Philipp Thalhammer
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Phone | +49-89 / 2180-75143 |
Address | Philipp Thalhammer LMU Munich Media Informatics Group Frauenlobstr. 7a 80337 Munich, Germany |
Room | 455 ( 4th floor) |
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence (AI), especially large language models (LLMs), have evolved to be one of the most influential technologies of our century, yet the interaction with them is still dominated by chat-based input windows. While there have been some developments regarding wearable AI interfaces, the field remains largely unexplored, as recently developed AI gadgets have similar interaction patterns compared to smartphones. Because of this one-dimensional interaction, LLMs remain largely inaccessible for people with disabilities who are unable to intact with computers without the use of assistive technologies. The goal of my PhD is to investigate how generative AI and LLMs can be made more accessible to people with disabilities through the use of multi-modal interactions like deformable interfaces. I approach this problem using an iterative research through design approach focused on close engagement with the target demographic.Generally I am interested in the following topics:
Academic Background
- 2017 - 2021 Bachelor of Science Mediainformatics LMU Munich
- 2021 - 2024 Master of Science Human Computer Interaction LMU Munich
- 2024 - present PhD student at the Media Informatics Group LMU Munich
Teaching
- WS24/25 Practical Course Sketching With Hardware (Master)
- WS24/25 User Experience 1 (Bachelor)
Publications
2024 | |
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Jesse W. Grootjen, Philipp Thalhammer, Thomas Kosch
Your Eyes on Speed: Using Pupil Dilation to Adaptively Select Speed-Reading Parameters in Virtual Reality Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 8, Issue MHCI, Association for Computing Machinery, 2024-09 (bib) |
2023 | |
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Philipp Thalhammer, Alexander Schmidt, David Mueller, Michael Huber, Sebastian Feger, Albrecht Schmidt
ConnectivityControl: A Model Ecosystem for Advanced Smart Home Privacy In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM'23). ACM. Vienna, Austria. 2023. https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3626705 (bib) |