Tobias Röddiger

Want to hear about the future of earables? Let me be your next keynote speaker!

email: roeddiger (at) teco.edu

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Campus Süd
Institute of Telematics
Chair for Pervasive Computing Systems / TECO
Vincenz-Prießnitz-Straße 1
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
Building 07.07, Room 206

Short CV

  • Nov. 2019 – now                PhD candidate at TECO / KIT
  • Sep. 2022 – Nov. 2023      visiting PhD student at MIT
  • Oct. 2017 – Oct. 2019       Master degree in Computer Science at KIT
  • Apr. 2018 – Oct. 2019       HiWi at TECO / KIT
  • Oct. 2017 – Jun. 2018       Joint project with BASF and Linköping University (Sweden) within the SUGAR Network
  • Oct. 2013 – Oct. 2017       Bachelor degree in Computer Science at KIT
  • Apr. 2017 – Aug. 2017       Visiting thesis student at Lancaster University (Interactive Systems)
  • Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2016       Internship at Microsoft (Identity Team, Skype)
  • Oct. 2014 – Oct. 2016       Co-Founder enCourage emergency app

Projects

Thesis

  • Eye Tracking (Kathrin Blum, Bachelor Thesis, 2022)
  • CPR Performance Feedback (Leonardo Weng, Bachelor Thesis, 2022)
  • Embedded ML (Jan Ettrich, Bachelor Thesis, 2022)
  • Werable Motion Tracking (Pierre Brosemer, Bachelor Thesis, 2021)
  • Werable Motion Tracking (Anja Hansen, Bachelor Thesis, 2021)
  • Sound Localization (Erwin Müller, Bachelor Thesis, 2021)
  • Wound Monitoring (Jennifer Muenk, Master Thesis, 2020)
  • Urban Sensing (Dennis Osipov, Bachelor Thesis, 2020)
  • Earables (Christian Dinse, Master Thesis, 2020)
  • Urban Sensing (Julian Westermannn, Bachelor Thesis, 2019)
  • Activity Recognition (Victoria Karl, Bachelor Thesis, 2019)
  • Bio Sensing (Michael Kuettner, Bachelor Thesis, 2019)
  • Earables (David Laubenstein, Bachelor Thesis, 2019)

Research Interests

  • Earables
  • Embedded Machine Learning

Peer-reviewed Publications

2023
OpenBCI + 3D-Printed Headphones = Open ExG Headphones – An Open-Source Research Platform for Biopotential Earable Applications
Knierim, M. T.; Puhl, D.; Ivucic, G.; Röddiger, T.
2023. CHI EA ’23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Ed.: A. Schmidt, Art.-Nr.: 221, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3544549.3585875 
2022
Tools and methods for Edge-AI-systems
Schwabe, N.; Zhou, Y.; Hielscher, L.; Röddiger, T.; Riedel, T.; Reiter, S.
2022. at - Automatisierungstechnik, 70 (9), 767–776. doi:10.1515/auto-2022-0023 
OpenEarable: Open Hardware Earable Sensing Platform
Röddiger, T.; King, T.; Roodt, D. R.; Clarke, C.; Beigl, M.
2022, September 15 
Sensing with Earables: A Systematic Literature Review and Taxonomy of Phenomena
Röddiger, T.; Clarke, C.; Breitling, P.; Schneegans, T.; Zhao, H.; Gellersen, H.; Beigl, M.
2022. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 6 (3), Article 135. doi:10.1145/3550314 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
2021
Earrumble: Discreet hands-and eyes-free input by voluntary tensor tympani muscle contraction
Röddiger, T.; Clarke, C.; Wolffram, D.; Budde, M.; Beigl, M.
2021. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Art.-Nr.: 743, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3411764.3445205 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
EarRecorder: A Multi-Device Earable Data Collection Toolkit
Fang, L.; Röddiger, T.; Schmid, F.; Beigl, M.
2021. Augmented Humans Conference 2021, 286–288, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3458709.3459005 
2020
Responsible, Automated Data Gathering for Timely Citizen Dashboard Provision During a Global Pandemic (COVID-19
Röddiger, T.; Beigl, M.; Dörner, D.; Budde, M.
2020. Digital Government: Research and Practice, 2 (1), Art.-Nr.: 9. doi:10.1145/3428471 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
FLECTILE: 3D-printable soft actuators for wearable computing
Fang, L.; Röddiger, T.; Sun, H.; Willenbacher, N.; Beigl, M.
2020. UbiComp/ISWC ’20: 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Ed.: K. v. Laerhoven, 32–36, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Best Paper Award doi:10.1145/3410531.3414307 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
Design Space and Usability of Earable Prototyping
Röddiger, T.; Beigl, M.; Exler, A.
2020. UbiComp/ISWC ’20: 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Virtual Event, Mexico, September, 2020. Ed.: K. van Laerhoven, 73–78, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3410531.3414302 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
PDMSkin – On-Skin Gestures with Printable Ultra-Stretchable Soft Electronic Second Skin
Röddiger, T.; Beigl, M.; Wolffram, D.; Budde, M.; Sun, H.
2020. AHs ’20: Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference, March 2020, Article No.: 28, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3384657.3384789 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
Wearability and Comfort of Earables during Sleep
Röddiger, T.; Dinse, C.; Beigl, M.
2020. ISWC’21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: September 21-26, 2021 ; Virtual Event, 150–152, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3460421.3480432 
Where Should i Look? Comparing Reference Frames for Spatial Tactile Cues
Pescara, E.; Stubenbord, A.; Röddiger, T.; Fang, L.; Beigl, M.
2020. ISWC’21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: September 21-26, 2021 ; Virtual Event, 68–72, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3460421.3478822 
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Support: Comparison of Wrist-, Chest-, and Ear-Worn Devices and Estimation Algorithms
Hermann, S.; Breitling, P.; Röddiger, T.; Beigl, M.
2020. ISWC’21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: September 21-26, 2021 ; Virtual Event, 28–32, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3460421.3478820 
2019
Towards Respiration Rate Monitoring Using an In-Ear Headphone Inertial Measurement Unit
Röddiger, T.; Wolffram, D.; Laubenstein, D.; Budde, M.; Beigl, M.
2019. UbiComp ’19: The 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing - EarComp’19: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Earable Computing - London, United Kingdom, 9th-13th September 2019, 48–53, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Best Paper Award doi:10.1145/3345615.3361130 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
2018
ARMart – AR-Based Shopping Assistant to Choose and Find Store Items
Röddiger, T.; Doerner, D.; Beigl, M.
2018. 2018 Joint ACM International Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2018 and 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2018; Singapore; Singapore; 8 October 2018 through 12 October 2018, 440–443, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3267305.3267631 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
VOCNEA: Sleep apnea and hypopnea detection using a novel tiny gas sensor
Röddiger, T.; Beigl, M.; Köpke, M.; Budde, M.
2018. 22nd International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2018; Singapore; Singapore; 8 October 2018 through 12 October 2018, 226–227, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3267242.3267273 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument