Pavel Karpashevich
Contact Info
Universität Oldenburg
Department für Informatik
Medieninformatik und Multimedia-Systeme
Escherweg 2
26121 Oldenburg
eMail: Pavel(dot)Karpashevich(at)uni-oldenburg.de
Raum: OFFIS E 120
Web: uol.de/en/media-informatics
Pavel Karpashevich
Postdoctoral Researcher
Pavel holds a PhD in Mediated Communication with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. His research focuses on novel tangible on-body interfaces, aiming to develop new technologies, smart materials, as well as meaningful interactions and experiences for them.
In his thesis, Pavel examined the results of his design studies from a ‘monster’ perspective—exploring how these technologies and experiences shape society, influence our daily lives, and how we, in turn, redefine them.
Pavel's research interests include wearable devices, shape-changing interfaces, tangible and screenless interactions, as well as multidisciplinary projects that bridge HCI with various forms of art and philosophical inquiries.
Research
Pavel is participating in the interdisciplinary SKIRIM project. The project brings together the expertise of three institutions: Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, RWTH Aachen, and Saarland University. It aims to explore the potential of shape-changing interfaces in smart home environments. The research focuses on identifying meaningful use cases for such interfaces and developing predictive models to understand the spatial and temporal characteristics of these interactions.
Teaching
Master students
-WS24/25 Maker's Lab - inf174
-SS25 Physical Computing - inf175
Publications
Yoav Luft, Pavel Karpashevich, Kristina Höök. 2023. Boards Hit Back: Reflecting on Martial Arts Practices Through Soma Design. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’23). https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580722
Pavel Karpashevich, Pedro Sanches, Rachael Garrett, Yoav Luft, Kelsey Cotton, Vasiliki Tsaknaki, and Kristina Höök. 2022. Touching Our Breathing through Shape-Change: Monster, Organic Other, or Twisted Mirror. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) 29, no. 3 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1145/3490498
Caroline Claisse, Muhammad Umair, Abigail C. Durrant, Charles Windlin, Pavel Karpashevich, Kristina Höök, Vasiliki Tsaknaki, Pedro Sanches, and Corina Sas. 2022. Tangible Interaction for Supporting Well-being. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI’22). https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3503716
Vasiliki Tsaknaki, Kelsey Cotton, Pavel Karpashevich, and Pedro Sanches. 2021. “Feeling the Sensor Feeling you”: A Soma Design Exploration on Sensing Non-habitual Breathing. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445628
Annkatrin Jung, Miquel Alfaras, Pavel Karpashevich, William Primett, and Kristina Höök. 2021. Exploring Awareness of Breathing through Deep Touch Pressure. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445533
Kelsey Cotton, Pedro Sanches, Vasiliki Tsaknaki, and Pavel Karpashevich. 2021. The Body Electric: A NIME designed through and with the somatic experience of singing. In Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME’21). https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.ec9f8fdd
Miquel Alfaras, William Primett, Muhammad Umair, Charles Windlin, Pavel Karpashevich, Niaz Chalabianloo, Dionne Bowie, Corina Sas, Pedro Sanches, Kristina Höök, Cem Ersoy, and Hugo Gamboa. 2020. Biosensing and Actuation—Platforms Coupling Body Input-Output Modalities for Affective Technologies. Sensors 20, no. 21 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/s20215968
Juan Martinez Avila, Vasiliki Tsaknaki, Pavel Karpashevich, Charles Windlin, Niklas Valenti, Kristina Höök, Andrew McPherson, and S. Benford. 2020. Soma Design for NIME. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME’20). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4813491
Vasiliki Tsaknaki, Madeline Balaam, Anna Ståhl, Pedro Sanches, Charles Windlin, Pavel Karpashevich, and Kristina Höök. 2019. Teaching Soma Design. In Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS’19). https://doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3322327
Pedro Sanches, Axel Janson, Pavel Karpashevich, Camille Nadal, Chengcheng Qu, Claudia Daudén Roquet, Muhammad Umair, Charles Windlin, Gavin Doherty, Kristina Höök, and Corina Sas. 2019. HCI and affective health: Taking stock of a decade of studies and charting future research directions. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’19). https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300475
Charles Windlin, Anna Ståhl, Pedro Sanches, Vasiliki Tsaknaki, Pavel Karpashevich, Madeline Balaam, and Kristina Höök. 2019. Soma Bits: Mediating technology to orchestrate bodily experiences. RTD Conference (RTD‘19). https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7855799.v2
Pavel Karpashevich, Eva Hornecker, Michaela Honauer, and Pedro Sanches. 2018. Reinterpreting Schlemmer's Triadic Ballet: Interactive Costume for Unthinkable Movements. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18). https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173635
Pavel Karpashevich, Eva Hornecker, Nana Kesewaa Dankwa, Mohamed Hanafy, and Julian Fietkau. 2016. Blurring boundaries between everyday life and pervasive gaming: an interview study of Ingress. In Proceedings of the 15th international conference on mobile and ubiquitous multimedia. (MUM’16). https://doi.org/10.1145/3012709.3012716