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André Calero Valdez

Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Usable Safety Engineering

Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems

University of Lübeck

Biography

André Calero Valdez is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Usable Safety Engineering at the University of Lübeck since 2022. Here he conducts research on issues of human-computer interaction and usable safety in diverse application domains (e.g., eHealth, recommender systems, social media, information visualization, technology acceptance, Industry 4.0) using methods from computer science, psychology, and computational social sciences.

Until 2022, he was a senior researcher at the Department of Communication Science and the Human-Computer Interaction Center at RWTH Aachen University. There André had been head of the junior research group “Digital Mündigkeit” since 2018. He investigated the interplay of recommendation algorithms, social bots, and fake news in social media. Prior to that, André was a post-doc at RWTH Aachen University, working on the interface between algorithms and humans in various application areas (Cluster of Excellence Production Technology and BMBF project iNec, 2013-2017). Due to his excellent degree, he received a PhD scholarship at RWTH Aachen University in 2007. In his dissertation, André focused on the user-centered development and evaluation of a small-screen device for diabetes patients.

Interests

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Usable Safety and Privacy
  • Complex Systems and Modelling
  • Information Visualization
  • Recommender Systems
  • Industry 4.0
  • Social Networks
  • Technology Acceptance

Education

  • PhD in Psychology (Dr. phil.), 2013

    RWTH Aachen University

  • Dipl.-Inform in Computer Science, 2007

    RWTH Aachen University

Recent Publications

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Interplay between risk perception, behaviour, and COVID-19 spread
The benefits, costs and feasibility of a low incidence COVID-19 strategy
Fear, Behavior, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A City-Scale Agent-Based Model Using Socio-Demographic and Spatial Map Data.
Applying an extended UTAUT2 model to explain user acceptance of lifestyle and therapy mobile health apps: survey study
Visualizing Large Collections of URLs Using the Hilbert Curve
Europe must come together to confront omicron
Rethinking Pension Communication–The Role of Metaphors in Information Visualization
The pension story-Data-driven storytelling with pension data

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Human-Algorithm Interaction at Data Community Meetup Deutsche Bahn

Human-Algorithm Interaction at Dataviscamp 2020

Dataviscamp is a new initiative with focus on datavisualization: We bridge the gap between data and humans.

e-Coaching the Elderly Recommender Systems in Health

Plenary Session

Projects

Funded Research Projects

infoXpand

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Eduaction”. Funding Period: 2022-2025

OptimAgent

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Eduaction”. Funding Period: 2022-2025

Taigers

Funded by the Exploratory Research Space (ERS) by the DFG. Funding Period: 2021-2022

KISTRA - Use of Artificial Intelligence for Early Detection of Crimes

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Eduaction”. Funding Period: 2020-2023

Shinystats

Funded by the RWTH digitization of teaching fund. Funding period: 2019

SmartIdentifikation

Funded by the BMBF. Funding period: 2018-2020

Digitale Mündigkeit

Junior Research Group funded by the NRW State Government. Project runtime from 2018 to 2022.

Cyber - Space Perception in Cyberspace

Funded by the ICT Foundations of a Digitized Industry, Economy, and Society” by the profile area ICT. Funding Period: 2016-2017

iNec - Innovation by Expert Communities in Times of Demographic Change

Funded by the BMBF. I have worked in this project from 2012 to 2015.

Cluster of Excellence - Production Technology in High-Wage Countries

Funded by the DFG and ther German Federal and State Governments. Between 2012-2017, I have worked in this project in the …

Dissertation - Technology Acceptance and Diabetes

User-Centered Design of Small Screen Devices for Diabetes Patients. My dissertation projected funded by the RWTH Aachen University …

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