Prof. Claudia Nass Bauer

RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Phone+49 6131 628-2245
E-mailmailto: claudia.nass-bauer(at)hs-mainz.de
BuildingHochschule Mainz (Raum H 2.03), Holzstr. 36 - 55116 Mainz

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2025Doctoral candidate

Since 2024

Lecturer of the module 'Human-Centred Design' on the Master of Science in Sports and Health Technology at RPTU Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Since 2021

Professor for Design Strategy, University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Germany

2006 – 2026

Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Kaiserslautern, Germany

2019 – 2021

M.A. in Organizational Development, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Germany
2018 – 2020Teaching and project supervision, RPTU Kaiserslautern, Germany
2017 – 2021Lecturer of the courses Usability Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction of the Bachelor's degree in IT Analysis at the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Germany.
2020Lecturer of the Software Engineering course for the Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany
2003 – 2005Designer, Pablo Rubinstein Aparatología, Madrid, Spain
2004 – 2005Executive Master in Marketing and Communication Management, IDE–CESEM, Madrid, Spain
2000 – 2003Web Designer, Editel Listas Telefónicas, Curitiba, Brazil
2000 – 2004Studies in Graphic Arts, CEFET-PR, Curitiba, Brazil
1997 – 2000Vocational Training in Industrial Design, CEFET-PR, Curitiba, Brazil

 

Areas of Interest

  • Human–Computer Interaction
  • User Experience Research & Design
  • Generative AI in the design process and design education
  • Intelligence & Creativity
  • Cognitive Ergonomics

Featured publications

Nass Bauer, C. 2025. Evaluating Multimodal AI Interfaces for Cognitive Performance in Human-Centered Design Education. In XP2.0: Proceedings of the EICS 2025 Workshop on Cross-Platform, Multimodal, and Immersive Systems. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 

Nass Bauer, C. 2024. Exploring the Integration of Generative AI in User-Centered Design. In Mensch und Computer 2024-Workshopband (pp. 10-18420). Gesellschaft für Informatik eV.

Storck, S., Späth, K., Nass Bauer, C., & Elberzhager, F. 2022. Remote Collaboration Needs for New Work: Concepts, Procedure and Evaluation. Journal of Ubiquitous Systems & Pervasive Networks, 17(1), 01-09. 

Braun, S., Trapp, M., Nass, C., Gerbershagen, M., Schweitzer, S., Falcão, R., ... & Wire, N. 2020. Insights collaboration space: a team collaboration app for the design of data-driven services. In Proc. of the 23rd ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedings (pp. 1-5). 

Nass, C &. Trapp, M. 2019. Tangible Ecosystem Design: Developing Disruptive Services for Digital Ecosystems. CHI ACM (2019) 

Nass, C. Jung, J. Groen, E., Villela, K. & Holl, K. 2018. Interaction Modes for Emergency Mobile Apps. Mobile Information Systems 2018: 3437957:1-3437957:24. 

Nass, C., Breiner, B. & Villela, K. 2014. Mobile Crowdsourcing Solution for Emergency Situations: Human Reaction Model and Strategy for Interaction. AVI 2014. 

Nass, C.; Adam, S.; Doerr, J. & Trapp, M. 2012. Balancing User and Business Goals in Software Development to Generate Positive User Experience. In: Zacarias, M. & Oliveira, J. V. (Eds.) Balancing User and Business Human-Computer Interaction: The Agency Perspective, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, 396, 29-5 

Nass, C., Kerkow, D., Jung, J. 2010. The fulfillment of user needs and the course of time in field investigation. CHI 2010. 

 

Current Project Grants

 

2025 – 2027Funding program: BMBF – MissionMINT, Project: Activating Women in Software Engineering (WiSE)

2022 – 2025

Funding program: Carl Zeiss Foundation – Forschungsstart, Project: HYBRIDA – Hybrid value-oriented interdisciplinary design approach for data-intensive software systems