Robin Welsch
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
T313 Dept. Computer Science
Assistant Professor
Computer Science Professors
Full researcher profile
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Email
[email protected]
Postal address
Konemiehentie 2
02150 Espoo
Finland
Phone number
+358504334550
Areas of expertise
113 Computer and information sciences, 515 Psychology, Software engineering, operating systems, man-computer interaction
Honors and awards
Honorable Mention (CHI PLAY 2023)
Awarded for R. Kontio, M. Laattala, R. Welsch and P. Hämäläinen: “I Feel My Abs”: Exploring Non-standing VR Locomotion. In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7, CHI PLAY, p. 1282–1307, 423.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Computer Science
Jan 2023
Research groups
- Professorship Welsch Robin, Assistant Professor
- Computer Science - Engineering Psychology (ENGPSYCH), Assistant Professor
- Computer Science Professors, Assistant Professor
- Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCID), Assistant Professor
Publications
A Robot Jumping the Queue: Expectations About Politeness and Power During Conflicts in Everyday Human-Robot Encounters
Franziska Babel, Robin Welsch, Linda Miller, Philipp Hock, Sam Thellman, Tom Ziemke
2024
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The Illusion of Performance : The Effect of Phantom Display Refresh Rates on User Expectations and Reaction Times
Esther Bosch, Robin Welsch, Tamim Ayach, Christopher Katins, Thomas Kosch
2024
Understanding the Impact of the Reality-Virtuality Continuum on Visual Search Using Fixation-Related Potentials and Eye Tracking Features
Francesco Chiossi, Uwe Gruenefeld, Baosheng James Hou, Joshua Newn, Changkun Ou, Rulu Liao, Robin Welsch, Sven Mayer
2024
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
The AI Ghostwriter Effect: When Users Do Not Perceive Ownership of AI-Generated Text But Self-Declare as Authors
Fiona Draxler, Anna Werner, Florian Lehmann, Matthias Hoppe, Albrecht Schmidt, Daniel Buschek, Robin Welsch
2024
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Transforming HCI Research Cycles using Generative AI and "Large Whatever Models" (LWMs)
Passant Elagroudy, Jie Li, Kaisa Väänänen, Paul Lukowicz, Hiroshi Ishii, Wendy E. Mackay, Elizabeth F.C. Hurchill, Anicia Peters, Antti Oulasvirta, Rui Prada, Alexandra Diening, Giulia Barbareschi, Agnes Gruenerbl, Midori Kawaguchi, Abdallah El Ali, Fiona Draxler, Robin Welsch, Albrecht Schmidt
2024
Investigating Labeler Bias in Face Annotation for Machine Learning
Luke Haliburton, Sinksar Ghebremedhin, Robin Welsch, Albrecht Schmidt, Sven Mayer
2024
HHAI 2024
Uncovering labeler bias in machine learning annotation tasks
Luke Haliburton, Jan Leusmann, Robin Welsch, Sinksar Ghebremedhin, Petros Isaakidis, Albrecht Schmidt, Sven Mayer
2024
AI and Ethics
A Pilot Study Comparing ChatGPT and Google Search in Supporting Visualization Insight Discovery
Chen He, Robin Welsch, Giulio Jacucci
2024
Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI Workshops 2024, March 18-21, 2024, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
"AI enhances our performance, I have no doubt this one will do the same": The Placebo effect is robust to negative descriptions of AI
Agnes Kloft, Robin Welsch, Thomas Kosch, Steeven Villa
2024
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Navigating the Virtual Gaze: Social Anxiety's Role in VR Proxemics
Beatriz Mello, Robin Welsch, Marissa Verbokkem, Pascal Knierim, Martin Johannes Dechant
2024
CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Evaluating Interactive AI : Understanding and Controlling Placebo Effects in Human-AI Interaction
Steeven Villa, Robin Welsch, Alena Denisova, Thomas Kosch
2024
Preferred Distance in Human–Drone Interaction
Elisabeth Maria Wögerbauer, Christoph von Castell, Robin Welsch, Heiko Hecht
2024
Vision
Adapting Visual Complexity Based on Electrodermal Activity Improves Working Memory Performance in Virtual Reality
Francesco Chiossi, Yagiz Turgut, Robin Welsch, Sven Mayer
2023
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Feeling the Temperature of the Room : Unobtrusive Thermal Display of Engagement during Group Communication
Luke Haliburton, Svenja Yvonne Schött, Linda Hirsch, Robin Welsch, Albrecht Schmidt
2023
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
“I Feel My Abs”: Exploring Non-standing VR Locomotion
Reetu Kontio, Markus Laattala, Robin Welsch, Perttu Hämäläinen
2023
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
A Database for Kitchen Objects : Investigating Danger Perception in the Context of Human-Robot Interaction
Jan Leusmann, Carl Oechsner, Johanna Prinz, Robin Welsch, Sven Mayer
2023
SeatmateVR : Proxemic Cues for Close Bystander-Awareness in Virtual Reality
Jingyi Li, Hyerim Park, Robin Welsch, Sven Mayer, Andreas Butz
2023
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Society's Attitudes Towards Human Augmentation and Performance Enhancement Technologies (SHAPE) Scale
Steeven Villa, Jasmin Niess, Albrecht Schmidt, Robin Welsch
2023
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
The placebo effect of human augmentation : Anticipating cognitive augmentation increases risk-taking behavior
Steeven Villa, Thomas Kosch, Felix Grelka, Albrecht Schmidt, Robin Welsch
2023
Computers in Human Behavior
Task-relevant social cues affect whole-body approach-avoidance behavior
Robin Welsch, Heiko Hecht, John Stins
2023
Scientific Reports
Designing a Physiological Loop for the Adaptation of Virtual Human Characters in a Social VR Scenario
Francesco Chiossi, Robin Welsch, Steeven Villa, Lewis L. Chuang, Sven Mayer
2022
2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)
Design of On-body Tactile Displays to Enhance Situation Awareness in Automated Vehicles
Francesco Chiossi, Steeven Villa, Melanie Hauser, Robin Welsch, Lewis Chuang
2022
2022 IEEE 9th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)
Virtual Reality Adaptation Using Electrodermal Activity to Support the User Experience
Francesco Chiossi, Robin Welsch, Steeven Villa, Lewis Chuang, Sven Mayer
2022
Big Data and Cognitive Computing
(Don’t) stand by me: How trait psychopathy and NPC emotion influence player perceptions, verbal responses, and movement behaviours in a gaming task
Martin Dechant, Robin Welsch, Julian Frommel, Regan Mandryk
2022
CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Embedded AR Storytelling Supports Active Indexing at Historical Places
Linda Hirsch, Robin Welsch, Beat Rossmy, Andreas Butz
2022
TEI '22: Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Increasing Socio-Spatial Connectedness Among Students: A Location-Based AR Social Media Network Approach
Linda Hirsch, Ivan Graf von Silva-Tarouca , Robin Welsch
2022
There Is No First- or Third-Person View in Virtual Reality: Understanding the Perspective Continuum
Matthias Hoppe, Andrea Baumann, Patrick Tamunjoh, Tonja-Katrin Machulla, Paweł W. Woźniak, Albrecht Schmidt, Robin Welsch
2022
CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proxemics for Human-Agent Interaction in Augmented Reality
Ann Huang, Pascal Knierim, Francesco Chiossi, Lewis Chuang, Robin Welsch
2022
CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The Placebo Effect of Artificial Intelligence in Human-Computer Interaction
Thomas Kosch, Robin Welsch, Lewis Chuang, Albrecht Schmidt
2022
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Adapting to the pandemic
Marlene Wessels, Nariman Utegaliyev, Christoph Bernhard, Robin Welsch, Daniel Oberfeld, Sven Thönes, Christoph von Castell
2022
Scientific Reports
SaferHome: Interactive Physical and Digital Smart Home Dashboards for Communicating Privacy Assessments to Owners and Bystanders
Maximiliane Windl, Alexander Hiesinger, Robin Welsch, Albrecht Schmidt, Sebastian S. Feger
2022
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
To See or Not to See
Linda Hirsch, Christina Schneegass, Robin Welsch, Andreas Butz
2021
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
When Friends Become Strangers
Radiah Rivu, Yumeng Zhou, Robin Welsch, Ville Mäkelä, Florian Alt
2021
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021 - 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings
The Future of Proxemic Interaction in Smart Factories
Donovan Toure, Robin Welsch, Sven Mayer
2021
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Physical distancing and the perception of interpersonal distance in the COVID-19 crisis
Robin Welsch, Marlene Wessels, Christoph Bernhard, Sven Thönes, Christoph von Castell
2021
Scientific Reports
Test–Retest Reliability and Temporal Agreement of Direct and Indirect Sexual Interest Measures
Robin Welsch, Alexander F. Schmidt, Daniel Turner, Martin Rettenberger
2021
Sexual Abuse
Pipelines Bent, Pipelines Broken: Interdisciplinary Self-Reflection on the Impact of COVID-19 on Current and Future Research (Position Paper)
Priscilla Balestrucci, Katrin Angerbauer, Cristina Morariu, Robin Welsch, Lewis L. Chuang, Daniel Weiskopf, Marc O. Ernst, Michael Sedlmair
2020
2020 IEEE Workshop on Evaluation and Beyond - Methodological Approaches to Visualization (BELIV)
Die klinisch-forensische Bedeutung des Selbstregulationsmodells sexueller Delinquenz und Rückfälligkeit bei pädosexuellen Straftaten
Priscilla Gregório Hertz, Martin Rettenberger, Robin Welsch, Daniel Turner
2020
Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie
Body image avoidance affects interpersonal distance perception
Robin Welsch, Heiko Hecht, David R. Kolar, Michael Witthöft, Tanja Legenbauer
2020
European Eating Disorders Review
Interpersonal Distance in the SARS-CoV-2 Crisis
Robin Welsch, Heiko Hecht, Lewis Chuang, Christoph von Castell
2020
Human Factors
Interpersonal Distance Regulation and Approach-Avoidance Reactions Are Altered in Psychopathy
Robin Welsch, Christoph von Castell, Heiko Hecht
2020
Clinical Psychological Science
Sexual attraction modulates interpersonal distance and approach-avoidance movements towards virtual agents in males
Robin Welsch, Christoph von Castell, Martin Rettenberger, Daniel Turner, Heiko Hecht, Peter Fromberger
2020
PloS one
The shape of personal space
Heiko Hecht, Robin Welsch, Jana Viehoff, Matthew R. Longo
2019
Acta Psychologica
The anisotropy of personal space
Robin Welsch, Christoph von Castell, Heiko Hecht
2019
PloS one
Response inhibition and impulsive decision-making in sexual offenders against children
Daniel Turner, Christian Laier, Matthias Brand, Tamara Bockshammer, Robin Welsch, Martin Rettenberger
2018
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Cognitive performance and emotion are indifferent to ambient color
Christoph von Castell, Daniela Stelzmann, Daniel Oberfeld, Robin Welsch, Heiko Hecht
2018
Color Research and Application
Psychopathy and the Regulation of Interpersonal Distance
Robin Welsch, Heiko Hecht, Christoph von Castell
2018
Clinical Psychological Science