Areas of Work
01 | Research
I am a private lecturer at the Chair of Information Science at the University of
Regensburg. My research focuses on the understanding of information behavior with the goal of designing information systems that align with the way the way people think and behave in a natural way.
Food recommendation systems:
Two notable publications include Trattner and Elsweiler (2017) and Elsweiler et al. (2017a) by analyzing large-scale data collections from the Internet and proposing algorithmic solutions to influence users' health in food choices.
Information Sharing:
Our group studied the information-sharing behavior of German politicians on social media in the 2017 election year.
Credibility and web search:
Our group has studied how user bias affects the credibility of search results.
02 | Dissertation
In 2007, I completed my PhD at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. My work investigated the role of memory in managing personal information by examining what people remember when searching for documents and what factors influence what is remembered. I developed new systems that illustrate how different memories can be supported. Since completing my PhD, I have worked in a variety of areas, including leisure information behavior and trust and credibility in search and health recommendation systems. The underlying theme of my work is a desire to understand how people behave with information and why, and how systems can be developed to help users achieve their goals.
03 | Teaching
Advanced Seminar Information Science
Winter 2016/17 | Summer 2017 | Summer 2018 | Winter 2017/18 | Winter 2018/19 | Summer 2019 | Winter 2019/20 | Winter 2020/21 | Winter 2021/22
Advanced Seminar: Assistance in the Kitchen
Summer 2021
Analysis of Searchlogs I
Summer 2012 | Winter 2014/15 | Winter 2015/16
Analysis of Searchlogs II
Winter 2012/13
Building Information Retrieval Systems
Summer 2016
Case Studies I
Summer 2018
Experimental Design
Summer 2020 | Summer 2021
Human Activity Recognition
Summer 2012
Human Information Behaviour
Winter 2012/13 | Winter 2014/15 | Winter 2015/16 | Winter 2016/17 | Winter 2017/18
Information Behaviour
Summer 2014 | Summer 2015
Introduction to Information Science
Winter 2016/17 | Winter 2018/19
Introduction to Methods of Empiric Research
Winter 2010/11 | Summer 2011 | Winter 2011/12 | Summer 2012 | Winter 2012/13 | Summer 2013 | Summer 2014 | Summer 2015 | Summer 2016 | Summer 2017
Persuasion with Lingual Methods
Summer 2016
Research Practics of Information Retrieval
Winter 2012/13 | Winter 2014/15 | Winter 2015/16 | Winter 2016/17 | Winter 2017/18 | Summer 2019 | Winter 2020/21 | Winter 2021/22
Survey and Experimental Design
Summer 2018 | Summer 2019
Tutorial to Experimental Design
Summer 2020 | Summer 2021
Tutorial to Research Practice of Information Retrieval
Winter 2020/21 | Winter 2021/22
Tutorial to Understanding Information Behavior
Winter 2020/21 | Winter 2021/22
Understanding Information Behavior
Winter 2020/21 | Winter 2021/22
Web and Data Science
Summer 2017 | Summer 2018 | Summer 2019 | Summer 2020 | Summer 2021
CV
I am a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Information Science. In my research, I use a variety of different techniques to learn how people behave with information, and use what I have learned to design tools that support them and work in ways that are consistent with their thinking and behavior.
I've written a few papers, including my dissertation on managing and retrieving personal information. I'm interested in how people search for fun because current systems don't really support that well. Also, information systems that help people lead healthier lifestyles have piqued my interest. You can read more about this topic in my publications.
Previously, I was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow and then a lecturer at the
University of Erlangen.
