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Personal profile
Quote
“I have long been fascinated by design, both in aesthetics and process, and software systems with all their complexities and inherent qualities.”
Research profile
Mathias Funk is Assistant Professor in the Future Everyday group of the department of Industrial Design. He leads the Things Ecology lab. In addition, he is the co-founder of UXsuite GmbH, a high-tech spin-off of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He is interested in design theory and processes for systems, designing systems for musical expression, and designing with data. He has a background in computer science and electrical engineering. He is a versatile software engineer and designs tools for designers such as domain-specific languages and distributed systems frameworks.
Mathias Funk’s main research interest is how designers can design with and for data and systems behavior. He works primarily on design tools and the layers between engineering and modern industrial design. In addition, Funk researches new musical and visual expression, feedback and collaboration tools, and human values and sustainability issues in design.
Mathias Funk co-edited a special issue on ‘Designing for Systems of Smart Things’ for the International Journal of Design. Since 2012, he has been heading the development of the systems-communication framework OOCSI, used by hundreds of students internationally to design connected products and systems.
Academic background
Mathias Funk holds an MSc in Computer Science from RWTH Aachen, Germany, and got his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 2011. His dissertation was on model-driven design of self-observing products. During his PhD, he was visiting researcher at Philips Consumer Electronics. He did a postdoc in the Department of Electrical Engineering at TU/e and another in TU/e’s Department of Industrial Design. He took the position of Assistant Professor in 2013. He has been Guest Lecturer at Umeå Institute of Design (Sweden), Jiangnan University (China), and TaiwanTech Taipei (Taiwan). Funk has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers in journals, conferences and workshops.
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Projects 2017 2019
- 1 Active
Nano4Sports
Vos, S., Funk, M., van der Spek, E., Menheere, D., Brombacher, A., van der Avoird, M., Schoumacher, J., van Mierlo, P., van Mierlo, P. & Vos, S.
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research direct › Research
Research Output 2005 2018
Addressing the need to capture scenarios, intentions and preferences: interactive intentional programming in the smart home
Funk, M., Chen, L. L., Yang, S. W. & Chen, Y. K., 1 Apr 2018, In : International Journal of Design. 12, 1, p. 53-66 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Alice: design of a time-oriented collaboration service for design teams
Muñoz Alcantara, J., Kreymer, R., Funk, M. & Markopoulos, P., 19 Jun 2018, Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, EICS 2018. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 6 p. 12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
Application for simulating smart home technology based on interactive intentional programming
Malova, E. S., 2 Oct 2018, Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.Research output: Thesis › Pd Eng Thesis › Other research output
Communicating system behavior with ambient light: From complex control system behavior to ambient lighting patterns
Chuang, Y., Funk, M. & Chen, L., 27 Nov 2018 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
DeLight: biofeedback through ambient light for stress intervention and relaxation assistance
Yu, B., Hu, J., Funk, M. & Feijs, L., 23 May 2018, In : Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 22, 4, p. 787-805 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Datasets
Learning analytics for Lix puzzle-game
Vahdat, M. (Creator), Carvalho, M. B. (Creator), Funk, M. (Creator), Rauterberg, M. (Creator), Hu, J. (Creator), Anguita, D. (Creator), EASY, 17 Jan 2017
Dataset
Educational process mining (EPM): a learning analytics data set
Vahdat, M. (Creator), Oneto, L. (Creator), UCI Machine Learning Repository, 24 Sep 2015
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Activities 2013 2013
- 1 Membership of committee
IMEC (External organisation)
Mathias Funk (Member)Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
Courses
Press / Media
Student theses
A new lighting experience system for the Philips Hue
Author: Muntinga, B. J., Jun 2018Supervisor: Funk, M. (Supervisor 1), Hu, J. (Supervisor 2) & Rook, J. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Bachelor
A self-sustaining social system at StudyPortals
Author: Praxová, L., 31 Aug 2016Supervisor: Funk, M. (Supervisor 1) & van Essen, H. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Bokeh: a communicative lighting system for managing domestic finance
Author: Hu, X., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Funk, M. (Supervisor 1) & Wensveen, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Connected cycling
Author: Wolfs, B., 31 Jan 2014Supervisor: Bruns, M. (Supervisor 1) & Funk, M. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Connect-S: integrating web-based information with today's society
Author: Giang, K., 2012Supervisor: Funk, M. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Bachelor