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As a Senior Research Associate at Design Interactive, Inc., Sven's primary professional focus is on Augmented Cognition - the use of physiological sensors to develop closed-loop systems that make real-time adaptations to systems based on the user's cognitive state. Sven has been involved with the development of Augmented Cognition concepts for intelligence analysis and command-and-control applications. In 2006, he received the "Foundations of Augmented Cognition" award from the Augmented Cognition International Society (ACI, now HFES AC-TG) for the development of a novel, event-based approach to Augmented Cognition that allows more considerate and context-sensitive adaptation of the user interface. Sven has authored and co-authored over 20 publications, mostly in the areas of Augmented Cognition and multimodal design science.

His second focus area is multimodal design science - the use of various modalities (visual vs. auditory vs. haptic, verbal vs. spatial) to optimally distribute the cognitive workload in complex interactive systems and thereby optimize the operator's situation awareness. In that regard, Sven developed a patent-pending approach of using context-free grammars to transform complex messages into easy-to-learn tactile patterns.

Besides these research domains, he also maintains an active interest in usability and human factors work for commercial applications. Sven has lead several usability evaluation and interface design projects for private sector clients. He appreciates the hands-on style and immediate real-world applicability of these projects as a welcome counterweight to the abstract nature of the blue-sky research efforts he is otherwise involved with.

Among his colleagues, Sven is known for his unconventional thinking, and his passion for innovation. Before turning to research, he spent 5 years in the creative industries where he worked in marketing, multimedia production and advertising. Sven has a Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction from DePaul University, Chicago, where he developed his interest for cognitive psychology while conducting research on navigation strategies and cognitive models of Web navigation. Previously, he earned an interdisciplinary degree in Computer Science and Media ("Dipl-Inf.(FH), Medieninformatik") from Flensburg University of Applied Science in Germany.

LINKS >>

• Mein Arbeitgeber; Design Interactive, Inc.
• Mein Profil bei XING
• Mein Profil bei LinkedIn

AUSGEWÄHLTE PUBLIKATIONEN >>

Fuchs, S., Hale, K.S., Berka, C., & Juhnke, J. (2008). Enhancing situation awareness with an augmented cognition system. In D.D. Schmorrow and K.M. Stanney (Eds). Augmented Cognition: A Practitioner’s Guide. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Fuchs, S., Johnston, M. Hale, K.S., & Axelsson, P. (2008). Results from pilot testing a system for tactile reception of advanced patterns (STRAP). In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting (pp. 1302-1306). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Fuchs, S., Hale, K.S., Stanney, K.M., Juhnke, J. and Schmorrow, D. (2007). Enhancing Mitigation in Augmented Cognition. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 1(3), 309–326

Miller, C.S., Fuchs, S., Anantharaman, N.S., & Kulkarni, P. (2007). Comparing Two Methods for Predicting Navigation Problems in Information Hierarchies. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society 51st Annual Meeting (pp. 363-367). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Fuchs, S., Hale, K. S., Berka, C., Levendowski, D., & Juhnke, J. (2006). Physiological sensors cannot effectively drive system mitigation alone. In D.D. Schmorrow, K.M. Stanney, & L.M. Reeves (Eds.), Foundations of Augmented Cognition (2nd Ed.) (pp. 193-200). Arlington, VA: Strategic Analysis, Inc.