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

  • Transparency and Consent Challenges in mHealth Apps: An Interdisciplinary Study of Privacy Policies, Data Sharing, and Dark Patterns (2026)

    Authors: Mehrdad Bahrini, Alexander Herbst, Merle Freye, Matthias Kohn, Karsten Sohr, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Volume: 16056 LNCS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-07901-5_1

  • “I Like to Be More Empathetic”: Exploring Refugee and Resident Perspectives on Games Designed to Foster Empathy for Refugees (2025)

    Authors: Ameneh Safari, Aswathi Surendran, Rainer Malaka, Anke V. Reinschluessel

    Published at: Proceedings of the ACM on Human Computer Interaction (Volume: 9)
    DOI: 10.1145/3748624

  • Sculpt-to-Image: Exploring Clay-based Sculpting to Support Human-AI-Co-Creation of Images (2025)

    Authors: Lisa Hesselbarth, Nina Wenig, Tanja Döring, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: C and C 2025 Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Creativity and Cognition
    DOI: 10.1145/3698061.3734408

  • A Comparative Study of How People With and Without ADHD Recognise and Avoid Dark Patterns on Social Media (2025)

    Authors: Thomas Mildner, Daniel Fidel, Evropi Stefanidi, Paweł W. WoÅ°niak, Rainer Malaka, Jasmin Niess

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3713776

  • Demonstrating Spatial Haptics: A Sensory Substitution Method for Distal Object Detection Using Tactile Cues (2025)

    Authors: Iddo Yehoshua Wald, Donald Degraen, Amber Maimon, Jonas Keppel, Stefan Schneegass, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3721281

  • Spatial Haptics: A Sensory Substitution Method for Distal Object Detection Using Tactile Cues (2025)

    Authors: Iddo Yehoshua Wald, Donald Degraen, Amber Maimon, Jonas Keppel, Stefan Schneegass, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3714083

  • “Follow My Lead”: Role of AI-Based NPC Autonomy in Player-NPC Collaboration (2025)

    Authors: Leon Tristan Dratzidis, Nima Zargham, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Volume: 16042 LNCS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-02555-5_5

  • 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

  • Game Elements in Cybersecurity Education: Hype or Help? (2025)

    Authors: Mehrdad Bahrini, Violetta Burdina, Karsten Sohr, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Volume: 16042 LNCS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-02555-5_2

  • “Can You Feel Me Now?”: Exploring Player Empathy in AI-Based NPC Conversations (2025)

    Authors: Nima Zargham, Aaron Merkord, Ameneh Safari, Leon Tristan Dratzidis, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Volume: 16042 LNCS)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-02555-5_28