Kathrin Schnizer
| kathrin.schnizer | |
| Phone | +49-89 / 2180-72333 |
| Address | Kathrin Schnizer LMU Munich Media Informatics Group Frauenlobstr. 7a 80337 Munich, Germany |
| Room | 446 ( 4th floor) |
Research Interests
My research investigates how human behavior, particularly eye tracking and brain activity (EEG), can reveal how people process and comprehend data visualizations. I aim to extract implicit feedback from visualization interaction to capture aspects such as comprehension, familiarity, and agreement that cannot be measured directly. The long-term goal is to inform the design of adaptive systems that respond to users' needs and prior knowledge. I address questions such as:- How long does a user need to comprehend a given visualization, and can this be predicted from visualization features?
- Is a viewer's agreement or disagreement with a depicted data relationship reflected in their gaze behavior?
- Can we infer from eye movements or brain activity whether a visualization presents novel or already familiar information to the user?
- Can the difficulty of a visualization task be classified from gaze behavior, for instance to inform the design of standardized assessments or training materials?
- Can a user's level of expertise be inferred from their viewing behavior, enabling systems to adapt interventions such as guidance or simplification to individual needs?
Academic Background
- 2018 - Phonetics and Speech Processing (BA) at the LMU Munich
- 2022 - Media Informatics (BSc) at the LMU Munich
- 2024 - Human-Computer Interaction (MSc) at the LMU Munich
- Ongoing: PhD candidate at the LMU Munich
Teaching
- Summer Term 2026: Practical Physiological Computing, Practical Creative Coding, Hauptseminar Media Informatics
- Winter Term 2025/2026: Design Workshop 1, Hauptseminar Media Informatics, User Interface Design
- Summer Term 2025: Practical Physiological Computing, Practical Creative Coding, Practical Interaktive Medien, Hauptseminar Media Informatics
- Winter Term 2024/2025: Design Workshop 1, Hauptseminar Media Informatics, User Interface Design
Theses (Bachelor/Master)
Open
| master thesis | How does Novelty of Information Shape How We Read Data Visualization? An Eye-Tracking Study | |
| BT/MT | Does Belief Shape How We Read Time Series Charts? An Eye-Tracking Study |
In Progress
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