Prof. Dr. Florian Echtler

"It's hard to say exactly what constitutes research in the computer world, but as a first approximation, it's software that doesn't have users." Paul Graham

Contact Details

I have left TUM in 2010 and am now associate professor for computer science at Aalborg University in Denmark. Please contact me at my personal address below.

• email:
• personal homepage: https://floe.butterbrot.org/

Dissertation

My PhD thesis advisor was Prof. Gudrun Klinker, PhD. My thesis with the title "Tangible Information Displays" is available online at the TUM library.

Research Interests and Projects

• the TISCH framework & libTISCH - see http://tisch.sf.net/ and http://tisch.wiki.sourceforge.net/
• Multitouch Displays (mainly TISCH)
• Ubiquitous Tracking

Theses/Student Projects

Note: if you are interested in one of these topics, it's not mandatory to do a diploma/master thesis.
Subprojects can also be done as bachelor thesis or SEP.

Finished..

• Multi-Touch Devices as Conventional Input Devices
• Development of Multitouch-Enabled Games
• Hand Tracking with the Wiimote
• Building and Programming an FPGA-Based LED Sensor
• Development & Evaluation of Ergonomic Gesture-Based Menus^?
• Development of Multi-Touch Hardware on LCD Displays
• Development of a model for computer-aided driver behaviour simulation
• Building a Gesture-Based Information Display
• Controlling a Model Race Track with Learning Algorithms

Publications

NOTE: for a complete list of publications including PDFs after 2020, please see either my personal homepage or AAU university homepage.

2020
	J. Odenwald, S. Bertel, F. Echtler Tabletop teleporter: evaluating the immersiveness of remote board gaming Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays (bib)
	P. Riehmann, G. Molina Leon, J. Reibert, F. Echtler, B. Fröhlich Short-Contact Touch-Manipulation of Scatterplot Matrices on Wall Displays Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 39, 2020 (bib)
	C. Wacharamanotham, L. Eisenring, S. Haroz, F. Echtler Transparency of CHI Research Artifacts: Results of a Self-Reported Survey Proceedings of the ACM CHI 2020 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Best Paper Award (top 1%) (bib)
2019
	I. Hartmann, M. Schirmer, F. Echtler BinarySwipes: Fast List Search on Small Touchscreens Proceedings of Mensch Und Computer 2019 (bib)
	T. Dressel, E. List, F. Echtler SecuriCast: Zero-Touch Two-Factor Authentication using WebBluetooth? EICS '19 - Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (bib)
2018
	S. Stickert, H. Hiller, F. Echtler Companion - A Software Toolkit for Digitally Aided Pen-and-Paper Tabletop Roleplaying ACM UIST 2018 Adjunct Proceedings (bib)
	F. Echtler SurfaceStreams: A Content-Agnostic Streaming Toolkit for Interactive Surfaces ACM UIST 2018 Adjunct Proceedings (bib)
	M. Kaltenbrunner, F. Echtler The TUIO 2.0 Protocol: An Abstraction Framework for Tangible Interactive Surfaces Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction - EICS (bib)
	F. Echtler, M. H{\"a}u{\ss}ler Open Source, Open Science, and the Replication Crisis in HCI CHI '18 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (bib)
2017
	M. Heinz, S. Bertel, F. Echtler TouchScope: A Hybrid Multitouch Oscilloscope Interface Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI '17) (bib)
	T. Wei\ss{}ker, Y. Genc, A. Berst, F. D. Schreiber, F. Echtler ShakeCast: using handshake detection for automated, setup-free exchange of contact data Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI? '17) (bib)
	H. Sahibzada, E. Hornecker, F. Echtler, P. T. Fischer Designing Interactive Advertisements for Public Displays Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (bib)
2016
	F. Echtler, M. Kaltenbrunner SUR40 Linux: Reanimating an Obsolete Tangible Interaction Platform Proceedings of the 2016 ACM on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ACM ISS '16) (bib)
	T. Wei\ss{}ker, A. Berst, I. Hartmann, F. Echtler The Massive Mobile Multiuser Framework: Enabling Ad-hoc Realtime Interaction on Public Displays with Mobile Devices Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Pervasive Displays (PerDis?'16) (bib)
	T. Wei\ss{}ker, A. Berst, I. Hartmann, F. Echtler MMM Ball: Showcasing the Massive Mobile Multiuser Framework Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (bib)
	F. Echtler CalendarCast: Setup-Free, Privacy-Preserving, Localized Sharing of Appointment Data Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (bib)
2015
	A. Kreskowski, J. Wagner, J. Bossert, F. Echtler MoBat: Sound-Based Localization of Multiple Mobile Devices on Everyday Surfaces Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces (ITS '15), Funchal, Madeira (bib)
	V. Krauss, E. Fuchkina, G. C. Molina Leon, O. Popescu, F. Echtler, S. Bertel pART bench: a Hybrid Search Tool for Floor Plans in Architecture Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces (ITS '15), Funchal, Madeira (bib)
	M. Schirmer, I. Hartmann, S. Bertel, F. Echtler Shoe me the Way: A Shoe-Based Tactile Interface for Eyes-Free Urban Navigation Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI? 2015), Copenhagen, Denmark (bib)
	M. Spreitzenbarth, T. Schreck, F. Echtler, Daniel Arp, R.T. Hoffmann Mobile-Sandbox: combining static and dynamic analysis with machine-learning techniques International Journal of Information Security, Springer, April 2015 (bib)
2014
	M. Kaltenbrunner, F. Echtler TUIO Hackathon Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS '14) (bib)
	F. Echtler, R. Wimmer The Interactive Dining Table, or: Pass the Weather Widget, Please Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS '14) (bib)
	F. Echtler, D. Kammer, D. Vanacken, L. Hoste, B. Signer Engineering Gestures for Multimodal User Interfaces Engineering Gestures for Multimodal Interfaces - Workshop at EICS 2014, Rome, Italy (bib)
	A. Bazo, F. Echtler Phone proxies: effortless content sharing between smartphones and interactive surfaces EICS 2014 - ACM Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (bib)
	H. Gl{\"u}cker, F. Raab, F. Echtler, C. Wolff EyeDE: gaze-enhanced software development environments CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (bib)
	E. Baumer, J. Ahn, M. Bie, E.M. Bonsignore, A. Börütecene, O.T. Buruk, T. Clegg, A. Druin, F. Echtler, D. Gruen, M.L. Guha, C. Hordatt, A. Krüger, S. Maidenbaum, M. Malu, B. McNally?, M. Muller, L. Norooz, J. Norton, O. Ozcan, D.J. Patterson, A. Riener, S.I. Ross, K. Rust, J. Sch{\"o}ning, M. Silberman, B. Tomlinson, J. Yip CHI 2039: speculative research visions CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (bib)
2013
	F. Raab, C. Wolff, F. Echtler RefactorPad: Editing Source Code on Touchscreens Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems (EICS '13) (bib)
	R. Wimmer, F. Echtler Exploring the Benefits of Fingernail Displays Extended Abstracts of CHI 2013, Paris, France. (bib)
	F. Echtler, R. Wimmer The Interactive Dining Table CHI 2013 Workshop on Blended Interaction (Blend13), Paris, France. (bib)
	M. Spreitzenbarth, F. Freiling, F. Echtler, T. Schreck, R.T. Hoffmann Mobile-Sandbox: having a deeper look into Android applications Proceedings of ACM SAC 2013, Coimbra, Portugal. (bib)
2012
	E. Artinger, P. Maier, T. Coskun, S. Nestler, M. Maehler, Y. Yildirim-Krannig, F. Wucholt, F. Echtler, G. Klinker Creating a common operation picture in realtime with user-centered interfaces for mass casualty incidents 4th international workshop for "Situation recognition and medical data analysis in Pervasive Health environments"(PervaSense?), PervasiveHealth? 2012, May 2012, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 291-296. (bib)
	J. Kramer, N. Burrus, F. Echtler, D. Herrera Castro, M. Parker Hacking The Kinect ISBN 978-1430238676, Apress Media, Mar. 2012 (bib)
	F. Echtler, A. Butz GISpL: Gestures Made Easy TEI 2012, February 19 - 22, Kingston, ON, Canada. (bib)
2011
	E. Artinger, T. Coskun, M. Schanzenbach, F. Echtler, S. Nestler, G. Klinker Exploring Multi-touch Gestures for Map Interaction in Mass Casualty Incidents 3. Workshop zur IT-Unterstützung von Rettungskräften im Rahmen der GI-Jahrestagung Informatik 2011 (bib)
	A. Dippon, F. Echtler, G. Klinker Multi-Touch Table as Conventional Input Device HCI International Extended Abstracts, July 9 - 14, Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 237-241. (bib)
	D. Pustka, M. Huber, C. Waechter, F. Echtler, P. Keitler, J. Newman, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker Automatic Configuration of Pervasive Sensor Networks for Augmented Reality IEEE Pervasive Computing, Volume 10, Number 3, July-Sept. 2011, pp. 68-79. (bib)
	N. Kl{\"u}gel, M. Frie{\ss}, G. Groh, F. Echtler An Approach to Collaborative Music Composition International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2011), May 30th, 2011, Oslo, Norway. (bib)
2010
	F. Echtler, G. Klinker, A. Butz Towards a Unified Gesture Description Language 13th International Conference on Humans and Computers (HC 2010), December 8, 2010, Düsseldorf, Germany, pp. 177-182. (bib)
	P. Keitler, D. Pustka, M. Huber, F. Echtler, G. Klinker Management of Tracking for Mixed and Augmented Reality Systems The Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems, E. Dubois, P. Gray, L. Nigay (eds.), Human-Computer Interaction Series, Springer Verlag, 2010. (bib)
	E. Artinger, M. Schanzenbach, F. Echtler, S. Nestler, T. Coskun, G. Klinker Beyond Pinch-to-Zoom: Exploring Alternative Multi-touch Gestures for Map Interaction Technischer Bericht: TUM-I1006 (bib)
	M. Frie{\ss}, M. Kleinhans, F. Forster, F. Echtler, G. Groh A Tabletop Interface for Generic Creativity Techniques International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2010), July 26, 2011, Freiburg, Germany. (bib)
	F. Echtler, G. Klinker, A. Butz Features, Regions, Gestures: Components of a Generic Gesture Recognition Engine Workshop on Engineering Patterns for Multitouch Interfaces, June 20, 2010, Berlin, Germany. (bib)
	F. Echtler, M. H{\"a}u{\ss}ler, G. Klinker BioTISCH: the interactive molecular biology lab bench CHI 2010 "Works-in-Progress", April 10 - 14, Atlanta, GA, USA, pp. 3439-3444. (bib)
	F. Echtler, T. Pototschnig, G. Klinker An LED-based Multitouch Sensor for LCD Screens TEI 2010, January 25 - 27, Cambridge, MA, USA, pp. 227-230. (bib)
2009
	F. Echtler, A. Dippon, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Inverted FTIR: Easy Multitouch Sensing for Flatscreens ITS 2009, November 23 - 25, Banff, Canada, pp. 29-32. (bib)
	F. Echtler Tangible Information Displays Dissertation an der Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Dez. 2009 (online version available here) (bib)
	F. Echtler, S. Nestler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Supporting Casual Interactions between Board Games on Public Tabletop Displays and Mobile Devices Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Special Issue on Public and Private Displays, Springer Verlag, 2009, pp. 609-617. (bib)
	M. Tönnis, F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker Low Cost 3D Rotational Input Devices: the stationary Spinball and the mobile Soap3D The 11th Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR), Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 25 - 28, 2009. Best short paper (bib)
	J. Sch{\"o}ning, J. Hook, N. Motamedi, P. Olivier, F. Echtler, P. Brandl, L. Muller, F. Daiber, O. Hilliges, M. Löchtefeld, T. Roth, U. von Zadow Building Interactive Multi-Touch Surfaces Journal of Graphics, GPU, & Game Tools (bib)
	F. Echtler, T. Sielhorst, M. Huber, G. Klinker A Short Guide to Modulated Light TEI 2009, February 16 - 18, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 393-396. (bib)
	S. Nestler, M. Huber, F. Echtler, A. Dollinger, G. Klinker Development and evaluation of a virtual reality patient simulation (VRPS) The 17-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG'09) (bib)
2008
	F. Echtler, G. Klinker A Multitouch Software Architecture Proc. of the 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Using Bridges (NordiCHI? 08), Lund, Schweden, pp. 463-466. (bib)
	J. Sch{\"o}ning, P. Brandl, F. Daiber, F. Echtler, O. Hilliges, J. Hook, M. Löchtefeld, N. Motamedi, L. Muller, P. Olivier, T. Roth, U. von Zadow Multi-Touch Surfaces: A Technical Guide Technical Report TUM-I0833 (bib)
	F. Echtler, G. Klinker Tracking Mobile Phones on Interactive Tabletops MEIS '08: Workshop on Mobile and Embedded Interactive Systems, Munich, Germany, pp. 285-290. (bib)
	S. Nestler, F. Echtler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Collaborative problem solving on mobile hand-held devices and stationary multi-touch interfaces PPD'08. Workshop on designing multi-touch interaction techniques for coupled public and private displays (bib)
	F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker Shadow Tracking on Multi-Touch Tables AVI '08: 9th International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Naples, Italy, pp. 388-391. (bib)
	F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, G. Klinker Splitting the Scene Graph - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality 3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP '08), Funchal, Portugal, Jan. 22 - 25, 2008, pp.456-459. (bib)
2007
	M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, F. Echtler, G. Klinker A System Architecture for Ubiquitous Tracking Environments The Sixth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 13 - 16, 2007, pp. 211-214. (bib)
	D. Pustka, P. Keitler, M. Huber, F. Echtler, G. Klinker Ubiquitous Tracking for Quickly Solving Multi-Sensor Calibration and Tracking Problems Demonstration at the Fourth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 14 - 16, 2007 (bib)
	G. Klinker, F. Echtler 3D Visualization and Exploration of Relationships and Constraints at the Example of Sudoku Games Technical Report TUM-I0722, Nov. 1, 2007, pp. 1-8. (bib)
	F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker Hand tracking for enhanced gesture recognition on interactive multi-touch surfaces Technical Report TUM-I0721, Nov. 1, 2007. (bib)
	D. Pustka, M. Huber, F. Echtler, P. Keitler UTQL: The Ubiquitous Tracking Query Language v1.0 Technical Report TUM-I0718, Oct. 11, 2007. (bib)
	S. Nestler, A. Dollinger, F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker Design and Development of Virtual Patients Vierter Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, Weimar, 15. Juli 2007 (bib)
	J. Newman, A. Bornik, D. Pustka, F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker Tracking for Distributed Mixed Reality Environments IEEE VR 2007 Workshop on 'Trends and Issues in Tracking for Virtual Environments', Charlotte, NC, USA, Mar 11, 2007 (bib)
2006
	F. Echtler Using Semantic Web Languages in Argumentation Models Forschungsberichte Künstliche Intelligenz FKI-253-06, TU München, 2006 (bib)
2005
	J. Georgii, F. Echtler, R. Westermann Interactive Simulation of Deformable Bodies on GPUs Simulation and Visualisation Conference Proceedings, 2005 (bib)
2004
	F. Echtler Realization of efficient mass-spring simulations on graphics hardware Diploma Thesis, TU München, 2004 (bib)
	G. Klinker, H. Najafi, T. Sielhorst, F. Sturm, F. Echtler, M. Isik, W. Wein, C. Truebswetter FixIt: An Approach towards Assisting Workers in Diagnosing Machine Malfunctions Proc. of the International Workshop on Design and Engineering of Mixed Reality Systems - MIXER 2004, Funchal, Madeira, CEUR Workshop Proceedings (bib)
2003
	F. Echtler, F. Sturm, K. Kindermann, G. Klinker, J. Stilla, J. Trilk, H. Najafi The Intelligent Welding Gun: Augmented Reality for Experimental Vehicle Construction Chapter 17 in Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing (VARAM), Ong S.K and Nee A.Y.C eds, Springer Verlag, 2003, pp 333-360. (bib)

Teaching

Summer Term 2010

• Übungen: Information Visualization^?

Winter Term 2008/09

• Vorlesung 2D User Interfaces: Lecture 11 - Multitouch Interfaces^?
• Proseminar: Anwendungen der Augmented Reality^?

Summer Term 2008

• Übungen: 2D Graphical User Interfaces

Winter Term 2007/08

• Übungen: Introduction to Augmented Reality^?

Summer Term 2007

• Hauptseminar: Interaction on Tabletop Interfaces^?

Winter Term 2006/07

• Hauptseminar: Interaction on Tabletop Interfaces^?
• Übungen: Introduction to Augmented Reality^?

Summer Term 2006

• Praktikum: AR auf mobilen Geräten^?

Winter Term 2005/06

• Praktikum: Game Playing

Miscellaneous

Obscure Notes (you probably don't want to see this)