Prof. Dr. Frank Heidmann

• Teaching in the fields of usability engineering and human-computer interaction
• Project manager at the IDL (Interaction Design Lab) of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
• Implementation of research and service projects on various issues of human-technology interaction, including web usability, design patterns, eye-tracking studies, interface design for the aging society, integration of user-centred design methods in the design process, etc.

• born 1967 in Hagen (Westphalia)
• 1988 - 1994 Studies of Applied Physical Geography at the University of Trier with the subsidiary subjects cartography and remote sensing
• 1995 - 1998 Research assistant in the Department of Cartography at the University of Trier, set-up and management of the Laboratory for Experimental Cartography and Media Evaluation with a focus on the conception and evaluation of digital cartographic media and multimedia products
• 1998 - 1999 Doctoral scholarship from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
• 1999 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Trier with a thesis on task- and user-oriented support of cartographic communication processes through working graphics
• 2000 - 2001 Project manager at the Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart, Usability Engineering Department
• 2001 - 2003 Head of the Market Strategy Team Usability Engineering (Fraunhofer IAO)
• 2003 - 2005 Head of the Competence Center Human-Computer Interaction (Fraunhofer IAO)
• since October 2005 Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam in the course of studies Interfacedesign
• February 2016 to December 2027 Honorary International Chair Professor National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech), Taiwan

2010

• Nagel, T., Heidmann, F., Condotta, M., Duval, E.: Venice Unfolding: A Tangible User Interface for Exploring Facetted Data in a Geographical Context. NordiCHI 2010, October 16-20, 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Condotta, M., Nagel, T., Heidmann, F.: Browsing and correlation of territorial data in tangible maps – a Venice case study. INPUT 2010, UniBas, Potenza, Italy.

2011

• "Exploring faceted geospatial data with tangible interaction" Till Nagel, Frank Heidmann. In: GeoViz 2011. Linking Geovisualization with Spatial Analysis and Modeling. 10/11.3.2011, Hamburg.
• "Tangible User Interfaces for Exploring Facetted Data in a Geographical Context" Till Nagel, Frank Heidmann. In: 25th International Cartographic Conference, 3-8.7.2011, Paris.

2012

• Matthies, D.J.C., Antons, J., Heidmann, F., Wettach, R., & Schleicher, R. (2012). NeuroPad: Use Cases For A Mobile Physiological Interface. In: NordiCHI'12: Proceedings of the 7th nordic conference on Human computer interaction. Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14 - 17, 2012. ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 795-796.

2013

• Heidmann, F (2013). Interaktive Karten und Geovisualisierungen. In: Weber, W., Burmester, M. & Tille, R. (Eds.). Interaktive Infografiken. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 39-69.
• Heidmann, F. (2013). Interfacedesign: Corporate Interaction. In: Beyrow, M. et al. (Eds). Corporate Identity und Corporate Design. Das Kompendium. Vol. 2, erweiterte Neuauflage. Ludwigsburg: avedition, pp. 74-91. 
• Heidmann, F. (2013). Popper 2.0. Warum unser Wissen fehlbar ist, und wie wir aus Fehlern lernen. Forschendes Lernen als Schlüsselkompetenz für die Wissensarbeit von morgen. In: Ammann, B. et al. (Eds.). InterFlex. Querdenken erwünscht. Potsdam, pp. 43-45.
• Nagel, T., Heidmann, F., Duval, E., Klerkx, J., & Vande Moere, A. (2013). A. Unfolding – A Simple Library for Interactive Maps and Geovisualizations in Processing. GeoViz 2013, March 6-8, Hamburg, Germany.

2014

• Meier, S., Heidmann, F. & Thom, A. (2014). Heattile, a New Method for Heatmap Implementations for Mobile web-based Cartographic Applications. In: T. Bandrova et al. (Eds.): Thematic Cartography for the Society, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. International Conference on Cartography and GIS 2014. Berlin: Springer, pp. 33-44.
• Meier, S., Heidmann, F. & Thom, A. (2014). A Comparison of Location Search UI Patterns on Mobile Devices. In: Proceedings of the MobileHCI 2014, Sept. 23–26, 2014, Toronto, ON, CA, pp. 465-470.
• Meier, S. & Heidmann, F. (2014). Too many Markers, revisited. An empirical analysis of web-based methods for overcoming the problem of too many markers in zoomable mapping applications. In: Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA), 2014 14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, pp. 121-125.
• Thom, A., Meier, S. & Heidmann, F. (2014). Interkulturelle Nutzeranforderungen erheben. UP14, Stuttgart.

2015

• Thom, A., Meier, S. & Heidmann, F. (2015). Anforderungsanalyse bei IT-Experten mittels Experience-Sample-Methode. In: Endmann, A., Fischer, H. & Krökel, M. (Hrsg.): Mensch und Computer 2015 – Usability Professionals. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. pp. 133-143.
• Meier, A., Matthies, Denys J.C. & Heidmann, Frank (2015). A brief Survey on Understanding the Interaction between Human and Technology at the Task of Pedestrian Navigation. In Proceedings of the International Summer School on Visual Computing 2015 - VCSS 2015. p135-140. Fraunhofer Verlag. 
• Wolf, I., Gortana, F., Herrmann, I., Thiele, P., Heidmann, F. & Schröder, T. (2015). Drag and Drop Cognition: Graphical User Interface for Cognitive-affective Models in Multi-agent Systems. 2nd GESIS Computational Social Science Winter Symposium. Köln, Germany.

2017

• Heidmann, F. & Schiewe, J. (2017). Human-Computer Interaction in Geovisualization. i-com – Journal of Interactive Media, Band 16, Heft 3, p. 203.
• Beyrow, M., Godau, M., Heidmann, F., Langer, C., Wettach, R., & Mieg, H. A. (2017). Forschendes Lernen im Design. In Mieg, H. A. & Lehmann, J. (Hrsg.): Forschendes Lernen: Wie die Lehre in Universität und Fachhochschule erneuert werden kann. Frankfurt/Main: Campus. pp. 269-279.
• Tost, J., Olen, S. M., Bookhagen, B., & Heidmann, F. (2017). Communicating Landslide Risk by Combining Hazard and Open Infrastructure Data in Interactive Visualizations. In: Proceedings of the 19th EGU General Assembly, Conference Abstracts. p. 12575.
• Tost, J. & Heidmann, F. (2017). Visualization and Interaction with Multiple Devices. A Case Study on Reachability of Remote Areas for Emergency Management. i-com – Journal of Interactive Media, Band 16, Heft 3, pp. 223–246. 
• Tost, J., Ehmel, F., Heidmann, F., Olen, S.M. & Bookhagen, Bodo (2017). Hazards and accessibility: combining and visualizing threat and open infrastructure data for disaster management. In: ICC 2017: Proceedings of the 2017 International Cartographic Conference, Washington D.C.

2018

• Heidmann, F., Klose, A. & Vielhaber, J. (2018). Erlebbar machen von Forschung für Studierende an Fachhochschulen. In: Lehmann, J. & Mieg, H.A. (Hrsg.): Forschendes Lernen. Ein Praxisbuch. Potsdam: Verlag der Fachhochschule Potsdam. pp. 532-553.
• Heidmann, F. (2018). Interface Design. Corporate Interaction. In: Kiedaisch, P., Beyrow, M. & Klett, Bettina (Hrsg.): Kompendium Corporate Identity & Corporate Design 4.0. Stuttgart: avedition, pp. 88–107. 
• Michel, A., Langer, C. & Heidmann, F. (2018). Curriculum design: How can the development of information science curricula benefit from interdisciplinary cooperation? In: Proceedings from FEIS – International Symposium organized by EINFOSE – European Information Science Education: Encouraging Mobility and Learning Outcomes Harmonization,10–11 September 2018 Pisa, Italy, pp. 223-228.
• Braunschweiger, D., Pütz, M., Heidmann, F. & Bludau, M.-J. (2018). Mapping governance of adaptation to climate change in Switzerland. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 5:1, 
  pp. 398-401. 

2019

• Budinger, K. & Heidmann, F. (2019). Our Symbiotic Life. An Exploration of Interspecies Relations. ACM DIS '19: Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference June 2019, pp 1349–1362. 
• Michel, A., Heidmann, F. & Langer, C. (2019). Design 0815. Erfahrungen der Alumni für Curricula nutzen. DUZ Wissenschaft & Management 10/2019, pp. 17–20. 
• Meier, S., Tost, J. & Heidmann, F. (2019). On the relevance of cartography — An interaction design perspective. Proc. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., 2, 84.
• Beyrow, M., Godau, M., Heidmann, F., Langer, C., Wettach, R., & Mieg, H. A. (2019). Inquiry-Based Learning in Design. In: Mieg, H.A. (Ed.) Inquiry-Based Learning – Undergraduate Research. The German Multidisciplinary Experience. Cham: Springer Open. pp. 229–247.

2020

• Michel, A., Heidmann, F. & Langer, C. (2020). "Design trifft Informationswissenschaft – Eine Diskussion zum Wandel zweier Disziplinen im Kontext der Digitalisierung" Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis, vol. 71, no. 2-3, pp. 86-94. 
• Tost Val, J., Schuster, P. & Heidmann, F. (2020). “Stranger Things – Prototyping Inconvenience”: A Case Study On Critical Design In Design Education. ACM DIS 2020 Workshop – Speculative and Critical Design in Education: Practice and Perspectives. 

2021

• Morat, P., Schwerdtfeger, A. & Heidmann, F. (2021). In Case You Don't Know What To Play. Framework for a VR Application that manipulates Time Perception through spatial distortion. In Mensch und Computer 2021. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 609–613.
• Morat, P., Schwerdtfeger, A. & Heidmann, F. (2021). Nachtalb: A multisensory Neurofeedback VR-Interface. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 XR (SA '21 XR). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 13, pp. 1–2. 
• Bludau, M.J., Dörk, M. & Heidmann, F. (2021). Relational perspectives as situated visualizations of art collections. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, Volume 36, Issue Supplement_2, October 2021, pp ii17–ii29.
• Schröder, T., Heidmann, F. & Prytula, M. (Hrsg.)(2021).Gleich und doch verschieden: Herausforderungen an Städte im internationalen Vergleich. Studentische Forschung Urbane Zukunft, Band 3. Fachhochschule Potsdam. 
• Langer, C., Heidmann, F. & Wang, R. S-M. (2021). Unfolding Spaces – Introduction of a methodical-didactical teaching concept for a virtual and intercultural cooperation course in art-based research and design study programmes. Universities of Tomorrow: Global, Interdisciplinary, Digitized, Sustainable (UNITO): 2021 International Conference, November 4th, virtual. Konstanz: HTWG Hochschule Konstanz. 72–77. 
• Christ, I, Lessing, R., Fiedler, S., Credico, G., Heidmann, F. & Schuster, P. (2021). Systemische und Innovative Ansätze für die Umweltberichterstattung. Herausgeber: Umweltbundesamt. TEXTE 00/2021. Abschlussbericht Forschungskennzahl 3717 12 103 0. Dessau.

2022

• Heidmann, F. & Kienbaum, J. (2022). Wahrnehmungsstrukturen und User Experience des digitalen Kulturerbes - ein Blick auf museale Online-Sammlungen. DHd 2022. Konferenzabstracts, pp. 411–414. 
• Tost Val, J., Schuster, P. & Heidmann, F. (2022). Prototyping inconvenience: a pedagogical experiment on designing for debate in design education. IxD&A Journal, issue N. 52, pp. 81–110.
• Morat, P., Schwerdtfeger, A. & Heidmann, F. (2022). Nachtalb: A multisensory Neurofeedback VR-Interface. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Immersive Pavilion (SIGGRAPH '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 14, 1–2. 

2023

• Rahel Flechtner, Leyla Dewitz, Rahel Maué, Jordi Tost, Paula L. Schuster, Judith Ackermann, Frank Heidmann (2023). Facing fears, facing opportunities: Lessons learned from a participatory design format with people affected by social anxiety.