Rainer Malaka

Rainer Malaka

dm@tzi.de
Institution: University of Bremen
Department: Technologie-Zentrum Informatik und Informationstechnik (TZI)
Position: Director
https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/dmlab/team/rainer-malaka

Digital Media, Human-Centric AI, Human-Computer-Interaction,
Entertainment Computing, Serious Games

  • Let’s Talk Games: An Expert Exploration of Speech Interaction with NPCs (2025)

    Authors: Nima Zargham, Maximilian A. Friehs, Leandro Tonini, Dmitry Alexandrovsky, Emma Grace Ruthven, Lennart E. Nacke, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (Volume: 41)
    DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2024.2338666

  • From imaging to interaction with 3D models: technical aspects (2025)

    Authors: Andrea Schenk, Alexander Kluge, Sirko Pelzl, Gabriel Zachmann, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Chirurgie (Germany) (Volume: 96)
    DOI: 10.1007/s00104-024-02214-7

  • Empowering User Security Awareness and Risk Assessment Within Gamified Smartphone Environment (2025)

    Authors: Mehrdad Bahrini, Joffrey Weglewski, Karsten Sohr, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Volume: 15192 LNCS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74353-5_2

  • From Pixels to Feelings: Exploring Game Elements for Eliciting Empathy Toward Refugees (2025)

    Authors: Ameneh Safari, Aswathi Surendran, Ioannis Bikas, Mehrdad Bahrini, Anke V. Reinschluessel, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Volume: 15192 LNCS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74353-5_19

  • The Wilhelm Tell Dataset of Affordance Demonstrations (2025)

    Authors: Rachel Ringe, Mihai Pomarlan, Nikolaos Tsiogkas, Stefano De Giorgis, Maria Hedblom, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
    DOI: 10.1109/HRI61500.2025.10973984

  • METAMORPH - A Metamodeling Approach for Robot Morphology (2025)

    Authors: Rachel Ringe, Robin Nolte, Nima Zargham, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
    DOI: 10.1109/HRI61500.2025.10973806

  • Finding a Way Through the Social Media Labyrinth: Guiding Design Through User Expectations (2024)

    Authors: Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino, Susanne Putze, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
    DOI: 10.1145/3701571.3701605

  • Level Up or Game Over: Exploring How Dark Patterns Shape Mobile Games (2024)

    Authors: Sam Niknejad, Thomas Mildner, Nima Zargham, Susanne Putze, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
    DOI: 10.1145/3701571.3701604

  • Low Latency Feedback: Contrasting Training Outcomes of Immediate versus Delayed Feedback in Speedrunning Super Mario Bros. (2024)

    Authors: Ioannis Bikas, Johannes Pfau, Thomas Muender, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (Volume: 8)
    DOI: 10.1145/3677087

  • HASI: A Model for Human-Agent Speech Interaction (2024)

    Authors: Nima Zargham, Vino Avanesi, Thomas Mildner, Kamyar Javanmardi, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Proceedings of the 6th Conference on ACM Conversational User Interfaces, CUI 2024
    DOI: 10.1145/3640794.3665885