| Andreas Riener | Professor for Human-Machine Interaction and VR at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt with co-affiliation at the CARISSMA Institute of Automated Driving. His research interests include HF/ergonomics, adaptive UIs, driver state assessment, and trust/acceptance/ethics in mobility applications. Andreas is on the SC of ACM AutomotiveUI, chair of the German ACM SIGCHI chapter, and SC chair of Mensch und Computer (the German CHI) conference. |
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| Paolo Pretto | Principal Researcher in Human Factors and Human-Technology Interaction at Virtual Vehicle Research in Graz, Austria. He holds a binational PhD in Neural and Behavioral Sciences (University of Tübingen, Germany) and Perception and Psychophysics (University of Padua, Italy). His work focuses on human perception and behavior in driving and complex technological environments. |
| Jaka Sodnik | Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana. His research focuses on human factors and human-machine interaction in vehicles, with an emphasis on passenger comfort and public acceptance in automated and autonomous vehicles. He is also cofounder of SimFit2Drive, a Slovenian company specializing in cutting-edge solutions for assessing functional and cognitive skills essential for safe driving. |
| Kristina Stojmenova Pečečnik | Research Associate at the University of Ljubljana. Her field of research is in-vehicle human-computer interaction. She is mainly focusing on assessment of driver behavior and driver’s cognitive load modeling, with the use of biometric and driving performance data. |
| Georgios Papaioannou | Assistant Professor at TU Delft, Netherlands. He received the Ph.D. degree from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 2019, which received an award regarding its innovation and impact. He conducted postdoctoral research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and Cranfield University in U.K. His current research interests include human factors, automated vehicles, motion comfort, human body modeling, remote driving, immersive reality, motion planning, optimization and control. |
| Pavlo Bazilinskyy | Assistant Professor at TU Eindhoven focusing on AI-driven interaction between automated vehicles and other road users. He finished his PhD at TU Delft in auditory feedback for automated driving as a Marie Curie Fellow, where he also worked as a postdoc. |
| Alexander Meschtscherjakov | Professor for Human-Computer Interaction at University of Salzburg. He researches ambient automotive interfaces, driver-passenger collaboration, driver de-skilling, motion sickness, eHMI, and conversational agents in automated driving. Alexander has organized several workshops at AutoUI and CHI. |