Martina Ziefle

Martina Ziefle, Ph.D., is Professor for Communication Science at RWTH Aachen University, Germany and head of a research group at the Human Technology Centre (HumTec). HumTec is funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments and aims at fostering high level interdisciplinary research between the humanities/social sciences and the engineering/natural sciences. Prof. Ziefle’s research addresses human factors in different technology types and using contexts, taking demands of user diversity into account. Her methodological competence regards the experimental and empirical evaluation of human computer interaction. A special research focus is directed to the usability and acceptance of mobile devices, which are increasingly used in novel contexts. Her main research concern is to shape technology innovation in ways that technology development is truly balanced with the human factor. In addition to teaching and directing research on campus, Prof. Ziefle leads various projects funded by industrial and public authorities, dealing with the interaction and communication of humans with technology.

Publications

User Diversity as a Challenge for the Integration of Medical Technology into Future Smart Home Environments
User Diversity as a Challenge for the Integration of Medical Technology into Future Smart Home Environments
Wiktoria Wilkowska, Martina Ziefle. © 2013. 30 pages.
Facing the growing aging population in many countries of the world, healthcare-related technologies become increasingly important, representing a possible solution to the soaring...
Ask and You Will Receive: Training Novice Adults to use a PDA in an Active Learning Environment
Ask and You Will Receive: Training Novice Adults to use a PDA in an Active Learning Environment
Katrin Arning, Martina Ziefle. © 2012. 28 pages.
Even though the effective usage of mobile devices has become a mandatory requirement in many professional and private areas, inexperienced users face especially great...
Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies: Concepts, Methods and Applications
Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies: Concepts, Methods and Applications
Martina Ziefle, Carsten Röcker. © 2011. 426 pages.
Electronic healthcare technologies support the interaction between patients and health-service providers, institution-to-institution transmission of data, and peer-to-peer...
Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and Practices
Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and Practices
Carsten Röcker, Martina Ziefle. © 2011. 384 pages.
Within the last years a variety of new healthcare concepts for supporting and assisting users in technology-enhanced home environments emerged. These so-called “smart healthcare...
E-Health, Assistive Technologies and Applications for Assisted Living: Challenges and Solutions
E-Health, Assistive Technologies and Applications for Assisted Living: Challenges and Solutions
Carsten Röcker, Martina Ziefle. © 2011. 392 pages.
E-health technologies will play an increasingly important role in the coming years, as more and more older people will require medical care and support. Due to the prevalent...
User Diversity as a Challenge for the Integration of Medical Technology into Future Smart Home Environments
User Diversity as a Challenge for the Integration of Medical Technology into Future Smart Home Environments
Wiktoria Wilkowska, Martina Ziefle. © 2011. 32 pages.
Facing the growing aging population in many countries of the world, healthcare-related technologies become increasingly important, representing a possible solution to the soaring...
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Ambient Assisted Living
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Ambient Assisted Living
Martina Ziefle, Carsten Röcker, Wiktoria Wilkowska, Kai Kasugai, Lars Klack, Christian Möllering, Shirley Beul. © 2011. 18 pages.
This chapter illustrates the different disciplinary design challenges of smart healthcare systems and presents an interdisciplinary approach toward the development of an...
Ask and You Will Receive: Training Novice Adults to use a PDA in an Active Learning Environment
Ask and You Will Receive: Training Novice Adults to use a PDA in an Active Learning Environment
Katrin Arning, Martina Ziefle. © 2010. 27 pages.
Even though the effective usage of mobile devices has become a mandatory requirement in many professional and private areas, inexperienced users face especially great...