Projects per year
Personal profile
Expertise
- cross-media technologies
- personal information management
- human-information interaction
- data physicalisation
- next generation user interfaces
- interactive paper
- rechnology-enhanced learning (MindXpres)
- document engineering
- ubiquitous and tangible computing
Education/Academic qualification
Senior Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Oct 2007 → Jan 2009
Postdoctoral Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Sep 2005 → Sep 2007
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SRP92: SRP-Groeifinanciering: Real-Time Cross-Media Data Exploration and Analysis for Next Generation Knowledge Workers
1/10/22 → 30/09/27
Project: Fundamental
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OZR3934: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - KMS, VAN DER PAELT Piet
9/06/21 → 8/06/25
Project: Fundamental
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VLAOO12: Baekeland mandate: A Design Toolkit for Knowledge Physicalisation and Augmentation
1/06/21 → 31/05/25
Project: Applied
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FWOTM991: May AI Help You? Human-AI Interaction in End-User User Interface Development
1/10/20 → 30/09/24
Project: Fundamental
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ANI238: Francqui Leerstoel VUB 2019-2020: appointed to Jean Vanderdonckt (UCLouvain)
1/11/19 → 30/10/21
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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A Modular and Extensible Hardware Platform Prototype for Dynamic Data Physicalisation
Zhang, X., Ilic, M. P. & Signer, B., Mar 2025, CoRR - Computing Research Repository, 6 p.Research output: Working paper
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eSPACE: Leveraging Theoretical Foundations for the End-User Development of Cross-Device and IoT Applications
Sanctorum, A. & Signer, B., Feb 2025, In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). 49 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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JsStories: Improving Social Inclusion in Computer Science Education Through Interactive Stories
Ghazouani Ghailani, I., Malaise, Y. & Signer, B., Apr 2025, CoRR - Computing Research Repository, 10 p.Research output: Working paper
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Pen-based Interaction
Signer, B., 2025, Handbook of Human Computer Interaction, Major Reference Work, Springer Nature, 2025. Vanderdonckt, J., Palanque, P. & Winckler, M. (eds.). Springer, p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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As We May Interact: Challenges and Opportunities for Next-Generation Human-Information Interaction
Signer, B., 18 Oct 2024, Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext (HUMAN 2024). Atzenbeck, C. & Rubart, J. (eds.). ACM, p. 1-2 2 p. 1. (Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext, HUMAN 2024 - Associated to the ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 2024 ,HT 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › Research
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Datasets
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802.11 Managemement frames from a public location
Vermunicht, B. J. (Creator), Van de Wynckel, M. (Supervisor) & Signer, B. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 5 Jun 2023
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Object Tracking on a Monopoly Game Board
Hoebeke, N. (Creator), Van de Wynckel, M. (Supervisor) & Signer, B. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 1 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7990434, https://zenodo.org/record/7990434
Dataset
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OpenHPS: Single Floor Fingerprinting and Trajectory Dataset
Van de Wynckel, M. (Creator) & Signer, B. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 9 May 2021
Dataset
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Sphero Dead Reckoning and CV Tracking Dataset
Van de Wynckel, M. (Creator) & Signer, B. (Supervisor), Kaggle, 28 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.34740/kaggle/ds/6760212, https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/maximvandewynckel/sphero-dead-reckoning-and-cv-tracking-dataset/
Dataset
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FidMark Ontology
Van de Wynckel, M. (Creator), Valadez Mora, J. I. (Creator) & Signer, B. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 1 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10730905, https://github.com/OpenHPS/FidMark/
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Prizes
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Best Paper Award CSEDU 2015
Signer, Beat (Recipient), May 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award ICALT 2014
Signer, Beat (Recipient), Jul 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award MobiWIS 2011
Signer, Beat (Recipient), Sep 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award USAB 2008
Signer, Beat (Recipient), Nov 2008
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Honorable Mention Award MUM 2017
Signer, Beat (Recipient), Nov 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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18th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (Event)
Beat Signer (Editor)
Feb 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Charly Schmidt
Beat Signer (Host) & Ingela Rossing (Supervisor)
Jun 2024 → Aug 2024Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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As We May Interact: Challenges and Opportunities for Next Generation Human-Information Interaction
Beat Signer (Keynote speaker)
Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Event)
Beat Signer (Peer reviewer)
Mar 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Organisational unit)
Beat Signer (Member)
2023Activity: Membership › Membership of peer-review panel or committee
Press/Media
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VUB-onderzoekers ontwikkelen model voor spelend digital leren voor jongeren met risico op schooluitval
1/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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VUB-onderzoeker ontwikkelt alternatieve presentatiesoftware
30/08/19 → 2/09/19
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Other
Thesis
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Applying Augmented Reality to Stimulate User Awareness in Urban Environments
Author: Arbaoui, M. & Signer, B., 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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