Jürgen Steimle
Personal Information
- KeywordsHuman-Computer InteractionEmbodied User InterfacesOn-body InteractionWearable ComputingHaptic InterfacesHuman-Robot InteractionFlexible Sensors and DisplaysDigital FabricationNew Materials for Interaction
- OrganizationSaarland University and Saarland Informatics Campus
- PositionFull Professor (W3) in Computer Science at Saarland University; Director of the Human-Computer Interaction and Interactive Technologies Lab
- Emailsteimle@cs.uni-saarland.de
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Biography
Jürgen Steimle is a full professor (W3) in computer science at Saarland University and Saarland Informatics Campus, and directs the Human-Computer Interaction and Interactive Technologies Lab. His research investigates embedded and embodied user interfaces, with current focus areas including on-body interaction and wearable computing, touch and haptic interfaces, human-robot interaction, flexible sensors and displays, digital fabrication, and new materials for interaction. His work aims to merge interfaces with the physical world and the human body to enable more effective, expressive, and engaging interaction. He has received an ERC Starting Grant, best paper awards at ACM CHI and UIST, and the 2009 Best Computer Science Dissertation Award from the relevant German, Austrian, and Swiss computer-society organizations.
Work Experience
- Current | Saarland University / Saarland Informatics Campus | Full Professor (W3) in Computer Science; Lab Director
- Directs the Human-Computer Interaction and Interactive Technologies Lab.
- 2022–2024·Saarland University·Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- 2013–2018·Max Planck Institute for Informatics·Senior Researcher
- 2013–2016·Saarland University·Independent Research Group Leader (W2)
- 2012–2014·Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)·Visiting Assistant Professor
Education
- 2006–2009·Darmstadt University of Technology·Ph.D. in Computer Science
- Dissertation: Integrating Printed and Digital Documents: Interaction Models and Techniques for Collaborative Knowledge Work, defended in 2009.
- Dates not listed | University of Freiburg | Computer Science and French Studies
- An institutional faculty profile reports that he studied computer science and French studies at the University of Freiburg.
- 2002–2006·German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)·Full Scholarship
Sources & Verification
- Personal profile: Human Computer Interaction Lab
- Contact page: HCI Lab Contact
- Dissertation record: TU Darmstadt dissertation
- Scholarly identity: DBLP (with homepage links)
- Freiburg education cross-check: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar faculty news
- Facts and links checked on 2026-09-23; lab social accounts are labeled as lab accounts rather than personal accounts.
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