Institute for Information Systems and New Media
The Institute for Business Informatics and New Media is a department of Faculty III Economics , Business Informatics and Business Law at the University of Siegen . It is headed by the chair holder Volker Wulf . The core of the teaching is socio-informatics . The department offers the interdisciplinary Master’s program Human Computer Interaction (HCI) as a course that is unique in Germany .
Mission and goals
In view of the increasingly intensive penetration of information and communication technology (ICT) into everyday life, work and leisure , the institute sees the challenge for business and media informatics in designing ICT applications in such a way that their appropriation by users is ecologically prosperous, justifiable and socially integrative can work. The scientists research ICT applications in the fields of cooperative work, community support, entertainment, aging society and sustainability, with technological innovations emerging in the research fields of human-computer interaction , computer-aided group work (CSCW), ubiquitous computing and software technology . In its research area, the institute works closely with the user- oriented software engineering (USE) business area at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FhG-FIT), Sankt Augustin, the Institute for Media Research (IfM) at the University of Siegen and the International Institute for Socio- Computer Science (IISI) together. The core of the teaching in the department is the discipline of socio-informatics .
Socioinformatics
Socioinformatics deals with the design of information and communication technology (ICT), taking into account the socio-technical background. This means: ICT applications are researched and designed by empirically recording their interaction with social actors (users) and practices and considering them with the involvement of the users. For this purpose, findings from social, economic, legal, cultural and human sciences are used as well as empirical research methods as well as informational and engineering design concepts.
As a design-oriented science, socio-informatics develops methodological approaches, concepts and procedures such as design case studies , integrated organizational and technical development , business ethnography , end user development , infrastructure and the act of appropriation . They can be used to identify, document, analyze and - if possible - transfer the knowledge that can be obtained in individual contexts to other contexts. The design case study method is often used.
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Human Computer Interaction
In the winter semester 2009/10, the interdisciplinary Master's program Human Computer Interaction (HCI) was set up as a new course in the business informatics and new media department. The Siegen HCI master's program is the first in this field at a German university. The University of Siegen was advised by an advisory board of leading international scientists in the conception of the course . The main subject of the program is the analysis, design, implementation, testing and evaluation of software systems that aim to achieve efficient human-computer interaction .
team
Volker Wulf is the head of the Institute for Information Systems and holds the chair . Since 2002, Wulf has established his department as a center for the further development and teaching of socio-informatics . In February 2011 he was elected Dean of Faculty III Economics , Business Informatics and Business Law at the University of Siegen . In addition, he is the managing director of the Institute for Media Research (IfM) at the University of Siegen.
Volkmar Pipek is responsible for computer-aided group work in CSCW organizations at the institute . At the same time he acts as chairman of the Bonn International Institute for Socio-Informatics (IISI), of which he is a co-founder. Markus Rohde, who was also involved in the creation of the IISI, works as the Head of Community Computer Science ; his focus is on human computer interaction , CSCW, organizational and collaborative learning, virtual teams, non-governmental organizations and new social movements. Gunnar Stevens focuses on the topic of Human Computer Interaction.
Projects and awards
The institute carries out research projects in line with its task, such as iStoppFalls, a European research project on fall prevention and prediction for elderly people who live independently at home, or Infostrom: Learning information infrastructures in crisis management using the example of power supply. Come_In - intercultural learning by means of computer-controlled project work, for which Volker Wulf was awarded the 2010 Wolfgang Heilmann Prize of the integrata foundation, and Landmarke - navigation infrastructure for the fire brigade in burning buildings, which won the national competition 365 Orte im Land of ideas won. The projects show how the new discipline socio-informatics works in practice using the design case study.