HCI ✕ AI · Automotive UI · Mixed
Reality
Hi there! I am Jan Henry.
Researcher at Porsche AI Research and Ulm University.
I study how context-aware AI can shape the experience inside the vehicle - from generative in-car storytelling to adaptive interfaces. I hold a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Media Informatics from Ulm University and spent summer 2026 as a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge.
6
peer-reviewed papers
citations
UIST · IMWUT · IMX · AutoUI ·
MUM
venues
Porsche · Cambridge · Ulm
affiliations
Experience
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University of Cambridge
Department of Engineering | Intelligent Interactive Systems
Group
Visiting Researcher
Worked in Prof. Per Ola Kristensson's group on intelligent interactive systems,
extending my research on context-aware interaction beyond the vehicle.
05/2026 – 08/2026
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
Porsche AI Research | Stuttgart
Research Associate
Applying AI methods in the vehicle interior to improve the driving experience,
supervised by Dr. Grosse-Puppendahl and Prof. Dr. Rukzio. First-author work published at UIST and
IMX.
10/2023 – Present
Ulm University
Institute of Media Informatics | Ulm
Lecturer
Teach the course “Sketching with Hardware” on rapid prototyping -
additive and subtractive fabrication, microcontroller programming, and electrical
engineering basics - and supervise the institute's fabrication lab.
2023 – Present
Ulm University
Human-Computer Interaction Group | Ulm
Research Assistant
Four years of research on autonomous driving under Mark Colley, resulting in
publications at IMWUT, MUM, and AutomotiveUI.
2019 – 2023
Research
Google Scholar2026
AutoUI 2026Extended Abstract
Sim-DSE: Mediating Multi-User Automations in Cars through
Simulation-Augmented Decision Space Exploration
2024
UIST 2024
Story-Driven: Exploring the Impact of Providing Real-time Context
Information on Automated Storytelling
2023
IMWUT 2023
Effects of Uncertain Trajectory Prediction Visualization in
Highly Automated Vehicles
arXiv
Balancing the Digital and the Physical: Discussing Push and Pull
Factors for Digital Well-being
2021
Academic Service
MixHAI-XR 2027
ACM IUI 2027 | Helsinki, Finland
Co-Organizer
Full-day workshop Human–AI Interaction and Technology-Mediated Human
Representation in eXtended Reality on how humans are represented by AI,
from realistic replicas and digital twins to agents combining traits of different
people, and how people understand and control these representations in XR.
02/2027
ACM IMX 2026
International Conference on Interactive Media
Experiences
Associate Chair
Member of the programme committee for the full papers track.
2026
ACM IUI 2026
International Conference on Intelligent User
Interfaces
Program Committee Member
2026
Peer Reviewing
15+ conferences and journals
Reviewer
CHI 2024–2026, CHI LBW 2024 and 2025, IUI 2025 and 2026, AutomotiveUI
2024–2026, UIST 2024 and 2026, and the International Journal of
Human-Computer Studies (Elsevier). Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews
at UIST 2026, AutomotiveUI 2025, and CHI 2024.
Since 2023
German Pre-CHI 2022
Ulm University | Ulm, Germany
Co-Organizer & Technical Lead
Organized the German Pre-CHI event for more than 70 participants.
03/2022
Education
Tampere University
TAUCHI | Tampere, Finland
Master's Thesis
Semester abroad at the Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction, supervised by
Tero Avellan and Prof. Dr. Markku Turunen.
2023
Ulm University
Ulm, Germany
M.Sc. Media Informatics
Electives and projects focused on HCI: automotive UI, mobile HCI, and social
computing.
2021 – 2023
Ulm University
Ulm, Germany
B.Sc. Media Informatics
2017 – 2021
Aalen University of Applied Sciences
Aalen, Germany
B.Sc. Internet of Things
Switched to Media Informatics at Ulm University after three semesters.
2015 – 2017