I supervise Bachelor and Master theses in the areas of eye tracking, physiological sensing and human-computer interaction. Open topics are listed below; own ideas in these areas are always welcome.
Open topics
- BM How Interpersonal Distance Reshapes the Cue Hierarchy of Shared Attention in VR
- MT Which Body Parts Carry Attention? A Causal Occlusion Study of Avatar Cues
- MT Can the Eyes Do It Alone? Instructed Eye-Reading and Target Density in Avatar-Mediated Shared Attention
- BM Shared Attention with Meaningful Targets: How Scene Context Reweights Bodily Cues
- MT From Avatars to Bodies: Replicating the Shared-Attention Cue Hierarchy in the Real World
- BT Do You Read Friends Better? Familiarity and Dyadic Conventions in Avatar-Mediated Shared Attention
- BP Training Readable Senders: Real-Time Torso-Alignment Feedback for Avatar-Mediated Attention
- MT Session-Adaptive Bias Correction and Avatar Pre-Distortion for Shared Attention in VR
- BT Is She Looking at Me? Categorical Attention Judgments from Avatar Kinematics
- MT Shared Attention across Mixed-Reality Configurations: AR-AR and AR-VR Dyads
Interested in one of these topics? Reach out through your university student email address via the contact form, with a short motivation, your transcript of records and, if available, a CV.
Running
- BT Cognitive Decline Detection Through Eye Tracking Marvin Rautenberg
- BT Investigating the Effect of Feedback Approaches in AI-Assisted Squat Training Carina Straub
- MT Context Aware AI Georg Zimmermann
- MT Locomotion in Multiple Non-Euclidean Virtual Environments with a Euclidean Baseline Deben Lin
- BT From Laboratory to Accessible Eye Tracking: A Cross-System Validation Study of Visualization Comprehension Rui Zhu
Completed
2026
- Anja Repinetskaya Adaptive Dwell-Time QWERTY Keyboard Using Webcam Based Eye-Tracking BT
- Rabis Chawarri The Impact of Environmental Visual Cues on Gaze Estimation Accuracy in VR BT
- Daniel Doroshenko Gaze + Touch Tablet Interface BT
- Diwen Shi The Correlation Between Eye Metrics and RSVP Presentation Speeds BT
- Florian Kuhn Pursuit vs Dwell-Based Mobile Selection BT
2025
- Sophia Huber Impact of Simulated Cataract, Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration on Eye Movement in Visual Search Tasks: A Virtual Reality Study Considering Individual Visual Acuity BT
- Franz Antonio Gillert Shared Attention in VR BT
- Mabel Chen Innovating Hololens Accessibility for Users With Visual Impairment BT
- Angela Carrieri Simulating Scotomas in Virtual Reality: Analysing Eye-Movement Patterns using Machine Learning BT
- Karen Luna Investigating the Impact of Simulated Cataracts on Driving Performance Metrics and Eye Movements MT
- Louisa Bekker Virtual Vision Loss: Navigating Simulated Age-Related Macular Degeneration While Driving MT
- Ludwig Trauner Influence of Non-Euclidean Spatial Orientation in VR MT
- Alexandra Gerbert Pointing on the Ground in Immersive Environments BT
- Nicolas Käufl Smartphone-Based Augmented Reality Interactions for People With Low Vision MT
2024
- Tobias Daniel Simulating Cataract in VR: Determining the Correlation Between Eye Movements and Simulated Severity MT Together with Fabian Kahmann's thesis, this work grew into a publication at MUM '25: Effects of Cataracts Severities on Eye Movements and Task Performance.
- Fabian Kahmann Analysing Processing Cataracts using Eye Movement in Virtual Reality BT Together with Tobias Daniel's thesis, this work grew into a publication at MUM '25: Effects of Cataracts Severities on Eye Movements and Task Performance.
- Sairam Yadla Simulating Glaucoma in VR: Determining the Correlation Between Eye Movements and Simulated Severity BT This thesis grew into two publications at MuC '25: Understanding the Impact of Glaucoma Severities Through Virtual Reality Simulations and The Effects of AMD Severities on Eye Movements in Virtual Environments.
- Sarah Endres Detecting ADHD Using Eye-Movement Data from the Anti-Saccade Task BT
- Benedikt Weinheimer Simulating Scotomas in Virtual Reality BT
2023
- Fabian Otte Interacting with Objects at Different Distances by Changing the Environment to Observe Human Perception in VR BT
- Ludwig Trauner VR Tunnels in a Non-Euclidean Environment PR
2022
- Elena Wallwitz Identifying Eye-movement Features as Indicator of Simulated Gaze-contingent Scotoma MT
- Katja Verena Frey Age-Related Macular Degeneration in VR Scenes: Determining the Just-Noticeable Difference BT
- Leonard Rossert Standardizing Tests for Mobile Eye Tracking BT
- Stefan Filser Remote Photoplethysmography for E-sports Research BT
- Ilinur Alimu Eye Movements as an Early Detection System for AMD while Reading BT
2021
- Margaretha Lucha Novel Concepts for Friction Design: A MeyeNDFUL Approach MT
- Felix Wohnhaas UX for Project Management Tools MT
- Kathrin Schnizer SurvEye: Towards a Gaze-Based Toolkit for Designing Accessible Questionnaires for Manually Impaired Persons BT Now a doctoral researcher at the LMU Media Informatics chair.