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10/16/2025

ComTec at UbiComp 2025: Two successful workshops for DyNaMo - UbiComp4VRU on ubiquitous computing and UbiSense on AI, keynote and paper presentation

@Communication Technology
Lars Mathuseck, Judith Heinisch and Klaus David at UbiComp
Lars Mathuseck, Judith Heinisch and Klaus David at UbiComp
The organizers of the UbiSense workshop
The organizers of the UbiSense workshop
Judith Heinisch at the lecture
Judith Heinisch at the lecture

Dr. Judith Heinisch and Prof. Klaus David jointly organized and conducted the UbiComp4VRU workshop in the field of AI to improve road safety for vulnerable road users. Around 30 participants from science and research came together to engage in an interdisciplinary exchange on this current topic, with the UbiComp4VRU workshop focusing in particular on bicycle safety. In his keynote speech "VRU Safety facilitated by pervasive computing: The wireless seat belt", Professor Klaus David presented the latest findings on bicycle safety, including from the ongoing DyNaMo research project. Lars Mathuseck also presented his paper "UWBike: Global Bicycle Positioning System Using a Single Ultra-Wideband Reference Point", which was met with great interest and received excellent feedback. This paper deals with the precise positioning of cyclists using ultra-wideband reference points and a new deadreckoning approach. In particular, the exchange with researchers from the University of Twente (Netherlands), The University of Tokyo (Japan) and Dalian Maritime University (China) led to exciting new exchanges and plans for further collaborations.

The UbiSense workshop, organized and conducted by Dr. Judith Heinisch, also offered a varied programme that was taken up by around 70 participants. Various sensing approaches and AI methodologies for ubiquitous computing were presented and discussed in depth. Three outstanding keynotes by Prof. Thomas Plötz, Prof. Chiara Boldrini and Prof. Stephan Sigg as well as lively discussions characterized the program. Topics such as Large Language Models (LLMs), Foundation Models and adaptive, multi-modal, intelligent sensors were the focus of the scientific exchange.

Both workshops were characterized by an open, international atmosphere that initiated new networks and joint research projects - a successful contribution to strengthening interdisciplinary and global cooperation in the field of ubiquitous computing, especially for the DyNaMo project.