GEISTHuman-Centered Information Systems · TU Clausthal

Collaborator · Professor

Prof. Dr. Giulia Barbareschi

University of Duisburg-Essen

Topics

Affective computingHuman-robot interactionSoft floating robotsWearable sensingInclusive technologyExtended reality

Publications

Recent publications

All 19 publications

  1. Floating Companion: Exploring Design Space for Soft Floating Robots in Indoor Environments

    Mingyang Xu, Yanheng Li, Burcu Nimet Dumlu, RAY LC, Giulia Barbareschi, Matthias Hoppe, Jie Li, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze

    DIS 2026conferenceBest Paper Award, ACM DIS 2026

  2. Creating Empowering Counter-Narratives through Collective Digital Art by Disabled People

    Giulia Barbareschi, Chihiro Sato, Dunya Chen, Sifan Chen, Eimi Koga, Jason Wilsher-Mills, Kai Kunze

    DIS 2026conferenceHonorable Mention, ACM DIS 2026

  3. Embodied Responses to Posthuman Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study of Physiological and Emotional Audience Reactions

    Kai Kunze, Mingyang Xu, Danyang Peng, Lucas Ogasawara de Oliveira, Rose Shao, Xiaru Meng, Matthias Hoppe, Giulia Barbareschi

    AHs 2026conference

  4. Cuddle-fish: Exploring a soft floating robot with flapping wings for physical interactions

    Mingyang Xu, Jiayi Shao, Yulan Ju, Ximing Shen, Qingyuan Gao, Weijen Chen, Qing Zhang, Yun Suen Pai, Giulia Barbareschi, Matthias Hoppe, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze

    AHs 2025conference

  5. TIEboard: A Digital Educational Tool for Kids Geometric Learning

    Arooj Zaidi, Giulia Barbareschi, Kai Kunze, Yun Suen Pai, Junichi Yamaoka

    IMWUT 2025journal

  6. Spread Your Wings: Demonstrating a Soft Floating Robotic Avatar with Flapping Wings for Novel Physical Interactions

    Mingyang Xu, Yulan Ju, Qing Zhang, Christopher Changmok Kim, Qingyuan Gao, Yun Suen Pai, Giulia Barbareschi, Matthias Hoppe, Kai Kunze, Kouta Minamizawa

    SIGGRAPH E-Tech 2025demo

  7. EchoSense: Frontal Haptic Navigation in VR towards Biomimetic Empathy

    Danyang Peng, Yihou Wang, Antony Tang, Ximing Shen, Yun Suen Pai, Giulia Barbareschi, Iain Anderson, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze

    UbiComp/ISWC Adj. 2025workshop

  8. Conscious or Unconscious Meditation? Haptic Interaction Design in Meditation Augmentation Using Physiological Sensing

    Danyang Peng, Kanyu Chen, Yun Suen Pai, Giulia Barbareschi, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze

    UbiComp/ISWC Adj. 2025workshop

  9. A Placebo Concert: The Placebo Effect for Visualization of Physiological Audience Data during Experience Recreation in Virtual Reality

    Xiaru Meng, Yulan Ju, Christopher Changmok Kim, Yan He, Giulia Barbareschi, Kouta Minamizawa, Kai Kunze, Matthias Hoppe

    CHI 2025conference

  10. 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Cognitive-Augmenting and Cognition-Altering Technologies (CAT) in Human-Centered AI

    Agnes Gruenerbl, Jan Spilski, Giulia Barbareschi, Kai Kunze, Passant ElAgroudy, Thomas Lachmann, Paul Lukowicz

    MobileHCI Adj. 2025workshop

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