Heiko Müller
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Heiko Müller
Heiko Müller is a researcher at the University of Oldenburg, recognized for his contributions to the fields of informatics and human-computer interaction. His academic journey began at the University of Oldenburg, where he studied informatics and graduated with a diploma. Following his graduation, Heiko embarked on his academic career at the OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology located in Oldenburg, where he participated in various groundbreaking research projects. Notably, he contributed to the "Gestaltung Altersgerechter Lebenswelten" project aimed at designing age-friendly living environments, as well as the EU-funded "D3CoS" project, which focused on developing dependable cooperative systems.
In 2018, Heiko achieved his doctorate, focusing on "Ambient Light Displays for Temporal Information". Further expanding his international experience, Heiko spent 18 months as a postdoc at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland. During his time there, he advanced his research within the EU-funded project "DecoChrom," exploring the intersection of technology and electro-chromatic displays.
Returning to his academic roots in 2020, Heiko rejoined the University of Oldenburg. He now coordinates the DFG-funded priority program "Scalable Interaction Paradigms for Pervasive Computing Environments," reflecting his commitment to pioneering research endeavors.
Heiko's research interests are diverse, revolving around Ambient Display Technologies, Making, Robotics, and Digital Inclusion. His prolific academic contributions are demonstrated through co-authoring 70 publications, showcasing his influence and active participation in scholarly discourse. He is a member of the ACM and the German Gesellschaft für Informatik, underscoring his integration within key scientific communities.
Beyond his research activities, Heiko Müller plays a dynamic role in the academic community. He has held numerous chair positions at international conferences, provided expert reviews, and helped in organizing the annual German networking event at the prestigious Human-Computer Interaction flagship conference, CHI. His continuous involvement highlights his dedication to advancing the informatics field and fostering collaborative networks.
Through his work and dedication, Heiko Müller continues to drive innovation and knowledge at the University of Oldenburg.
Projects
2020 2018-2020 2016-2018 2013-2015 2011-2014 | DFG SPP2199 – Scalable Interaction Paradigms for Pervasive Computing Environments DecoChrom – H2020, Work package leader (University of Lapland) KEI.POP – Korean European Innovation Project on Portable Pilot Units, Project Coordinator Cosinus – Cooperative Shipping and Navigation at Sea D3CoS - Designing Dynamic Distributed Cooperative Systems, EU Artemis FP7, Maritime subproject |
Publications
2025 Susanna Krämer, Eyal Ginosar, Marion Koelle, Heiko Müller, Susanne Boll, and Jessica Cauchard. 2025. “I Have a Package For Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Can You Point Me to Their House?” – Co-Designing Bystanders’ Interaction with Autonomous Delivery Vehicles. J. Hum.-Robot Interact. Just Accepted (March 2025). https://doi.org/10.1145/3724131
2024 Michael Chamunorwa, Heiko Müller, and Susanne Boll. 2024. The Hidden Potential: Reimagining Household Items as Smart Home Interfaces. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 519–522. https://doi.org/10.1145/3701571.3703371
2023 Mikołaj P. Woźniak, Anna Walczak, Adam Jan Sałata, Magdalena Wróbel-Lachowska, Krzysztof Grudzień, Heiko Müller, Susanne Boll, and Andrzej Romanowski. 2023. Exploring Recognition Accuracy of Vibrotactile Stimuli in Sternoclavicular Area. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 98–103. doi.org/10.1145/3594738.3611372 Michael Chamunorwa, Mikolaj P. Wozniak, Susanna Krämer, Heiko Müller, and Susanne Boll. 2023. An Empirical Comparison of Moderated and Unmoderated Gesture Elicitation Studies on Soft Surfaces and Objects for Smart Home Control. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, MHCI, Article 198 (September 2023), 24 pages. doi.org/10.1145/3604245 Ali Shtarbanov, Anke Brocker, Adriana Cabrera, Yuhan Hu, Heiko Müller, and Alex Mazursky. 2023. Soft Robotics and Programmable Materials for Human-Computer Interaction. In Companion Publication of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '23 Companion). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 110–113. doi.org/10.1145/3563703.3591460 Anna Walczak, Mikołaj P. Woźniak, Aleksandra Wysokińska, Magdalena Wróbel-Lachowska, Heiko Müller, Andrzej Romanowski, and Susanne Boll. 2023. ‘There’s more to it than allure...’ – Navigating Socio-cultural Roles of Digital Jewellery. 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 278, 1–7. doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585851 Mikołaj P. Woźniak, Sarah Vöge, Ronja Krüger, Heiko Müller, Marion Koelle, and Susanne Boll. 2023. Inhabiting Interconnected Spaces: How Users Shape and Appropriate Their Smart Home Ecosystems. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 636, 1–18. doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581497 Masoumehsadat Hosseini, Tjado Ihmels, Ziqian Chen, Marion Koelle, Heiko Müller, and Susanne Boll. 2023. Towards a Consensus Gesture Set: A Survey of Mid-Air Gestures in HCI for Maximized Agreement Across Domains. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 311, 1–24. doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581420 Evropi Stefanidi, Marit Bentvelzen, Paweł W. Woźniak, Thomas Kosch, Mikołaj P. Woźniak, Thomas Mildner, Stefan Schneegass, Heiko Müller, and Jasmin Niess. 2023. Literature Reviews in HCI: A Review of Reviews. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 509, 1–24. doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581332 Mikołaj P. Woźniak, Anna Walczak, Adam Jan Sałata, Heiko Müller, Julia Dominiak, Andrzej Romanowski, and Susanne Boll. 2023. HaptiCollar: Investigating Tactile Acuity Towards Vibrotactile Stimuli on the Neck. In Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 50, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3569009.3573121
2022 Michał Okrasa, Mikołaj P. Woźniak, Anna Walczak, Natalia Bartłomiejczyk, Heiko Müller, Krzysztof Grudzień, and Andrzej Romanowski. 2022. Supporting Self-development of Speech Delivery for Education Professionals. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 251–253. doi.org/10.1145/3568444.3570588 Frederike Jung, Heiko Müller, and Susanne CJ Boll. 2022. It’s Not Warm But That’s Okay: About Robots That Avoid Human Stereotypes. In Nordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference (NordiCHI '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 48, 1–15. doi.org/10.1145/3546155.3546695 Michael Chamunorwa, Mikołaj P. Wozniak, Sarah Vöge, Heiko Müller, and Susanne C.J. Boll. 2022. Interacting with Rigid and Soft Surfaces for Smart-Home Control. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, MHCI, Article 211 (September 2022), 22 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3546746
2021 Michael Chamunorwa, Lisa-Maria Müller, Tjado Ihmels, Dennis Diekmann, Heiko Müller, and Susanne CJ Boll. 2021. Sweet Spot: Displaying Interaction Areas on Everyday Home Surfaces using AR. In Companion Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS Companion '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 21–24. doi.org/10.1145/3447932.3490524 Hatice Şahin, Kevin Daudrich, Heiko Müller, and Susanne CJ Boll. 2021. Signaling Yielding Intent with eHMIs: the Timing Determines an Efficient Crossing. In 13th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI '21 Adjunct). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 5–9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3473682.3480253
2020 Hong Li; Jarusriboonchai, Pradthana; Müller, Heiko; Harjuniemi, Emmi; Häkkilä, Jonna, Emotional Communication between Remote Couples: Exploring the Design of Wearable Ambient Displays, Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2020, ACM Boll, Susanne; Ihmels, Tjado; Lunte, Tobias; Müller, Heiko, Making, Together, Alone: Experiences from Teaching a Hardware-Oriented Course Remotely, IEEE Pervasive Computing, 19, 4, 2020, IEEE Löchtefeld, Markus; Jensen, Walther; Häkkilä, Jonna; Colley, Ashley; Müller, Heiko, Prototyping Transparent and Flexible Electrochromic Displays, Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020, ACM Jarusriboonchai, Pradthana; Li, Hong; Harjuniemi, Emmi; Müller, Heiko; Häkkilä, Jonna, Always with Me: Exploring Wearable Displays as a Lightweight Communication for a Couple, Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI), 2020, ACM.
2019 Li, Hong; Müller, Heiko; Häkkilä, Jonna, Our Little Secret: Design and User Study on an Electrochromic Ambient Display for Supporting Long-Distance Relationships, 4th EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation, 2019, Springer Inget, Virve; Müller, Heiko, Häkkilä, Jonna, Private and Public Aspects of Smart Jewellery - a Design Exploration Study, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM), 2019, ACM Müller, Heiko; Colley, Ashley; Häkkilä, Jonna; Jensen, Walther; Löchtefeld, Markus, Using Electrochromic Displays to Display Ambient Information and Notifications, UbiTtention 2019: 4th International Workshop on Smart & Ambient Notification and Attention Management, Workshop in conjunction with UbiComp 2019, 2019, ACM Jarusriboonchai, Pradthana; Harjuniemi, Emmi; Müller, Heiko; Colley, Ashley; Häkkilä, Jonna, Linn Dress: Enabling a Dynamically Adjustable Neckline, Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '19), 2019, ACM Colley, Ashley; Hakala, Lauri; Harjuniemi, Emmi; Jarusriboonchai, Pradthana; Müller, Heiko; Häkkilä, Jonna, Exploring the Design Space of Electrochromic Displays, Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays (PerDis '19). 2019, ACM Müller, Heiko; Napari, Emma; Hakala, Lauri; Colley, Ashley; Häkkilä, Jonna, Running Shoe with Integrated Electrochromic Displays, Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays (PerDis '19). 2019, ACM Löchtefeld, Markus; Jensen, Walther; Müller, Heiko; Colley, Ashley, Prototyping Transparent and Flexible Electrochromic Displays, Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '19), 2019, ACM
2018 Häkkilä, Jonna; Colley, Ashley; Müller, Heiko; Pentikäinen, Vesa, Aikio, Janne. Reflections on the Role of Design Fictions in a Multidisciplinary Research, Design Fiction Workshop at NordiCHI Conference 2018.
2017 Löcken, Andreas; Sadeghian Borojeni, Shadan; Müller, Heiko; Gable, Thomas M; Triberti, Stefano; Diels, Cyriel; Glatz, Christiane; Alvarez, Ignacio; Chuang, Lewis; Boll, Susanne, Towards Adaptive Ambient In-Vehicle Displays and Interactions: Insights and Design Guidelines from the 2015 AutomotiveUI Dedicated Workshop, Automotive User Interfaces, 325-348, 2017, Springer
2016 Feeken, Corinna; Wasmann, Merlin; Heuten, Wilko; Ennenga, Dag; Müller, Heiko; Boll, Susanne, ClimbingAssist: direct vibro-tactile feedback on climbing technique, Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct, 57-60, 2016, ACM Müller, Heiko; Kazakova, Anastasia; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Supporting Efficient Task Switching in a Work Environment with a Pervasive Display, Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, 13-19, 2016, ACM Müller, Heiko; Pieper, Christian; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, It’s Not That Long! - Helping Children to Understand Time with an Ambient Light Display, Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 356-366, 2016, ACM Müller, Heiko; Pieper, Christian; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, TimeLight - Helping Children Understand And Learn Time Durations, Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 3738-3741, 2016, ACM
2015 Müller, Heiko; Kazakova, Anastasia; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Lighten Up! - An Ambient Light Progress Bar Using Individually Controllable LEDs, Proceedings of AmI 2015, 2015 Matviienko, Andrii; Rauschenberger, Maria; Cobus, Vanessa; Timmermann, Janko; Fortmann, Jutta; Löcken, Andreas; Müller, Heiko; Trappe, Christoph; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Towards New Ambient Light Systems: a Close Look at Existing Encodings of Ambient Light Systems, Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal - IxD&A, No. 26, 10-24, 2015 Matviienko, Andrii; Cobus, Vanessa; Müller, Heiko; Fortmann, Jutta; Löcken, Andreas; Boll, Susanne; Rauschenberger, Maria; Timmermann, Janko; Trappe, Christoph; Heuten, Wilko, Deriving design guidelines for ambient light systems, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 267-277, 2015, ACM Rauschenberger, Maria; Matviienko, Andrii; Cobus, Vanessa; Timmermann, Janko; Müller, Heiko; Löcken, Andreas; Fortmann, Jutta; Trappe, Christoph; Heuten, Wilko & Boll, Susanne, Lumicons: Mapping Light Patterns to Information Classes, Mensch und Computer 2015 – Proceedings. 343-346, 2015 Fortmann, Florian; Müller, Heiko; Lüdtke, Andreas; Boll, Susanne, Expert-based design and evaluation of an ambient light display to improve monitoring performance during multi-UAV supervisory control, Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support (CogSIMA), 2015 IEEE International Inter-Disciplinary Conference on, 28-34, 2015, IEEE Fortmann, Jutta; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne; Kangas, Jari; Akkil, Deepak; Rantala, Jussi; Isokoski, Poika; Majaranta, Päivi; Raisamo, Roope, Demo hour, interactions, 22, 1, 6-9, 2015, ACM
Müller, Heiko; Fortmann, Jutta; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Timelight–Using Light to Keep Track of Time with Children, EXPERIENCING LIGHT 2014, 122, 2014 Boll, Susanne; Heuten, Wilko; Poppinga, Benjamin; Müller, Heiko; Fortmann, Jutta; Timmermann, Janko; Meyer, Jochen, Interaktive Systeme für die persönliche Gesundheit, Informatik-Spektrum, 37, 5, 428-434, 2014, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Müller, Heiko; Löcken, Andreas; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Sparkle: an ambient light display for dynamic off-screen points of interest, Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, 51-60, 2014, ACM Löcken, Andreas; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Using light for interactions in a car, NordiCHI’14 Workshop – Beyond the Switch: Explicit and Implicit Interaction with Light, 2014 Poppinga, Benjamin; Fortmann, Jutta; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, IllumiMug: revealing imperceptible characteristics of drinks, Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, 923-926, 2014, ACM Fortmann, Jutta; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, How to present information on wrist-worn point-light displays, Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, 955-958, 2014, ACM Löcken, Andreas; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Should I stay or should I go?: Different designs to support drivers’ decision making, Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, 1031-1034, 2014, ACM Fortmann, Florian; Müller, Heiko; Brauer, Dierk; Boll, Susanne, Supporting situation awareness with peripheral feedback on monitoring behavior, Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational, 895-898, 2014, ACM Müller, Heiko; Fortmann, Jutta; Löcken, Andreas; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Exploring Form Factors of Ambient Light Displays for Event Reminders, NordiCHI’14 Workshop – Beyond the Switch: Explicit and Implicit Interaction with Light, 2014 Sadeghianborojeni, Shadan; Löcken, Andreas; Müller, Heiko, Using Peripheral Cues to Support Task Resumption, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 1-4, 2014, ACM Riener, Andreas; Alvarez, Ignacio; Pfleging, Bastian; Löcken, Andreas; Jeon, Myhounghoon; Müller, Heiko; Chiesa, Mario ,"Social, Natural, and Peripheral Interactions: Together and Separate", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, 1-6, 2014, ACM Löcken, Andreas; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne CJ, Exploring the design space of ambient light displays, CHI’14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 387-390, 2014, ACM Fortmann, Jutta; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Designing Wearable Light Displays for Users and Observers, Peripheral Interaction: Shaping the Research and Design Space, Workshop at CHI2014″, 33-36, 2014 Haux, Reinhold; Hein, Andreas; Kolb, Gerald; Künemund, Harald; Eichelberg, Marco; Appell, Jens-E; Appelrath, H-Jürgen; Bartsch, Christian; Bauer, Jürgen M; Becker, Marcus, Information and communication technologies for promoting and sustaining quality of life, health and self-sufficiency in ageing societies-outcomes of the Lower Saxony Research Network Design of Environments for Ageing (GAL), Informatics for Health and Social Care, 39, 3-4, 166-187, 2014, Informa UK Ltd. London Müller, Heiko; Meis, M; Heuten, W; Boll, S, Exploring the Design Space of Light within a Multimodal Reminder System for Household Activities, Wohnen–Pflege–Teilhabe–„Besser leben durch Technik, 2014, VDE VERLAG GmbH
2013 Müller, Heiko; Kazakova, Anastasia; Pielot, Martin; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Ambient Timer–Unobtrusively Reminding Users of Upcoming Tasks with Ambient Light, Human Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2013, 8117, 211-228, 2013, Springer Müller, Heiko; Pielot, Martin; de Oliveira, Rodrigo, Towards Ambient Notifications,2013 Ostendorp, Marie-Christin; Harre, Andreas; Jacob, Sebastian; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Ambient Progress Bar – relaxed and efficient work in waiting periods, Mensch & Computer 2013, 221-229, 2013, Oldenbourg Verlag Müller, Heiko; Fortmann, Jutta; Timmermann, Janko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Proximity sensor: privacy-aware location sharing, Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services, 564-569, 2013, ACM Fortmann, Jutta; Müller, Heiko; Boll, Susanne; Heuten, Wilko, Illumee: aesthetic light bracelet as a wearable information display for everyday life, Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication, 393-396, 2013, ACM Osterloh, Jan-Patrick; Bracker, Holger; Müller, Heiko; Kelsch, Johann; Schneider, Bernhard; Lüdtke, Andreas, DCoS-XML: A Modelling Language for Dynamic Distributed Cooperative Systems, 11th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2013 Löcken, Andreas; Unni, Anirudh; Müller, Heiko; Rieger, Jochem; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, The Car That Cares: Introducing an in-vehicle ambient light display to reduce cognitive load, 2013 Löcken, Andreas; Müller, Heiko; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, AmbiCar: Towards an in-vehicle ambient light display, AutomotiveUI 2013, 2013 Müller, Heiko; Poppinga, Benjamin; Pielot, Martin; Heuten, Wilko; Boll, Susanne, Keeping Groups Together with a Public/Private Light Display, 2013
Müller, Heiko; Pielot, Martin; Heuten, Wilko; Kazakova, Anastasia; Boll, Susanne , Unobtrusively reminding users of upcoming tasks with ambient light: ambient timer, NordiCHI’12, 801-802, 2012, ACM Müller, Heiko; Fortmann, Jutta; Pielot, Martin; Hesselmann, Tobias; Poppinga, Benjamin; Heuten, Wilko; Henze, Niels; Boll, Susanne, AmbiX: Designing Ambient Light Information Displays, 2012 |
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Education
2018
2010 | Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany |
Professional
2020 2018-2020
| Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology, Oldenburg, Germany |
2015-2016 | Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany |
2011-2016 | Euroleague Basketball, Barcelona, Spain |
2011-2015 | OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology, Oldenburg, Germany |
1998-2010 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany |
1995-1997 | Sony Electronics – Business Professional Group, San Jose, CA, USA |