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:: Research Group Embedded Interaction :: Media Informatics :: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Matthias Kranz

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Matthias Kranz

Curriculum Vitae:

CV	Curriculum Vitae of Matthias Kranz (English)
Lebenslauf (German CV)	Lebenslauf von Matthias Kranz (deutsch)

Publications (Journal Papers):

i-com 2006 (Journal)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt Experimentelle und spielerische Lehr- und Lernsysteme (English: Playful Computing for Kids) i-com Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien (ISSN 1618-162X), volume 5, issue 3, December 2006, pp. 25-31 (bibtex)
IJCSS 2006 (Journal)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, W. Spiessl,, A. Schmidt, F. Tusker The Therapy Top Measurement and Visualization System - An Example for the Advancements in Existing Sports Equipments International Journal of Computer Science in Sport (ISSN 1684-4769), December 2006, pp. 76-80 (bibtex)
JVRB 2006 (Journal)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, A. Winter, A. Schmidt Playing with the real World The Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting, April 2006 (bibtex)
PUC 2006 (Journal)	L. Terrenghi, M. Kranz, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt A Cube to Learn: a Tangible User Interface for the Design of a Learning Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, November 2005 , pp. 153-158 (Springer Link) (bibtex)

Publications (Conference Papers):

Mobile Learning 2007 (Short Conf. Paper)	E. Vodvarsky, P. Holleis, M. Kranz, A. Schmidt Mobile Platforms For Playful Learning and Interaction to appear at Mobile Learning 2007, July 2007 (bibtex)
INSS 2007 (Full Conf. Paper)	M. Kranz, A. Schmidt, R. Rusu, A. Maldonado, M. Beetz, B. Hörnler, G. Rigoll Sensing Technologies and the Player Middleware for Context-Awareness in Kitchen Environments INSS 2007, June 2007 (bibtex)
INSS 2007 (Short Conf. Paper)	V. Baier, L. Mösenlechner, M. Kranz Gesture Classification with hierarchically structured recurrent self-organizing maps INSS 2007, June 2007 (bibtex)
INSS 2007 (Short Conf. Paper)	M. Kranz, R. Wimmer CapTale & CapShelf - Unobtrusive Activity Recognition using networked Capacitive Sensors INSS 2007, June 2007 (bibtex)
INSS 2007 (Short Conf. Paper)	K. Leichtenstern, E. André, E. Lösch, M. Kranz, P. Holleis A Tangible User Interface as Interaction and Presentation Device to a Social Learning Software INSS 2007, June 2007 (bibtex)
INSS 2007 (Short Conf. Paper)	M. Kranz, A. Kräss A Versatile Networked Sensing System as Add-On System for Augmenting Sports Devices INSS 2007, June 2007 (bibtex)
PerCom 2007 (Short Conf. Paper)	M. Kranz, A. Schmidt Designing Ubiquitous Computing Systems for Sports Equipment PerCom 2007, March 2007 (bibtex)
PerCom 2007 (Full Conf. Paper)	R. Wimmer, M. Kranz, A. Schmidt, S. Boring A Capacitive Sensing Toolkit for Pervasive Activity Detection and Recognition PerCom 2007, March 2007 (bibtex)
TEI 2007 (Full Conf. Paper)	M. Kranz, A. Maldonado, B. Hï¿½nler, R. Rusu, M. Beetz, G. Rigoll, A. Schmidt A Knife and a Cutting Board as Implicit User Interface - Towards Context-Aware Kitchen Utilities TEI 2007, February 2007 (bibtex)
SAC 2006 (Full Conf. Paper)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt Ubiquitous Presence Systems ACM SAC, April 2006 (bibtex) (video MSMPEG4)
SoC-EuSAI 2005 (Full Conf. Paper)	A. Schmidt, M. Kranz, P. Holleis Interacting with the Ubiquitous Computer - Towards Embedding Interaction. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 121 archive Proceedings of the 2005 joint conference on Smart objects and ambient intelligence: innovative context-aware services: usages and technologies (SoC-EuSAI), Ocotber 2005 (bibtex)

Publications (Workshop Papers):

UbiComp 2006 (Workshop)	M. Kranz, R. Rusu, A. Maldonado, M. Beetz, A. Schmidt A Player/Stage System for Context-Aware Intelligent Environments (UbiSys Workshop) UbiComp, September 2006 (bibtex)
IWSAWC 2006 (Workshop)	M. Kranz, A. Schmidt Restriction, Modification and Extension of Consumer Devices for Prototyping Ubiquitous Computing Environments IWSAWC, July 2006 (bibtex)
IWSAWC 2006 (Workshop)	M. Kranz, S. Freund, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt, H. Arndt Developing Gestural Input IWSAWC, July 2006 (bibtex)
IWSAWC 2006 (Workshop)	R. Wimmer, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt, M. Kranz Thracker - Using Capacitive Sensing for Gesture Recognition IWSAWC, July 2006 (bibtex)
Sportinformatik Workshop 2006 (Workshop)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, W. Spiessl, A. Schmidt Das Therapiekreisel Mess- und Visualisierungssystem - Beispiel für die Weiterentwicklung bestehender Sport- und Therapiesysteme Sportinformatik Workshop 2006, June 2006 (bibtex)
Pervasive 2006 (Workshop)	R. Wimmer, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt, M. Kranz Thracker - Using Capacitive Sensing for Gesture Recognition IWSAWC, July 2006 (bibtex)
Pervasive 2006 (Workshop)	P. Holleis, E. Rukzio, T. Kraus, M. Kranz, A. Schmidt. Interacting with Tangible Displays Workshop on Pervasive Display Infrastructures, Interfaces and Applications i Pervasive 2006, May 2006 (bibtex)
UbiComp 2005 (Workshop)	M. Kranz, A. Schmidt. Prototyping Smart Objects for Ubiquitous Computing Workshop on Smart Object Systems i UbiComp 2005, September 2005 (bibtex)
3AD 2005 (Workshop)	L. Terrenghi, M. Kranz, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt A Cube to Learn: a Tangible User Interface for the Design of a Learning 3AD, June 2005 (bibtex)
PerGames 2005 (Workshop)	P. Holleis, M. Kranz, A. Winter, A. Schmidt Playing with the Real World PerGames, June 2005 (bibtex) Anneke Winter won the 1st prize in the SAE Alumni Awards in the category 'Best Multimedia Project' with the SensorVirrig
IWSAWC 2005 (Workshop)	A. Schmidt, M. Kranz, P. Holleis DistScroll - A new One-Handed Interaction Device IWSAWC, June 2005 (bibtex)
IWSAWC 2005 (Workshop)	A. Schmidt, M. Gall, P. Holleis, M. Kranz Adding Context Information to Digital Photos IWSAWC, June 2005 (bibtex)
UbiComp 2004 (Workshop)	A. Schmidt, M. Kranz, P. Holleis 'Sensor-Virrig - A Balance Cushion as Controller' UbiComp 2004, Workshop 'Playing with Sensors', September 2004 (bibtex)
UbiComp 2004 (Workshop)	A. Schmidt, M. Kranz, P. Holleis 'Embedded Information' UbiComp 2004, Workshop 'Ubiquitous Display Environments', September 2004 (bibtex)

Publications (Videos):

Pervasive 2007 (Video)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, M. Bilandzic, J. Vetter, A. Schmidt Context-Aware Kitchen Utilities (Video) (Paper) Pervasive (video submission), May 2007 (bibtex)
UbiComp 2006 (Video)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, W. Spiessl, A. Schmidt Designing Systems of Ubiquitous Sports Equipment (Video) (Paper) UbiComp, September 2006 (bibtex)
UbiComp 2006 (Video)	M. Kranz, A. Jain, L. Klinker, C. Stï¿½er, D. Blank, L. Mï¿½enlechner, A. Schmidt Sketch-A-Move - Design Inspired Technology for Children (Video) (Paper) UbiComp, September 2006 (bibtex)
Pervasive 2006 (Video)	M. Kranz, P. Holleis, M. Bilandzic, J. Vetter, A. Schmidt The Display Cube as Playful TUI To Support Learning (MS MPEG 4 movie) (you can downlaod all necessary codecs at www.xpcodecpack.com) accepted for publication at Pervasive (video submission), May 2006 (bibtex)

Publications (Posters):

UbiComp 2006 (Poster)	R. Rusu, A. Maldonado, M. Beetz ,M. Kranz, A. Schmidt Player/Stage as Middleware for Ubiquitous Computing (Poster) UbiComp, September 2006 (bibtex)
UbiComp 2005 (Poster)	M. Kranz, D. Schmidt, P. Holleis, A. Schmidt. A Display Cube as a Tangible User Interface. Adjunct Proceedings of The Seventh International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2005) (demo), September 2005 additional material: poster for demo, video used in One Minute Madness (bibtex)
UbiComp 2005 (Poster)	P. Holleis, M. Kranz, A. Schmidt Displayed Connectivity. Adjunct Proceedings of The Seventh International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2005) (demo), additional material: poster for demo September 2005 (bibtex)

Publication Sites (direct links to author):

Technical Reports:

08/2006	A. Schmidt, P. Holleis, M. Kranz, A. Butz (Editors) Kollaboration, Nachrichtenaustausch und Communities (Collaboration, Messaging and Communities) (event page) (TR in pdf) (bibtex) Technical Report LMU-MI-2006-1, August 2006, ISSN 1862-5207
03/2006	M. Kranz 'Design Guidelines and Design Patterns for Ubiquitous Computing Systems' in 'Current PhD Research in Pervasive Computing' (A. Ferscha, M. Langheinrich, A. Schmidt (Editors)) (event page) (pdf) (bibtex) Technical Report LMU-MI-2005-3, March 2006, ISSN 1862-5207
11/2005	A. Schmidt, P. Holleis, M. Kranz, A. Butz (Editors) 'Neue Formen der Interaktion mit Mobilen Gerten' (engl. 'New Forms of Interaction with Mobile Devices') (event page) (pdf) (bibtex) Technical Report LMU-MI-2005-2, March 2005, ISSN 1862-5207
04/2005	M. Kranz 'From Smart-Its to Particles and beyond' First Year Report (2005) towards a Ph.D. in computer science
09/2005	A. Schmidt, P. Holleis, M. Kranz, A. Butz (Editors) 'Innovative Benutzungsschnittstellen und Neue Formen der Interaktion' (engl. 'Innovative User Interfaces and Novel Forms of Interaction') (event page) (pdf) (bibtex) Technical Report LMU-MI-2005-1, March 2005, ISSN 1862-5207

Talks:

04/2006	'Ubiquitous Presence Systems' given at ACM SAC (Symposium on Applied Computing) in Dijon, France, on the 23.04.2006
03/2006	Design Guidelines and Design Patterns for Ubiquitous Computing Systems, given at the 'First Int. Doctoral Coloquium on Pervasive Computing' at Institute for Pervasive Computing of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, on the 22.03.2006.
09/2005	'Prototyping Physical User Interfaces', given at the Chair for Theoretical Computer Science and Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at Department of Computer Science of the University of Technology, Munich on the 29.09.2005.
09/2005	'Prototyping Smart Object for Ubiquitous Systems', given at the UbiComp 2005 workshop on 'Smart Object Systems', Tokyo, Japan, on the 11.09.2005.
07/2005	'Research Overview' talk, given at the Computing Department, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Great Britain, on the 22.07.2005.
06/2005	'DistScroll -- a new One-Handed Interaction Device', given at the Workshop '5th International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing', held in conjunction with 'International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems', Columbus, Ohio, USA on the 10.06.2005.
06/2005	'Adding Context to Digital Photos', given at the Workshop '5th International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing', held in conjunction with 'International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems', Columbus, Ohio, USA on the 10.06.2005.
03/2005	'Sensors, Microcontrollers and Ubiquitous Computing with a Wearable Computing Intermission', given at the Chair for Theoretical Computer Science and Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at Department of Computer Science of the University of Technology, Munich on the 07.03.2005.
10/2004	'Sensoren, Microcontroller und Ubiquitous Computing' (Matthias Kranz), Talk (only available in German - please contact me if you need it in English) given at the Chair for Theoretical Computer Science and Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at Department of Computer Science of the University of Technology, Munich on the 04.10.2004. Here are the videos of the talk: Video 1 - hall effect sensor, Video 2 - photo resistor and Video 3 - Smart Furniture.
12/2004	'SensorVirrig - A Balance Cushion as Controller' (Matthias Kranz), Talk given at the Institute for Pervasive Computing at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland on the 14.12.2004.

Teaching:

2006	Practical Course in Media Design (Semester/Term Summer 2006) Advanced Seminar 'Communities, Messaging and Collaboration' Supervised topics: Tangible Collaboration History of E-mail and Instant Messaging Instant Messaging and Applications Supervised diploma thesis: Capacitive Sensing for Instrumented Environments (Raphael Wimmer) Supervised project thesis: Development of an ICD2 programmer software for linux (Lorenz Mï¿½enlechner)
2005/2006	Practical Course in Media Design (Semester/Term Winter 2005/2006) Supervised project thesis: DistScroll 2 - A novel user interface (Benjamin Schlerf) Gesture Cube - Interaction Through Cubes (Stefan Freund) Analysis, Development, Evaluation of Augmented Sport Equipment (Andreas Kraess)
2005	Advanced Seminar 'Mobile Interaction and Mobile Media (Semester/Term 2005) Event 'Mobile Interaction and Mobile Media' Supervised topics: Gestures as a Novel Input Technology for Mobile Devices (talk, report) Mobile Text Input (T9, Pen, Keyboards, etc.) (talk, report)
2004/2005	Advanced Seminar 'New User Interfaces' (Semester/Term 2004/2005) See our event 'User Interface Update 1.0' Supervised topics (elaborations available only in German): Wearable Computer User Interfaces - Wearability & Fashion Wearable Computer User Interfaces - Input & Output Making Data Touchable & Tangible UIs Ambient Media & Calm Technology Speech / Voice User Interfaces

Open Source Projects, Contributions and How-Tos:

icd2prog	User-space program for the MLAB ICD2 programmer under Linux (own project with Lorenz Mï¿½enlechner). The project page of icd2prog can be found here.
particle usbbridge	User-space program for accessing the TecO USB Bridge under Linux own project with Lorenz Mï¿½enlechner). The project page can be found here.
libftdi	Contribution to the user-space usb library libftdi (setting control flow for FTDI chips). libftdi uses the libusb which allows easy access to USB devices. The project is maintained by Intra2Net. The project page can be found here.
piklab	Contribution to piklab, a MPLAB-like programming IDE for Linux. We contributed the USB code for the MPLAB ICD2 programmer. The piklab project page can be found here.
Nokia 770	The Nokia 770 is a small-scale Tablet PC running Maemo Linux. The project page describes issues related to the development of software and hardware for this device. The Nokia 770 development page provides a comprehensive overview with the goal to enable developers the usage of this device in all their projects with our focus on ubiquitous computing.
microMegas	Setup and compile instructions for installing microMegas on Debian Linux systems and information on how and where to get and install the necessary software.

Ph.D. Thesis:

Engineering Perceptive User Interfaces (to be completed by 04/2007)

Other Ph.D. theses in ubiquitous or pervasive computing (no specific ordering!):

The rest...:

Other activities

Presentation of the AwareKitchen Project at Open House Day (Tag der offenen Tr) 15.10.2006 (check video from position (mm:ss) 07.42)
Presentation of Matthias Kranz with the title 'Robots in Action - LEGO Mindstorms' at 'Forschung live! Tag der offenen Tr', 25.10.2003.

Documentations, unpublished work, etc.

Eine sehr kleine Einfhrung in die Elektrotechnik (fr studentische Hilfskrï¿½te) (PDF, German)
Lunch Guide for visitors, a small but fine guide to good lunch locations around Amalienstrasse in 80333 Munich
U-Parking - An Ubiquitous Parking System for Metropolis (PDF), some thoughts on metropolis parking systems for the Galileo Masters Challenge 2004 (not qualified for the final)
Pervasive 2005 Travel Info

Fun Stuff

Ph.D. Comics - it's so damn true...
My private cookbook with my favorite recipes. Cookbook of Matthias Kranz, PS Version Cookbook of Matthias Kranz, PDF Version

Shops for Geeks

Sites of Friends

Cornelia Schwarz, the one that I love. Here is the homepage of Cornelia Schwarz.
Jan Thiele, my best friend
Lars Basilautzkis