Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Prilla

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael PrillaResearch interest

My interest lies in analyzing the work and learning of people (individuals and groups) and supporting this by information technology. It is important to me that technology is always developed together with potential users and that it is always designed, implemented, and tested in the interaction between people, technology, and organization. My aim is to understand and methodically support the design and further development of the resulting socio-technical systems.

Community

I am deputy speaker of the Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction of the Society for Computer Science ("Gesellschaft für Informatik") in Germany and speaker of the Special Interest Group on CSCW. In these positions, I work to ensure that HCI and CSCW are interesting and active research areas in Germany. An example of this is the annual Konferenz Mensch und Computer. In addition, I am the MCI's expert for young scientists and the spokesperson for the "Promotion of Young Scientists" working group, and I am committed to attracting young scientists to the department.

I am also a member of the steering and/or program committee of various international conferences in my field such as ECSCW and CSCW, ACM CHI, ACM GROUP or ECTEL.

Vita

2016-2022: W3 Professorship for Human-Centered Information Systems at the Institute of Computer Science at Clausthal University of Technology
2010-2016: Senior Researcher at the Chair of Information and Technology Management at the Institute for Ergonomics at the Ruhr University Bochum
2012-2013: Deputy professor for business informatics at the University of Siegen.
2007: Visiting scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
2005-2010: Research assistant and doctoral student at the Chair of Information and Technology Management at the Institute for Ergonomics at the Ruhr University Bochum
1999-2004: Student assistant at the Chair of Computer Science and Society at the University of Dortmund

Education

Doctorate at the Ruhr University Bochum (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology). Awarded the title of Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in September 2010.
Studied computer science (diploma) with a focus on computer science and society at the TU Dortmund University (Link). Graduated as a computer scientist in 2004.