Dr. Steven Houben

I am Assistant Professor and a technologist/consultant working in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Physical Computing. My research lies on the intersection of Design, Engineering, and Computer Science.

Research — My research is on Tangible and Physical Computing that blends and integrates data, interactions and interfaces into the real world. I currently work on (1) collaborative augmented device ecologies, and (2) physical and tangible human-data interaction with applications in digital health, education, industry 4.0, and knowledge work. My research combines human-centered design and interaction concepts with new interactive intelligent sensor-based systems. Please find a selection of my publications and a full list on Google Scholar, dblp, and ACM DL.

Teaching — I teach and direct university-level courses on design engineering, human-computer interaction, and physical computing. My teaching interest is on courses that combines design, HCI and computer science. I hold a PGCert for 'Academic Practice' and am a 'Fellow of the Higher-Education Academy (HEA)'.

News and Updates:
⌁ Full paper on 'Interaction with Physicalisations' accepted to ACM CHI'21.

⌁ Associate Editor for ACM PACM HCI (ISS'21 rounds)

⌁ Associate Chair (AC) for ACM TEI'21 and ACM CHI'21.

⌁ Full paper on 'Activity tracking Physicalisations' accepted to ACM NordiCHI'20

⌁ Best Paper Honorable Mention Award 🏆at ACM DIS'20 for Econundrum paper

⌁ Best Paper Honorable Mention Award 🏆at ACM CHI'20 for CollabAR paper

⚡️ I am joining Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in April 2021.