interactive. media. research.
The Media Computing Group
An Endowed Chair of the B-IT Foundation at RWTH Aachen University
Research
Headed by Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers, we work in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Grounded in Computer Science, we develop and study new interaction theories, techniques, and systems in areas like personal digital fabrication and personal design, tangible, mobile, and wearable user interfaces, interactive textiles, multitouch tables and interactive surfaces, augmented reality, and visual coding environments. Our goal is to make the Brave New World of interactive technologies useful by making it usable. Check out the current overview of our research projects, or see our older Research Overview for a more detailed text. Since starting in October 2003, we have become one of Germany's best-published research groups at CHI, the premier international academic conference in the field.We're part of the Computer Science Department and the HCI Center at RWTH Aachen University, Germany's top-ranked University of Technology and one of Germany's nine Excellence Universities. Our group is an Endowed Chair of the German B-IT Foundation. |
Our presentations at ACM CHI 2018
Some of our previous papers at the top HCI conferences can be found here: CHI 2016, CHI 2015, CHI 2014, CHI 2013, CHI 2012, UIST 2011, CHI 2011. For a full list, see our Publications page.
Teaching
We offer courses in Human-Computer Interaction and Personal Fabrication, both at RWTH Aachen University and in the international MSc in Media Informatics at the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT Center). We teach how people interact with computers and technology, and how computer science can open up new ways of interacting with technology and information. See our Teaching Overview, our courses listed to the left, or watch our classes on iTunes U!Industry
We provide- industry talks, trainings and consulting
- user interface design, prototyping, and evaluation
- iOS app development for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV training and consulting
- interactive exhibit design and development for museums and public spaces
Our clients include AirBus, Apple, Bayer, Children's Museum Boston, Handelsblatt, OTIS, Scout24, TEDx, and Telekom.
FLApp, our mobile Future Lab Aachen App for iOS and Android launched in 2017, takes you on a walking tour through Aachen's inner city. But instead of historical facts, you'll find out about the latest discoveries and inventions made by engineers and scientists at each location, some using Augmented Reality. |
Usability for Everybody in 18 Minutes: Prof. Borchers' TEDx Talk
News & Events
TABULA with its development team, and one of the panel discussions, at the first stop in Munich
(Image credits: Jörg Koch)
Left: Riding champion Laura Klaphake with our 3D-printed logo. Center: Prof. Borchers with CHIO mascot Karli. Right: (from right to left): Carl Meulenbergh, CHIO mascot Karli, Marcel Philipp, Laura Klaphake, Sönke Rothenberger, Frank Kemperman and Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers.
(Image credits: RWTH Lehrstuhl Medieninformatik/Jan Borchers (left,middle), CHIO Aachen/Holger Schupp (right))
(Image credit: RWTH Lehrstuhl Medieninformatik/Jan Borchers)
(Image credits: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel (left), RWTH Lehrstuhl Medieninformatik/Jan Thar (right))
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Interested in HCI?
- Jan's Top Ten list of HCI books
- What makes a good PhD student? (Jan, Jan 25, 2006)
- HCI Journals and their Impact Factors (Jan, Jan 30, 2006)
- Other HCI- and Media Computing-related groups at RWTH Aachen University
- Join our low-traffic HCI Announcements list to be informed about HCI-related events at our chair, at RWTH Aachen University and in the area.
Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers
RWTH Aachen University, Ahornstr. 55, 2. OG, Room 2208, 52074 Aachen, Germany
+49 (0)241 80-21051
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