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Professor Markus Rittenbruch
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Design,
Interaction Design
Biography
Dr Markus Rittenbruch is highly experienced researcher and academic in the field of Interaction Design with over 25 years of professional work experience in the fields of Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp). He holds an ongoing appointment as Professor in Interaction Design and a leadership role as Academic Lead Research at the School of Design. He is currently a Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery on Geoprivacy & Location Awareness, a Chief Investigator and co-lead for the Program on Human-Robot Interaction at the Australian Cobotics Centre (ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Collaborative Robotics), and a Design expert at the ARM Hub (Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Hub).During his career, he has been invited to work at leading research organisations in Germany and Australia, including the Institute for Applied Informatics at the University of Bonn, Germany, the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC), the University of Queensland, the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), NICTA (now CSIRO/Data 61), and QUT, where he has held positions since 2010.
He has extensive experience as research leader, and a demonstrated track record of research excellence in fields related to Interaction Design, and the design-led application of emerging technologies. In his research, he combines knowledge about end-user-driven development of innovative technologies with a deep understanding of design theories and methodologies.
His strong research track record is evidenced by close to 80 peer-reviewed publications. Recent outputs include publication in leading journals and conferences in my field, such as CSCW, HCI, and TOCHI. His research expertise and impact are reflected by the award of significant research grants by Australian and European funding agencies of more than $10.7M throughout his career. Markus' research particularly focusses on the design and evaluation of large-scale collaborative systems, collaborative visualisation systems, human-robot collaboration, ambient, ubiquitous and physical computing, natural user interfaces, large-screen multi-touch interfaces and innovative ways of interfacing with and visualising sensors and sensor data.
Personal details
Positions
- Professor in Interaction Design
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Design,
Interaction Design
Keywords
Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Collaborative Data Visualisation, Tangible and Embodied Interaction, Human-Robot Collaboration, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Ubiquitous Computing, Urban Informatics
Research field
Design, Information systems
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
- Diplom Informatiker (University of Bonn)
Publications
- Rittenbruch, M., (2015). Supporting collaboration on very large-scale interactive wall surfaces. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 24(2 - 3), 121–147. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/77661
- Rittenbruch, M., Viller, S. & Mansfield, T. (2007). Announcing activity: design and evaluation of an intentionally enriched awareness service. Human-Computer Interaction, 22(1/2), 137–171. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/44380
- Foth, M., Rittenbruch, M., Robinson, R. & Viller, S. (2014). Street Computing : Urban Informatics and City Interfaces. Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/59160
- Rittenbruch, M., Sorensen, A., Donovan, J., Polson, D., Docherty, M. & Jones, J. (2013). The Cube: A very large-scale interactive engagement space. Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61900
- Rittenbruch, M. & McEwan, G. (2009). An historical reflection of awareness in collaboration. In W. Mackay, B. De Ruyter & P. Markopoulos (Eds.), Awareness Systems: Advances in Theory, Methodology and Design (pp. 3–48). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80330
QUT ePrints
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/m.rittenbruch
Selected research projects
- Title
- ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Collaborative Robotics in Advanced Manufacturing
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IC200100001
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Digital Media, Location Awareness, and the Politics of Geodata
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP180100174
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Beyond Barriers: Leveraging Social Collaborative Robots to create inclusive opportunities for workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities in professional workplaces
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Laurianne Sitbon - Beyond Motion Legibility: A Situated, Context-Sensitive Toolkit for Multi-Stage Intention Visualisation in HumanRobot Collaboration
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jared Donovan - Designing Augmented Reality experiences in hybrid learning spaces to enhance learner autonomy
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Selen Turkay - Enhancing Human Decision Making in Human-Robot Collaboration: The Role of Extended Reality
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Glenda Caldwell, Associate Professor Muge Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, Dr Alan Burden - How Can We Design for Human-Robot Collaboration, the Need for a Human-Robot Collaboration Prototyping Toolkit
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jared Donovan, Associate Professor Rafael Gomez, Dr Valeria Alessandra Macalupu Chira - Human-Centered Design of Collaborative Robot Interfaces within Industrial Manufacturing Applications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jared Donovan, Dr Claire Brophy - Spot, whats happening? Explaining a robots state through language
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Will Browne - The Design of Extended Reality-enabled Tangible Interaction to Enhance the Interaction with Collaborative Robots
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Leo Rezayan
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Augmented Reality (AR)-enabled Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) System for Creative Architectural Design-Fabrication Process (2025)
- Augmented Fabrication: An Australian Industry 4.0 Augmented Reality (AR) Framework (2024)
- A new perspective on the design of pedestrian bridges, inspired by Baudelaire's flaneur (2023)
- Negotiating privacy and trust in the geoaware smart city (2023)
- Adopting Design-based Pedagogy Utilising 3D Printing to Develop Integrated STEM Programs in Queensland, Australia (2022)
- Supporting affective connections between older adults through socially interactive robots: A design framework (2022)
- Alternative Forms of Citymaking: Insights and Implications from South Africa and Australia (2021)
- Humanising the Smart City: Co-Creation Redefined in Pursuit of Systemic Change (2020)
- Visual Analytics for Transcriptional Regulatory Networks (2019)
- Participatory Data Analytics: Designing Visualisation and Composition Interfaces for Collaborative Sensemaking on Large Interactive Screens (2017)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.