Benjamin Walther-Franks
Research Associate
Universität Bremen
FB 03, MZH 5060
Bibliothekstr. 1
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 (0)421 218-64414
Fax +49 (0)421 218-8751
E-Mail: bwf(at)tzi.de
Curriculum Vitae
I studied in the international interdisciplinary programme Digital Media in Bremen, Germany. While my bachelor studies were a broad education in the fields of computer science, media studies and media design, in my master studies I took a a more scientific approach to digital media. After completing my master's degree in 2007 I commenced work as a research associate of Prof. Dr. Rainer Malaka. Here, next to research and teaching I coordinate the Graduate School Advances in Digital Media. In my dissertation I am investigating multi-touch interaction for computer animation.
Research Interests
- Interactive Surfaces
- Computer Graphics
- Mobile Computing
- Physical Computing
Publications
Teichert, J., Herrlich, M., Walther-Franks, B., Schwarten, L., Feige, S., Krause, M., & Malaka, R. (2010). Advancing large interactive surfaces for use in the real world. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2010.
Barenbrock, A., Biermann, F., Bogdanowa, N., Celikel, T., Grosche, D., Heckers, P., Hollstein, H., Höpken, R., Krummel, J., Lange, K., Ozong, K. O., da Rocha, M. S., Sliwon, J., Steenbergen, N., Winkler, A. P., Walther-Franks, B., Friederichs-Büttner, G., & Malaka, R. (2010). Perform! - interaktive digitale medien für musik-, tanz- und theateraufführungen. In J. Sieck (Ed.) Kultur und Informatik: Interaktive Systeme, (pp. 243–251). Verlag Werner Hülsbusch.
Walther-Franks, B., Wenig, D., Malaka, R., & Grüter, B. (2009). An evaluation of authoring interfaces for image-based navigation. In MobileHCI ’09: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, (pp. 1–2). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
Herrlich, M., Krause, M., Schwarten, L., Teichert, J., & Walther-Franks, B. (2008). Multitouch interface metaphors for 3d modeling. In IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces 2008. IEEE Computer Society.
Krause, M., Herrlich, M., Schwarten, L., Teichert, J., & Walther-Franks, B. (2008). Multitouch Motion Capturing. In Proceedings of the IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces. Amsterdam: IEEE Press.
Walther-Franks, B., Schwarten, L., Teichert, J., Krause, M., & Herrlich, M. (2008). User detection for a multi-touch table via proximity sensors. In Proceedings of the IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces. Amsterdam: IEEE Press.
Schwarten, L., Walther-Franks, B., Grimmer, C., & Feige, S. (2008). A Comparison of Motion and Keypad Interaction for Fine Manipulation on Mobile Devices. In BCS-HCI ’08: Proceedings of the 22nd British CHI Group Annual Conference on HCI 2008, (pp. 93–103). Swinton, UK, UK: British Computer Society.
Walther-Franks, B., & Malaka, R. (2008). Evaluation of an augmented photograph-based pedestrian navigation system. In SG ’08: Proceedings of the 9th international symposium on Smart Graphics, (pp. 94–105). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Brachmann, C., Chunpir, H. I., Gennies, S., Haller, B., Hermes, T., Herzog, O., Jacobs, A., Kehl, P., Mochtarram, A. P., Möhlmann, D., Schrumpf, C., Schultz, C., Stolper, B., & Walther-Franks, B. (2007). Automatic generation of movie trailers using ontologies. IMAGE - Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Bildforschung, 5.
Brachmann, C., Walther-Franks, B., & Loviscach, J. (2007). Exemplar-based worn edges. In P. Cignoni, & J. Sochor (Eds.) EG Short Papers, (pp. 25–28). Eurographics Association.
