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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Space Out Gaming: Comparing Distributed Practice Sessions with Massed Play (2024)

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

    Published at: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
    DOI: 10.1145/3649921.3656985

  • “I Know What You Mean”: Context-Aware Recognition to Enhance Speech-Based Games (2024)

    Authors: Nima Zargham, Mohamed Lamine Fetni, Laura Spillner, Thomas Muender, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642426

  • Listening to the Voices: Describing Ethical Caveats of Conversational User Interfaces According to Experts and Frequent Users (2024)

    Authors: Thomas Mildner, Orla Cooney, Anna-Maria Meck, Marion Bartl, Gian-Luca Savino, Philip R. Doyle, Diego Garaialde, Leigh Clark, John Sloan, Nina Wenig, Rainer Malaka, Jasmin Niess

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642542

  • “Dark patterns”: manipulative design strategies in digital health applications (2024)

    Authors: Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino, Johannes Schöning, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz (Volume: 67)
    DOI: 10.1007/s00103-024-03840-6

  • From imaging to interaction with 3D models: technical aspects (2024)

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

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

  • The Interaction Fidelity Model: A Taxonomy to Communicate the Different Aspects of Fidelity in Virtual Reality (2024)

    Authors: Michael Bonfert, Thomas Muender, Ryan P. McMahan, Frank Steinicke, Doug Bowman, Rainer Malaka, Tanja Döring

    Published at: International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
    DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2024.2400377