Dr. Michael Chamunorwa

AFFILIATED RESEARCHER

Research Assistant at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

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Qualification

ND, Information Technology, Polytechnic of Namibia

Bachelor of Information Technology, Software Technology, Polytechnic of Namibia

BSc Hons, Computer Science, Mobile Development, Namibia University of Science and Technology

MSc, Computer Science, Namibia University of Science and Technology

Dr-Ing. Computing, Oldenburg University

I am an R&D Engineer who has worked in both Europe and Africa across academia and industry. He has skills in software and systems engineering, tangible computing, and user and usability research, which he has frequently applied to designing accessible technologies for marginalised communities and other often-ignored user groups.
Research Interest: Human-Computer Interaction

Publications:
Chamunorwa Michael, Wozniak Mikolaj , Krämer Susanna , Müller Heiko, Boll Susanne . 2023. An Empirical Comparison of Moderated and Unmoderated Gesture Elicitation Studies on Soft Surfaces and Objects for Smart Home Control. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, MHCI, Article 198 (September 2023), 24 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3604245

Chamunorwa Michael, Wozniak Mikołaj , Vöge Sarah, Müller Heiko, Boll Susanne. 2022. Interacting with Rigid and Soft Surfaces for Smart-Home Control. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, MHCI, Article 211 (September 2022), 22 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3546746

Chamunorwa Michael, Müller Lisa-Maria, Ihmels Tjado, Diekmann Dennis, Müller Heiko, Boll Susanne . 2021. Sweet Spot: Displaying Interaction Areas on Everyday Home Surfaces using AR. In Companion Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 21–24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3447932.3490524