Sven Mayer

Sven Mayer is a Professor at TU Dortmund University’s Faculty of Computer Science and leads the Chair for Human-AI Interaction. He previously held a postdoctoral position at LMU Munich’s Media Informatics group and completed his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University (2014–2018).

His research focuses on Human-AI/Robot Interaction, machine learning for touch systems, and sensor fusion. Recent work includes super-resolution capacitive touchscreens, pose estimation via smartphones, and city-scale sensing using retroreflective markers.

The 15 most recent publications highlight trends in AI-driven interaction design, robot expressions, and smartphone-based sensing, with keywords spanning robotics, machine learning, and smart cities. Subdomains include contextual awareness, ergonomic constraints, and novel touch input paradigms.

Scientific contributions recognized with

• Honorable Mention for 'Flyables' (2022)
• Honorable Mention for ISS piano learning paper (2022)

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He has supervised projects in augmented reality and human-robot interaction courses, and frequently contributes to conferences like CHI, UIST, and MobileHCI as both author and organizational leader (e.g., Publications Chair at CHI 2022).