PaperPoint : A Paper -Based Presentat i on and Interac t iv e Paper Pro to typ ing Too l , Proceedings of TEI 2007, First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interact ion, Baton Rouge, USA, February 2007 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1226969.1226981] (acceptance rate: 54%)
67. Maristel la Agosti , Stefano Berett i , Gert Brett lecker , Alberto del Bimbo, Nicola Ferro, Norbert Fuhr, Daniel Keim, Claus -Peter Klas , Thomas Lidy, Moira C. Norrie, Paola Ranaldi , Andreas Rauber, Hans -Jörg Schek, Tobias Schreck, Heiko Schuldt , Beat Signer and Michael Springmann , DelosDLMS - the Integrated DELOS Dig i tal Library Management Sys t em , DELOS Conference on Digita l Librar ies , Pisa , I taly , February 2007 [https://beatsigner.com/publications/agosti_DELOS2007.pdf]
68. Michael Grossniklaus, Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Nadir Weibel , Put t ing Locat ion-Based Serv i c e s on the Map , Proceedings of W2GIS 2006 , International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical I nformation Systems, Hong Kong, China, December 2006 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11935148_1]
69. Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Nadir Weibel , General Framework fo r the Rapid Deve lopment o f In terac t iv e Pape r Appl i ca t ions , Proceedings of CoPADD 2006, 1st International Workshop on Collaborat ing over Paper and Digital Document, Banff , Canada, November 2006 [https://beatsigner.com/publications/norrie_CoPADD2006.pdf]
70. Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Nadir Weibel , Prin t -n -Link: Weaving the Pape r Web , Proceedings of DocEng 2006, ACM Symposium on Document Engineer ing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 2006 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1166160.1166175] (acceptance rate: 33%)
71. Beat S igner, Moira C. Norrie, Michael Grossniklaus, Rudi Belott i , Corsin Decurt ins and Nadir Weibel , Paper -Bas ed Mobi l e Access to Database s , Demo Proceedings of SIGMOD 2006, ACM Internat ional Conference on Management of Data , Chicago, USA, June 2006 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1142473.1142581]
72. Alexandre de Spindler , Moira C. Norrie, Michael Grossniklaus and Beat Signer , Spat io -Tempora l Proximi t y as a Bas is fo r Col labora t iv e Fi l t e r ing in Mobi le Environment s , Proceedings of UMICS 2006, Workshop on Ubiquitous Mobile Information and Collaborat ion Systems, CAiSE 2006, 18th International Co nference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, June 2006 [https://beatsigner.com/publications/despindler_UMICS2006.pdf]
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73. Axel Vogelsang and Beat Signer , The Lost Cosmonaut : An Interac t iv e Narrat iv e Environment on Basi s o f Dig i tal ly Enhanced Paper , Proceedings of International Conference on Virtual Storyte l l ing, Strasbourg, France , December 2005 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11590361_31]
74. Moira C. Norrie, Alexios Pal ingin is and Beat Signer , Content Publ i shing Framework for Interac t iv e Paper Documents , Proceedings of DocEng 2005, ACM Symposium on Document Engineer ing, Bristol , United Kingdom, November 2005 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1096601.1096648] (acceptance rate: 33%)
75. Rudi Belott i , Corsin Decurt ins , Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Lji l jana Vukelja , Exper imental P lat form fo r Mobi le Informat ion Syst ems , Proceedings of MobiCom 2005, 11th Annual Internat ional Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, Cologne, Germany , August 2005 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1080829.1080856] (acceptance rate: 10%)
76. Ella Tal lyn, David M. Frohlich , Nadja Linketscher, Beat Signer and Guy Adam s, Using Paper to Support Col laborat ion in Educat ional Ac t iv i t i e s , Proceedings of CSCL 2005, Conference on Computer Supported Col laborat ive Learning, Taipei , Taiwan, May 2005 [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1149293.1149381] (acceptance rate: 30%)
77. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie , A Framework for Cross -Media In format ion Management , Proceedings of EuroIMSA 2005, Internat ional Conference on Internet and Mult imedia Systems and Applicat ions, Grindelwald, Switzer land, February 2005 [http://www.actapress.com/Content_Of_Proceeding.aspx?ProceedingID=293]
78. Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer , Over lay ing Paper Maps with Dig i tal Informat ion Serv i c e s fo r Tour is t s , Proceedings of ENTER 2005, 12th Internat ional Conference on Information Technology and Travel & Tourism, Innsbruck, Austr ia, January 2005 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-211-27283-6_3]
79. Paul Luff , Christ ian Heath, Moira C. Norrie , Beat Signer and Peter Herdman , Only Touching the Sur face : Creat ing Af f in i t i e s be tween D ig i ta l Content and Paper , Proceedings of CSCW 2004, Conference on Compu ter Supported Cooperat ive Work, Chicago, USA, November 2004 [https://doi.org/10.1145/1031607.1031695] (acceptance rate: 30%)
80. Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer , Switching ove r to Paper : A New Web Channe l , Proceedings of WISE 2003, 4th Internat ional Conference on Web I nformation Systems Engineering, Rome, Italy, December 2003 [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=960322.960449] (acceptance rate: 25%)
81. Corsin Decurt ins , Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer , Digi ta l Annota t ion o f Pr inted Documents , Proceedings of CIKM 2003, 12th Internat ional Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, New Orleans, USA, November 2003 [https://doi.org/10.1145/956863.956971]
82. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie , Mult i -Layered Cross -Media Linking , Proceedings of Hypertext 2003, 14th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, Nott ingham, United Kingdom, August 2003 [https://doi.org/10.1145/900051.900073]
83. Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer , Issues o f In format ion Semant i c s and Granular i ty in Cross -Media Publ i shing , Proceedings of CAiSE 2003, Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, Klagenfurt/Velden, Austr ia , June 2003 [https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45017-3_29] (acceptance rate: 21%)
84. Beat S igner, Moira C. Norrie, Peter Geissbuehler and Daniel Heiniger , Telephone Inter face fo r Avalanche Warnings based on In format ion Server fo r Adaptable Content Del iv ery , Proceedings of Pervasive 2002, International Conference on Pervas ive Computing, Zur ich, Switzer land, August 2002 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_Pervasive2002.pdf]
85. Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer , Web-Based Integra t ion o f Pr inted and Dig i tal Informat ion , Proceedings of DIWeb 2002, 2nd Workshop on Data Integrat ion over the Web, Toronto, Canada, May 2002 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/norrie_DIWeb2002.pdf]
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86. Beat S igner, Moira C. Norrie, Peter Geissbuehler and Daniel Heiniger , Aural Inter faces to Databases based on Voi ceXML , Proceedings of VDB6, 6th IFIP Workshop on Visual Database Systems, Brisbane, Austral ia, M ay 2002 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_VDB6.pdf]
87. Adrian Kobler , Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer and Michael Grossniklaus , OMS Java : Prov iding Informat ion , Storage and Access Abstrac t ions in an Objec t -Oriented Framework , Proceedings of OOIS 2001, 7th Internat ional Conference on Object -Oriented Information Systems, Calgary, Canada, August 2001 [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0719-4_5]
88. Beat S igner, Michael Grossniklaus and Moira C. Norrie , Java Framework for Database -Cent r i c Web Engineer ing , Proceedings of WebE 2001, 4th Workshop on Web Engineering ( in conjunct ion with 10th Internat ional World Wide Web Conference) , Hong Kong, May 2001 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_WebE2001.pdf]
89. Beat S igner, Antonia Erni and Moira C. Norrie , A Persona l Ass is tant f o r Web Database Caching , Proceedings of CAiSE 2000, 12th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2000 [https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45140-4_6] (acceptance rate: 25%)
Journal Articles 90. Reinout Roels and Beat Signer, A Concep tual Framework and Content Mode l fo r Next
Generat ion Presen tat ion So lut ions , Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interact ion (PACMHCI), 3(EICS) , June 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3331149]
91. Reinout Roels , Arno De Witte and Beat Signer , INFEX: A Unify ing Framework for Cross -Devic e Informat ion Explorat ion and Exchang e , Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interact ion (PACMHCI), 2(EICS) , June 2018 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3179427]
92. Sandra Trul lemans, Lars Van Holsbeeke and Beat Signer, The Context Model l ing Too lkit : A Uni f i ed Mult i -Layered Context Mode l l ing Approach , Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interact ion (PACMHCI), 1(1) , June 2017, presented at EICS 2017, 9th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, Lisbon, Portugal , June 2017 [ http://doi.org/10.1145/3095810] (acceptance rate: 28%)
93. Reinout Roels , Yves Baeten and Beat Signer , Interac t iv e and Narrat iv e Data Visua l i sat ion for Pres enta t ion -based Knowledge Trans fer , Communicat ions in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), 739, 2017 [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63184-4_13]
94. Audrey Sanctorum and Beat S igner, Towards End-User Deve lopment o f Dis tr ibuted User Inter faces , Universa l Access in the Information Society (UAIS), 2017 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-017-0601-5]
95. Reinout Roels , Paul Mestereaga and Beat Signer, An Interac t iv e Source Code Visua l i sat ion Plug - in for the MindXpres Pr esentat i on Plat form , Communicat ions in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) , 583, 2016 [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29585-5_10]
96. Bruno Dumas, Beat Signer and Denis Lalanne, A Graphical Editor fo r the SMUIML Mult imodal User In terac t i on Descr ipt ion Language , Science of Computer Programming, 86, June 2014 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2013.04.003]
97. Beat S igner, Moira C. Norrie, Nadir Weibel and Adriana Ispas, Advanced Author ing o f Paper -Dig i ta l Sys tems: Introduc ing Templates and Variab le Content Elements fo r Interac t iv e Paper Publ i sh ing , Mult imedia Tools and Applicat ions , 70(2) , May 2014 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-012-1217-7]
98. Beat S igner and Moira C. Norrie, A Model and Archi t e c ture fo r Open Cross -Media Annotat ion and Link Serv i c e s , Information Systems, 36(3) , Elsevier , May 2011 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2010.08.002]
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99. Beat S igner, Michael Grossniklaus and Moira C. Norrie, Interac t iv e Paper as a Mobi l e Client fo r a Mul t i -Channe l Web In format ion System , World Wide Web Journal (WWW), 10(4) Special Issue on Mult i -Channel Adaptive Informat ion Systems on the World Wide Web, Spr inger , December 2007 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11280-007-0026-9]
100. Moira C. Norrie, Beat Signer, Michael Grossniklaus, Rudi Belot t i , Corsin Decurt ins and Nadir Weibel , Context -Aware P la t form for Mobi le Data Management , Journal on Wireless Networks (WINET), 13(6) , Springer , December 2007 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11276-006-9858-y]
101. Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer , Informat ion Server fo r Hi ghly -Connec t ed Cross -Media Publ i sh ing , Informat ion Systems, 30(7) , Elsevier , November 2005 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2004.11.003]
102. Corsin Decurt ins , Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer , Put t ing the Gloss on Paper : A Framework for Cross -Media Annotat ion , NRHM 2003, New Review of Hypermedia and Mult imedia , 9(1) , 2003 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13614560410001725301]
Keynotes 103. Beat S igner , Towards Cross -Media Informat ion Spaces and Archi t e c ture s , Proceedings of
RCIS 2019, 13th International Conference on Research Chal lenges in Information Science, Brussels , Belgium, May 2019
Books and Book Chapters 104. Beat S igner, Fundamental Concepts fo r In terac t iv e Pape r and Cross -Media Informat ion
Spaces , Second Edit ion, ISBN 978-3-8370-2713-6, August 2017 (f irst publi shed 2005 as Diss ETH No. 16218 ) [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fundamental-Concepts-Interactive-Cross-Media-Information/dp/3837027139]
105. Paul Luff , Guy Adams, Wolfgang Bock, Adam Drazin, David M. Frohlich , Christ ian Heath, Peter Herdman, Heather King, Nadja Linketscher, Rachel Murphy, Moir a C. Norrie, Abigai l Sel len , Beat Signer, Ella Tal lyn and Emil Zel ler , Augmented Paper : Deve loping Relat ionships be tween Dig i ta l Content and Paper , The Disappearing Computer : Interact ion Des ign, System Infrastructures and Applicat ions for Smart Env ironments , LNCS 4500, 2007 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72727-9]
106. Moira C. Norrie and Beat Signer, Web-Based Integra t ion o f Pr inted and Dig i tal Informat ion (extended vers ion of DIWeb 2002 paper) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 2590, February 2003 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36556-7_17]
Technical Reports 107. Beat S igner and Timothy J . Curt in, Tangible Holograms: Towards Mobi le Phys i cal
Augmenta t ion o f Vir tual Obj e c t s , Technical Report WISE Lab, WISE-2017-01, March 2017 [http://arxiv.org/abs/1703.08288]
108. Beat S igner, Alexandre de Spindler and Moira C. Norrie, A Peer - to -Pee r -bas ed Distr ibuted Link Serv i c e Archi t e c ture , Technical Report ETH Zurich, TR636, August 2009 [ ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch/pub/publications/tech-reports/6xx/636.pdf]
109. Beat S igner, Moira C. Norrie and Uel i Kurmann, iGesture : A Java Framework for the Deve lopment and Deployment o f Stroke -Based Online Gesture Recogni t ion Algor i thms , Technical Report ETH Zurich, TR561, September 2007 [ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch/pub/publications/tech-reports/5xx/561.pdf]
110. David M. Frohl ich , Ella Tal lyn , Nadja Linketscher, Beat Signer and Guy Adams , Reading Augmented Paper : Chi ldren's Exper iences f rom a Simulat ion Study , Technical Report HP Labs, HPL-2001-308, November 2001
Articles 111. Bashar Altakrouri , Andreas Schrader, Simo Hosio, Mart in Christoph Kindsmüller
and Beat S igner, Large - s cale Interac t ion Deployment : Approaches and Chal l enges , Proceedings of EICS 2015, 7 th Internat ional Conference on Engineering Interact ive Computer Systems, Duisburg, Germany, June 2015 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2774225.2777459]
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112. Florian Echtler , Dietr ich Kammer, Davy Vanacken, Lode Hos te and Beat Signer , Engineer ing Gestures fo r Mult imodal User In ter face s , Proceedings of EICS 2014, 6th International Conference on Engineer ing Interact ive Computing Systems, Rome, Ita ly , June, 2014 [https://doi.org/10.1145/2607023.2610288]
113. Beat S igner, Papier als interakt ives mobi l e s Medium , E-Learning Dossier 03/2008, June 2008 [http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_ELearningDossier2008.pdf]
Theses 114. Beat S igner, Fundamental Concepts fo r In terac t iv e Pape r and Cross -Media Informat ion
Spaces , Dissertat ion ETH No. 16218, Zurich, Switzer land, 2005 [https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005174378]
Awards
Honorable Ment ion Award, MUM 2017, 16th Internat ional Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Mult imedia, Stuttgart , Germany, November 2017
Best Paper Award, CSEDU 2015 , 7th Internat ional Conference on Computer Supported Education, Lisbon, Portugal , May, 2015
Best Paper Award, ICALT 2014 , 14th Internat ional Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies , Athens , Greece, July 2014
Best Paper Award, MobiWIS 2011, 8th Internationa l Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems, Niagara Fal ls , Canada, September 2011
Best Paper Award, USAB 2008, 4th Symposium on Usabil i ty & HCI for Educat ion and Work, Graz, Austr ia, November 2008
S O F T W A R E
MindXpres Extensible content -dr iven cross-media presentat ion platform. [mindxpres.com]
eXtensible Information Management Architecture (XIMA) Platform for univer sal cl ient access to databases . [beats igner .com/xima.html ]
iServer framework Cross-media information server supporting the integrat ion of physical and digital content based on a resource plug-in mechanism. [beats igner .com/iServer .html ]
iPaper framework Interact ive paper framework including a resource p lug - in for iServer as well as var ious authoring tools and applicat ions . [beats igner .com/iPaper .html ]
PaperPoint A paper-based presentat ion and lecture recording tool for PowerPoint . [beats igner .com/paperPoint.html ]
iGesture A general gesture recognit ion framework. Avai lable under an Apache 2 open source l icense from [ igesture .org] (more than 17 000 downloads) .
Gesture Controller (geco) An applicat ion for mapping mouse or pen -based gestures to short key presses and system commands . Geco uses iGesture as i ts gesture recognit ion engine. [ igesture.org]
sigtec library Various Java uti l i t ies including for example a caching framework, an XML RPC implementat ion, HTTP tools and digital ink uti l i t ies .
Appendix A - Statistics of http://vub.academia.edu/BeatSigner
