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    Dipl.-Wirt. Inform. Tobias Dyrks

    dyrks

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    Vitae

    Tobias Dyrks studied information systems at the University of Siegen. In 2004 he joined Fraunhofer FIT as student assistant composing his final thesis on knowledge management in online communities. After graduating from university in 2005, he became research associate at Fraunhofer. Tobias Dyrks has worked in numerous national and European research projects with the focus on knowledge management and collaboration support of mobile workers. In his research with the European project wearIT@work, Tobias studied knowledge management practice in its broadest sense such as sense making practices of firefighters. In 2007, Tobias managed the User Centered Design Board with the Paris Fire Service, one of four sub-projects of the wearIT@work project. Currently, he coordinates the landmarke project, a national initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research focusing on collaboration and navigation support of firefighers. Tobias is both research associate of the University of Siegen and Fraunhofer FIT.

    Publications

    2018

    • Randall, D., Dachtera, J., Dyrks, T., Nett, B., Pipek, V., Ramirez, L., Stevens, G., Wagner, I. & Wulf, V. (2018)Research into Design Research Practices: Supporting an Agenda towards Self-Reflectivity and Transferability

      IN Wulf, V., Pipek, V., Randall, D., Rohde, M., Schmidt, K. & Stevens, G. (Eds.), Socio-Informatics – A Practice-based Perspective on the Design and Use of IT Artefacts
      [BibTeX] [Download PDF] 

      @incollection{randall_research_2018,
title = {Research into {Design} {Research} {Practices}: {Supporting} an {Agenda} towards {Self}-{Reflectivity} and {Transferability}},
isbn = {978-0-19-873324-9},
url = {http://www.wineme.uni-siegen.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Section-4-Meta-Analysis.pdf},
booktitle = {Socio-{Informatics} - {A} {Practice}-based {Perspective} on the {Design} and {Use} of {IT} {Artefacts}},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
author = {Randall, Dave and Dachtera, Juri and Dyrks, Tobias and Nett, Bernhard and Pipek, Volkmar and Ramirez, Leonardo and Stevens, Gunnar and Wagner, Ina and Wulf, Volker},
editor = {Wulf, Volker and Pipek, Volkmar and Randall, David and Rohde, Markus and Schmidt, Kjeld and Stevens, Gunnar},
year = {2018},
keywords = {CSCW, PRAXLABS, MdK},
pages = {491--540},
}

    2014

    • Betz, M., Dyrks, T. & Wulf, V. (2014)Emergency Messenger als Kommunikationskonzept für Notfallarbeit

      IN i-com – Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Vol. 13, Pages: 4
      [BibTeX] 

      @article{betz_emergency_2014,
title = {Emergency {Messenger} als {Kommunikationskonzept} für {Notfallarbeit}},
volume = {13},
issn = {1618-162X},
number = {1},
journal = {i-com - Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien},
author = {Betz, Matthias and Dyrks, Tobias and Wulf, Volker},
year = {2014},
keywords = {feuerwehr, hilfsfristen, kommunkation, Koordinator, textnachrichten},
pages = {4},
}

    2012

    • Ramirez, L., Dyrks, T., Gerwinski, J., Betz, M., Scholz, M. & Wulf, V. (2012)Landmarke: An ad hoc deployable ubicomp infrastructure to support indoor navigation of firefighters

      IN Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 16, Pages: 1025–1038 doi:10.1007/s00779-011-0462-5
      [BibTeX] [Abstract]

      Indoor navigation plays a central role for the safety of firefighters. The circumstances in which a firefighting intervention occurs represent a rather complex challenge for the design of supporting technology. In this paper, we present the results of our work designing an ad hoc ubicomp infrastructure to support navigation of firefighters working in structure fires inside the zone of danger. We take a wider approach, complementing the technical questions with the development of effective navigation practices based on technology available today. We provide an overview of the complete design process, from the theoretical and empirical underpinnings to the construction and evaluation of three iterations of the platform. We report the results of our evaluation and the implications and tensions uncovered in this process, and we discuss the challenges and implications of it for the design of ubicomp for firefighters.

      @article{ramirez_landmarke_2012,
title = {Landmarke: {An} ad hoc deployable ubicomp infrastructure to support indoor navigation of firefighters},
volume = {16},
issn = {16174909},
doi = {10.1007/s00779-011-0462-5},
abstract = {Indoor navigation plays a central role for the safety of firefighters. The circumstances in which a firefighting intervention occurs represent a rather complex challenge for the design of supporting technology. In this paper, we present the results of our work designing an ad hoc ubicomp infrastructure to support navigation of firefighters working in structure fires inside the zone of danger. We take a wider approach, complementing the technical questions with the development of effective navigation practices based on technology available today. We provide an overview of the complete design process, from the theoretical and empirical underpinnings to the construction and evaluation of three iterations of the platform. We report the results of our evaluation and the implications and tensions uncovered in this process, and we discuss the challenges and implications of it for the design of ubicomp for firefighters.},
number = {8},
journal = {Personal and Ubiquitous Computing},
author = {Ramirez, Leonardo and Dyrks, Tobias and Gerwinski, Jan and Betz, Matthias and Scholz, Markus and Wulf, Volker},
year = {2012},
keywords = {Ad hoc deployment, Firefighting, Human-computer interaction, Indoor navigation, Landmarke, Mobile ad hoc network, Navigation, Orientation, Sensor networks, Ubiquitous computing, Wearable computing},
pages = {1025--1038},
}

    2009

    • Ramirez, L., Denef, S. & Dyrks, T. (2009)Towards human-centered support for indoor navigation

      IN Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Pages: 1279–1282 doi:10.1145/1518701.1518893
      [BibTeX] [Abstract]

      This paper presents a new perspective for the design of indoor navigation support. In contrast to technology oriented approaches coming from Context Awareness research, we argue for a wider focus that complements the technical question of providing precise indoor location with the development of more effective navigation practices based on technology available today. Starting from research on indoor navigation conducted with the Paris Fire Brigade, we present two design concepts aimed at supporting firefighters in creating and finding their own paths, together with some of the design strategies that informed the creation of these concepts.

      @article{ramirez_towards_2009,
title = {Towards human-centered support for indoor navigation},
doi = {10.1145/1518701.1518893},
abstract = {This paper presents a new perspective for the design of indoor navigation support. In contrast to technology oriented approaches coming from Context Awareness research, we argue for a wider focus that complements the technical question of providing precise indoor location with the development of more effective navigation practices based on technology available today. Starting from research on indoor navigation conducted with the Paris Fire Brigade, we present two design concepts aimed at supporting firefighters in creating and finding their own paths, together with some of the design strategies that informed the creation of these concepts.},
journal = {Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)},
author = {Ramirez, Leonardo and Denef, Sebastian and Dyrks, Tobias},
year = {2009},
keywords = {A-Paper},
pages = {1279--1282},
}

    2006

    • Nett, B., Dyrks, T., Durissini, M. & Müller, C. (2006)Ethnographisch fundierte evolutionäre Produktfindung: Die Entwicklung des Community Brokers

      Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI). Passau, Deutschland, Pages: 287–298
      [BibTeX] [Abstract]

      Im folgenden Beitrag wird vorgestellt, wie auf der Basis einer ethnographischen Feldstudie zu Lernprozessen in KMU der Softwarebranche die Entwicklung einer Communityware, dem \${\textbackslash}textbackslashbackslash\$”Community Broker\${\textbackslash}textbackslashbackslash\$”, angestoßen und im Rahmen eines evolutionären und interdisziplinären Produktfindungsprozesses realisiert wurde The paper describes the iterative and inter-disciplinary development of a search tool based on an ethnographic field study on learning processes in SME in the German software branch.

      @inproceedings{nett_ethnographisch_2006,
address = {Passau, Deutschland},
title = {Ethnographisch fundierte evolutionäre {Produktfindung}: {Die} {Entwicklung} des {Community} {Brokers}},
volume = {1},
abstract = {Im folgenden Beitrag wird vorgestellt, wie auf der Basis einer ethnographischen Feldstudie zu Lernprozessen in KMU der Softwarebranche die Entwicklung einer Communityware, dem \${\textbackslash}textbackslashbackslash\$"Community Broker\${\textbackslash}textbackslashbackslash\$", angestoßen und im Rahmen eines evolutionären und interdisziplinären Produktfindungsprozesses realisiert wurde The paper describes the iterative and inter-disciplinary development of a search tool based on an ethnographic field study on learning processes in SME in the German software branch.},
booktitle = {Multikonferenz {Wirtschaftsinformatik} ({MKWI})},
author = {Nett, Bernhard and Dyrks, Tobias and Durissini, Marco and Müller, Claudia},
year = {2006},
pages = {287--298},
}

    2005

    • Dyrks, T. (2005)Textanalysenbasierte Vermittlung von Online-Communities: Am Beispiel der kontextgerechten Erweiterung eines interaktiven Webportals (Diplomarbeit)

      Diplomarbeit
      [BibTeX] [Download PDF] 

      @phdthesis{dyrks_textanalysenbasierte_2005,
type = {Diplomarbeit},
title = {Textanalysenbasierte {Vermittlung} von {Online}-{Communities}: {Am} {Beispiel} der kontextgerechten {Erweiterung} eines interaktiven {Webportals} ({Diplomarbeit})},
url = {http://www.wineme.uni-siegen.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/da_dyrks-textanalysenbasierte_vermittlung_von_online-communities-2005.pdf},
author = {Dyrks, Tobias},
year = {2005},
keywords = {Thesis, Diplomarbeit},
}