Teaching

Courses

Course responsible for MSc courses in the DTU Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence MSc program including:

02808 Personal Data Interaction for Mobile and Wearables
02830 Advanced Project in Digital Media Engineering

Ongoing Master’s Thesis Projects

Andreas Birch (2025) Extending Data Contextualization Capabilities of Self-tracking Devices
Guotao Ma (2025) Supporting Mental Health Treatment through Visualization Interfaces for Self-tracking Data
Christian Bakos Leirvåg (2024) Merlin: Advancing D&D Gameplay with AI-Assisted Character and Scenario Building

I supervise master’s projects within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), focusing on personal informatics, self-tracking, and data visualization. Drop me an email if you are interested in joining the lab for a master’s projects. BUT first take a moment to fill out this questionnaire and send it to me along with a printout of your grades.

Master’s Thesis Projects Supervised

193. Vivien Váradi (2024) A Data Visualization Tool to Support Discovery of Relations in Multi-Phenomena Self-Tracking Data
192. Alexander Nils Tommy Johansson (2024) Enhancing Self-Tracking: A Next-Generation Prototype for Subjective Phenomena Tracking through Gesture Interfaces
191. Marina Epitropaki (2024) Integrating Generative AI for Image Editing Software in iOS Mobile devices
190. Floortje van der Geest (2024) Navigating Parkinson’s: Exploring Self-Tracking Methods to Enhance Daily Life and Autonomy
189. Antoni Wojciech Skrobisz (2024) Enhancing Content Curation: Exploring Effective Application of Large Language Models through Prompt Engineering Techniques
188. Sándor Földi (2024) Reasoning over Documents with Large Language Models
187. Rasmus Boldvig Rottwitt (2023) Quantifying Subjective Tiredness to Prevent Overtraining
186. Liv Olsen (2023) An Interactive Visualization Tool for Exploring Self-tracking Data on Mental Phenomena
184-185. Erik Nørgaard Thomsen and Mathias Fager (2023) A Privacy-preserving Place Detection Method for Wearable Self-tracking Devices
183. Miriam Peinado Martin (2023) All-Pets: Personalized health tracking app for pets
181-182. Piotr Ładoński and Gabriela Lidia Abello González (2023) Improving UX in book tracking platform through co-creation and design thinking
180. Anastasia Sarlidou (2023) A Data Visualization Tool Supporting the Exploration of Self-tracking Data on Multiple Phenomena
179. Frederik von Scholten (2023) Enriching Self-tracking Data with Privacy-preserving Place Contextual Data
178. Caroline Ankjær Andersen (2023) UX Design and Prototyping of a Self-tracking Tool to Support Self-reflection for Psoriasis Patients
177. Viktor Anz Tsanev (2023) User Experience Design for a Clinical Personal Informatics Tool to Support Therapy
175-176. Simone Engelbrecht & Laura Bonde Holst (2023) Developing an Interpretable AI-model for Analyzing Menstrual Data from People with Irregular Cycles
173-174. Eunseo Kim & Jiri Tykva (2023) A Comparative Study of EMA Instruments for Active Self-tracking
172. Asterios Nastas (2023) A Cluster Analysis of Hearing Aid Usage Patterns based on Different Clinical Profiles from Fitting Data (in collab. w/ Oticon)
171. Bartlomiej Jozef Otto (2022) Exploring Self-tracking of Social Media Consumption for Use in Therapy and Self-reflection
170. Mikkel Gall Thang (2022) Transportation Optimization for Motorists in Metropolitan Areas using Integrated Prediction Models in Interactive Mobile Interfaces
169. Laura Camilla Varga Castillo (2022) Exploring Interfaces for Supporting Self-tracking Pre- and Post-tracking
168. Mustafa Sidiqi (2022) Visualization Tool for Multi-faceted Self-tracking Data for Use in Therapeutic Context
167. Maria Lyck Carstensen (2021) Datavisualization and Gamification to Improve the Mathematical Level in Primary Schools
166. Phillip Aagaard (2021) Improving User Experience by Digitalization of a Coherent Onboarding Flow
165. Frederik A. K. Buur (2021) Free form data acquisition of experiences using smartphones
164. Konstantinos Theologitis (2021) A Digital Platform to Enhance Information Sharing Between Mental Health Professionals and Patients with Anxiety Disorders
162-163. Maren Kristin Gunnarsdottir & Jon Ravn Nielsen (2021) A Data Visualization Interface for Exploring Event Time Series
161. Johan Weis Hansen (2021) Applied AI for improved training and reduced injuries in archery
160. Andreas Hjort (2021) Food and Symptom Tracking as a Tool for Chronic Disease Management
159. Jan-Eric Raab (2020) A Tablet and Stylus Based Approach for Data Visualisation Interaction
158. Sultan Tariq (2020) Call Center Data Visualizer: Analysis and Visualization of Call Center Data to Enhance Productivity (in collab. w/ Falck)
157. Michala Lindblad (2020) Data Visualization at Multiple Temporal Scales of Personal Data Time Series
156. Fotios Pegios (2020) A Personal Data Visualization Tool for Non-Expert Users
155. Krzysztof Blazej Czurylo (2020) A Framework for Multi-Faceted Analysis of Custom Personal Self-Tracking Data
154. Camilla Braae Olsen (2020) A tool for collaborative analysis of self-tracking data
153. Katarzyna Natalia Zukowska (2020) Design and User Study of Interactive Visualization Techniques for Personal Data Time-Series
152. Mikkel K. Buhl (2019) Visualization of Self-Tracked Observations Data to Explore Temporal Patterns
151. Frederik Tao Dybdahl Larsen (2019) Visualization and Communication of Personal Data Time Series
150. Henriette Steenhoff (2019) Development and design of smartphone application to provide individualized feedback on adaption strategies associated with thermal stress
149. Thomas Orthmann (2019) An exploration of data visualization designs for active self-tracking time series
147-148. Julia Meyer and Marios Filippidis (2019) Exploring Interactions and Data Visualisation for a Self-tracking Instrument
146. Sigurbjörn Jónsson (2019) A Visualization Tool to Analyze and Enrich Personal Data
145. Diana Tofan (2019) Visually Exploring Temporal Patterns of Self-tracking Data
144. Sun Da (2019) A data visualisation tool supporting reflecting on personal self-tracking data
143. Devran Kücükyildiz (2019) Visualization of Personal Data Time Series
142. Barbara Ferreira (2019) What Am I Eating: User Experience applied to visualizations in mobile exploration tools for dietary tracking
141. Rasmus L. Christiansen (2019) Smartwatch EMA Data Collection and Visual Analytics
140. Martin K. Lund (2019) Food logging and tendency recognition for type 1 diabetics
139. Linda Skovmand (2019) Visual Exploration of Personal Data Time Series
138. Mikkel Baand Rasmussen (2018) One-Button Active Self-Tracking Data Interaction and Visualization
137. Mohammad Al Atraktchi (2018) The Smartphone as a Source for Profiling Individuals Investigated through the Vetting Process in Security Clearances for Intelligence Agencies
136. Anders Beck (2018) Gesture Based Input Method for Wearable Devices
135. Shishupal Singh Rathore (2018) Researching Feasibility of Voice-Based Assistants/Interfaces in the Insurance Industry (in collab. w/ Principal)
134. Atila Sarvari (2018) FleetScanner: An IoT-based Infrastructure for Compound Management (in collab. w/ Autorola Solutions)
133. Andrei Corneliu Suciu (2018) Active Self-Tracking and Data Visualization of Time Series on Wearables
132. Kristian Orth Dam Jensen (2018) Exploring Interaction Methods for Self-Logging with a Wearable Smartbutton
131. Johan Frølich (2018) Visualization and Navigation of Personal Data Time Series
130. Maiken Kock Rask (2018) Motivating users of RheumaBuddy App to interact with the technology on a regular basis using a Lean UX approach (in collab. w/ Daman)
128.-129. Kasper Wandahl Fogh & Amina Arshad (2017) Developing a Recovery Training App for Paraplegia Patients and Physiotherapists
126-127. Viðar Friðriksson & Finnur Kolbeinsson (2017) Fit Tales: Workout Companion
125. Mircea Barba (2017) Personal Tracking and Analysis of Subjectively Experienced Events Using Smartphones and Smartbuttons
123.-124. Cezar-Costin Pirvu & Vlad-Cosmin Ozunu (2017) A Personal Analytics App for Spatiotemporal Data from Smartphones
122. Pernille Julie Hansen (2017) Visualization of Periodic Patterns Across Personal Time Series
121. Bartosz Lukasz Koczorowicz (2017) An Interactive System for Fostering Healthy Sleep Patterns Through Ambient Displays (in collab. w/ University of Stuttgart)
120. Emil Alexander Holm (2017) Developing an App for Psoriasis Patients Through a Lean UX Process (in collab. w/ Daman)
119. Emil Frilund Andersen (2017) User Experience in a Personal Informatics System for UV Exposure Feedback
118. Prashanth Shanmuganathan (2016) Feedback Interface for Behavioral Patterns Using Smartphone Data
117. Mette Mai Hansen (2016) Improving UX in Mobile Food Tracking
116. Piotr Milczarek (2016) A cross-platform framework for continuous data collection from smartphones (co-supervisor)
115. Konstantinos Michail (2016) A Wearable System for Acquiring in-situ Observations
114. Tomasz Rafal Kaminski (2016) A Wearable System for Acquiring Data on Subjective Experiences
113. Trevon Fernando (2016) An Exploration of Mobile Technologies for Heart Disease Treatment in Health Care
112. Mathias Emil Mortensen (2016) Motivational Feedback Interfaces in Mobile Pedometer Apps
111. Henrik Holm (2016) Mobile App Prototype for Heart Disease Patients Support using HealthKit
110. Benjamin Johansen (2016) UX Prototype Design of HealthKit App for Heart Decease Patients
109. Morten Frandsen (2016) Contextaware Adaptive Learning of Hearing Device Settings
108. Shafi Nazar (2015) Exploring Time Series with Interactive Data Visualization Using Touch Interaction
107. Monica Coman (2015) Supporting Awareness of Availability through Mobile Devices
106. Anton Christian Petersen (2015) Promoting Environmental and Social Responsibility with Smartphones
105. Martin Hastrup (2015) Inferring Friendships from Longitudinal High Resolution Data
103-104. Anisette Johansen & Jennifer Johansen (2015) A Tangible Learning Kit for Teaching Programming
101-102. Pelle Willumsen & Simon Madsen (2015) Disruptive Innovation @ Novo Nordisk (in collab. w/ Novo Nordisk)
100. Sin Li (2015) Exploring Quantified-Self Time-Series Data
99. Magdalena Anna Furman (2015) Detecting Mode-of-Transportation based on Noisy Smartphone Sensor Data
98. Tomáš Kraina (2014) Mobile Sensing using iOS
97. Georgios Chatzigeorgakidis (2014) SensibleJournal 2014: A Mobile Life-logging System for Personal Mobility
96. Tómas Pálsson (2014) Visual Exploration of Time Series Data
95. Marta Malgorzata Magiera (2014) Visualizing Human Mobility
94. Cosmin Stefan-Dobrin (2014) Multilayer Data Visualization: A Social Health Observatory
93. Polyxeni Makri (2014) Visual Exploration of Social Systems
92. Constantin Teodor Gherghescu (2014) Inferring Pairwise Co-location from Noisy Bluetooth Signals
91. Rafaela-Ioana Voiculescu (2014) Predictability of Human Mobility from Highly Granular Location Data
90. Lasse Valentini Jensen (2014) Measuring Information Propagation in Complex Networks
89. Jeppe Lind Andreasen (2014) Experience and Interaction Sampling in Large-Scale Mobile Sensing Environment
88. Georgios Christodoulou (2014) A Personal Informatics Tool for Health Management
87. Albert Fernandez de la Peña (2014) Data Visualization for Informed Consent
86. Tommy Loftager-Rasmussen (2014) Design of a Financial Self-Tracking App with Data-Driven Advertising
85. Asger Johansen (2014) Q&A Framework for Big Data
84. Oliver Egeris Groth (2014) Exploring the User Experience for a Mobile Citizen App (in collab. w/ Danish National Police)
83. Luis Fernando Flores Vargas (2014) Mining spatial knowledge from large scale deployment of distributed mobile sensors
82. Martin Metz (2014) Sensing and Visualizing Smartphone App Usage Behavior
81. Javier Calvo (2014) A Framework for Sensing and Sharing Behavior Data at Large-Scale Events
79-80. Vlad Luca & Mateusz Świrski (2014) Enhancing User Experience By Combining Eye Tracking and Neurofeedback
78. Jose Luis Bellod Cisneros (2013) Analysis and Visualization of Personal Communication Patterns
77. Corneliu Ionut Sugar (2013) Quantified Social Self: Visualisation System for a Social Environment
76. Nima Marashi (2013) Energy Consumption Feedback Visualization (in collab. w/ Odense Kommune)
75. Zhi Zhang (2013) Real-time Monitoring of a Rich Social Data Infrastructure
74. Rabie Jradi (2013) Social Voxel Level Editor
73. Radu Gatej (2013) An adaptive approach to mobile sensing
72. Riccardo Pietri (2013) Privacy in Computational Social Science
71. Kenneth Brüel Falmark (2013) Integrating Smartphone and Sensor Data in a Quantified Self App
70. Alexandru Marcu (2013) Predictability in Temporal Networks
69. Ana Martic (2013) Predictability of Human Behavior using Mobility and Rich Social Data
68. Søren Dalsgaard Ulrikkeholm (2013) Architecture of a Large-Scale Sociometer Project
67. Piotr Sapiezynski (2013) Measuring Patterns of Human Behavior Through Fixed-Location Sensors. Received 2nd prize in the SAS Institute master’s project competition
66. Andrii Sereda (2013) Designing a Context-Aware Campus Area Gaming Environment for Mobile Platforms
65. Andrea Cuttone (2013) SensibleJournal: A Mobile Personal Informatics System for Visualizing Mobility and Social Interactions
64. Aleksi Pertola (2013) Quantified Self M-Health Monitoring (in collab. w/ DELTA)
62-63. Lukasz Dariusz Dynowski and Marcos Antonio Fuentes (2012) Exploring spatio- temporal data from distributed Bluetooth scanning
61. Félix Manuel Rubio Gallego-Preciados (2012) Inferring Social Networks from Distributed Bluetooth Scanning
60. Jakub Sternik (2012) Estimating user sentiment based on social network and mobile sensor data
59. Erik B. Beuschau (2012) Learning user behavior based on app feedback
58. Bo Stendal Sørensen (2012) Personal visualization of spatiotemporal and social data
57. Frederikke Høvelt (2012) UX prototype design: integrating social media supporting collaboration and sharing of information
56. Jorge Pérez Lahera (2012) Tracking People Down Using iPhone to Locate Their Avatars in the Virtual World (in collaboration with Utopian City Scape)
55. Jose Luis de la Peña Fernandez (2012) Unifying Social Networks for Smart Phones
54. Christian Raaby (2011) Recognizing context using smartphones and social network analysis
53. Jakub Ratajczak (2011) Learning behavioural patterns in a mobile context using smartphones
52. Maciej Janusz Krajowski-Kukiel (2011) Modelling And Visualization Of A Bridge Player’s Performance
51. Hamed Sattari (2011) P2P Mobile Payment
50. Amandeep Dhir (2011) MMR mobile mixed reality and user experience (collab. w/ Aalto University and Tampere University, Finland)
49. Jesper Laursen (2011) Interaction design and usability in healthcare course of treatment (in collab. w/ CapGemini)
48. Jens Christian Lange (2011) Mood detection based on mobile context
47. Arek Stopczynski (2011) Context and gesture interfaces for mobile devices (in collab. w/ Nokia Denmark and Nokia Research Center NRC)
46. Damian Waszak (2010) Sentiment recognition in social networks
45. Kamil Krzysztof Koclega (2010) Cognitive semantics of lyrics and audio features in songs
44. Lukasz Skomial (2010) Collaborative approach to mobile context awareness
42-43. Regin Larsen & Jakob Hommelhoff Jensen (2010) Enriching Social Networks Using Mobile Sensor Data
41. Blazej Pawlak (2010) Utilizing context awareness to enrich relations in social networks
40. Tomasz Lukasz Ciosek (2010) Mobile user state modeling using unsupervised cognitive learning techniques
39. Christian Manniche (2010) Sharing Photos and Contextual Information in Mobile Social Networks
37-38. Nima Zandi & Rasmus Handler (2010) People, Places and Playlists: Modeling Soundscapes in a Mobile Context (in collab. w/ Nokia Denmark)
36. Tore Nygaard-Jensen (2010) Sharing Music and Contextual Information in Mobile Social Networks
35. Magdalena Mucko (2010) Translating mobile sensor data into meaningful context descriptions
34. Stinne Maria Præstegaard Nørregaard (2010) Mobile health care IT: analysis of a specific case from public home care (in collab. w/ Rambøll Informatik A/S)
33. Piotr Szymański (2010) Unified approach to management of distributed personal information
32. Adam Heleniak (2009) Tag-based mobile interface for music social network interaction (in collab. w/ TDC)
31. Esben von Buchwald (2009) Gesture and context based navigation of mobile services (in collab. w/ Nokia Denmark)
30. Nikolaj Koch (2009) Obtaining life status from sensor data
29. Joanna Malysa (2009) Clustering photos based on context information inferred from mobile phone sensors
28. Kenneth Ahrensberg (2009) Text reading on small displays based on 3D visualization
26-27. Snorri Valberg & Per Thorsø Christensen (2009) Improving usability of mobile devices by means of accelerometers
25. Maciej Adam Luniewski (2009) Context-aware Photo Album for Mobile Phones
24. Kristian Jensen (2009) The Context Toolbox: An Environment for Rapid Prototyping
23. Johan Christian Laidlaw (2009) Home Entertainment Solution Design with focus on Music Streaming to Android enabled Mobile Devices
22. Ulrik Suhr (2009) Home Entertainment Solution System Design with focus on TV Recording and Media Distribution
21. Peter Henrik Bech (2009) Multimedia sharing across platforms
20. Magnus Agust Skulason (2008) Mobile devices as webservice providers
19. Ricardas Brazinskas (2008) Towards Context Awareness Using Mobile Sensors
18. Yanhua Tu (2008) xTolk: A Context-Aware Mobile Application on the Nokia N95 8GB Smartphone
17. Brian Munch Andersen (2008) Conga – The Context Gallery – Using Context Awareness for Personal Content Management on Mobile Devices
16. Jacob Oettinger (2008) Improved User Perceived Performance Through Client-State Aware Gateway
14-15. Niels Kloster Andreassen & Søren Øxenhave (2008) Activity-based Interaction Models for Next Generation Mobile Devices. Received the Best Master’s thesis award (IDA – Danish Eng. Soc.)
13. Kristian Staffeldt (2008) Optimizing WEB traffic in capacity limited networks
12. Qi Hu (2007) nTag – an image management system on camera-equipped smartphones
10-11. Yuqin Cao & Zhiqiang Sun (2007) Bomb Hunter
9. Mikkel Munch Christensen (2007) Co-experience by use of mobile devices
7-8. Mads Vium Asbjørn & Emir Mehmedalic (2007) Secure integration of mobile phones and payment cards with focus on VoIP
5-6. Mads Hedegaard & Anders Kristian McNair (2007) Context-aware systems
4. Søren Svane Jensen (2007) mobTAG – Mobile Tagging
3. Ming Jia (2006) ChordIM: JXTA Instant Messaging System
2. Yupei Wei (2006) A Calendar System Based On P2P Model
1. Nicolaos Mexas (2006) A study of different levels of system feedback in network dependent mobile applications

Bachelor Thesis Projects Supervised

27. Niklas Stavnsholm (2019) Voice Controlled intelligent Wireless Headsets
26. Mathias Hansen (2013) Development of iOS data sensing framework
25. Mehrdad Khodaverdi (2012) Mobile application for university services
24. Marc Marer Thomsen (2012) Development of a tool for position enrollment and – detection for indoor navigation
23. Sigurd Jervelund Hansen (2012) Development of mobile app for study management support
22. Thor Hedegaard (2012) Social Mobile Application for Roskilde Festival
21. Frederik Albeck (2012) Development of mobile application for indoor navigation
20. Christian Orthmann (2011) Positioning and registration of items in a mobile context
18-19. Emil Lysgaard Hansen and Søren Fuhr (2011) A Context-Aware Mobile Application for Creating Ad Hoc CampusNet Groups
16-17. Nicolai Guldager Jensen & Oliver Egeris Groth (2011) Integration of DTU CampusNet and Facebook
15. Mathias Hansen (2011) Development of DTU CampusNet iPhone application
14. Ulla Lund (2011) The Bill and Digital administration
13. Brian Høj Jakobsen (2011) Optimizing the Performance of Mobile Touch Interfaces
12. René Toft Jensen (2010) Cross-Platform Applications for Mobile Devices (in collab. w/ Pallas Informatik)
11. Lasse Taarnhøj (2010): Pseudo panoramas for web based apartment presentations
10. Bo Stendal Sørensen (2010) Context-aware mapping of social relations
9. Jesper Jarlskov (2010) Context-aware recommendations for social events
7-8. Mia Mai Dengsø Graabæk & Jonas Scott Di Hu (2009) Web 2.0-tv – analysis and design (in collab. w/ Nykredit)
6. Christian van Zanten (2009) A study and development of mobile menu structures and navigation by means of accelerometer and touch display
4-5. Bo Stendal Sørensen & Niklas Quarfot Nielsen (2009) Pervasive interaction in mobile e- learning applications (in collab. w/ Dansk e-Learning Center and Mingoville)
3. Michael Mc Donnell (2009) Location based shopping list
2. Thomas Axel (2009) Mobile Train Information Prototype (in collab. w/ Pallas Informatik)
1. Mads Ferskner (2008) Utilizing a 3rd party graphics engine in the Nokia S40 SW platform (in collab. w/ Nokia Danmark A/S)