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“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 Associate 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 has a background 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 was appointed Assistant Professor in 2013 and Associate Professor in 2019. He has been Guest Lecturer at Umeå Institute of Design (Sweden), Jiangnan University (China), and TaiwanTech Taipei (Taiwan). Funk has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers in journals, conferences and workshops.
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Projects
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Nano4Sports
Vos, S. B., Funk, M., van der Spek, E. D., Menheere, D., Brombacher, A. C., Schoumacher, J. & Vos, S. B.
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
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A comprehensive value framework for design
Kheirandish, S., Funk, M., Wensveen, S., Verkerk, M. & Rauterberg, M., Aug 2020, In: Technology in Society. 62, 12 p., 101302.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A Diary Study on the Exercise Intention-Behaviour Gap: Implications for the Design of Interactive Products
Menheere, D. S., Funk, M., van der Spek, E. D., Lallemand, C. & Vos, S. B., 2020, Design Research Society 2020. 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Design labs for data-driven multivalence
Funk, M., 2020, Data-driven multivalence in the built environment. Biloria, N. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 207-222 (S.M.A.R.T. Environments).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Do I have a say?: Using conversational agents to re-imagine human-machine autonomy
Sankaran, S., Zhang, C., Funk, M., Aarts, H. & Markopoulos, P., 22 Jul 2020, CUI '20: Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Conversational User Interfaces. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 3 p. 3406135. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Faye: An Empathy Probe to Investigate Motivation Among Novice Runners
Menheere, D., Lallemand, C., Funk, M. & Vos, S., 25 Jul 2020, HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Posters - 22nd International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Stephanidis, C., Antona, M. & Ntoa, S. (eds.). Springer, p. 493-499 7 p. 7. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 1294).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Learning analytics for Lix puzzle-game
Vahdat, M. (Creator), Carvalho, M. B. (Creator), Funk, M. (Creator), Rauterberg, G. W. M. (. (Creator), Hu, J. (Creator) & Anguita, D. (Creator), EASY, 17 Jan 2017
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Educational process mining (EPM): a learning analytics data set
Vahdat, M. (Creator), Oneto, L. (Creator), Anguita, D. (Supervisor), Funk, M. (Supervisor) & Rauterberg, G. W. M. (. (Supervisor), UCI Machine Learning Repository, 24 Sep 2015
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Activities
- 1 Membership of committee
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IMEC (External organisation)
Mathias Funk (Member)
14 Jun 2013 → 4 Apr 2014Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
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Press / Media
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A motivational clothes hanger helps you keep running
Mathias Funk, Erik D. van der Spek, Steven B. Vos & Carine Lallemand
24/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Runner’s Perceptions of Reasons to Quit Running: Influence of Gender, Age and Running-Related Characteristics
Mathias Funk, Erik D. van der Spek, Mark A. Janssen, Steven B. Vos & Carine Lallemand
1/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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