
Publications
Selected work




Beyond the Visible: Preliminary Evaluation of the First Wearable Augmented Reality Assistance System for Pancreatic Surgery
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Ragnar Bade, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus, Gregor Alexander Stavrou
2025
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

LLM-Generated Tips Rival Expert-Created Tips in Helping Students Answer Quantum-Computing Questions
Lars Krupp, Jonas Bley, Isacco Gobbi, Alexander Geng, Sabine Müller, Sungho Suh, Ali Moghiseh, Arcesio Castaneda Medina, Valeria Bartsch, Artur Widera, Herwig Ott, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis
2024
EPJ Quantum Technology

Challenges and Opportunities of Moderating Usage of Large Language Models in Education
Lars Krupp, Steffen Steinert, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Karina E. Avila, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Küchemann, Jakob Karolus
2024
ACM International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM)
Best Paper Award

Unreflected Acceptance – Investigating the Negative Consequences of ChatGPT-Assisted Problem Solving in Physics Education
Lars Krupp, Steffen Steinert, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Karina E. Avila, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Küchemann, Jakob Karolus
2024
International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI)
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EMBody: A Data-Centric Toolkit for EMG-Based Interface Prototyping and Experimentation
Jakob Karolus, Francisco Kiss, Caroline Eckerth, Nicolas Viot, Felix Bachmann, Albrecht Schmidt, Paweł W. Woźniak
2021
ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS)
Best Paper Award


Hit the Thumb Jack! Using Electromyography to Augment the Piano Keyboard
Jakob Karolus, Annika Kilian, Thomas Kosch, Albrecht Schmidt, Paweł W. Woźniak
2020
ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS)



All publications
69 of 69 entries · source: dblp.org, updated 2026-09-29
2026
- 2026Conference
Promoting Sustainable Web Agents: Benchmarking and Estimating Energy Consumption Through Empirical and Theoretical Analysis
Lars Krupp, Daniel Geißler, Vishal Banwari, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
AAAI · 38772-38780 · dblp
- 2026Conference
Same Patient, Same Space, Divergent Needs: Revealing Gaps and Design Opportunities in Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Collaboration
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Konrad Schwarzkopf, Jakob Karolus, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, Paul Lukowicz
CHI · 779:1-779:24 · dblp
- 2026Workshop
This Is Taking Too Long - Investigating Time as a Proxy for Energy Consumption of LLMs
Lars Krupp, Daniel Geißler, Francisco M. Calatrava-Nicolás, Vishal Banwari, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
PerCom Workshops · 611-616 · dblp
- 2026Preprint
This Is Taking Too Long - Investigating Time as a Proxy for Energy Consumption of LLMs
Lars Krupp, Daniel Geißler, Francisco M. Calatrava-Nicolás, Vishal Banwari, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
2025
- 2025Preprint
Beyond the Pocket: A Large-Scale International Study on User Preferences on Bodily Placements of Commercial Wearables
Joanna Sorysz, Lars Krupp, Dominique Nshimyimana, Meagan B. Loerakker, Bo Zhou 0005, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2025Journal
Beyond the visible: preliminary evaluation of the first wearable augmented reality assistance system for pancreatic surgery
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Ragnar Bade, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus, Gregor Alexander Stavrou
Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg. · 117-129 · dblp
- 2025Conference
From Concept to Clinic: Multidisciplinary Design, Development, and Clinical Validation of Augmented Reality-Assisted Open Pancreatic Surgery
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Paul Lukowicz, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, Jakob Karolus
CHI · 316:1-316:24 · dblp
- 2025Conference
Human in the Latent Loop (HILL): Interactively Guiding Model Training Through Human Intuition
Daniel Geissler, Lars Krupp, Vishal Banwari, David Habusch, Bo Zhou 0005, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
HHAI · 16-30 · dblp
- 2025Preprint
Human in the Latent Loop (HILL): Interactively Guiding Model Training Through Human Intuition
Daniel Geissler, Lars Krupp, Vishal Banwari, David Habusch, Bo Zhou 0005, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2025Journal
Lessons learned from designing an open-source automated feedback system for STEM education
Steffen Steinert, Lars Krupp, Karina E. Avila, Anke S. Janssen, Verena Ruf, David Dzsotjan, Christian de Schryver, Jakob Karolus, Stefan Ruzika, Karen Joisten, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Norbert Wehn, Stefan Küchemann
Educ. Inf. Technol. · 6019-6060 · dblp
- 2025Conference
LLMs Enable Context-Aware Augmented Reality in Surgical Navigation
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Paul Lukowicz, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, Jakob Karolus
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems · 3205-3220 · dblp
- 2025Preprint
Promoting Sustainable Web Agents: Benchmarking and Estimating Energy Consumption through Empirical and Theoretical Analysis
Lars Krupp, Daniel Geißler, Vishal Banwari, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2025Conference
PromptMap: An Alternative Interaction Style for AI-Based Image Generation
Krzysztof Adamkiewicz, Pawel W. Wozniak, Julia Dominiak, Andrzej Romanowski, Jakob Karolus, Stanislav Frolov
IUI · 1162-1176 · dblp
- 2025Preprint
PromptMap: An Alternative Interaction Style for AI-Based Image Generation
Krzysztof Adamkiewicz, Pawel W. Wozniak, Julia Dominiak, Andrzej Romanowski, Jakob Karolus, Stanislav Frolov
CoRR · dblp
- 2025Preprint
Talk2X - An Open-Source Toolkit Facilitating Deployment of LLM-Powered Chatbots on the Web
Lars Krupp, Daniel Geißler, Peter Hevesi, Marco Hirsch, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2025Preprint
Towards Sustainable Web Agents: A Plea for Transparency and Dedicated Metrics for Energy Consumption
Lars Krupp, Daniel Geißler, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2025Workshop
User Experience in Task Guidance: Comparing Mixed Reality Devices with Traditional Vision-Based Systems
Joanna Sorysz, Najy Fannoun, Jakob Karolus, Bo Zhou 0005, Sungho Suh, Paul Lukowicz
ISMAR-Adjunct · 727-728 · dblp
- 2025Conference
When AR Hinders Performance: The Hidden Costs of Video-See-Through Displays
Hamraz Javaheri, Vítor Fortes Rey, David Kariem Habusch, Jakob Karolus, Paul Lukowicz
VRST · 89:1-89:11 · dblp
2024
- 2024Conference
ARAS: LLM-Supported Augmented Reality Assistance System for Pancreatic Surgery
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Paul Lukowicz, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, Jakob Karolus
UbiComp Companion · 176-180 · dblp
- 2024Conference
Challenges and Opportunities of Moderating Usage of Large Language Models in Education
Lars Krupp, Steffen Steinert, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Karina E. Avila, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Küchemann, Jakob Karolus
MUM · 249-254 · dblp
- 2024Conference
Design and Clinical Evaluation of ARAS: An Augmented Reality Assistance System for Open Pancreatic Surgery
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Paul Lukowicz, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, Jakob Karolus
ISMAR · 376-385 · dblp
- 2024Journal
Head 'n Shoulder: Gesture-Driven Biking Through Capacitive Sensing Garments to Innovate Hands-Free Interaction
Daniel Geißler, Hymalai Bello, Esther Friederike Zahn, Emil Woop, Bo Zhou 0005, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. · 1-20 · dblp
- 2024Workshop
Heterogeneous Data in Health Applications: An Algorithmic Approach Leveraging Continual Learning
Mengxi Liu 0004, Jakob Karolus, Bo Zhou 0005, Paul Lukowicz
MuC (Workshopband) · dblp
- 2024Conference
iFace: Hand-Over-Face Gesture Recognition Leveraging Impedance Sensing
Mengxi Liu 0004, Hymalai Bello, Bo Zhou 0005, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
AHs · 131-137 · dblp
- 2024Preprint
iFace: Hand-Over-Face Gesture Recognition Leveraging Impedance Sensing
Mengxi Liu 0004, Hymalai Bello, Bo Zhou 0005, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2024Preprint
Lessons Learned from Designing an Open-Source Automated Feedback System for STEM Education
Steffen Steinert, Lars Krupp, Karina E. Avila, Anke S. Janssen, Verena Ruf, David Dzsotjan, Christian de Schryver, Jakob Karolus, Stefan Ruzika, Karen Joisten, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Norbert Wehn, Stefan Küchemann
CoRR · dblp
- 2024Preprint
LLM-Generated Tips Rival Expert-Created Tips in Helping Students Answer Quantum-Computing Questions
Lars Krupp, Jonas Bley, Isacco Gobbi, Alexander Geng, Sabine Müller 0001, Sungho Suh, Ali Moghiseh, Arcesio Castañeda Medina, Valeria Bartsch, Artur Widera, Herwig Ott, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis
CoRR · dblp
- 2024Preprint
LLMs Enable Context-Aware Augmented Reality in Surgical Navigation
Hamraz Javaheri, Omid Ghamarnejad, Paul Lukowicz, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2024Conference
RescuAR: A Self-Directed Augmented Reality System for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training
Hamraz Javaheri, Agnes Grünerbl, Eloise Monger, Mary Gobbi, Jakob Karolus, Paul Lukowicz
PervasiveHealth · 166-185 · dblp
- 2024Conference
Towards Non-Distracting Smartphone Interaction While Biking Using Capacitive Sensing as Input Device
Daniel Geißler, Bo Zhou 0005, Hamraz Javaheri, Esther Friederike Zahn, Emil Woop, Stefan Schaffer, Paul Lukowicz, Jakob Karolus
UbiComp Companion · 181-185 · dblp
- 2024Conference
Unreflected Acceptance - Investigating the Negative Consequences of ChatGPT-Assisted Problem Solving in Physics Education
Lars Krupp, Steffen Steinert, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Karina E. Avila, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Küchemann, Jakob Karolus
HHAI · 199-212 · dblp
2023
- 2023Journal
[Don't] Let The Bodies HIIT The Floor: Fostering Body Awareness in Fast-Paced Physical Activity Using Body-Worn Sensors
Bettina Eska, Marco Philip, Pawel W. Wozniak, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Jakob Karolus
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. · 1-27 · dblp
- 2023Journal
A Survey on Measuring Cognitive Workload in Human-Computer Interaction
Thomas Kosch, Jakob Karolus, Johannes Zagermann, Harald Reiterer, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
ACM Comput. Surv. · 283:1-283:39 · dblp
- 2023Preprint
Challenges and Opportunities of Moderating Usage of Large Language Models in Education
Lars Krupp, Steffen Steinert, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Karina E. Avila, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Küchemann, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2023Conference
EyePiano: Leveraging Gaze For Reflective Piano Learning
Jakob Karolus, Johannes Sylupp, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems · 1209-1223 · dblp
- 2023Conference
Intelligent Music Interfaces: When Interactive Assistance and Augmentation Meet Musical Instruments
Jordan Aiko Deja, Bettina Eska, Snehesh Shrestha, Matthias Hoppe 0001, Jakob Karolus, Thomas Kosch, Andrii Matviienko, Andreas Weiß, Karola Marky
AHs · 379-383 · dblp
- 2023Conference
Quantifying Meaningful Interaction: Developing the Eudaimonic Technology Experience Scale
Pawel W. Wozniak, Mitch Hak, Elizaveta Kotova, Jasmin Niess, Marit Bentvelzen, Henrike Weingärtner, Svenja Yvonne Schött, Jakob Karolus
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems · 1904-1914 · dblp
- 2023Preprint
Unreflected Acceptance - Investigating the Negative Consequences of ChatGPT-Assisted Problem Solving in Physics Education
Lars Krupp, Steffen Steinert, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Karina E. Avila, Paul Lukowicz, Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Küchemann, Jakob Karolus
CoRR · dblp
- 2023Conference
Your Text Is Hard to Read: Facilitating Readability Awareness to Support Writing Proficiency in Text Production
Jakob Karolus, Sebastian S. Feger, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems · 147-160 · dblp
2022
- 2022Journal
Adapting visualizations and interfaces to the user
Francesco Chiossi, Johannes Zagermann, Jakob Karolus, Nils Rodrigues, Priscilla Balestrucci, Daniel Weiskopf, Benedikt V. Ehinger, Tiare M. Feuchtner, Harald Reiterer, Lewis L. Chuang, Marc O. Ernst, Andreas Bulling, Sven Mayer, Albrecht Schmidt 0001
it Inf. Technol. · 133-143 · dblp
- 2022Conference
EMStriker: Potentials of Enhancing the Training Process of Racket-based Sports via Electrical Muscle Stimulation
Sarah Faltaous, Anna Hubert, Jakob Karolus, Steeven Villa, Thomas Kosch, Pawel W. Wozniak
TEI · 74:1-74:6 · dblp
- 2022Journal
Imprecise but Fun: Playful Interaction Using Electromyography
Jakob Karolus, Simon Thanheiser, David Peterson, Nicolas Viot, Thomas Kosch, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. · 1-21 · dblp
- 2022Workshop
Intelligent Music Interfaces: When Interactive Assistance and Augmentation Meet Musical Instruments
Karola Marky, Annika Kilian, Andreas Weiß, Jakob Karolus, Matthias Hoppe 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak, Max Mühlhäuser, Thomas Kosch
CHI Extended Abstracts · 84:1-84:4 · dblp
- 2022Conference
Supporting Sportspeople in Gaining Bodily Insights Through Reflective Feedback
Bettina Eska, Jakob Karolus
NTSPORT@MobileHCI · dblp
- 2022Conference
Think Inside the Box: Investigating the Consequences of Everyday Physical Opt-Out Strategies for Mindful Smartphone Use
Luke Haliburton, Maximilian Lammel, Jakob Karolus, Albrecht Schmidt 0001
MUM · 37-46 · dblp
2021
- 2021Conference
Creepy Technology: What Is It and How Do You Measure It?
Pawel W. Wozniak, Jakob Karolus, Florian Lang 0001, Caroline Eckerth, Johannes Schöning, Yvonne Rogers, Jasmin Niess
CHI · 719:1-719:13 · dblp
- 2021Preprint
Creepy Technology: What Is It and How Do You Measure It?
Pawel W. Wozniak, Jakob Karolus, Florian Lang 0001, Caroline Eckerth, Johannes Schöning, Yvonne Rogers, Jasmin Niess
CoRR · dblp
- 2021Journal
EMBody: A Data-Centric Toolkit for EMG-Based Interface Prototyping and Experimentation
Jakob Karolus, Francisco Kiss, Caroline Eckerth, Nicolas Viot, Felix Bachmann, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. · 195:1-195:29 · dblp
- 2021Workshop
EMPiano: Electromyographic Pitch Control on the Piano Keyboard
Annika Kilian, Jakob Karolus, Thomas Kosch, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
CHI Extended Abstracts · 196:1-196:4 · dblp
- 2021Conference
Facilitating Bodily Insights Using Electromyography-Based Biofeedback during Physical Activity
Jakob Karolus, Felix Bachmann, Thomas Kosch, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
MobileHCI · 14:1-14:15 · dblp
- 2021Conference
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Exploring Ubiquitous Artifacts for Health Tracking
Jakob Karolus, Eva Brass, Thomas Kosch, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
MUM · 148-157 · dblp
- 2021Journal
Proficiency-aware systems: Designing for user reflection in context-aware systems
Jakob Karolus, Pawel W. Wozniak
it Inf. Technol. · 167-175 · dblp
- 2021Thesis
Proficiency-aware systems: designing for user skill and expertise
Jakob Karolus
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany · dblp
2020
- 2020Conference
Hit the Thumb Jack! Using Electromyography to Augment the Piano Keyboard
Jakob Karolus, Annika Kilian, Thomas Kosch, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Pawel W. Wozniak
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems · 429-440 · dblp
- 2020Conference
MaDrone: Using Drones to Facilitate Connectedness Across Geographic Boundaries
Mikolaj P. Wozniak, Sebastian S. Feger, Matthias Hoppe 0001, Thomas Kosch, Stephanie van de Sandt, Jakob Karolus, Luke Haliburton, Pawel W. Wozniak, Jasmin Niess
iHDI@CHI · dblp
- 2020Preprint
SAFER: Development and Evaluation of an IoT Device Risk Assessment Framework in a Multinational Organization
Pascal Oser, Sebastian S. Feger, Pawel W. Wozniak, Jakob Karolus, Dayana Spagnuelo, Akash Gupta 0002, Stefan Lüders, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Frank Kargl
CoRR · dblp
- 2020Journal
SAFER: Development and Evaluation of an IoT Device Risk Assessment Framework in a Multinational Organization
Pascal Oser, Sebastian S. Feger, Pawel W. Wozniak, Jakob Karolus, Dayana Spagnuelo, Akash Gupta 0002, Stefan Lüders, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Frank Kargl
Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. · 114:1-114:22 · dblp
- 2020Workshop
VRsneaky: Stepping into an Audible Virtual World with Gait-Aware Auditory Feedback
Felix Dietz, Matthias Hoppe 0001, Jakob Karolus, Pawel W. Wozniak, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Tonja Machulla
CHI Extended Abstracts · 1-4 · dblp
2019
- 2019Conference
VRsneaky: Increasing Presence in VR Through Gait-Aware Auditory Feedback
Matthias Hoppe 0001, Jakob Karolus, Felix Dietz, Pawel W. Wozniak, Albrecht Schmidt 0001, Tonja-Katrin Machulla
CHI · 546 · dblp
- 2019Conference
Your skin resists: exploring electrodermal activity as workload indicator during manual assembly
Thomas Kosch, Jakob Karolus, Havy Ha, Albrecht Schmidt 0001
EICS · 8:1-8:5 · dblp
2018
- 2018Conference
EMGuitar: Assisting Guitar Playing with Electromyography
Jakob Karolus, Hendrik Schuff, Thomas Kosch, Pawel W. Wozniak, Albrecht Schmidt 0001
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems · 651-655 · dblp
- 2018Workshop
I Know What You Want: Using Gaze Metrics to Predict Personal Interest
Jakob Karolus, Patrick Dabbert, Pawel W. Wozniak
UIST (Adjunct Volume) · 105-107 · dblp
- 2018Conference
On the Suitability of Real-Time Assessment of Programming Proficiency using Gaze Properties
Calvin Liang, Jakob Karolus, Thomas Kosch, Albrecht Schmidt 0001
PerDis · 31:1-31:2 · dblp
- 2018Conference
Proficiency-Aware Systems: Adapting to the User's Skills and Expertise
Jakob Karolus, Albrecht Schmidt 0001
PerDis · 33:1-33:2 · dblp
2017
- 2017Conference
Detecting uncertain input using physiological sensing and behavioral measurements
Miriam Greis, Jakob Karolus, Hendrik Schuff, Pawel W. Wozniak, Niels Henze
MUM · 299-304 · dblp
- 2017Conference
Robust Gaze Features for Enabling Language Proficiency Awareness
Jakob Karolus, Pawel W. Wozniak, Lewis L. Chuang, Albrecht Schmidt 0001
CHI · 2998-3010 · dblp
2016
- 2016Conference
Towards Using Gaze Properties to Detect Language Proficiency
Jakob Karolus, Pawel W. Wozniak, Lewis L. Chuang
NordiCHI · 118 · dblp
2015
- 2015Conference
Accurate pollutant modeling and mapping: Applying machine learning to participatory sensing and urban topology data
Axel Schulz 0001, Jakob Karolus, Frederik Janssen, Immanuel Schweizer
NetSys · 1-8 · dblp
- 2015Conference
Opportunities for activity recognition using ultrasound doppler sensing on unmodified mobile phones
Biying Fu, Jakob Karolus, Tobias Grosse-Puppendahl, Jonathan Hermann, Arjan Kuijper
iWOAR · 8:1-8:10 · dblp