About me

I am a Post Doctoral Researcher / Lecturer working at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). I hold a PhD in computer science and used to work in interdisciplinary projects with design, social sciences and psychology. I research how smart, connected technology is used in the home and how a user-centered and participatory design approach can help develop better technologies. I am particularly interested in how sensors, sensor-based smart objects in the home and the interaction with them and their data can benefit users while avoiding undesirable effects, such as privacy infringements.

Office Hours

on-demand - Please write a mail or call for a consultation appointment.

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

06/2023 – ongoing	Post Doc Researcher / Lecturer in ailab, Faculty of Computer Science, Chemnitz University of Technology
06/2023 – ongoing	Sub-project Lead / PI for Chair Media Informatics, Chemnitz University of Technology project "Simplications" - implications of simple sensors and their data in the home successful participation in acquisition of public fundings
04/2023 – ongoing	Sub-project Lead / PI for Chair Media Informatics, Chemnitz University of Technology project "bitplush" - smart connected plush toys for implicit and emotional closeness over distance successful participation in acquisition of public fundings
09/2022 – ongoing	Project Lead / PI / Lecturer, Chair Media Informatics, Chemnitz University of Technology project “Data-I – Experiencing data interactions interdisciplinary” interdisciplinary teaching-learning project on IoT sensor data successful acquisition of project funding creation and try-out of concept for integrating IoT sensor data in student HCD projects for HCI education
08/2015 – 10/2022	Post Doc, Project Co-lead, Chair Media Informatics, Chemnitz University of Technology project „Miteinander“ - interdisciplinary participatory research for smart technology in the home Internet of Things (IoT), smart home systems, networked sensing systems IoT design tools and methods creation of hardware and software concepts and prototypes for participatory research (Sensing-Home-Kit, Loaded Dice) use of created R&D prototypes in workshops and field studies in the home human-data interaction implications of IoT tech in the home, i.e. for privacy successful acquisition of additional project funding
07/2014 – 03/2015	Associated PhD student, Chair Media Informatics, Chemnitz University of Technology
04/2007 – 06/2014	Research Assistant, Chair Media Informatics, Chemnitz University of Technology project ”ValidAX” - validation of digital media annotation and retrieval tools
	projects “SWT I” and “SWT II” - Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) for mobile services and apps
	project ” sachsMedia” - digital media retrieval and distribution

Qualification

2020	Saxon Higher Education Teaching Certification (HDS Certificate)
2015	PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in Computer Science
2005	Diploma in Computer Science

International Experience

10/2022	Visiting Scholar, University College London, London, UK Department of Computer Science
11/2019 – 12/2019	Visiting Scholar, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Science and Engineering Faculty, School of Computer Science

Academic Service

Reviewing

ACM CHI: ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ACM CSCW: ACM Computer Supported Cooperative Work
ACM DIS: ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
ACM IoT Conference
ACM IMWUT: The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
ACM MMSYS: ACM Multimedia Systems (reviewing and Demo committee)
ACM Mobile HCI: International Conference on HCI with Mobile Devices and Services
ACM NordiCHI: Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
ACM TEI: Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction
ECSCW: European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
iCom: Journal of Interactive Media
Interacting with Computers, Journal of the British Computer Society (BCS)
IASDR
MTAP: Multimedia Tools and Applications (Journal)

Organized Conferences, Workshops and Sessions

12/2023	From simple sensors to (un-)intended implications, workshop at Things 2023, Rotterdam, main organisation
12/2023	From (un-)intended implications for privacy to implications for design and use, workshop at Things 2023, Rotterdam, main organisation
12/2023	Data-Centric Design Symposium on Data as Human-Centred Design material, 2023, Delft, co-organisation
11/2023	Sensordaten in der Lehre: interaktiv und interdisziplinär, HDS workshop, Chemnitz, main organisation
04/2023	SIG Session on Data as Human-Centered Design Material, CHI 2023, Hamburg, co-organisation
06/2022	Workshop “Virtual and in-person co-design workshops: from alternative to complementary approaches”, ACM Creativity and Cognition 2022, Venice, co-organisation
12/2021	Workshop “Diversifying Approaches to Co-Designing the Smart Everyday”, IASDR 2021, Hong Kong (online), co-organisation
12/2019	Workshop “Making IoT Design Methods Work”, ThingsCon 2019, Rotterdam, co-organisation
12/2018	Workshop “Ideas of Things”, ThingsCon 2018, Rotterdam
10/2018	IoT Ideation Expert Workshop, Chemnitz
09/2017	Workshop „Partizipative Technikentwicklung“ GI conference Informatik 2017
11/2016	Workshop „Demokratisierung von Technologie, Demokratisierung von Gender“, IGDN conference 2016, Chemnitz
11/2016	IGDN conference 2016, Chemnitz
09/2011	„Mensch und Computer 2011“ (MUC), Chemnitz, organisation support
07/2010	“Workshop Audiovisuelle Medien 2010” (WAM), Chemnitz
06/2009	“Workshop Audiovisuelle Medien 2009” (WAM), Chemnitz

Publications

2023

Arne Berger, Andreas Bischof, and Albrecht Kurze. 2023. Gar nicht so harmlos - Einfache Sensoren, schwierige Frage. doi:10.18420/inf-2023-03-26 https://inf.gi.de/03/gar-nicht-so-harmlos

Albrecht Kurze, Lewis Chuang, Arne Berger, Klaus Stephan, Natalie Sontopski, Stephan Hildebrandt, Elisabeth Jost, and Maximilian Eibl. 2023. Bitplush: Unleashing the Paws-ibilities of Smart Materials in Smart Plush Toys. In Mensch und Computer 2023 - Workshopband. https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws09-420

Albrecht Kurze, Karola Köpferl, and Maximilian Eibl. 2023. Data-I – Interactive Experience of IoT Data: A Practical Tool for IoT Sensor Data in Interdisciplinary Human-Computer Interaction Education. In Proceedings of the 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 85–90. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587399.3587405

Albrecht Kurze, Karola Köpferl, and Andy Börner. 2023. Data-I: Daten-Interaktion interdisziplinär erleben. In HDS Sommerfest 2023. https://tuc.cloud/index.php/s/mMtD4z64WY4kiX2

Arne Berger, Albrecht Kurze, Andreas Bischof, Jesse Josua Benjamin, Richmond Y. Wong, and Nick Merrill. 2023. Accidentally Evil: On Questionable Values in Smart Home Co-Design. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 629, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581504

Alejandra Gomez Ortega, Peter Lovei, Renee Noortman, Romain Toebosch, Alex Bowyer, Albrecht Kurze, Mathias Funk, Sandy J. J. Gould, Samuel Huron, and Jacky Bourgeois. 2023. SIG on Data as Human-Centered Design Material. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 518, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583180

2022 and before

see in University bibliography