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Students walk across the campus north. A large red sculpture in the shape of large gears can be seen. © Roland Baege​/​TU Dortmund

We went to the Mensch und Computer (MuC) conference 2026

Three researchers stand side by side in front of a green wall at the Mensch und Computer 2026 conference. On the left is a woman in a pink shirt, in the center a man with glasses in a patterned shirt, and on the right a man with glasses, an FFP2 mask, and a dark shirt. All three wear conference lanyards. To their left is a blue banner reading "Transforming Interactions", and to their right is a large white illuminated letter "M". © Dana Hofmann​/​TU Dortmund
Dana Hofmann, Felix Stundzig, and Björn Konopka at the conference.
The professorship Digital Transformation took part in the Mensch und Computer 2026 conference in Duisburg and presented two papers and a demonstrator.

Björn Konopka presented a publication produced in collaboration with Manuel Wiesche: 

Konopka, Björn und Wiesche, Manuel. (2026). Facilitating Informed Privacy Decisions in Smart Homes: Design Principles for Contextualized Data Permission Justifications. https://doi.org/10.1145/3820253.3820259

 

Felix Stundzig presented a publication produced in collaboration with Vincent Heimburg and Manuel Wiesche:

Stundzig, Felix; Heimburg, Vincent und Wiesche, Manuel. (2026). Analogies and Metaphors for Agentic AI: How Industry Practitioners Explain Emerging AI Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3820253.3820283

 

In the conference’s demo track, we also presented the interactive prototype glowAR, which was developed as part of the ERDF-funded research project flowAR:

Hofmann, Dana; Wiesche, Manuel; Brandt, Philipp; Kamphuis, Christian; and Salenta, Sebastian.. (2026). glowAR: Turning a Physical Flower into an Interactive AR Canvas. 

 

Aus den Vorträgen, Panels und Diskussionen konnten wir viele spannende Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse mitnehmen sowie viele neue interessante Kontakte knüpfen.

A speaker wearing glasses, an FFP2 mask, and dark clothing presents at a lectern at the Mensch und Computer 2026 conference. The projection screens behind him show the title slide for his paper on design principles for privacy decisions in smart homes. The slide displays the TU Dortmund University logo, author names Björn Konopka and Manuel Wiesche, and a photograph of the university's main high-rise building against a blue sky. © Laura Kunold​/​Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Björn Konopka during his presentation
A speaker talks into a microphone at a lectern in a lecture hall at the Mensch und Computer 2026 conference. The large screens display a slide for the project "glowAR: Turning a Physical Flower into an Interactive AR Canvas". The slide lists researchers from TU Dortmund University and Dortmunder U, along with two photographs of a glowing green, flower-shaped augmented-reality installation inside a dark enclosure. © Felix Stundzig​/​TU Dortmund
Dana Hofmann during the presentation of glowAR
A speaker with glasses stands at a lectern at the Mensch und Computer 2026 conference in Duisburg. Two large screens in the background display a presentation slide detailing the qualitative research design for a study on agentic AI. The slide outlines the sampling, data collection, and thematic analysis, along with national flags indicating the geographical distribution of the 18 industry practitioners. © Dana Hofmann​/​TU Dortmund
Felix Stundzig during his presentation
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