teaching

teaching portfolio and thesis supervision, including roles at TU Dresden and earlier experience at Sun Yat-sen University.

📚 Teaching Experience

I primarily serve as a teaching assistant across Human–Computer Interaction and Data Visualization courses at Technische Universität Dresden, supporting exercise design, grading, and mentoring. In addition, I independently delivered lectures on the topic of 3D & Spatial Interaction within Advanced User Interfaces during SS 2024 and SS 2025.

  • Advanced User Interfaces (SS 2021, SS 2022, SS 2023, SS 2024, SS 2025)
  • Data Visualization (WS 2020/2021, WS 2021/2022, WS 2022/2023)
  • User Interface Engineering (WS 2024/2025)
  • Interactive Multimedia Technologies (Seminar) (WS 2020/2021, WS 2023/2024, WS 2025/2026)

Previously, I was a teaching associate at Sun Yat-sen University, where I co-designed assignments and facilitated live sessions:

  • New Media and User Research (Mar. 2018 – Jul. 2018)
  • Media Co-Design (Sep. 2017 – Jan. 2018)

🎓 Thesis Supervision

My supervision and co-supervision span 24 theses across augmented reality, immersive analytics, multimodal interaction, and hybrid displays. I aim to mentor students through the full HCI research pipeline, from requirement elicitation and design concepts to prototyping and evaluation.

Diploma Theses (2)

  • Lukas Stracke (2021–2022)
    Design and Development of Hybrid Display Layout Strategies for Data Visualization and Exploration in Augmented Reality
  • Tino Helmig (2020–2021)
    Combining Augmented Reality and Mobile Devices for the Immersive Exploration of Medical Data Visualizations

Master’s Theses (7)

  • Julie Lucia Hildebrandt (2025)
    Designing for Multi-View Immersive Presentations: Visibility and Perspective Management in Augmented Reality
  • Sivanon Visutarporn (2024)
    Design and Development of Co-Located Immersive Presentation in Augmented Reality
  • Mark Abdelaziz (2023)
    Design and Development of Visual Structures of Data-Driven Storytelling in Immersive Environments
  • Hjalmar Widengren (2023)
    Placement Perception and Augmented Reality in An Office Setting - A Qualitative User Study
  • Mats Ole Ellenberg (2022)
    Exploring Layout and Placement Strategies for Augmented Reality Visualization in Immersive Environments
  • Sebastian Kranz (2022)
    Exploring Multimodal Interaction in Augmented Reality with a Spatially-Aware Mobile Device for Immersive Analytics
  • Julián JesĂşs MĂ©ndez Oconitrillo (2021)
    Concepts for Interactively Exploring Information Flow and Design Options of Knowledge-Based Systems

Bachelor’s Theses (9)

  • Weiyi Lyu (2025)
    Exploring AI-Augmented Data Storytelling Creation
  • Dieter DreĂźler (2025)
    Investigating the Level of Immersion for Collaborative Immersive Analytics
  • Benjamin Bogatsch (2025)
    Exploring Interaction Techniques for Collaborative Mixed Reality Ideation Workspaces
  • Patrick Nierling (2024)
    Natural Interaction for Exploring Immersive Data Stories
  • Amadeus Schröter (2023)
    Supporting Presenters in Immersive Data Storytelling
  • Xiangyu Hou (2023)
    Adaptive Visualizations for Orientation and Location Tasks Using AR
  • Marius Matzke (2023)
    Traceability of Design Decisions via Interactive Visualization in Immersive Environments
  • Laura Tobisch (2022)
    Trajectory Analysis with Info Visualizations as Labels in AR [🏅Best Thesis with Technische Visualistik Award]
  • Jingyan Xiedu (2021)
    Authoring AR Visualizations with Mobile Devices

Student Research Project Theses (6)

  • Timur Gildeev (2025)
    Exploring What-If Scenarios in Immersive Data Stories
  • Lea Meding (2023)
    Crafting and Designing Data-Driven Storytelling in Immersive Environments
  • Mark Abdelaziz (2023)
    User-guided Immersive Storytelling
  • Xiao Cui (2021)
    Support for Evaluation of Content Arrangement During Affinity Diagramming in Collaborative Multi-display Environments
  • Yushan Yang (2021)
    Support for Evaluation of Content Arrangement During Affinity Diagramming in Collaborative AR Environments
  • Dennis Dimov (2020)
    Visualizing Model Checking Results of Hyperproperties and Information Flow