Frank Nelles

I am a research assistant and doctoral student at the Chair of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) in the Department of Computer Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt, primarily involved in the ATHENE PriVis, CROSSING, and emergenCity projects.

My research interests lie in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with a particular focus on usable security and privacy.

I studied Computer Science (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at Technische Universität Darmstadt, where I investigated Cross Reality (XR) applications in my master’s thesis. During my studies, I worked as an assistant researcher at the University Didactics Centre (HDA) in the field of electronic examinations and gained experience in Enterprise Architecture while working at Dentsu Aegis Network.

Selected Publications

MuC
Demonstrating MagneTisch: Tangibles in Motion on an Interactive Surface

Sebastian Günther, Frank Nelles, Florian Horn, and 1 more author

In Proceedings of Mensch Und Computer 2022, 2022

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In this demonstration, we present MagneTisch, an interactive surface that can move, rotate, and modify 3D printed tangibles. A height-adjustable gripper arm grabs tangibles using magnets to move them to any location on the interactive table surface and also is able to rotate them as a whole or internal parts independently. In addition, the tangibles are externally tracked and a top-down projector can render digital content directly onto the surface and objects. Thereby, our demonstrator will showcase three applications: (1) a tangible virtual whiteboard, (2) a racing application, and (3) a tech demo highlighting all features.
@inproceedings{guenther_2022_demonstrating, dimensions = {true}, author = {G\"{u}nther, Sebastian and Nelles, Frank and Horn, Florian and M\"{u}hlh\"{a}user, Max}, title = {Demonstrating MagneTisch: Tangibles in Motion on an Interactive Surface}, year = {2022}, isbn = {9781450396905}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3543758.3547520}, doi = {10.1145/3543758.3547520}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Mensch Und Computer 2022}, pages = {590–593}, numpages = {4}, keywords = {3D printing, interactive surface, magnets, tabletop, tangibles}, location = {Darmstadt, Germany}, series = {MuC '22} }