Dr. Simon Voelker

Deputy Head
Media Computing Group
RWTH Aachen University
voelker@cs.rwth-aachen.de

I am the deputy head (Akademischer Oberrat) of the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University (Germany). My work and research interests are in a wide range of topics within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), including but not limited to ubiquitous computing, personal fabrication, touch input, interactive surfaces, and tangible user interfaces.

For more details check out my CV page.

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2019
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ARPen: Mid-Air Object Manipulation Techniques for a Bimanual AR System with Pen & Smartphone

To appear in Proceedings of CHI'19 ACM, 619:1 - 619:12
Philipp Wacker, Oliver Nowak, Simon Voelker, Jan Borchers
CHIConference PaperTo Appear
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ForceRay: Extending Thumb Reach on Mobile Touch Devices Using Force Input

To appear in Proceedings of CHI'19 ACM, 212:1 - 212:12
Christian Corsten, Marcel Lahaye, Jan Borchers, and Simon Voelker
CHIConference PaperTo Appear
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Springlets: Expressive, Flexible and Silent On-Skin TactileInterfaces

To appear in Proceedings of CHI'19 ACM
Nur Al-huda Hamdan, Adrian Wagner, Simon Voelker, Jürgen Steimle, Jan Borchers
CHIConference PaperHonorable MentionTo Appear
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Flowboard: A Visual Flow-Based Programming Environment for Embedded Coding

To appear In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 19, ACM
Anke Brocker, Simon Voelker, Tony Zelun Zhang, Mathis Müller, and Jan Borchers
CHIDemoTo Appear
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Off-Surface Tangibles: Exploring the Design Space of Midair Tangible Interaction

To appear In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 19, ACM
Christian Cherek, David Asselborn, Simon Voelker and Jan Borchers
CHILate Breaking WorkTo Appear
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Demonstration of Springlets: Expressive, Flexible and Silent On-Skin Tactile Interfaces

To appear In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 19, ACM
Nur Al-huda Hamdan, Adrian Wagner, Simon Voelker, Jürgen Steimle, Jan Borchers
CHIDemoTo Appear
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Supporting Data Workers To Perform Exploratory Programming

To appear In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 19, ACM
Krishna Subramanian, Ilya Zubarev, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
CHILate Breaking WorkTo Appear
BibTeX
2018
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CutCAD – An Open-source Tool to Design 3D Objects in 2D

In Proceedings of DIS'18, ACM, 1135 - 1139
Florian Heller an Jan Thar, Dennis Lewandowski, Mirko Hartmann, Pierre Schoonbrood, Sophy Stoenner, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperDIS
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Use the Force Picker, Luke: Space-Efficient Value Input on Force-Sensitive Mobile Touchscreens

In Proceedings of CHI '18, ACM, 661:1 - 661:12
Christian Corsten, Simon Voelker, Andreas Link, and Jan Borchers
CHIConference PaperHonorable Mention
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Physical Guides: An Analysis of 3D Sketching Performance on Physical Objects in Augmented Reality

In Proceedings of SUI' 18, ACM, 25 - 35
Philipp Wacker, Adrian Wagner, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperSUI
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Sketch&Stitch: Interactive Embroidery for E-textiles

In Proceedings of CHI '18, ACM, 82:1 - 82:13
Nur Al huda Hamdan, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
CHIConference Paper
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StatWire: Visual Flow-based Statistical Programming

In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 18, ACM, LBW104:1--LBW104:6
Krishna Subramanian, Johannes Maas, Michael Ellers, Chat Wacharamanotham, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
CHILate Breaking Work
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Tangible Awareness: How Tangibles on Tabletops Influence Awareness of Each Other’s Actions

In Proceedings of CHI '18, ACM, 298:1 - 298:7
Cherek, Christian and Brocker, Anke and Voelker, Simon and Borchers, Jan
CHIConference Paper
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Physical Guides: An Analysis of 3D Sketching Performance on Physical Objects in Augmented Reality

In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 18, LBW626:1--LBW626:6
Philipp Wacker, Adrian Wagner, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
CHILate Breaking Work
BibTeX
2017
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BackXPress: Using Back-of-Device Finger Pressure to Augment Touchscreen Input on Smartphones

In Proceedings of CHI '17, ACM, 4654 - 4666
Christian Corsten, Bjoern Daehlmann, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
CHIConference Paper
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Release, Don’T Wait!: Reliable Force Input Confirmation with Quick Release

In Proceedings of ISS '17, ACM, 246 - 251
Christian Corsten, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperISS
BibTeX
2016
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Towards Interactive Desk Workspaces

PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, September 2016
Simon Voelker
PhD theses
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2015
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Combining Direct and Indirect Touch Input for Interactive Workspaces Using Gaze Input

In Proceedings of SUI '15, ACM, 79 - 88
Simon Voelker, Andrii Matviienko, Johannes Schöning, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperHonorable MentionSUI
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Knobology Revisited: A Comparison of User Performance Between Tangible and Virtual Rotary Knobs

In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces, 2015
Simon Voelker, Kjell Ivar Øvergård, Chat Wacharamanotham, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperITS
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PERCs Demo: Persistently Trackable Tangibles on Capacitive Multi-Touch Displays

Extended Abstracts of ITS' 15, ACM, 389 - 392
Christian Cherek, Simon Voelker, Jan Thar, Rene Linden, Florian Busch, Jan Borchers
DemoITS
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PERCs: Persistently Trackable Tangibles on Capacitive Multi-Touch Displays

In Proceedings of UIST' 15, ACM, 351 - 356
Simon Voelker, Christian Cherek, Jan Thar, Thorsten Karrer, Christian Thoresen, Kjell Ivar Øvergård, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperUIST
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Transporters: Vision & Touch Transitive Widgets for Capacitive Screens

In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 15, ACM, 1603 – 1608
Florian Heller, Simon Voelker, Chat Wacharamanotham, and Jan Borchers
CHILate Breaking Work
BibTeX
2014
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An Interaction Model for Grasp-Aware Tangibles on Interactive Surfaces

In Proceedings of ITS '14, ACM, 279 - 282
Simon Voelker, Christian Corsten, Nur Al huda Hamdan, Kjell Ivar Øvergård, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperITS
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Von der Fläche zur Kurve: Multi-Touch auf beliebigen Oberflächen und Objekten

In Multi-Touch: Interaktion durch Berührung, Xpert.press, Chapter 17, pages 369–392
Jan Borchers, Christian Corsten, Max Möllers, and Simon Voelker
Book chapter
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2013
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An Evaluation of State Switching Methods for Indirect Touch Systems

In Proceedings of CHI '13, ACM, 745 – 754
Simon Voelker, Chat Wacharamanotham, and Jan Borchers
CHIConference Paper
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PUCs Demo: Detecting Transparent, Passive Untouched Capacitive Widgets

Extended Abstracts of ITS' 13, ACM, 325 - 328
Simon Voelker, Kosuke Nakajima, Christian Thoresen, Yuichi Itoh, Kjell Ivar Øvergård, Jan Borchers
DemoITS
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PerspectiveTable: Blending Physical and Virtual Collaborative Workspaces

CHI 2013 Workshop on Blending Interaction
Fabian Hennecke, Simon Voelker, Maximilian Schenk, Hauke Schaper, Jan Borchers, and Andreas Butz
CHIWorkshop Paper
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PUCs: Detecting Transparent, Passive Untouched Capacitive Widgets on Unmodified Multi-touch Displays

In Proceedings of ITS '13, ACM, 101 - 104
Simon Voelker, Kosuke Nakajima, Christian Thoresen, Yuichi Itoh, Kjell Ivar Øvergård, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperITS
BibTeX
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Simplifying Remote Collaboration Through Spatial Mirroring

In Proceedings of INTERACT '13, Springer, 624 – 631
Fabian Hennecke, Simon Voelker, Maximilian Schenk, Hauke Schaper, Jan Borchers, and Andreas Butz
Conference PaperINTERACT
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Conceptual Framework for Surface Manager on Interactive Tabletops

In Extended Abstracts of CHI' 13, ACM, 1527 - 1532
Nur Al-huda Hamdan, Simon Voelker, Jan Borchers
CHILate Breaking Work
BibTeX
2012
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Understanding Flicking on Curved Surfaces

In Proceedings of CHI '12, ACM, 189 - 198
Simon Voelker, Christine Sutter, Lei Wang, and Jan Borchers
CHIConference Paper
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2011
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Dynamic Portals: A Lightweight Metaphor for Fast Object Transfer on Interactive Surfaces

In Proceedings of ITS '11, ACM, 158 – 161
Simon Voelker, Malte Weiss, Chat Wacharamanotham, and Jan Borchers
Best Note AwardConference PaperITS
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FingerFlux: Near-surface Haptic Feedback on Tabletops

In Proceedings of UIST '11, ACM, 615 – 620
Malte Weiss, Chat Wacharamanotham, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperUIST
BibTeX
2010
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BendDesk: Dragging Across the Curve

In Proceedings of ITS '10, ACM, 1 - 10
Malte Weiss, Simon Voelker, Christine Sutter, and Jan Borchers
Conference PaperITS
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The BendDesk Demo – Multi-touch on a Curved Display

In Adjunct Proceedings of ITS '10, ACM, 317
Malte Weiss, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
DemoITS
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2009
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BendDesk: Seamless Integration of Horizontal and Vertical Multi-Touch Surfaces in Desk Environments

In Adjunct Proceedings of ITS '09, ACM
Malte Weiss, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers
ITSLate Breaking Work
BibTeX