Cultural Heritage Communities
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Eva Hornecker is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Computing in the Faculty of Media at Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar in Germany, with a second affiliation in the Faculty of Arts and Design. She holds a Doctorate (Dr.Ing) from the University of Bremen. Her work focuses on the human interaction angle of novel technologies beyond the desktop computer, in particular on tangible and full-body interaction and the user experience thereof, on social and situated interaction, and on how to design for these. Her work creates a bridge between technology, design, and social sciences. She is an expert on museum technology and the study of visitor interaction with installations, and in her research she has collaborated with museums in Germany, Austria, the UK, and the Netherlands. Eva is a Senior Member of the ACM and co-founded the ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI).Luigina Ciolfi is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Applied Psychology at University College Cork (Ireland). She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science/Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Limerick. An active researcher and teacher in HCI and CSCW for over two decades in Italy, Ireland, and the UK, Luigina studies and writes about situated interaction, participation in design, and human practices in socio-technical settings. She has extensive experience with digital technologies for heritage, with a track record of projects involving national and European collaborators from academia, industry, and the cultural sector. She is an expert reviewer and advisor on these topics for several public funding bodies. Notable service roles include Associate Editor, CSCW Journal; Conference Chair, ECSCW 2017; Subcommittee Co-Chair, ACM CHI 2018-2019; and Papers Co-Chair, CSCW 2015. Luigina is a Senior Member of the ACM.