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

  • Grinding to a Halt: The Effects of Long Play Sessions on Player Performance in Video Games (2023)

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

    Published at: CHI PLAY 2023 - Companion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
    DOI: 10.1145/3573382.3616073

  • From C-3PO to HAL: Opening the Discourse about the Dark Side of Multi-Modal Social Agents (2023)

    Authors: Vino Avanesi, Johanna Rockstroh, Thomas Mildner, Nima Zargham, Leon Reicherts, Maximilian A. Friehs, Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos, Nina Wenig, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, CUI 2023
    DOI: 10.1145/3571884.3597441

  • "funny How?" A Serious Look at Humor in Conversational Agents (2023)

    Authors: Nima Zargham, Vino Avanesi, Leon Reicherts, Ava Elizabeth Scott, Yvonne Rogers, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, CUI 2023
    DOI: 10.1145/3571884.3603761

  • Dungeons & Replicants II: Automated Game Balancing Across Multiple Difficulty Dimensions via Deep Player Behavior Modeling (2023)

    Authors: Johannes Pfau, Antonios Liapis, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: IEEE Transactions on Games (Volume: 15)
    DOI: 10.1109/TG.2022.3167728

  • About Engaging and Governing Strategies: A Thematic Analysis of Dark Patterns in Social Networking Services (2023)

    Authors: Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino, Philip R. Doyle, Benjamin R. Cowan, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3544548.3580695

  • Versatile Immersive Virtual and Augmented Tangible OR - Using VR, AR and Tangibles to Support Surgical Practice (2023)

    Authors: Anke Verena Reinschluessel, Thomas Muender, Roland Fischer, Valentin Kraft, Verena Nicole Uslar, Dirk Weyhe, Andrea Schenk, Gabriel Zachmann, Tanja Döring, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3544549.3583895

  • Seeing the faces is so important—Experiences from online team meetings on commercial virtual reality platforms (2023)

    Authors: Michael Bonfert, Anke V. Reinschluessel, Susanne Putze, Yenchin Lai, Dmitry Alexandrovsky, Rainer Malaka, Tanja Döring

    Published at: Frontiers in Virtual Reality (Volume: 3)
    DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2022.945791

  • Challenges of controlling the rotation of virtual objects with variable grip using force-feedback gloves (2023)

    Authors: Michael Bonfert, Maiko Hübinger, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Frontiers in Virtual Reality (Volume: 4)
    DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2023.1190426

  • Physiological Data Placement Recommendations for VR Sport Applications (2023)

    Authors: Dirk Queck, Iannis Albert, Georg Volkmar, Rainer Malaka, Marc Herrlich

    Published at: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Volume: 14027 LNCS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35634-6_6

  • Can you feel the rhythm? Comparing vibrotactile and auditory stimuli in the rhythm video game Jump‘n'Rhythm (2023)

    Authors: Katya Alvarez-Molina, Anke V. Reinschluessel, Tim Kratky, Martin Scharpenberg, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Behaviour and Information Technology
    DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2023.2243525