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

  • How metacognitive architectures remember their own thoughts: a systematic scoping review (2026)

    Authors: Robin Nolte, Mihai Pomarlan, Ayden Janssen, Daniel Beßler, Kamyar Javanmardi, Sascha Jongebloed, Robert Porzel, John Bateman, Michael Beetz, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Artificial Intelligence Review (Volume: 59)
    DOI: 10.1007/s10462-026-11669-5

  • From discriminative pipelines to collaborative generative agents: A scoping review of AI-driven adaptive serious games (2026)

    Authors: Gen Yue, Gejia Cao, Daniel Memmert, Nima Zargham, Manuel Bassek, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Entertainment Computing (Volume: 58)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.entcom.2026.101167

  • Same, Same but Different? A Cross-Domain Analysis of Chatbot User Interfaces (2026)

    Authors: Johanna Rockstroh, Laura Spillner, Nina Wenig, Thomas Essmeyer, Nima Zargham, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Cui 2026 Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Conversational User Interfaces
    DOI: 10.1145/3816046.3816229

  • Linguistic Uncertainty Markers for Trust Calibration in AI-Assisted Decision-Making (2026)

    Authors: Laura Spillner, Johanna Rockstroh, Nina Wenig, Nima Zargham, Leonard Kiefner, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Cui 2026 Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Conversational User Interfaces
    DOI: 10.1145/3816046.3816231

  • ADAPTIC: Adapting Dialog and Pragmatic Traits in Context (2026)

    Authors: Laura Spillner, Johanna Rockstroh, Paula Goerke, Jule Jensen, Sara Skardelly, Leonie Winterpacht, Jonah Wermter, Nima Zargham, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Cui 2026 Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Conversational User Interfaces
    DOI: 10.1145/3816046.3816324

  • CreatureCreator: Co-Creating 3D Models with AI for Video Games via Sculpting and Drawing (2026)

    Authors: Lisa Hesselbarth, Nina Wenig, Rachel Ringe, Iddo Yehoshua Wald, Lars Hurrelbrink, Nadine Wagener, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: C and C 2026 Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Creativity and Cognition
    DOI: 10.1145/3803784.3807572

  • Reprogramming Perception: A Neuroplasticity-Focused Design Space for Sensory Substitution Devices (2026)

    Authors: Amber Maimon, Rainer Malaka, Iddo Yehoshua Wald

    Published at: Ahs 2026 Augmented Humans 2026
    DOI: 10.1145/3795011.3795025

  • Robotic Phenomenology: Grammars of Behavior (2026)

    Authors: Mihai Pomarlan, Amber Maimon, Shiyao Zhang, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka, Iddo Yehoshua Wald

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3798836

  • NeuroHCI: Integrating Neuroscience and Human-Computer Interaction (2026)

    Authors: Amber Maimon, Iddo Yehoshua Wald, Yudai Tanaka, Yun Ho, Jamie A. Ward, Max L. Wilson, Kristina Höök, Pedro Lopes, Rainer Malaka

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3778884

  • Intero-Expressive Robots: Externalizing Robot Internal Signals for Exploring Theory of Mind Attribution to Robots (2026)

    Authors: Amber Maimon, Rachel Ringe, Shiyao Zhang, Mihai Pomarlan, Dennis Küster, Robert Porzel, Tanja Schultz, Rainer Malaka, Iddo Yehoshua Wald

    Published at: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings
    DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3799355