GEISTHuman-Centered Information Systems · TU Clausthal

Research topic

Reading and cognition

Detecting reading, attention and cognitive load to support learning and focus.

Research · 4

Projects

  • Overview figure of cognitive activity recognition with eyewear computing

    ActiveKeio · TU Clausthal

    Cognitive Augmentation

    Wearable sensing that captures reading, attention and gaze synchrony, applied to cognitive health and dementia prevention.

    Kai Kunze

  • Chart of NASA-TLX use in CHI papers from 2006 to 2024

    ActiveTU Clausthal

    NASA-TLX in CHI

    What 19 years of workload reporting at CHI taught us, six implementation guidelines and two open-source tools (ACM TOCHI 2026).

    Lee et al., NASA-TLX in CHI, ACM TOCHI 2026

  • Coral macro photo used as the project illustration

    ArchiveKeio · GEIST

    Deep Learning the Human Mind

    Estimating cognitive performance fluctuations with deep learning on physiological signals and behaviour patterns, in a human-empowering framework.

    Kai Kunze

  • Public talk on eyewear computing at Miraikan, Tokyo, 2017

    ArchiveKeio · GEIST

    Eyewear Computing

    Smart glasses as cognitive assistants: sensing cognitive states and cognition-aware interaction, from Google Glass and J!NS MEME to the Apple Vision Pro.

    Kai Kunze

Publications · 13

Recent publications

All 13 publications

  1. NASA-Task Load Index in CHI: A Comprehensive Review and Subscale Meta-Analysis with Implementation Guidelines

    Juyoung Lee, Thad Starner, Kai Kunze, Thomas Kosch, Maria Pospelova, Woontack Woo

    TOCHI 2026journal

  2. Eye-Tracking for Cognitive Well-Being: Balancing Detection and Ethical Feedback

    Christopher Changmok Kim, Matthias Hoppe, Kai Kunze

    ETRA 2025conference

  3. Cognitive load assessment from facial temperature using smart eyewear

    Fangqing Zhengren, George Chernyshov, Dingding Zheng, Kai Kunze

    UbiComp/ISWC Adj. 2019workshop

  4. Continuous alertness assessments: Using EOG glasses to unobtrusively monitor fatigue levels In-The-Wild

    Benjamin Tag, Andrew W Vargo, Aman Gupta, George Chernyshov, Kai Kunze, Tilman Dingler

    CHI 2019conference

  5. Blink as you sync: uncovering eye and nod synchrony in conversation using wearable sensing

    Aman Gupta, Finn L Strivens, Benjamin Tag, Kai Kunze, Jamie A Ward

    ISWC 2019conference

  6. Itchy Nose: Discreet Gesture Interaction using EOG Sensors in Smart Eyewear

    Juyoung Lee, Hui-Shyong Yeo, Murtaza Dhuliawala, Jedidiah Akano, Junichi Shimizu, Thad Starner, Aaron Quigley, Woontack Woo, Kai Kunze

    ISWC 2017conference

  7. Facial thermography for attention tracking on smart eyewear: An initial study

    Benjamin Tag, Ryan Mannschreck, Kazunori Sugiura, George Chernyshov, Naohisa Ohta, Kai Kunze

    CHI EA 2017extended abstract

  8. Evaluation of Facial Expression Recognition by a Smart Eyewear for Facial Direction Changes, Repeatability, and Positional Drift

    Katsutoshi Masai, Kai Kunze, Yuta Sugiura, Masa Ogata, Masahiko Inami, Maki Sugimoto

    TiiS 2017journal

  9. Eyewear Computing – Augmenting the Human with Head-mounted Wearable Assistants (Dagstuhl Seminar 16042)

    Andreas Bulling, Ozan Cakmakci, Kai Kunze, James M. Rehg

    Dagstuhl 2016other

  10. The wordometer 2.0: estimating the number of words you read in real life using commercial EOG glasses

    Shoya Ishimaru, Kai Kunze, Koichi Kise, Andreas Dengel

    UbiComp/ISWC Adj. 2016workshop

Theses · 1

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