Head

Steffen ROTHKUGEL

Associate professor

Research Scientist

Jean BOTEV

Research scientist

Doctoral Candidate

Christian GREVISSE

E-Learning specialist

Ningyuan SUN

Doctoral researcher

Past Members

Saskia Charousset

Technical Support Staff Member

Johannes KLEIN

Doctoral Candidate

Laurent Kirsch

Doctoral Candidate

Jeff Alphonse Antoine MEDER

Doctoral Candidate

Christian MULLER

Doctoral Candidate

Ongoing Research Projects

ChronoPilot - ChronoPilot

Time frame: Sept. 21, 2021 - Sept. 20, 2025
Funding sources: EC - H2020
Partner organisations: Ghent University, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lübeck
Participants: BOTEV, Jean (Principal Investigator)

Description:

The ChronoPilot project aims to investigate time perception in individuals and groups of humans, as well as in hybrid systems consisting of humans and machines, such as software agents and robots. ChronoPilot will explore the different dimensions of time perception, and develop a time modulation toolkit capable of improving both …

DELICIOS - An integrated approach to study the delegation of decision-making to autonomous agents in socio-technicalsystems

Time frame: Nov. 1, 2019 - Oct. 31, 2023
Funding sources: FNR - INTER
Partner organisations: Ghent University, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Participants: BOTEV, Jean (Principal Investigator), SUN, Ningyuan (Doctoral Candidate)

Description:

In this age of ubiquitous digital interconnectivity, we may envisage that humans will increasingly delegate their social, economic or data-related transactions to an autonomous agent, for reasons of convenience or complexity. Although the scientific knowledge to create such systems appears to be available, this transformation does not appear to become …

2021

Book Chapter

• Lifelike Computing Systems Workshops (LIFELIKE 2020 & 2021), Botev Jean, Lewis Peter R., Stein Anthony, Tomforde Sven. In: Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd International Workshop on Lifelike Computing Systems (LIFELIKE), CEUR WS.
• Message from the General Chairs, Botev Jean, El-Ghazawi Tarek, Stewart Christopher. In: Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS), IEEE.

Journal Article

• Immersive Robotic Telepresence for Remote Educational Scenarios, Botev Jean, Rodríguez Lera Francisco J.. In: Sustainability.
• Intelligent Autonomous Agents and Trust in Virtual Reality, Sun Ningyuan, Botev Jean. In: Computers in Human Behavior Reports.

Conference Paper

• ChronoPilot – Modulating Time Perception, Botev Jean, Drewing Knut, Hamann Heiko, Khaluf Yara, Simoens Pieter, Vatakis Argiro. In: Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR).
• Lifelike Computing Systems, Stein Anthony, Tomforde Sven, Botev Jean, Lewis Peter R.. In: Proceedings of the Lifelike Computing Systems Workshop (LIFELIKE).
• Student Response Systems in Remote Teaching, Botev Jean, Grevisse Christian, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International).
• Virtual Agent Representation for Critical Transactions, Sun Ningyuan, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the 12th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys).
• Why Do We Delegate to Intelligent Virtual Agents? Influencing Factors on Delegation Decisions, Sun Ningyuan, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI).

2020

Journal Article

• Self-improving System Integration: Mastering Continuous Change, Bellman Kirstie, Botev Jean, Diaconescu Ada, Esterle Lukas, Gruhl Christian, Landauer Chris, Lewis Peter R., Nelson Phyllis R., Pournaras Evangelos, Stein Anthony, Tomforde Sven. In: Future Generation Computer Systems.

Conference Paper

• An SKOS-Based Vocabulary on the Swift Programming Language, Grevisse Christian, Rothkugel Steffen. In: The Semantic Web – ISWC 2020, Springer.
• AR4OER: A Semantic Platform for Open Educational Augmented Reality Resources, Grevisse Christian, Martins Gomes Carina, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, IEEE.
• Forest SaVR – A Virtual-Reality Application to Raise Awareness of Deforestation, Botev Jean, Viegas Milani Adriano. In: Proceedings of the 17th GI VR/AR Workshop (VAR).
• Immersive Telepresence Framework for Remote Educational Scenarios, Botev Jean, Rodríguez Lera Francisco J.. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International).
• Intelligent Adaptive Agents and Trust in Virtual and Augmented Reality, Sun Ningyuan, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR).
• Self-Integration in Mediated-Reality Systems: a Socio-Technical Perspective, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS).

Thesis

• The ALMA-Yactul Ecosystem: A Holistic Approach for Student-centered Integration of Learning Material, Grevisse Christian, Jury: Rothkugel Steffen (Promotor), Zampunieris Denis (President), Reuter Robert (Member), Mariño Olga (Member), Paek Seungoh (Member).

2019

Book Chapter

• 7th International Workshop on Self-Optimisation in Autonomic and Organic Computing Systems, Botev Jean, Stein Anthony, Tomforde Sven. In: ARCS 2019 Workshop Proceedings, VDE Verlag.

Journal Article

• Scaffolding support through integration of learning material, Grevisse Christian, Rothkugel Steffen, Reuter Robert. In: Smart Learning Environments, SpringerOpen.

Conference Paper

• CHARIOT – Towards a Continuous High-level Adaptive Runtime Integration Testbed, Barnes Chloe M., Bellman Kirstie, Botev Jean, Diaconescu Ada, Esterle Lukas, Gruhl Christian, Landauer Christopher, Lewis Peter R., Nelson Phyllis R., Stein Anthony, Stewart Christopher, Tomforde Sven. In: Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO).
• Enhanced Sketchnoting through Semantic Integration of Learning Material, Atashpendar Aryobarzan, Grevisse Christian, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Applied Informatics, Springer International Publishing.
• Immersive Mixed Reality Object Interaction for Collaborative Context-Aware Mobile Training and Exploration, Botev Jean, Mayer Joe, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 10th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys).

2018

Book Chapter

• 6th International Workshop on Self-Optimisation in Autonomic and Organic Computing Systems, Stein Anthony, Tomforde Sven, Botev Jean. In: ARCS 2018 Workshop Proceedings, VDE Verlag.
• Message from the Program Committee Chairs, Beal Jacob, Bencomo Nelly, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO), IEEE.

Conference Paper

• Knowledge Graph-based Core Concept Identification in Learning Resources, Manrique Rubén, Grevisse Christian, Mariño Olga, Rothkugel Steffen. In: 8th Joint International Conference, JIST 2018, Awaji, Japan, November 26–28, 2018, Proceedings, Springer.
• Knowledge Graph-based Teacher Support for Learning Material Authoring, Grevisse Christian, Manrique Rubén, Mariño Olga, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Advances in Computing - CCC 2018, Springer.
• Ontology Coverage Tool and Document Browser for Learning Material Exploration, Grevisse Christian, Meder Jeff Alphonse Antoine, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: 2018 Thirteenth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM), IEEE.
• Self-Improving System Integration – Status and Challenges After Five Years of SISSY, Bellman Kirstie, Botev Jean, Diaconescu Ada, Esterle Lukas, Gruhl Christian, Landauer Chris, Lewis Peter R., Stein Anthony, Tomforde Sven, Würtz Rolf P.. In: Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO).
• SoLeMiO: Semantic Integration of Learning Material in Office, Grevisse Christian, Manrique Rubén, Mariño Olga, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018.

Thesis

• Integrating User- and System-Centric Perspectives into Collaborative Compound Document Authoring, Klein Johannes, Jury: Rothkugel Steffen (Promotor).
• Semiautomatische Annotation von Orten in digitalisierten Altkarten, Höhn Winfried, Jury: Schommer Christoph (Promotor), Rothkugel Steffen (President), Wolff Alexander (Member), Fickers Andreas (Member), Schöch Christof (Member), Tolle Karsten (Member).

2017

Book Chapter

• Fifth International Workshop on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organising Socio-Technical Systems (SASO^ST 2017), Botev Jean, Esch Markus, Scholtes Ingo. In: Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO), IEEE.
• PhD Track / Doctoral Symposium, Botev Jean, Ditzler Greg. In: Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO), IEEE.

Journal Article

• Socially-Sensitive Systems Design, Bellman Kirstie, Botev Jean, Hildmann Hanno, Lewis Peter R., Marsh Stephen, Pitt Jeremy, Scholtes Ingo, Tomforde Sven. In: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE.

Conference Paper

• An Extensible and Lightweight Modular Ontology for Programming Education, Grevisse Christian, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Advances in Computing - 12th Colombian Conference, CCC 2017, Cali, Colombia, September 19-22, 2017, Proceedings, Springer.
• Concurrency-Based and User-Centric Collaboration for Distributed Compound Document Authoring, Klein Johannes, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE 21st International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), IEEE.
• Concurrent Command and Consistency Management for Distributed Compound Document Authoring, Klein Johannes, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing, IEEE.
• Contour Drawing and Detection for Collaborative Context-Aware Mobile Training and Exploration, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen, Mayer Joe. In: Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn).
• Distributed Document Authoring for Location-Independent Collaborative Learning, Klein Johannes, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: ICERI 2017 Proceedings, IATED.
• Enabling Near Real-Time Collaboration in a Distributed Multimedia Editing Environment, Klein Johannes, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning in conjunction with IEEE ISM 2017, IEEE.
• High-Precision Gestural Input for Immersive Large-Scale Distributed Virtual Environments, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys).
• Integration of Learning Material into an Advanced Project-Based Learning Support Platform, Grevisse Christian, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: INTED 2017 Proceedings.
• Learning Resource Management through Semantic Annotation Features in Popular Authoring Software, Grevisse Christian, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: ICERI 2017 Proceedings, IATED.
• Yactul: An Extensible Game-Based Student Response Framework for Active Learning, Grevisse Christian, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Ponencias del XVIII Encuentro Internacional Virtual Educa, Colombia 2017.

Thesis

• MULTI-OBJECTIVE CLOUD BROKERING OPTIMIZATION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT UNCERTAINTY AND LOAD PREDICTION, Nguyen Anh Quan, Jury: Bouvry Pascal (Promotor), Talbi El-Ghazali (Promotor), Rothkugel Steffen (President), Danoy Grégoire (Member), Guinand Frédéric (Member).
• Projectional Editing of Software Product Lines–The PEoPL approach, Behringer Benjamin, Jury: Rothkugel Steffen (Promotor), Zampunieris Denis (President), Lehser Martina (Secretary), Berger Thorsten (Member), Schäfer Ina (Member).

2016

Journal Article

• Hybrid Societies: Challenges and Perspectives in the Design of Collective Behavior in Self-Organizing Systems, Hamann Heiko, Khaluf Yara, Botev Jean, Divband Soorati Mohammad, Ferrante Eliseo, Kosak Oliver, Montanier Jean-Marc, Mostaghim Sanaz, Redpath Richard, Timmis Jon, Veenstra Frank, Wahby Mostafa, Zamuda Aleš. In: Frontiers in Robotics and AI.
• Socially-Sensitive Systems Design – Working Group on "Understanding Social Concepts in Self-Organising Systems", Lewis Peter R., Bellman Kirstie, Botev Jean, Hildmann Hanno, Marsh Stephen, Pitt Jeremy, Scholtes Ingo, Tomforde Sven. In: Dagstuhl Reports, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. Schloss Dagstuhl.

Conference Paper

• Adaptive Literacy-Aware Integration of Learning Material, Grevisse Christian. In: UMAP 2016 Extended Proceedings.
• CollaTrEx – Collaborative Context-Aware Mobile Training and Exploration[alt. 1], Botev Jean, Marschall Ralph, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation (DLI).
• Demonstrating the CollaTrEx Framework for Collaborative Context-Aware Mobile Training and Exploration, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech).
• Integrating feature-based implementation approaches using a common graph-based representation, Behringer Benjamin, Rothkugel Steffen. In: ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Pisa, Italy, April 4-8, 2016.

Thesis

• COLLABORATIVE RULE-BASED PROACTIVE SYSTEMS: MODEL, INFORMATION SHARING STRATEGY AND CASE STUDIES, Dobrican Remus-Alexandru, Jury: Zampunieris Denis (Promotor), Bouvry Pascal (President), Rothkugel Steffen (Member), Cleve Anthony (Member), Schumacher Michael Ignaz (Member).

2015

Conference Paper

• Layered Consistency Management for Advanced Collaborative Compound Document Authoring, Klein Johannes, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing (CollaborateCom).
• Socio-Inspired Design Approaches for Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Collaborative Systems, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen, Klein Johannes. In: Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO).
• Structural Balance and Optimized Connectivity in Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the 6th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys).
• Tumaco: Collaboration of Mobile Devices in Hypermedia-based In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems, Grevisse Christian, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Libro de Actas del XXI Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACIC 2015).

Thesis

• Analysis and Development of Autonomous Systems with the Help of Proactive Computing, Müller Marlene Carina, Jury: Zampunieris Denis (Promotor), Kelsen Pierre (Member), Botev Jean (Member).
• Principles and design of global proactive scenarios over a network of proactive engines, Neyens Gilles, Jury: Zampunieris Denis (Promotor), Rothkugel Steffen (Member), Dobrican Remus-Alexandru (Member).

2014

Book Chapter

• Anonymity, Immediacy and Electoral Delegation in Socio-Technical Computer Systems, Botev Jean. In: Socioinformatics - The Social Impact of Interactions between Humans and IT, Springer International Publishing.

Conference Paper

• Reusable Functional Modules for the Support of Active Learning, Kirsch Laurent, Grevisse Christian, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Media, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EdMedia).
• Separating Features Using Colored Snippet Graphs, Behringer Benjamin, Kirsch Laurent, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Feature-Oriented Software Development (FOSD ’14).
• Towards Feature-Oriented Fault Tree Analysis, Behringer Benjamin, Lehser Martina, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedinfs of the 38th Annual IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC Workshops 2014).
• Visualization and Classification of Protein Secondary Structures using Self-Organizing Maps, Grevisse Christian, Muller Ian William, Jimenez Laredo Juan Luis, Ostaszewski Marek, Danoy Grégoire, Bouvry Pascal. In: IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2014).

Thesis

• Energy-Performance Optimization for the Cloud, Pinel Frédéric, Jury: Bouvry Pascal (Promotor), Rothkugel Steffen (President), Gustedt Jens (Member), Lefevre Laurent (Member), Dorronsoro Bernabé (Member).
• Formalising the twofold structure of a proactive system: Proof of concept on deterministic and probabilistic levels, Shirnin Denis, Jury: Zampunieris Denis (Promotor), Rothkugel Steffen (President), Schommer Christoph (Member), Meriste Merik (Member), Colin Jean-Noël (Member), Reuter Bob (Member).

2013

Conference Paper

• Anonymity, Immediacy and Electoral Delegation in Socio-Technical Networked Computer Systems, Botev Jean. In: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (INFORMATIK), Gesellschaft für Informatik.
• Context-based Authoring and Management of Documents, Kirsch Laurent, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: Proceedings of the World Conference on E-Learning (E-Learn).
• The Snippet Platform Architecture: Dynamic and Interactive Compound Documents, Kirsch Laurent, Botev Jean, Rothkugel Steffen. In: International Journal of Future Computer and Communication.

Thesis

• Socially Augmented Content Distribution in Hybrid Networks, Klasen Bernd, Jury: Rothkugel Steffen (Promotor).