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Prof. Dr. Michael Lawo

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Professor

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Mail: mlawo(at)cs[dot]uni-bremen[dot]de

About

Prof. Dr. Michael Lawo is with the Centre for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI) at the Universität Bremen since 2004. He is professor for applied computer science, member of the TZI board of directors, managing director of the artificial intelligent group, manager of EC funded projects, and general manager of neusta mobile solutions. He was the CEO of a group of SME in the IT domain from 1999 till 2003 with a focus on the development and marketing of virtual reality simulators for surgeons; from 1996 to 2000 he was CEO of an IT consulting firm and from 1991 to 1995 top manager information systems with a large technology company. Michael Lawo was consultant before joining the nuclear research centre in Karlsruhe from 1987 to 1991 as head of the industrial robotics department. He is a 1975 graduate of Ruhr Universität Bochum, received his PhD from Universität Essen in 1981 and became professor there in 1992. He is author, co-author and co-publisher of eight books and more than 120 papers on numerical methods and computer applications also in healthcare, optimization, IT-security and wearable computing.

Publications

Books
[1]Peter Hoffmann and Michael Lawo, "AAP- Ambient Assisted Protection - Von der klassischen Arbeitssicherheit zur intelligenten Arbeitssicherheitsassistenz", 2013. [bibtex]
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
[2]Lawo, Michael, Adamer, Kurt, Frick, Felix, Herzog, Otthein and Lukowicz, Paul and Ziegert, Thomas, "Wearable Computing - Ein Ansatz zur Reduktion des administrativen Druckes im Gesundheitswesen", In FIfF Kommunikation, vol. 1, pp. 38–41, 2006. [bibtex]
[3]Boronowsky, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Lawo, Michael, "Wearable Computing für Knowledge Worker - wearIT@work", In KI - Zeitschrift Künstliche Intelligenz, no. 4, pp. 62–64, 2007. [bibtex]
[4]Herzog, Otthein, Boronowsky, Michael, Rügge, Ingrid and Glotzbach, Ulrich and Lawo, Michael, "The Future of Mobile Computing R&D Activities in the State of Bremen", In Zeitschrift Künstliche Intelligenz, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 495–504, 2007. [bibtex] [url]
[5]Herzog, Otthein, Rügge, Ingrid and Lawo, Michael, "Mobile Lösungen für die Gesundheitswirtschaft", Chapter in Dominik Groß, Eva-Maria Jakobs (Eds.): E-Health und technisierte Medizin - Neue Herausforderungen im Gesundheitswesen, LIT-Verlag, pp. 159–163, 2007. [bibtex]
[6]Kenn, Holger, Nicolai, Tom, Witt, Hendrik, Beauregard, Stéphane and Lawo, Michael, Boronowsky, Michael and Herzog, Otthein, "Artificial Intelligence on Wearable Computers: Perspectives and Challenges", In Zeitschrift Künstliche Intelligenz, 2007. Accepted for publication [bibtex]
[7]Lawo, Michael, "Die unauffälligen Begleiter - Tragbare IT-Systeme von morgen unterstützen die Arbeit beiläufig", In Digital Dental News, vol. 4, pp. 18–22, 2007. [bibtex]
[8]Lawo, Michael, Boronowsky, Michael and Herzog, Otthein, "wearIT@work - empowering by wearable computing", In EngineerIT, vol. 3, pp. 16–19, 2007. [bibtex]
[9]Lawo, Michael, "Wearable Computing - Informationen zur rechten Zeit am rechten Ort", In Industrie Management, vol. 2, pp. 21–24, 2007. [bibtex]
[10]Boronowsky, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Lawo, Michael, "Wearable Computing: Information and Communication Technology Supporting Mobile Workers", In Zeitschrift it- information technology, no. 1, pp. 30–39, 2008. [bibtex]
[11]Herzog, Otthein, Lawo, Michael, Boronowsky, Michael, Kenn, Holger, Nicolai, Tom, Witt, Hendrik and Glotzbach, Ulrich, "Mobile City Bremen - Von der Forschung zu innovativen mobilen Lösungen", Chapter in Jürgen Síeck und Michael A. Herzog (Hrsg.): Wireless Communication and Information - New Technologies and Applications, Verlag Werner Hülsbusch, Boizenburg, pp. 9–22, 2008. [bibtex]
[12]Lawo, Michael, "Intelligente Kleidung alarmiert den Arzt: Tragbare IT-Assistenten sollen chronisch Kranken ein sicheres Leben in vertrauter Umgebung ermöglichen", In Digital Dental News, vol. 3, pp. 34–38, 2009. [bibtex] [pdf]
[13]Pasher, Edna, Popper, Zvika, Raz, Hadas and Lawo, Michael, "WearIT@work: a wearabe computing solution for knowledge-based development", In International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 346–360, 2010. [bibtex]
[14]Lawo, Michael, Kirisci, Pierre, Modzelewski, Markus, O'Connor, Joshue, Fennell, Antoinette, Fiddian, Thomas, Gökmen, Haluk, Klann, Markus, Geissler, Mirko, Matiouk, Svetlana and Mohamad, Yehya, "Virtual User Models - Approach and first results of the VICON project.", In eChallenges e-2011 Conference Proceedings, IIMC International Information Management Corporation Ltd, 2011. [bibtex]
[15]Kirisci, Pierre, Klein, Patrick, Modzelewski, Markus, Lawo, Michael, Mohamad, Yehya, Fiddian, Thomas, Bowden, Christopher, Fennell, Antoinette and O'Connor, Joshue, "Supporting inclusive design of user interfaces with a virtual user model", In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Users Diversity, Springer, pp. 69–78, 2011. [bibtex]
[16]Ahlrichs, Claas, Kohlsdorf, Daniel, Lawo, Michael and Kalkbrenner, Gerrit, "IT-Assist: Towards Usable Applications for Elderly People", In IJACI, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 33–41, 2011. [bibtex] [doi]
[17]Ahlrichs, Claas, Lawo, Michael and Iben, Hendrik, "An Abstract User Interface Framework for Mobile and Wearable Devices", In International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence, vol. 3, pp. 28–35, 2011. [bibtex]
[18]Lawo, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Boronowsky, Michael, "The Open Wearable Computing Group", In IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 78–81, 2011. [bibtex]
[19]Lawo, Michael, Xing, Xin, Boronowsky, Michael and Herzog, Otthein, "Wearable Computing in Europe - wearIT@work", In Communications of the China Computer Federation, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 18–24, 2011. (in Chinese) [bibtex]
[20]Kirisci, Pierre, Thoben, Klaus-Dieter, Klein, Patrick, Hilbig, Martin, Modzelewski, Markus and Lawo, Michael, "Supporting Inclusive Design of Mobile Devices with a Context Model", In InTech Open Science, 2012. [bibtex]
[21]Lawo, Michael and Witt, Hendrik, "Evaluation der Interaktion beim Wearable Computing", Chapter in Be-greifbare Interaktionen: Der allgegenwärtige Computer: Touchscreens, Wearables, Tangibles und Ubiquitous Computing, Verlag, 2012. [bibtex]
[22]Lawo, Michael, Warden, Tobias, Uckelmann, Dieter and Werthmann, Dirk, "Verknüpfung virtueller und realer Logistikkomponenten: Ein Ansatz zur Verknüpfung von Forschungsumgebungen in der Logistik", In Industrie Management, vol. 28, 2012. [bibtex]
[23]Modzelewski, Markus, Lawo, Michael, Kirisci, Pierre, O'Connor, Joshue, Fennell, Antoinette, Mohamad, Yehya, Matiouk, Svetlana, Valle-Klann, Markus and Gökmen, Haluk, "Creative Design for Inclusion Using Virtual User Models", In Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, pp. 288–294, 2012. [bibtex]
[24]Claas Ahlrichs and Michael Lawo, "Parkinson's Disease Motor Symptoms in Machine Learning: A Review", In Health Informatics: An International Journal (HIIJ), 2013. [bibtex]
[25]Matiouk, Svetlana, Modzelewski, Markus, Mohamad, Yehya, Lawo, Michael, Kirisci, Pierre, Klein, Patrick and Fennell, Antoinette, "Prototype of a Virtual User Modeling Software Framework for Inclusive Design of Consumer Products and User Interfaces", Chapter in Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design Methods, Tools, and Interaction Techniques for eInclusion, Springer, pp. 59–66, 2013. [bibtex]
[26]Markus Modzelewski, Michael Lawo, Pierre Kirisci, Joshue O' Connor, Antionette Fenell, Yehya Mohamad, Svetlana Matiouk, Markus Valle-Klann and Haluk Gökmen, "Including User Needs in Product Development", In ResearchGate, 2013. [bibtex]
[27]Duan, Lin-Tao, Lawo, Michael, Wang, Zhi-Guo and Wang, Hai-Ying, "Human Lower Limb Motion Capture and Recognition Based on Smartphones", In Sensors, vol. 22, no. 14, 2022. [bibtex] [url] [doi]
Conference Papers
[28]Lawo, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Boronowsky, Michael, "The Open Wearable Computing Group (OWCG) - A Community Building Instrument", In 1st AMI@Work Communities Forum Day, pp. 78–81, 2005. [bibtex]
[29]Lawo, Michael, "Changing the working environment of mobile workers by wearable computing and mobile devices", In Mobile Europe, 2006. [bibtex]
[30]Lawo, Michael, "Wearable Computing - How does it work and can support in healthcare, Invited Talk", In ISA2006 Physical activity, exercise and cardiovascular health, 2006. [bibtex]
[31]Herzog, Otthein, Lawo, Michael, Boronowsky, Michael, Kenn, Holger, Nicolai, Tom, Witt, Hendrik and Glotzbach, Ulrich, "Mobile City Bremen - Von der Forschung zu innovativen mobilen Lösungen", In Internationale Fachtagung Wireless Communication and Information (WCI), 2006. [bibtex]
[32]Lawo, Michael, "wearIT@work - Towards Real Life Industrial Applications of Wearable Computing, Invited Talk.", In 10th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC)., 2006. [bibtex]
[33]Lawo, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Boronowsky, Michael, "On the use of wearable computing solutions in aircraft maintenance ? first results from wearIT@work", In CANEUS - MNT for Aerospace Applications, 2006. [bibtex]
[34]Lawo, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Boronowsky, Michael, "On the use of wearable computing solutions in aircraft maintenance ? first results from wearIT@work", In CANEUS - MNT for Aerospace Applications, 2006. [bibtex]
[35]Herzog, Otthein, Lawo, Michael and Witt, Hendrik, "An Industrial Case Study on Wearable Computing Applications", In 9th MobileHCI, 2007. [bibtex]
[36]Lawo, Michael, "Bridging the Standardization Gap", In COPRAS Conference, 2007. [bibtex]
[37]Lawo, Michael, "wearIT@work - Towards Real Life Industrial Applications of Wearable Computing", In 4th IFAWC, 2007. [bibtex]
[38]Lawo, Michael, Rügge, Ingrid and Herzog, Otthein, "Authentic User Tests in Wearable Computing Applications", In ISMICT07, Oulu, Finnland, 2007. [bibtex]
[39]Lawo, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Witt, Hendrik, "Authentic User Tests in Industrial Wearable Computing Applications", In HCII, 2007. [bibtex]
[40]Knackfuß, Peter, Dyrks, Tobias, Capman, F. and Lawo, Michael, "Supporting First Responders by Wearable Computing Solutions - The wearIT@work Show Case", In PTC08, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008. [bibtex]
[41]Lawo, Michael, "Steuerung "Mitdenkender" Elektroprodukte durch Wearable Computing", In 1. Deutscher AAL Kongress, Berlin, pp. 15–19, 2008. [bibtex]
[42]Lawo, Michael, "Maintenance Support by Wearable and Mobile Computing Solutions", In dewek2008, pp. 174, 2008. Eingereicht [bibtex]
[43]Lawo, Michael, "Gesund, sicher, smart: Wohnen in Bemen", In 5. ehome Fachmesse und Kongress für vernetztes Wohnen, Berlin, 2008. Eingereicht [bibtex]
[44]Lawo, Michael, Boronowsky, Michael and Herzog, Otthein, "Wearable Computing, the European plan wearIT@work", In 20th World Computing Congress, Mailand, Italien, 2008. [bibtex]
[45]Lawo, Michael, Herzog, Otthein, Langer, Hagen and Gehrke, Jan D., "Intelligent Objects at Work and in Everyday Life", In 7. Internationales Heinz Nixdorf Symposium. Self-optimizing Mechatronic Systems: Design the Future, Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, pp. 487–499, 2008. [bibtex]
[46]Lawo, Michael, Witt, Hendrik, Lukowicz, Paul and Herzog, Otthein, "Using Wearable Computing Solutions in Real-World Applications", In CHI 2008, Florenz, Italien, 2008. [bibtex]
[47]Tondini, Daniele and Lawo, Michael, "Exploiting Research Results in Practice", In ICE 2008, Lissabon, Portugal, 2008. [bibtex]
[48]Witt, Hendrik, Lawo, Michael and Drugge, Mikael, "Visual Feedback and Different Frames of Reference: The Impact on Gesture Interaction Techniques for Wearable Computing", In MobileHCI2008, Amsterdam, 2008. [bibtex]
[49]Kohlsdorf, Daniel, Ahlrichs, Claas and Lawo, Michael, "IT-Assist: Digital Media for elderly people", In AmI09, Salzburg, Austria, 2009. [bibtex]
[50]Lawo, Michael, Herzog, Otthein and Boronowsky, Michael, "Empower Mobile Workspaces by Wireless Networks and Wearable Computing", In NEW2ANruSMART2009, vol. 5764, St. Petersburg, Russia, pp. 66–76, 2009. [bibtex]
[51]Papadopoulos, Athanasios, Fotiadis, Dimitrios I., Lawo, Michael and Ciancitto, Fabio, Podolak, Christian, Dellaca, Raffaele L., Munaro, Giulia and Rosso, Roberto, "Chronious: A Wearable System for the Management of Chronic Disease Patients", In ITAB2009, 2009. [bibtex]
[52]Boronowsky, Michael, Wewetzer, David and Lawo, Michael, "WILL - a corporate driven Living Lab for innovation in the field of Ambient Assisted Working", In European Ambient Assisted Living Innovation Alliance Conference, 2010. [bibtex]
[53]Michael Lawo, Claas Ahlrichs, Gerrit Kalkbrenner and Daniel Kohlsdorf, "Nutzerschnittstellen für die Zielgruppe der über 70 jährigen", In eHealth2010, 2010. [bibtex]
[54]Lawo, Michael, Pasher, Edna and Herzog, Otthein, "Wearable Computers and Organizational Change - A Study", In iiWAS2010, Paris, France, pp. 230–237, 2010. [bibtex]
[55]Fiddian, Thomas, Bowden, Chris, Magennis, Mark, Fennell, Antoinette, O Connor, Joshue, Kirisci, Pierre T., Mohamad, Yehya and Lawo, Michael, "An end user and environment field study for an inclusive design of consumer products", In 2011 HCI International, 2011. [bibtex]
[56]Hoffmann, Peter, Lawo, Michael and Kalkbrenner, Gerrit, "Zur Ästhetik interaktiver Medien ? Hypervideo im Spannungsfeld zwischen Usability und Design", In EVA - Elektronische Medien & Kunst, Kultur, Historie, Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, 2011. [bibtex]
[57]Kalkbrenner, Gerrit, Kemnade, Andreas and Lawo, Michael, "Ein System zur Beurteilung des Bewegungsverhaltens Chronisch Kranker", In eHealth2011, Wien, pp. 203–208, 2011. [bibtex]
[58]Lawo, Michael and Herzog, Otthein, "Wearable Computing for Medical Applications", In Symposium on Wireless Medicine and Health Technologies, CEWIT, Stony Brook University and Gary & Mary West Wireless Health Institute, 2011. [bibtex]
[59]Pantke, Florian, Bosse, Stefan, Lawo, Michael, Lehmhus, Dirk and Busse, Matthias, "An Artificial Intelligence Approach Towards Sensorial Materials", In FutureComputing2011, IARIA, pp. 62–68, 2011. [bibtex] [url]
[60]O'Connor, Joshue, Fennell, Antoinette, Klein, Patrick, Modzelewski, Markus, Lawo, Michael, Mohamad, Yehya, Kirisci, Pierre, Fiddian, Thomas and Bowden, Christopher, "Future Alternatives to User Testing: Virtual User Modelling in Inclusive Product Design", In Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, 2012. [bibtex]
[61]Worch, Jan-Hendrik, Lawo, Mathias and Gottfried, Björn, "Glyph Spotting for Mediaeval Handwritings by Template Matching", In Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, ACM, New York, NY, USA, pp. 213–216, 2012. [bibtex] [url] [doi]
[62]Wenig, Dirk, Nulpa, T., Malaka, Rainer and Lawo, Michael, "An Evaluation of Peephole Interaction with Panoramic Photographs for Pedestrian Navigation", In GI Zeitgeist 2012, 2012. Accepted [bibtex]
[63]von Wenzlawowicz, Till and Herzog, Otthein, "Semantic Video Abstracting: Automatic Generation of Movie Trailers Based on Video Patterns", In SETN2012, Springer, vol. 7297, Lamia, pp. 345–352, 2012. Summarizing and abstracting of multimedia data is a field of great research interest, especially for multiple video platforms. In this paper we describe a system capable of generating Hollywood movie trailers automatically by using audio and video processing algorithms, combined with ontology-based knowledge and CLIPS, a rule based system. We show that the system is capable of generating convincing movie trailers for the action genre. Further work has been done to extend the results to other movie genres. [bibtex] [url] [doi]
[64]Claas Ahlrichs, Daniel Kohlsdorf, Gerrit Kalkbrenner and Michael Lawo, "IT-ASSIST: Entwicklung eines IT-gestützten Assistenzsystems für ältere Menschen", In 5. Deutscher AAL-Kongress 2012 (AAL 2012), Berlin, Germany, 2012. [bibtex]
[65]Claas Ahlrichs and Michael Lawo, "Indicating Motor Symptoms in PD Patients Using AI-based Algorithms", In , 2013. [bibtex]
[66]Gerrit Kalkbrenner, Ali Mahmood Khan and Michael Lawo, "Acitivity Recognition using Wearable Computing and Ambient Computing", In , 2013. [bibtex]
[67]A. Mahmood Khan, Gerrit Kalkbrenner and Michael Lawo, "Recognizing Physical Training Exercises Using the Axivity Device", In , 2013. [bibtex]
[68]Modzelewski, Markus, Lawo, Michael, Mohamad, Yehya and Matiouk, Svetlana, "Application of abstract user models as customer involvement in product development", In Proceedings of the W3C User Modeling for Accessibility symposium, pp. 201–206, 2013. [bibtex]
[69]L. Pannese, G. Bo, Michael Lawo and S. Gabrielli, "The Rehab@Home Project: Engaging Game-based Home Rehabilitation for Improved of Life", In , 2013. [bibtex]
[70]Dirk Werthmann, Marco Lewandowski, Max Gath and Michael Lawo, "Agent-based Control for Material Handling Systems in In-House Logistics", In , 2013. [bibtex]
[71]Marco Lewandowski, Dirk Werthmann, Max Gath and Michael Lawo, "Agent-based Control for Material Handling Systems in In-House Logistics", In European Conference on Smart Objects, Systems and Technologies, Erlangen, Nürnberg, 2013. [bibtex] [pdf]
Workshop Papers
[72]Lawo, Michael, Witt, Hendrik, Kenn, Holger and Nicolai, Tom and Leibrandt, Rüdiger, "A Glove for Seamless Computer Interaction - Understand the WINSPECT", In The Smart Glove Workshop, Technical Report 33, TZI Universität Bremen, TZI Universität Bremen, pp. 3, 2006. [bibtex]
[73]Lawo, Michael, "Ein drahtloser Eingabehandschuh für Augmented Reality Anwendungen", In 5. Paderborner Workshop Augmented \textbackslash& Virtual Reality in der Produktentstehung, pp. 199–208, 2006. [bibtex]
[74]Claas Ahlrichs, Daniel Kohlsdorf and Michael Lawo, "Google Earth im Handumdrehen", In Mensch & Computer Workshopband, pp. 235-238, 2008. [bibtex]
[75]Lawo, Michael, "Sensorsysteme zur Kontexterkennung im Wearable Computing", In 5. GMM-Workshop: Mikrosensorik mit autarker Energieversorgung und drahtloser Signalübertragung, VDE Verlag, vol. 58, Düsseldorf, 2008. [bibtex]
[76]Lawo, Michael and Herzog, Otthein, "Verbesserung von Wertschöpfungsprozessen durch Wearable Computing", In 8. Paderborner Workshop Augmented & Virtual Reality in der Produktentstehung, Universität Paderborn Heinz Nixdorf Inst., vol. 252, Paderborn, pp. 3–16, 2009. [bibtex]
[77]Hoffmann, Peter, Baumann, Hannes and Lawo, Michael, "Standardisierung eines Testverfahrens für Datenbrillen.", In BAuA Workshop: Datenbrillen ? Aktueller Stand von Forschung und Umsetzung sowie zukünftiger Entwicklungsrichtungen, Dortmund, 2011. [bibtex]
[78]Modzelewski, Markus, Lawo, Michael, Kirisci, Pierre, O'Connor, Joshue, Fennell, Antoinette, Mohamad, Yehya, Matiouk, Svetlana, Valle-Klann, Markus and Gökmen, Haluk, "Including User Needs in Product Development", In Proceedings of the CEWIT-TZI-acatech workshop on the topic of ICT meets Medicine and Health, 2013. [bibtex]
[79]Gottfried, Björn, Wegner, Marius, Worch, Jan-Hendrik and Lawo, Mathias, "Diptychon: A transcription assistant system for the separation of glyphs in medieval manuscript texts", In 20th SAOT Workshop on Automatic Pattern Recognition and Historical Document Analysis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, German, 2013. [bibtex]
Other Publications
[80]Lawo, Michael, Iben, Hendrik, Baumann, Hannes, Diederich, Günther, Kus, Mehmet and Ruthenbeck, Carmen, "Sichere Wearable-Systeme zur Kommisionierung industrieller Güter sowie für Diagnose, Wartung und Repratur - Schlussbericht im Verbundprojekt SiWear: TZI-Bericht Nr. 59", Technical report, , 2011. [bibtex]





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