Verena Nitsch

Verena Nitsch, M. Sc.

Forschungsinteressen:

• Telepräsenz und Telerobotik
• Evaluation der Mensch-Maschine Schnittstelle
• Haptisches Feedback in Telepräsenzsystemen und dessen Auswirkungen auf die menschliche Leistungsfähigkeit
• Experimentelle Methodik und statistische Datenanalyse
• Kognitive Modellierung der Mensch-Maschine Interaktion

Lehre:

• Personalmanagement und Führung
• Projektmanagement
• Mensch-Maschine Interaktion

Weitere Aktivitäten:

• Leitung und Koordination verschiedener mehrtägiger Seminare, u.a. dem Kompaktseminar "Personalmanagement und Führung", der Tutzinger Ferienakademie für Studentinnen und junge Wissenschaftlerinnen, sowie dem Workshop "Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis" der international ausgerichteten SFB453 Telerobotics Summer School 2010
• Reviewer für Konferenzbeiträge (u.a. EuroHaptics, WorldHaptics, ICABB, IROS, ICRA, RoMan) und Fachjournale (u.a. Journal of Mechatronics)
• Session Chair der HAVE 2008 und ICABB 2010 Konferenzen
• Graduate Member der British Psychological Society, sowie Mitglied der International Society for Haptics, der International Association of Applied Psychology und des IEEE
• Eingetragenes Mitglied im "Register of Competence in Psychological Testing" der British Psychological Society (Level A & Level B)

Veröffentlichungen:

• Nitsch, V. & Färber, B. (2011) Empirically derived guidelines for the effective use of haptic output signals in teleoperation systems. 9. Berliner Werkstatt Mensch-Maschine Systeme, Fortschritt-Bericht VDI (22) (accepted).
• Staub, C., Can, S., Knoll, A., Nitsch, V., Karl, I., Färber, B. (2011) Implementation and evaluation of a gesture-based input method in robotic surgery. Proceedings of the Workshop of Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications HAVE (accepted).
• Chaudhari, R., Schuwerk, C., Nitsch, V., Steinbach, E., Färber, B. (2011) Opening the haptic loop: network degradation limits for haptic task performance. Proceedings of the Workshop of Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications HAVE (accepted). 
• Nitsch, V., Passenberg, C., Peer, A., Buss, M., Färber, B. (2010) Assistance Functions for Collaborative Haptic Interaction in Virtual Environments and their Effect on Performance and User Comfort. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Applied Bionics and Biomechanics ICABB 2010, Venice.
• Kammerl, J., Vittorias, I., Nitsch, V., Färber, B., Steinbach, E., Hirche, S. (2010) Perception-based Data Reduction for Haptic Force-feedback Signals using Velocity-adaptive Deadbands. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 19(5), pp. 450-462.
• Radi, M., Reiter, A., Zaidan, S., Nitsch, V., Färber, B., Reinhart, G. (2010) Telepresence in Industrial Applications: Implementation Issues for Assembly Tasks. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 19(5), pp. 415-429.
• Nitsch, V., Kammerl, J., Färber, B., Steinbach, E. (2010) On the Impact of Haptic Data Reduction and Feedback Modality on Quality and Task Performance in a Telepresence- and Teleaction System. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6192/2010, pp. 169-177. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
• Reiter, A., Nitsch, V., Reinhart, G & Färber, B. (2009). Effects of Visual and Haptic Feedback on Telepresent Micro Assembly Tasks. 3rd International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production CARV 2009, Munich.
• Weber, C. , Nitsch, V., Unterhinninghofen, U., Färber, B., Buss, M. (2009). Position and Force Augmentation in a Telepresence System and their Effects on Perceived Realism. Proceedings of the Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, Salt Lake City, pp.226-231.
• Nitsch, V., Hinterseer, P., Steinbach, E., Färber, B., Geiger, L. (2008). An Experimental Study of Lossy Compression in a Real Telepresence and Teleaction System. Proceedings of the Workshop of Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications HAVE, Ottawa, pp. 75-80. (Best Paper Award).
• Nitsch, V. (2007). The Role of Circumstances, Individual Differences, and Social Support in Determining the Difficulty of a Job Change or Career Transition. M.Sc. Dissertation in Organisational Psychology. University of Manchester, UK. Grin Verlag.
• Nitsch, V. (2006). The Relationship of Boredom Proneness to Occupational Stress. Unpublished B.Sc. Dissertation in Applied Psychology. University of Central Lancashire (Best Project Award).