Oliver Korn is a full professor for Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and director of the Affective & Cognitive Institute (ACI) at Offenburg University, Germany. He also is a certified Project Manager ‘(German Chamber of Commerce), Senior Member of ACM and Professional Member of the IEEE. His main areas of research are:

• Context-aware, Smart Systems
• Assistive Technologies & Robotics
• Affective Computing
• Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality
• Gaming & Gamification

In the ACI, he bundles these fields together with an interdisciplinary research team. The overall vision is to enrich environments by intuitive interfaces: ”intelligent” systems which can recognize and adapt to the context and ideally also the users’ mental and emotional state. Fun or enjoyment are of particular importance: especially when physical or mental limitations are present, interactive systems should be designed in an appealing way.

Korn oversaw several research projects for the German ministries of Research (BMBF) and Economy (BMWi). Since 2010, he acquired research funding amounting to a total of about 20 M€. Currently he oversees the research projects EmoCare and OFG-Lab.

• OGFLab Open Game und Fablab (2021-2025)
  Startup program for student teams
  Federal Minstiry for Research and Education (BMBF): StartUpLab@FH
  https://ogflab.hs-offenburg.de/
• SUITCEYES (2018-2021)
  Intelligent wearables for persons with deafblindness
  European Union (EU), Horizon 2020
  http://suitceyes.eu/
• incluMOVE (2017-2020)
  Assistive systems for persons with disabilities who are re-integrated in the first abor market
  Federal Minstiry for Research and Education (BMBF)
  http://inclumove.de 
• KoBeLU (2016-2019)
  Context-aware learning environment for education and further education in the STEM curriculum
  Federal Minstiry for Research and Education (BMBF)
  http://www.kobelu.de/ 
• motionEAP (2013-2016)
  Assistive systems fpr production using projection and gamification
  Federal Minstiry for Economics and Technology (BMWi)
• motivotion60+ (2009-2012)
  System for fall prevention for elderly persons using motion recognition and gamification
  Federal Minstiry for Research and Education (BMBF)

Books and Science Comic

• Korn, Oliver & Jonas Grund (2021): Social Robots. A Science Comic.
  https://www.affective-lab.org/comics
  ISBN 978-3-9822778-0-6 (englische Fassung) https://doi.org/10.48584/opus-4779
  ISBN 978-3-9822778-1-3 (deutsche Fassung) https://doi.org/10.48584/opus-4781

• Korn, Oliver (Ed.) (2019): Social Robots: Technological, Societal and Ethical Aspects of Human-Robot Interaction. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17107-0

• Korn, Oliver & Newton Lee (Eds.) (2017): Game Dynamics. Best Practices in Procedural and Dynamic Game Content Generation. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53088-8

Book Contributions

• Korn, Oliver (2018): ”Autonomie beim Einsatz kontextbewusster Systeme: Der Weg zum Emotionsbewusstsein”. P. 203-214 in Das Streben nach Autonomie: Reflektionen zum digitalen Wandel, edited by Thomas Breyer-Mayländer. Baden-Baden: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845282541-202
• Korn, Oliver & Oliver Vauderwange (2017): ”Gamification in der Produktion – Anforderungen und Potenziale”. P. 50-78 in Gamification in der Logistik. Effektiv und spielend zu mehr Erfolg, edited by M. Henke und S. Kaczmarek. München: Huss.

 2021

• Korn, Oliver, Neziha Akalin & Ruben Gouveia (2021): ”Understanding Cultural Preferences for Social Robots: A Study in German and Arab Communities”. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 10(2):12:1-12:19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3439717

2020

• Bordini, Rogério Augusto, Johann-Christoph Münscher, Kim Annabell Baumgartner, Sara Hagos, Jennifer Hornig, Stefano Gampe, Berkay Yaman, Oliver Korn & Philipp Yorck Herzberg (2020): ”Strangers in a Strange Land: Designing a Mobile Application to Combat Loneliness and Isolation Among Foreign University Students”. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-020-00171-6
• Wang, Isaac, Lea Buchweitz, Jesse Smith, Lara-Sophie Bornholdt, Jonas Grund, Jaime Ruiz & Oliver Korn (2020): ”Wow, You Are Terrible at This! – An Intercultural Study on Virtual Agents Giving Mixed Feedback”. In IVA '20: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3383652.3423887
• Theil, Arthur, Lea Buchweitz, James Gay, Eva Lindell, Li Guo, Nils-Krister Persson & Oliver Korn (2020): ”Tactile Board: A Multimodal Augmentative and Alternative Communication Device for Individuals with Deafblindness”. P. 223–228 in 19th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM 2020. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3428361.3428465
• Lindell, Eva, Arthur Theil, Li Guo, Nasrine Olsson, Oliver Korn & Nils-Krister Persson (2020): ”Physical Add-Ons for Haptic Human-Surrounding Interaction and Sensorial Augmentation”. P. 183-188 in: Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Applications III. IHIET 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1253. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55307-4_28
• Theil, Arthur, Lea Buchweitz, Mauricio Fuentes & Oliver Korn (2020): ”Co-Designing Assistive Tools to Support Social Interactions by Individuals Living with Deafblindness”. P. 79-83 in DIS' 20 Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395869
• Korn, Oliver, James Gay, Rúben Gouveia, Lea Buchweitz, Annika Sabrina Schulz & Moritz Umfahrer (2020): ”Tactile Navigation with Checkpoints as Progress Indicators?: Only when Walking Longer Straight Paths”. In Proceedings of the 13th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3389189.3392605

2019

• Korn, Oliver, Lea Buchweitz, Adrian Rees, Gerald Bieber, Christian Werner & Klaus Hauer (2019): ”Using Augmented Reality and Gamification to Empower Rehabilitation Activities and Elderly Persons. A Study Applying Design Thinking”. P. 219-229 in Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94229-2_21
• Korn, Oliver & Adrian Rees (2019): ”Affective Effects of Gamification. Using Biosignals to Measure the Effects on Working and Learning Users”. P. 1-10 in Proceedings of the 12th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3316782.3316783

2018

• Schulz, Annika Sabrina, Franziska Schulz, Rúben Gouveia & Oliver Korn (2018): ”Branded Gamification in Technical Education”. P 1-8 in 2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games). https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-Games.2018.8493413
• Korn, Oliver, Gerald Bieber & Christian Fron (2018): ”Perspectives on Social Robots: From the Historic Background to an Experts' View on Future Developments”. P. 186-193 in Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197768.3197774
• Korn, Oliver, Raymond Holt, Efstratios Kontopoulos, Astrid M. L., Kappers, Nils-Krister Persson & Nasrine Olson (2018): ”Empowering Persons with Deafblindness: Designing an Intelligent Assistive Wearable in the SUITCEYES Project”. P. 545-551 in Proceedings of the 11th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197768.3201541
• Tsiakas, Konstantinos, Maria Kyrarini, Vangelis Karkaletsis, Fillia Makedon & Oliver Korn (2018): ”A Taxonomy in Robot-Assisted Training: Current Trends, Needs and Challenges”. Technologies (6, 119):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies6040119
• Müller, Andrea, Selina Anke, Sabrina Herrmann, Pia Katz, Christina Leuchtweis, Christina Miclau, Sandra Wörner, & Oliver Korn (2018): ”Measuring the Influence of User Experience on Banking Customers’ Trust”. P. 382-395 in HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations, vol. 10923, edited by F. F.-H. Nah und B. S. Xiao. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_30
• Korn, Oliver, Florian Brenner, Julian Börsig, Fabio Lalli, Maik Mattmüller, und Andrea Müller (2018): ”Defining Recrutainment: A Model and a Survey on the Gamification of Recruiting and Human Resources”. P. 37-49 in Advances in The Human Side of Service Engineering, vol. 601, edited by L. E. Freund & W. Cellary. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60486-2_4
• Gerbaulet, Damian & Oliver Korn (2018): ”Do Zenware Applications Reduce the Digital Distraction of Knowledge Workers? A Qualitative Study Based on Expert Interviews”. P. 115-126 in Advances in Ergonomics in Design, vol. 588, edited by F. Rebelo & M. Soares. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60582-1_12

2017

• Korn, Oliver & Stefan Tietz (2017): ”Strategies for Playful Design when Gamifying Rehabilitation. A Study on User Experience”. P. 209-214 in PETRA ’17 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3056540.3056550
• Blatz, Michael & Oliver Korn (2017): ”A Very Short History of Dynamic and Procedural Content Generation”. P. 1-13 in Game Dynamics. Best Practices in Procedural and Dynamic Game Content Generation, edited by O. Korn & N. Lee. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53088-8
• Korn, Oliver, Michael Blatz, Adrian Rees, Jakob Schaal, Valentin Schwind & Daniel Görlich. 2017. ”Procedural Content Generation for Game Props? A Study on the Effects on User Experience”. Computers in Entertainment 15(2):1:1–1:15, https://doi.org/10.1145/2974026
• Korn, Oliver, Lukas Stamm & Gerd Möckl (2017): ”Designing Authentic Emotions for Non-Human Characters. A Study Evaluating Virtual Affective Behavior”. P. 477-487 in Proceedings of the 2017 Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS ’17. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064755

2016

• Korn, Oliver, Peter Muschick & Albrecht Schmidt (2016): Gamification of Production? A Study on the Acceptance of Gamified Work Processes in the Automotive Industry. Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design. Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, New York, NY, USA, DOI = 10.1007/978-3-319-41661-8_42
• Funk, Markus, Thomas Kosch, Romina Kettner, Oliver Korn & Albrecht Schmidt (2016): ”motionEAP: An overview of 4 years of Combining Industrial Assembly with Augmented Reality for Industry 4.0”. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-driven Business. ACM Press.
• Korn, Oliver, Leslie Tso, Christos Papagrigoriou, Yannic Sowoidnich, Robert Konrad & Albrecht Schmidt (2016): ”Computerized Assessment of the Skills of Impaired and Elderly Workers. A Tool Survey and Comparative Study”. P. 50:1-50:8 in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA ’16. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2910674.2910675
• Korn, Oliver, Johannes Lang, Andreas Korge, Haris Causegic & Albrecht Schmidt (2016): ”Gamification of a Workday. A Study on the Effects in Sheltered Employment”. P. 3114–3121 in Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA ’16. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892283

2015

• Korn, Oliver & Albrecht Schmidt (2015): ”Gamification of Business Processes: Re-designing Work in Production and Service Industry”. Procedia Manufacturing 3:3424–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.616
• Schwind, Valentin, Katrin Wolf, Niels Henze & Oliver Korn (2015): ”Determining the Characteristics of Preferred Virtual Faces Using an Avatar Generator” P. 221-230 in Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY ’15, ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2793107.2793116
• Korn, Oliver, Sandra Boffo & Albrecht Schmidt (2015): ”The Effect of Gamification on Emotions - The Potential of Facial Recognition in Work Environments”. P. 489-499 in Human-Computer Interaction: Design and Evaluation, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9169, edited by M. Kurosu. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20901-2_46
• Korn, Oliver, Markus Funk & Albrecht Schmidt (2015): ”Design Approaches for the Gamification of Production Environments. A Study Focusing on Acceptance. P. 1-7 in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA ´16. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2769493.2769549
• Funk, Markus, Andreas Bächler, Liane Bächler, Oliver Korn, Christoph Krieger, Thomas Heidenreich & Albrecht Schmidt (2015): ”Comparing Projected In-Situ Feedback at the Manual Assembly Workplace with Impaired Workers”. P. 1-8 in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA ’15. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2769493.2769496
• Korn, Oliver, Markus Funk & Albrecht Schmidt (2015): ”Towards a Gamification of Industrial Production. A Comparative Study in Sheltered Work Environments”. P. 84-93 in Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, EICS ’15. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2774225.2774834
• Korn, Oliver, Adrian Rees & Uwe Schulz (2015): ”Small-Scale Cross Media Productions. A Case Study of a Documentary Game”. P. 149-154 in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, TVX ’15. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2745197.2755516
• Funk, Markus, Oliver Korn & Albrecht Schmidt (2015): Enabling End Users to Program for Smart Environments. CHI ’15 Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Workshop End-User Development in the Internet of Things Era (EUDITE), ACM, New York, NY, USA

2014

• Korn, Oliver, Markus Funk, Stephan Abele, Albrecht Schmidt & Thomas Hörz (2014): ”Context-aware Assistive Systems at the Workplace. Analyzing the Effects of Projection and Gamification”. P. 38:1–38:8 in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA ’14. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2674396.2674406
• Funk, Markus; Korn, Oliver & Schmidt, Albrecht (2014): An Augmented Workplace for Enabling User-Defined Tangibles. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, New York, NY, USA, DOI = 10.1145/2559206.2581142
• Funk, Markus & Korn, Oliver (2014): Assistive Augmentation at the Manual Workplace using In-Situ Projection. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, New York, NY, USA, DOI = 10.1145/2559206.2581142

2013

• Korn, Oliver, Stephan Abele, Albrecht Schmidt & Thomas Hörz (2013): ”Augmentierte Produktion. Assistenzsysteme mit Projektion und Gamification für leistungsgeminderte und leistungsgewandelte Menschen”. P. 119-128 in Tagungsband Konferenz Mensch & Computer 2013: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/7500
• Korn, Oliver, Albrecht Schmidt & Thomas Hörz (2013): ”Augmented Manufacturing: A Study with Impaired Persons on Assistive Systems Using In-Situ Projection”. P. 21:1–21:8 in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA ’13. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2504335.2504356
• Korn, Oliver, Albrecht Schmidt & Thomas Hörz (2013): ”The Potentials of In-Situ-Projection for Augmented Workplaces in Production. A Study with Impaired Persons”. P. 979-984 in Extended Abstracts of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA ‘13. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468531

2012

• Korn, Oliver, Albrecht Schmidt, Thomas Hörz & Daniel Kaupp (2012): ”Assistive system experiment designer ASED: A Toolkit for the Quantitative Evaluation of Enhanced Assistive Systems for Impaired Persons in Production”. P. 259-260 in Proceedings of the 14th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and Accessibility, ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2384916.2384982
• Korn, Oliver. (2012): ”Industrial Playgrounds. How Gamification Helps to Enrich Work for Elderly or Impaired Persons in Production”. P. 313-316 in Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, EICS ’12. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2305484.2305539
• Brach, Michael & Oliver Korn (2012): ”Assistive Technologies at Home and in the Workplace – A Field of Research for Exercise Science and Human Movement Science”. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 9(1):1–4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11556-012-0099-z
• Korn, Oliver, Albrecht Schmidt & Thomas Hörz (2012): ”Assistive Systems in Production Environments: Exploring Motion Recognition and Gamification”. P. 9:1–9:5 in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA ’12. ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2413097.2413109
• Korn, Oliver, Michael Brach, Albrecht Schmidt, Thomas Hörz & Robert Konrad (2012): ”Context-Sensitive User-Centered Scalability: An Introduction Focusing on Exergames and Assistive Systems in Work Contexts”. P. 164-176 in E-Learning and Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, vol. 7516, edited by S. Göbel, W. Müller, B. Urban & J. Wiemeyer. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33466-5_19
• Brach, Michael; Hauer, Klaus; Rotter, Lisa; Korn, Oliver; Konrad, Robert & Göbel, Stefan (2012): Modern Principles of Training in Exergames for Sedentary Seniors: Requirements and Approaches for Sport and Exercise Sciences. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport (IJCSS), vol. 11, Wien 2012. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3762.2647

• Korn, Oliver (2019): ”Soziale Roboter – Einführung und Potenziale für Pflege und Gesundheit”. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management 11:126–35. https://doi.org/10.1365/s35764-019-00187-5
• Korn, Oliver & Alan Dix (2016): Educational Playgrounds: How Context-aware Systems Enable Playful Coached Learning. Interactions, 24(1), 54–57, https://doi.org/10.1145/3012951
• Korn, Oliver, Markus Funk, & Albrecht Schmidt (2015): ”Assistive Systems for the Workplace: Towards Context-Aware Assistance”. P. 120-134 in Assistive Technologies for Physical and Cognitive Disabilities, Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice, edited by L. B. Theng. Hershey: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7373-1.ch006
• Behrendt, Hauke, Markus Funk & Oliver Korn (2015): ”Ethical Implications Regarding Assistive Technology at Workplaces”. P. 109-130 in Collective Agency and Cooperation in Natural and Artificial Systems, edited by C. Misselhorn. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15515-9_6
• Korn, Oliver, Michael Brach, Klaus Hauer & Sven Unkauf (2013): ”Exergames for Elderly Persons: Physical Exercise Software Based on Motion Tracking within the Framework of Ambient Assisted Living”. P. 258-268 in Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Education, Professional Development, and Healthcare, edited by K. Bredl & W. Bösche. Hershey: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3673-6.ch016
• Brach, Michael, Klaus Hauer, Oliver Korn, Robert Konrad, Sven Unkauf, Sandro Hardy & Stefan Göbel (2012): Entwicklung eines computeranimierten Systems zum Kraft- und Balancetraining für Senioren Technik für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben (AAL 2012): 5. Deutscher AAL- Kongress mit Ausstellung, Berlin, Tagungsbeiträge, 1-9, Berlin
• Korn, Oliver (2005): learn2work – Spiel der Arbeit. Eine spielbasierte Unternehmenssimulation zum Erwerb beruflicher Kompetenzen Spath, Dieter, Haasis, Klaus & Klumpp, Dieter (eds.): Aktuelle Trends in der Softwareforschung. Tagungsband zum doIT Software-Forschungstag 2004, Stuttgart, 188-200