Dipl.-Inf. Simon M. Nestler Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik I16 Fachgebiet Augmented Reality Boltzmannstr. 3 D-85748 Garching b. Muenchen Raum 00.13.037 Telefon: +49 89 289-17050 Fax: +49 89 289-17059

Research interests

• Flexible User-interfaces
• Mobile applications
• Information Visualization in Cars
• Disaster and emergency management
• Defensive data mining

• My Ph.D. Advisor is Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D.

Teaching

• Winter term 2006/07
  Tutor for Discrete Structures
• Summer term 2007
  Desktop-based User Interfaces for Computer Applications
• Winter term 2007/08
  Tutor for Discrete Structures
• Summer term 2008
  Information Visualization
• Summer term 2009
  Information Visualization

Student Projects

Open:

• Design and Development of a mobile user-interface for Sudoku, Bachelor Thesis
• Entwicklung eines User-Interfaces zur Bewertung von komplexen und instabilen Situationen, Bachelor Thesis
• Bachelor- Master-/Diplomarbeit: Entwicklung eines User-Interfaces auf einem Tablet-PC zur Unterstützung von Einsatzkräften (Rettungsdienst) in Großschadensereignissen , DA/MA/BA
• Bachelor- Master-/Diplomarbeit: Entwicklung eines User-Interfaces auf einem Tablet-PC zum effizienten und schnellen Ausfüllen von digitalen Formularen, DA/MA/BA

Running:

• Bachelorarbeit: Entwicklung einer Applikation auf einem Multi-touch Tisch zur Überblickslage in Großschadensereignissen , Bachelor Thesis by ()

Finished:

• Software based planning and information management on mobile devices for supporting the administration of rescue operations, DA/MA/BA by Peter Pichlmaier (2009/12/15)
• Supporting emergency responders using software‐based information management on mobile devices, DA/MA/BA by Thomas Endres (2009/12/15)
• Development of complex applications in a plugin-free web browser environment, Diploma Thesis by Philipp Kemmeter (2009/07/15)
• Entwicklung von virtuellen Patienten zur Evaluation unterschiedlicher Triagesysteme, Diploma Thesis by Andreas Dollinger (2007/09/15)
• Intermittent synchronisation of mobile devices using regional available communication channels, SEP by Mathias Kellerer (2007/05/15)

Additional information

• Private Webpage: Simon Nestler

Publications

2009
	S. Nestler, M. Huber, G. Klinker Improving the documentation in mass casualty incidents by combining electronic and paper based approaches AmI-09, Roots for the Future of Ambient Intelligence, Salzburg, 18th - 21st Nov 2009 (bib)
	S. Nestler, M. Huber, G. Klinker Hybrid approach for management of patient-related information in mass casualty incidents Technical Report, TUM-I0926 (bib)
	F. Echtler, S. Nestler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Supporting Casual Interactions between Board Games on Public Tabletop Displays and Mobile Devices Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Special Issue on Public and Private Displays, Springer Verlag, 2009 (to appear) (bib)
	S. Nestler, G. Klinker Mobile computing in mass casualty incidents (MCIs) Mobiles Computing in der Medizin (MoCoMed), Lübeck, 29. September 2009 (bib)
	D. Popiv, M. Rakic, K.-J. Bengler, H.Bubb, S. Nestler Timing Concept for Assistance of Anticipatory Driving 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA 2009) (bib)
	S. Nestler, M. Duschl, D. Popiv, M. Rakic, G. Klinker Concept for visualizing concealed objects to improve the driver’s anticipation 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA 2009) (bib)
	S. Nestler, G. Klinker Mobile User-Interfaces for Text Input in Time-Critical, Unstable and Life-Threatening Situations HCI International 2009 - Posters (bib)
	S. Nestler, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Common Interaction Schemes for In-Vehicle User-Interfaces Human-Computer Interaction, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 5612 (bib)
	S. Nestler, M. Huber, F. Echtler, A. Dollinger, G. Klinker Development and evaluation of a virtual reality patient simulation (VRPS) The 17-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG'09) (bib)
2008
	S. Nestler, F. Echtler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Collaborative problem solving on mobile hand-held devices and stationary multi-touch interfaces PPD'08. Workshop on designing multi-touch interaction techniques for coupled public and private displays (bib)
	S. Nestler Einsatzorganisation in Katastrophen. Unterstützung von Einsatzkräften durch mobile User Interfaces VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (bib)
2007
	S. Nestler, G. Klinker Towards adaptive user-interfaces: Developing mobile user-interfaces for the health care domain Mobiles Computing in der Medizin (MoCoMed), Augsburg, 20. September 2007 (bib)
	S. Nestler, G. Klinker Using Mobile Hand-Held Computers in Disasters UbiComp Workshop on Interaction with Ubiquitous Wellness and Healthcare Applications (UbiWell), Innsbruck, 16. September 2007 (bib)
	S. Nestler, A. Dollinger, F. Echtler, M. Huber, G. Klinker Design and Development of Virtual Patients Vierter Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, Weimar, 15. Juli 2007 (bib)
2006
	S. Nestler Resource management in disasters Diploma Thesis, TU München, 2006 (bib)

Projects

SpeedUp In verschiedenen Bereichen unseren täglichen Lebens kommt es immer wieder zu unvorhersagbaren Ereignisse, die zu einer Gefährung aller Beteiligten führen. Mündet ein solches Ereignis in einer hohen Zahl an verletzten Personen oder in einer komplexen Situation mit potentiell katastrophaler Folgegefährdung spricht man auch von einer Großlage. Die gemeinsame Vision von SpeedUp ist die integrierte Krisenreaktion der Rettungs- nund Einsatzkräfte durch Einsatz einer von allen Beteiligten akzeptierten organisatiorischen und technischen Gesamtlösung, bei der die Konzeption geeigneter User-Interfaces eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Unsere Vision ist hierbei, mobile und stationäre UIs so in den Einsatzablauf einzubinden, dass eine schnellere Abarbeitung des Katastrophenereignisses und eine beschleunigte Rettung aller verletzten Personen möglich werden. Offizielle Projektseite

3D Visualization and Exploration of Relationships and Constraints at the Example of Sudoku Games In recent years, many systems for visualizing and exploring massive amounts of data have emerged. A topic that has not yet been investigated much, concerns the analysis of constraints that different objects impose on one another, regarding co-existence. We present concepts toward visualizing mutual constraints between objects in a three-dimensional virtual and ARbased setting. We use 3x3 Sudoku games as suitable examples for investigating the underlying, more general concepts of helping users visualize and explore the constraints between different settings in rows, columns and blocks of matrix-like arrangements. Constraints are shown as repulsive and magnetic forces making objects keep their distance or seek proximity.

Tangible Interaction Surfaces for Collaboration between Humans Recently, interaction devices based on natural gestures have become more and more widespread, e.g. with Jeff Han's work (watch on YouTube), Microsoft Surface or the Apple iPhone. These devices particularly support multi-touch interaction, thereby enabling a single user to work with both hands or even several users in parallel. In this project, we explore the applications of multi-touch surfaces, both large and small. We are building and evaluating new hardware concepts as well as developing software to take advantage of the new interaction modalities.

TUMult Accidents in mass transport systems, nuclear events and terroristic attacks differ from day-to-day emergencies. The high number of injured in so called mass casualty incidents (MCIs) leads to a disproportion between the number of injured needing care and the resources available to provide care. It is the goal of the TUMult project to develop user-interfaces for mobile devices that support paramedics in performing the triage process in MCIs and evaluate them in different disaster control exercises. Fire fighters require mobile, computer-based triage systems which do not delay the existing operational procedures. Therefore these mobile systems must take the extraordinary environment into account and must react flexibly to changes in the instable situation.

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