Florian Meier M.A.

01 | PHD Thesis and Research Interests

THESIS TITLE
Information Seeking Behavior in Social Networks: Re-Finding on Twitter

SUMMARY
The problem of re-findig, i. e. finding previously seen information again, is an everyday issue in managing our personal information (personal information management, PIM). This information can come from various sources and be of different types, like paper print-out, e-mails, websites or search engine results. Also status updates from social networks can be counted as worthy sources of information. In particular the thesis examines the problem of re-finding on Twitter, taking into account several aspects like: motivation for finding previously seen tweets, which methods users have to preserve and find tweets again  how twitter supports users in the task of re-finding. Finally there's the question how search users interfaces for re-finding purposes on social networks should be desigend properly.

further research interests:

• Search User Interfaces
• Crowdsourcing / Human Computation
• Human Computer Interaction (Usability, User Centered Design, Information Architecture)

02| Teaching

• Introduction to Information Retrieval  
• Follow up Course on Information Retrieval
• Information Retrieval in Practice
• Introduction to Project Management
• Exercise Course on Mark-up Languages

 Burghardt, M., Elsweiler D., Meier F. & Wolff, C. (to appear 2013). Modelle des Informationsverhaltens bei der Websuche. In: Lewandowski, D. (Hrsg.): Handbuch Internet-Suchmaschinen, Band 3. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.

Meier, F., Bazo, A., Burghardt, M. & Wolff, Christian (to appear 2013). Evaluating a Web-based Tool for Crowdsourced Navigation Stress Tests. (Accepted Paper at Human Computer Interaction Interantional (HCII) 2013, Las Vegas)

Meier, F., Bazo, A. & Burghardt, M. (to appear in 2013). A Crowdsourced Encoding Approach for Handwritten Sheet Music.(Accepted Poster at Music Encoding Conference 2013, Mainz)

Will, S. Bazo A., Meier F. & Wolff, C. (to appear in 2013). Multi/Touch/Device MindMapper: Creativity Processes in Digital Environments. Natural User Interfaces for Collaborative Controlled Multi User Applications. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium of Information Science, Potsdam.

Meier, F.(2012). Crowdsourcing als Rekrutierungsstrategie im asynchronen Remote-Usability-Test. Information, Wissenschaft & Praxis, 63(5), 308–313

Meier, F. & Wolff, C. (2012). IA von Websites: asynchrone Remote-Tests und Laborstudien im Vergleich. In: Reiterer, H. & Deussen, O. (Hrsg.), Mensch & Computer 2012: interaktiv informiert – allgegenwärtig und allumfassend!?. München: Oldenbourg Verlag. (S. 133-142).

J. Reischer, D. Lottes, F. Meier & M. Stirner. Evaluation von Summarizing-Systemen – Kommerzielle und freie Systeme im Vergleich. (2011). 
In: Griesbaum, J. & Mandl, T. & Womser- Hacker, C. (Hrsg.): Information und Wissen: global, sozial und frei? Proceedings des 12. Internationalen Symposiums für Informationswissenschaft (ISI 2011). Boizenburg: Verlag Werner Hülsbusch. S. 298–308.

Meier, Florian, Will, Sarah & Wolff, Christian (2009). Empirische Untersuchung der Designgeschichte des WWW. 
In: Wandke, Hartmut und Kain, Saskia und Struve, D. (Hrg.). Mensch & Computer 2009: 9. Fachübergreifende Konferenz für interaktive und kooperative Medien; grenzenlos frei!? München: Oldenbourg, S. 43-52. ISBN 978-3-486-59222-1.

Will, Sarah & Meier, Florian (2009). Designgeschichte der Web-Interfaces. 
In: Kuhlen, Rainer (Hrg.). Information: Droge, Ware oder Commons? Wertschöpfungs- und Transformationsprozesse auf den Informationsmärkten. Proc. 11. Internationales Symposium für Informationswissenschaft, Konstanz: UVK, S. 571.