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André Helgert studierte Medizinische Informatik an der Ostbayerischen Technischen Hochschule (B. Sc.) und Informatik an der Hochschule Ruhr West (M. Sc.).
Seit April 2021 ist André Helgert als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut Informatik im Team um Professorin Dr. Sabrina Eimler, Human Factors & Gender Studies, tätig.
Hier bringt er seine Expertise sowohl in Forschungs- und Lehrforschungsprojekte als auch in der Lehre, u.a. im Modul Positive Computing und Diversity in der Mensch-Technik-Interaktion, ein. André Helgert unterstützte hier in der digitalen Anreicherung des Moduls sowie bei der Durchführung verschiedener internationaler Ideenhackathons zwischen der HRW und der Babeș-Bolyai-Universität Cluj.
Seine Forschung beschäftigt sich mit der Nutzung virtueller Realität in der Sensibilisierung für Stereotype und Diskriminierung, insbesondere mit Fokus auf Diversity (Projekt DiSensity), der Förderung des Frauenanteils in MINT-Berufen und der Prävention von Gewalt.
Daneben beschäftigt er sich mit der digitalen Anreicherung von Lehr-/Lernszenarien, insbesondere im Bereich der Nutzung von Videos (Projekt vGather2Learn) sowie mit der Erforschung von digitalen Assistenten.
Im Projekt RuhrBots unterstützt André Helgert das Team ab Januar 2023 bei der Ausgestaltung des VR-Robotik-Labors zur Exploration zukünftiger Szenarien der Mensch-Roboter-Begegnung im öffentlichen Raum.
André Helgert ist Mitglied des Instituts Positive Computing und Mitglied im Promotionskolleg NRW.
Die Arbeiten zu DiSensity sind beim HRW Starters Ideenwettbewerb und auch im Rahmen des AVRiL Wettbewerbs der Gesellschaft für Informatik ausgezeichnet worden.
ARBEITS- UND FORSCHUNGSSCHWERPUNKTE
- Virtual Reality Sensibilisierungsprogramme für Gender & Diversity
- Virtual Reality-basierte Lösungen für adaptive Labore
- Emotionsforschung im Bereich Sprachassistenten
- Learning Analytics und Data Science im Bereich Kollaboratives Lernen
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AUSGEWÄHLTE PUBLIKATIONEN
2022
5.Helgert, André; Zielinska, Laura; Groeneveld, Anna; Kloos, Chiara; Arntz, Alexander; Straßmann, Carolin; Eimler, Sabrina C.
DiSensity: Ein hochschulweites Virtual Reality Sensibilisierungsprogramm Proceedings Article
In: Söbke, Heinrich; Zender, Raphael (Hrsg.): Wettbewerbsband AVRiL 2022, S. 17-22, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Bonn, 2022.
Links | BibTeX | Schlagwörter:
@inproceedings{mci/Helgert2022,
title = {DiSensity: Ein hochschulweites Virtual Reality Sensibilisierungsprogramm},
author = {André Helgert and Laura Zielinska and Anna Groeneveld and Chiara Kloos and Alexander Arntz and Carolin Straßmann and Sabrina C. Eimler},
editor = {Heinrich Söbke and Raphael Zender},
doi = {10.18420/avril2022_03},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
urldate = {2022-01-01},
booktitle = {Wettbewerbsband AVRiL 2022},
pages = {17-22},
publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.},
address = {Bonn},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
4.Helgert, André; Straßmann, Carolin
What Are You Grateful for? - Enhancing Gratitude Routines by Using Speech Assistants Proceedings Article
In: Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2022, ISBN: 9781450391566.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Schlagwörter: Alexa, Gratitude Journal, Gratitude Routines, Speech Assistant
@inproceedings{10.1145/3491101.3519786,
title = {What Are You Grateful for? - Enhancing Gratitude Routines by Using Speech Assistants},
author = {André Helgert and Carolin Straßmann},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3519786},
doi = {10.1145/3491101.3519786},
isbn = {9781450391566},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New Orleans, LA, USA},
series = {CHI EA '22},
abstract = {This paper presents an extension for Amazon’s Alexa, which provides a gratitude journal, and investigates its effectiveness compared to a regular paper-based version. Decades of research demonstrate that expressing gratitude has various psychological and physical benefits. At the same time, gratitude routines run the risk of being a hassle activity, which diminishes the positive outcome. Speech assistants might help to integrate gratitude routines more easily in an intuitive way using voice input. The results of our 8-day field study with two experimental groups (Alexa group vs. Paper group},
keywords = {Alexa, Gratitude Journal, Gratitude Routines, Speech Assistant},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
This paper presents an extension for Amazon’s Alexa, which provides a gratitude journal, and investigates its effectiveness compared to a regular paper-based version. Decades of research demonstrate that expressing gratitude has various psychological and physical benefits. At the same time, gratitude routines run the risk of being a hassle activity, which diminishes the positive outcome. Speech assistants might help to integrate gratitude routines more easily in an intuitive way using voice input. The results of our 8-day field study with two experimental groups (Alexa group vs. Paper group2021
3.Arntz, Alexander; Eimler, Sabrina C.; Keßler, Dustin; Thomas, Jan; Helgert, André; Rehm, Markus; Graf, Eduard; Wientzek, Sebastian; Budur, Burak
Walking on the Bright Sight: Evaluating a Photovoltaics Virtual Reality Education Application Proceedings Article
In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), S. 295-301, 2021.
Links | BibTeX | Schlagwörter:
@inproceedings{9644336,
title = {Walking on the Bright Sight: Evaluating a Photovoltaics Virtual Reality Education Application},
author = {Alexander Arntz and Sabrina C. Eimler and Dustin Keßler and Jan Thomas and André Helgert and Markus Rehm and Eduard Graf and Sebastian Wientzek and Burak Budur},
doi = {10.1109/AIVR52153.2021.00063},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {2021 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR)},
pages = {295-301},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2.Helgert, André; Eimler, Sabrina C.; Arntz, Alexander
Stop Catcalling - A Virtual Environment Educating Against Street Harassment Proceedings Article
In: 2021 International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), S. 419-421, 2021.
Links | BibTeX | Schlagwörter:
@inproceedings{9499881,
title = {Stop Catcalling - A Virtual Environment Educating Against Street Harassment},
author = {André Helgert and Sabrina C. Eimler and Alexander Arntz},
doi = {10.1109/ICALT52272.2021.00133},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {2021 International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)},
pages = {419-421},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
1.Helgert, André; Eimler, Sabrina C.; Arntz, Alexander
Learning About Catcalling: an Interactive Virtual Gallery Concept Raising Awareness for Street Harassment Proceedings Article
In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), S. 287-294, 2021.
Links | BibTeX | Schlagwörter:
@inproceedings{9644282,
title = {Learning About Catcalling: an Interactive Virtual Gallery Concept Raising Awareness for Street Harassment},
author = {André Helgert and Sabrina C. Eimler and Alexander Arntz},
doi = {10.1109/AIVR52153.2021.00062},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {2021 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR)},
pages = {287-294},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}