AmalBenzina

Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality
Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin & Augmented Reality

Amal Benzina

Amal Benzina, M.Sc.

Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality
Fakultät für Informatik
Technische Universität München

Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching bei München

room : MI 00.13.037
Tel : +49 (89) 289 17050
email:

Research Interests

My PhD supervior is Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Phd

  • Ubiquitous Interaction
  • Multimodal Interaction
  • Mobile Interaction
  • 3D User Interfaces
  • Natural User Interfaces

Publications

2013
A. Benzina, A. Dey, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker
Empirical Evaluation of Mapping Functions for Navigation in Virtual Reality using Phones with Integrated Sensors
International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (bib)
T. Coskun, C. Wiesner, E. Artinger, A. Benzina, P. Maier, M. Huber, C.Grill, P. Schmitt, G. Klinker
Gestyboard 2.0: A gesture-based text entry concept for high performance ten-finger touch-typing and blind typing on touchscreens
Maribor, Slovenia July 01-03, 2013 - SouthChi? 2013 Full Paper (bib)
M. Tönnis, A. Benzina, G. Klinker
Experiences with a Flexibly Reconfigurable Visualization System on Software Development and Workplace Ergonomics
In "Advanced Computing", Springer, [Month] 2013 (bib)
A. Benzina, G.Buse, D.Butnaru, A.Murarasu, M.Treib, V.Varduhn
A Framework for the Interactive Handling of High-Dimensional Simulation Data in Complex Geometries
In "Advanced Computing", Springer, [Month] 2013 (bib)
2012
G. Han, T. Coskun, E. Artinger, A. Benzina, G. Klinker
User-centered comparison between classical and edge interaction on a heavy rugged tablet PC used in MCIs
GI-Jahrestagung, GMDS 2012/Informatik 2012 IT Unterstuetzung von Einsatzkraeften (IT support in the field of the rescue service), pp. 126-140. (bib)
T. Coskun, C.Grill, A. Benzina, E. Artinger, G. Klinker
How-to interact with a map application on a heavy rugged tablet PC when both hands are needed to hold the device
GI-Jahrestagung, GMDS 2012/Informatik 2012 IT Unterstuetzung von Einsatzkraeften (IT support in the field of the rescue service), pp. 111-125 (bib)
T. Coskun, E. Artinger, L.Pirritano, D.Korhammer, A. Benzina, C.Grill, A. Dippon, G. Klinker
Gestyboard: A 10-finger-system and gesture based text input system for multi-touchscreens with no need for tactile feedback
Matsue, Japan August 28-31, 2012 - APCHI 2012 Poster (bib)
A. Benzina, A. Dey, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker
Empirical Evaluation of Mapping Functions for Navigation in Virtual Reality using Phones with Integrated Sensors
10th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction (APCHI), Matsue, Japan, Aug. 28 - 31, 2012, pp. 149-158. (bib)
T. Coskun, A. Benzina, E. Artinger, C. Binder, G. Klinker
User-Centered Development Of UI Elements for Selecting Items on a Digital Map Designed for Heavy Rugged Tablet PCs in Mass Casualty Incidents
International Health Informatics 2012, pp. 151-160. (bib)
2011
T. Coskun, E. Artinger, L.Pirritano, D.Korhammer, A. Benzina, C.Grill, A. Dippon, G. Klinker
Gestyboard: A 10-finger-system and gesture based text input system for multi-touchscreens with no need for tactile feedback
Technical Report TUM (bib)
M. Tönnis, A. Benzina, G. Klinker
Utilizing Consumer 3D TV Hardware for Flexible and Reconfigurable Visualization Systems
Technical Report (TUM-I1113), Technische Universität München, Germany, Jul. 1, 2011. (bib)
M. Tönnis, A. Benzina, G. Klinker
Exploring and Controlling Multidimensional Parameter Spaces
Proceedings of the International Conference on Simulation Technology (SimTech), Stuttgart, Germany, Jun. 14 - 17, 2011. (bib)
A. Benzina, M. Tönnis, M. Ashry, G. Klinker
Phone-Based Motion Control in VR - Analysis of Degrees of Freedom
CHI Extended Abstracts'2011, Vancouver, Canada, May 7 - 12, 2011, pp. 1519-1524. (bib)
2010
T. Coskun, S. Nestler, E. Artinger, A. Benzina, G. Klinker
Is it possible to interact with a handheld device while holding it in both hands?
2. Workshop zur IT-Unterstützung von Rettungskräften im Rahmen der GI-Jahrestagung Informatik 2010, pp. 181-186. (bib)
T. Coskun, E. Artinger, S. Nestler, A. Benzina, G. Klinker
Tablet device interaction with geographical information in time-critical, life- threatening and unstable situations
10.Workshop Mobile Informationstechnologien in der Medizin (Mocomed 2010) (bib)

Projects

Virtual Arabia Project K1

WIT

Interaction in an immersive virtual environment (IVE) such as a CAVE is divided into three main tasks: Travel techniques, selection/manipulation techniques and system control techniques. Users are active participants in the 3D computer generated virtual world, and are able to explore, select and manipulate the world and embedded data.

Three research areas have been identified to be most important for interaction with the Virtual Arabia system:

  • Active navigation of the user in CAVE
  • Guidance to points of interest
  • Selection and manipulation of building infrastructure
  • Parameter control for simulation

Virtual Arabia Project webpage

Virtual Arabia MAC webpage


Student DA/MA/BA/HIWI and Other Projects

In the Following table there are the Open student projects. Those projects can be part of a Bachelor, Master or Diploma thesis. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Available Topics

Open topics Type of thesis Image
Maneuvering Metaphors
Are you airplane pilot, car driver or lens user? Or are you anything else? Investigate metaphors, test users and develop an integrated solution for all purposes.
DA/MA/BA
Virtual 3D Menu Grabber
This work is about implementing an AR application which allows a smartphone or a tablet to be pointed towards virtual 3D Menus and grab them onto the phone. We expect, that it is much more confortable to interact with the menu on the smartphone, instead of trying to hit the virtual menu in 3D space. If you are interested in this theses, please contact benzina@in.tum.de.
DA/MA/BA Fravebild_thumb.png



Running Topics

Running topics Type of thesis Student Image
Design and Development of a Mobile Indoor AR Application
The purpose of this project is to design and implement a mobile AR Application for the indoor exploration of a building. The mobile AR App should be used by visitors for the TUM CS department to be able to explore the building as well get some important information. A user study has also to be done to report about the intuitiveness, the acceptance and the usability of the APP.
Bachelor Thesis Sandra Mueller
Multimodal Interacion in the Frave
Many interface have been and are being implemented for interaction (Travel, Selection and Manipulation) in Virtual Environment, in this case the FRAVE. The idea of this project is to implement the integration of those difference interaction devices and exchange of context data and information between the devices in general and specifically between the touch panels and the hand-held devices used. The touch panel should be able to detect that the hand-held device is in proximity or even put on the touch table and exchange important context information, like it is being modified and displayed on the FRAVE.
Hiwi Maximilian Weber Multimodal_small.png
Below The Surface Exploration
Interaction in an immersive virtual environment (IVE) such as a CAVE or in our case FRAVEis an important issue to investigate. Whithin the scope of the project Virtual Arabia, we need to perform Below surface exploration. For that purpose we would like to use the magic-lens solution with the Clearview solution(TUM3D)
Master Thesis Sandro Weber Clearview_s.png

All Finished Student Projects can be found here on this link


If you are intersted in a Diploma/Master/Bachelor/HIWI projects or a term work, please feel free to contact me. we can also discuss your ideas.

Teaching

* Summer 2012 -- Master Seminar-- Advanced Methods for Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

* Summer Semester 2011 -- Master Course-- 3D User Interfaces

* WinterSemester 2010/2011 -- Master Course--2D Graphical User Interfaces for Desktop-based and Mobile Computer Applications

* Summer Semester 2010 -- Master Course-- 3D User Interfaces

Misc

* Phantom Installation Tutorial

* Phantom Client Programming Tutorial

* Terrain3D Installation Tutorial

* Terrain3D Installation Tutorial for OSX

* Terrain3D Installation Tutorial

* Terrain3D Documentation Doxygen

* Multi-Interact Modules


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