The Team

The CIAO team outdoors on the HPI campus
CIAO team members discussing their work together outdoors

Patrick Ebel

PhD, Assistant Professor




Research Interests:

  • Computational User Modeling
  • Data-Driven UI Evaluation
  • Naturalistic Driving Studies

Christine Buckley

Office Assistant





Research Interests:

  • Family
  • Sports
  • Cooking

Lena Hegemann

PhD, PostDoc





Research Interests:

  • Human-AI interaction
  • AI Alignment
  • Creativity Support Tools

Martin Lorenz

MSc, PhD Student




Research Interests:

  • Human Multitasking Behavior
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Situation Awareness

Michal Patryk Miazga

MSc, PhD Student




Research Interests:

  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Biomechanical Modeling

Jan Hilbert

MSc, PhD Student





Research Interests:

  • Data-Driven UI Evaluation
  • Naturalistic Driving Studies

Lara Neubauer da Costa Schertel

MSc, PhD Student




Research Interests:

  • AI Ethics
  • Human-Centered Computing
  • AI Alignment

Christopher Akiki

MSc, PhD Student




Research Interests:

  • Natural Language Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Data Representation and Visualization

Alumni

  • Celine Conzen

    Celine Conzen

  • Anton Gasse

    Anton Gasse

  • Theodor Pollack

    Theodor Pollack

  • Timur Getselev

    Timur Getselev

  • Tami Oni-Orisan

    Tami Oni-Orisan

  • Hannah Bussmann

    Hannah Bussmann

  • Juliette-Michelle Burkhardt

    Juliette-Michelle Burkhardt

Bachelor and Master Students

  • Jonas Tag: User Centered Development of a Scientific Data Visualization Library in Python (Bachelor Thesis, 2026)
  • Celine Conzen: Effects of Optional Natural-Language Explanations on Trust Calibration in Automated Vehicles (Master Thesis, 2026)
  • Anton Gasse: Modeling Visual Sampling Processes via Computational Rationality (Bachelor Thesis)
  • Hannah Bussmann: Simulating Human-Like Touch Interactions Through RL-based Biomechanical Modeling (Master Thesis, 2025)
  • Simon Lämmer: GTA: Generative Traffic Agents for Simulating Realistic Traffic Behavior (Master Thesis, 2025)
  • Niko Konzack: A Computationally Rational Model of Human Visual Sampling for Atari Games (Master Thesis, 2025)
  • Georg Schneeberger: End-to-End Reinforcement Learning Training of a Convolutional Neural Network for Autonmous Driving (Master Thesis, 2024)
  • Moritz Wörmann: Generating Aesthetic UI Alternatives under Constraints (Bachelor Thesis, 2024)