Conference papers & publications

"Student Design Competitions as an Awareness-building activity for HCI in the Global South"

Sturm, C.; White, E. P. G.; Wong-Villacres, M.; Densmore, M.; Moreno Rocha, M. A.; Martínez, C. A.; Collazos, M.; Jere, N.; Mon, A., 2024, In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, 2024, Honululu, USA

"Challenges in Human-Computer Interaction from a Retrospective Perspective: A Global Reflection with Emphasis on Latin America"

Elagroudy, P.; Sarmiento, W. J.; Collazos, C. A., 2022, In: TecnoLógicas, 27(60)

"Ghost Readers of the Nile: Decrypting Password Sharing Habits in Chatting Applications among Egyptian Women"

Saleh, M.; ElAgroudy, P.; Lukowicz, P.; Sturm, C., 2024, In: Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, MHCI

"How do Users Expect their Smart Memory Vaults to Utilize Their Shared Memories?"

Elagroudy, P.; Saleh, M.; Sturm, C.; Schmidt, A., 2022, In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, 2022, New Orleans, USA

"Culture and HCI – A still slowly growing field of research. Findings from a systematic, comparative mapping review"

Linxen, S.; Cassau, V.; Sturm, C., 2021, XXI Congreso Internacional de Interacción Persona-Ordenador, 2021, Málaga, Spain

"Internationale und Interkulturelle Aspekte sicherheitskritischer Systeme"

Sturm, C.; Nestler, S., 2021, In: C. Reuter (Hrsg.): Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Springer Lehrbuch.

"Quantitative Evaluation der Mensch-Computer-Interaktion im Krisenmanagement"

Nestler, S.; Sturm, C., 2021, In: C. Reuter (Hrsg.): Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Springer Lehrbuch.

"Diversität in der Konzeption und Gestaltung sicherheitskritischer Systeme"

Quadflieg, S.; Nestler, S.; Sturm, C., 2021, In: C. Reuter (Hrsg.): Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Springer Lehrbuch.

"How WEIRD is CHI?"

Linxen, S.; Sturm, C.; Brühlmann, F.; Cassau, V.; Opwis, K.; Reinecke, K., 2021, Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Yokohama, Japan

"Nascent Entrepreneurial Behavior for Managing Adversities in Germany: an Ethnographic Research Approach"

Aly, M.; Sturm, C.; Galal-Edeen, G.; Flatten, T., 2020, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Research Exchange Conference (ACERE), Adelaide, Australia

"Conceptualizing the Impact of the Historical 'Do-It-Yourself Culture' on the Nascent Entrepreneurial Behavior in Germany: an Ethnographic Research Approach"

Aly, M.; Sturm, C.; Galal-Edeen, G.; Flatten, T., 2019, RENT (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) Conference, Berlin, Germany.

"Hacks for Cost-Justifying Usability: 'Fear-Setting' vs. 'Goal-Setting'"

Aly, M.; Sturm, C., 2019, In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '19), ACM, Taipei, Taiwan.

"What About My Privacy, Habibi? Understanding Privacy Concerns and Perceptions of Users from Different Socioeconomic Groups in the Arab World"

Saleh, M. A.; Khamis, M.; Sturm, C., 2019, In: INTERACT, IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 67-87). Springer, Cham.

"Qualitative Research Paradigms - Underrepresented in Nascent Entrepreneurship Research"

Aly, M; Sturm, C.; Flatten, T., 2019, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Research Exchange Conference (ACERE), Sydney, Australia

"Privacy invasion experiences and perceptions: a comparison between Germany and the Arab world"

Saleh, M. A.; Khamis, M.; Sturm, C., 2018, In: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (p. LBW509). ACM.

"Exploring the Effect of Literacy on Signs in GUI-Design"

Saleh, M. A.; Sturm, C., 2018, In: Proceedings of the Second African Conference on Human Computer Interaction. ACM.

"Internationale und Interkulturelle Aspekte sicherheitskritischer Systeme"

Sturm, C.; Nestler, S., 2018, In: C. Reuter (Hrsg.): Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Springer Lehrbuch.

"Quantitative Evaluation der Mensch-Computer-Interaktion im Krisenmanagement"

Nestler, S.; Sturm, C., 2018, In: C. Reuter (Hrsg.): Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, Springer Lehrbuch.

"Entrepreneurial and UX Mindsets: Two Perspectives – One Objective"

Sturm, C.; Aly, M.; von Schmidt, B.; Flatten, T., 2017, In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI), ACM, Vienna, Austria.

"Interkulturelle Erforschung und Gestaltung von Benutzungsschnittstellen (UI) und Benutzererfahrung (UX)"

Heimgärtner, R.; Sturm, C.; Womser-Hacker, C.; Linxen, S.; Mandl, T., 2017, In Mensch und Computer 2017 - Workshopband.Regensburg: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.

"Beyond National Borders: A Survey on Fundamental Attribution Error"

Saleh, M.; Sturm, C., 2016, In Proceedings of the First African Conference on Human Computer Interaction (AfriCHI 2016), Kagonya Awori and Nicola J. Bidwell (Eds.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 208-213.

"Design, Innovation and Respect in the Global South"

Abdelnour-Nocera, J.; Csikszentmihályi, C.; Clemmensen, T.; Sturm, C. , 2015, In: Human-Computer Interaction–INTERACT 2015 (pp. 630-632). Springer International Publishing.

"How WEIRD is HCI?: Extending HCI Principles to other Countries and Cultures"

Sturm, C.; Oh, A.; Linxen, S.; Abdelnour, J.; Dray, S.Reinecke, K., 2015, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2425-2428.

"Feel the Heat: Emotion Detection in Arabic Social Media Content"

Rabie, O.; Sturm, C., 2014, Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Mining, Internet Computing, and Big Data, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

"Conducting Evaluation Studies of Mobile Games with Preschoolers"

Shoukry, L.; Göbel, S.; Galal-Edeen, G.H.; Sturm, C., 2014, in: Rensing, C.; Trahasch, S.: Proceedings of DeLFI Workshops 2014, vol. 1227, p. 262-269, CEUR Workshop Proceedings

"Cognitive and Cross-Cultural Adaptations of Products, Systems and Services"

Sturm, C., 2013, Mensch & Computer 2013 - Workshopband, Bremen, Germany

"The Effects of (Social) Media on Revolutions – Perspectives from Egypt and the Arab Spring"

Sturm, C.; Amer, H., 2013, HCI International, Las Vegas, USA

"Localization beyond national characteristics: The impact of language on the users' performance with different menu structures"

Sturm, C.; Strube, G., Gouda, S., 2013, HCI International, Las Vegas, USA

"Pre-MEGa: A Proposed Framework for the Design and Evaluation of Preschoolers' Mobile Educational Games"

Shoukry, L., A.; Sturm, C.; Galal-Edeen, G., 2012, The proceedings of The International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 12)

"The Acceptability of Internationalized Domain Names for Arabic Native Speakers - A Case Study in Egypt"

Kamel, A.; Sturm, C., (accepted), IWIPS 2012, 11th International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems, Bangalore, India

"Destination-Based Online Marketing - Towards a solution for the tourism industry in times of political unrest"

Sallam, F.; Sturm, C., (accepted), IWIPS 2012, 11th International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems, Bangalore, India

"Arab Preschoolers, Interactive Media and Early Literacy Development"

Shoukry, L., A.; Sturm, C.; Galal-Edeen, G., 2012, The proceedings of The International Conference on E-Learning and E-Technologies in Education (ICEEE), Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

"Problem-Solving Strategy Selection in Relation to Formal Schooling"

Saleh, M.; Sturm, C., 2012, CogSci 2012, Sapporo, Japan
[download pdf, 160k]

"Variable Ranges Security Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks"

Bagci, F.; Khalifeh, A.; Jung, G.; Sturm, C., 2011, International Conference on Wireless Networks ICWN, Las Vegas, USA

"Edumóvil: El futuro de la educación primaria en México"

Gerónimo-Castillo, G.; Sturm, C., 2007, Virtual Educa 2007, Sao Paulo, Brazil

"Guidelines to Develop Emotional Awareness Devices from a Cultural-Perspective: A Latin American Example"

Collazos, C.;Gonzalez, M. P.;Neyem, A.; Sturm, C., 2007, Usability and Internationalization. Global and Local User Interfaces Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 4560, 2007, pp 314-323

"Edumóvil: Una Alternativa para la Educación Primaria en México"

Gerónimo-Castillo, G.; Sturm, C., 2006, Interaccion, Puertollano, Spain
[download pdf, 200k]

"Approaches for a successful product localization"

Sturm, C., 2005, Mensch & Computer, Linz, Austria

"Questioning the Implicitness - Issues in Developing and Testing Mobile Devices for International Markets"

Sturm, C.; Moreno Rocha, A. M.; Quaet-Faslem, P., 2005, HCI International, Las Vegas, USA

"Lessons learned: How ethnographic methods can contribute to cross-cultural design of mobile devices"

Sturm, C., 2005, HCI International, Las Vegas, USA

"TLCC - Towards a framework for systematic and successful product internationalization"

Sturm, C., 2002, 4th International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems, 61-70, Austin/Texas, USA
[download pdf, 260k]

"Face/Of - Geklautes Mienenspiel"

A new method for lip-sync facial animation combining flame* and Softimage|3D
Sturm, C.; Schramm, V., 1998, Digital Production 3/98, 180-184, Munich, Germany

Tutorials

“Usabilidad Trans-Cultural: retos, métodos y soluciones prácticas“

Sturm, C., Moreno Rocha, M.A., Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico, 2006

“Usabilidad Trans-Cultural: retos, métodos y soluciones prácticas“

Sturm, C., Moreno Rocha, M.A., Interacción 2006, Puertollano, Spain, 2006

“Cross-cultural usability: challenges, approaches and practical solutions“

Sturm, C., University of Lleida, Spain, 2006

“Cross-cultural usability: challenges, approaches and practical solutions“

Sturm, C., Moreno Rocha, M.A., Congreso Latinoamericano de Interacción Humano-Computadora (CLIHC), Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2005

“Etnografía en el desarrollo de sistemas“

Sturm, C., Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Mexico, 2003

“Presentation Training for Cultural Anthropololgists“

Sturm, C., University of Freiburg, Germany, 2003

“Usabilidad - llevado a la práctica“

Sturm, C., Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Mexico, 2003

Workshops

"Going Global: A SIG on the Challenges and Perspectives of Internationalization Within and Across the World of HCI"

Executive Committee, S. I. G. C. H. I., Vivacqua, A. S., Sturm, C., Rivera-Loaiza, C., Gamage, D., Yafi, E., & Dray, S., ACM SIGCHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany

"HCI Across Borders: Navigating Shifting Borders at CHI"

Cannanure, V.K., Varghese, D., Rivera-Loaiza, C., Noor, F., Das, D., Jain, P., Chang, M., Wong-Villacres, M., Karusala, N., Ahmed, N. and Till, S.C., ACM SIGCHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany

"HCI Across Borders: Navigating Shifting Borders at CHI"

Cannanure, V., Karusala, N., Rivera-Loaiza, C., Prabhakar, A., Varanasi, R., Tuli, A., Gamage, D., Noor, F., Nemer, D., Das, D., Dray, S., Sturm, C., Kumar N., ACM SIGCHI 2022, New Orleans, USA

"Decolonizing HCI Across Borders"

Cannanure, V., Gamage, D., Sturm, C., Winschiers-Theophilus, H., Maestre, J., Karusala, N., Reynolds-Cuéllar, P. Kumar, N., ACM SIGCHI 2021, Online Virtual Conference (originally: Yokohama, Japan)

"HCI Across Borders and Sustainable Development Goals"

Kumar, N., Cannanure, V., Gamage, D., Prabhakar, A., Sturm, C., Loaiza, C., Bhuiyan, M., Moreno Rocha, M., ACM SIGCHI 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

"HCI Across Borders and Intersections"

Kumar, N.; Sturm, C., Ahmed, S.I., Karusala, N., Wong-Villacres, M., Morales, L., Orji, R., Dye, M., Ahmed, N, Gaytán-Lugo, L., Vashistha, A., Nemer, D., Heimerl, K., Dray, S., ACM SIGCHI 2019, Glasgow, UK
HCIxB

"Digitalisierung – Pro und Contra"

Sturm, C.; Digital Advent, Digitales Zentrum Mittelstand, Warstein, Deutschland 2018

"Interkulturelle Erforschung und Gestaltung von Benutzungsschnittstellen (UI) und Benutzererfahrung (UX)"

Heimgärtner, R., Sturm, C., Womser-Hacker, C., Linxen, S., Mandl, T., Mensch und Computer 2018, Dresden, Germany

"HCI Across Borders: Paving New Pathways"

Kumar, N.; Vashistha, A.; Nemer, D.; Heimerl, K.; Karusala, N.; Dray, S.; Sturm, C.; Gaytán-Lugo, L.; Peters, A.; Ahmed, N.; Dell, N.; Chen, J., ACM SIGCHI 2018, Montreal, Canada
HCIxB

"Interkulturelle Erforschung und Gestaltung von Benutzungsschnittstellen (UI) und Benutzererfahrung (UX)"

Heimgärtner, R., Sturm, C., Womser-Hacker, C., Linxen, S., Mandl, T., Mensch und Computer 2017, Regensburg, Germany
Workshop proposal

"Human-Computer Interaction Across Borders"

Kumar, N.; Dray, S.; Sturm, C.; Sambasivan, N.; Gaytán-Lugo, L.; Morales, L.; Dahya, N.; Ahmed, N., Peters, A., ACM SIGCHI 2017, Denver, USA
HCIxB

"How WEIRD is HCI?: Extending HCI Principles to other Countries and Cultures"

Sturm, C.; Oh, A.; Linxen, S.; Abdelnour, J.; Dray, S.Reinecke, K., ACM SIGCHI 2015, Seoul, Korea

"Usabilidad – ¿Un concepto universal? Perspectivas desde España y Latinoamérica"

Sturm, C.; González, María P.; Granollers, T.; Lorés, J., Interacción 2006, Puertollano, Spain, 2006

"Putting theory into practice: How to apply cross-cultural differences to user interface design"

Sturm, C.; Müller, C., INTERACT, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003

"Usabilidad transcultural - Una oportunidad para México"

Sturm, C., Universidad Tecnlógica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Mexico, 2003

Participation in Panel Discussions

"SIGCHI Equity Talks #1: Being Global"
Online, 2021

"Design, Innovation and Respect in the Global South"
IFIP, Bamberg, Germany, 2015

"Social and cultural issues in web and HCI"
CLIHC (Congreso Latinoamericano de Interacción Humano-Computadora) Mérida, México, 2009

"Managing International User Research"
ACM SIGCHI, Montreal, Canada, 2006

"Ethnography in Organizations: Exploring Questions of Validity and Value"
British HCI, Bath, UK, 2003

Talks & Presentations

"Innovative Culture"

Invited Talk, Day of Innovative Culture, Digitales Zentrum Mittelstand, 2019, Soest, Germany

"Respect-Based Design"

Keynote, Invited Talk, Congreso Latinoamericano de Interacción Humano-Computadora, CLIHC 2017, Antigua, Guatemala

"IHC y Emprendimiento" (Human-Computer Interaction and Entrepreneurship)

Invited Talk, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City, 2017

"Remixing Academics and Practitioners"

Invited Talk, Remix, ACM SIGCHI Denver, USA, 2017

"Stress and Social Media"

Invited Talk, MST, Melbourne, Australia, 2017

"Das Hinterfragen von Selbstverständlichkeiten – Vorbereitung von Studierenden auf den internationalen Wettbewerb"

Chinesisch-Deutsches Forum für Internationale Ausbildung (CDIA), Chongqing, China, 2013

"The 5 Dimensions of Light"

Hella Summercamp in conjunction with Southeast University Nanjing and HSHL, Lippstadt, Germany, 2013

"Entrepreneurship in Education"

GASC 12, Hammamet, Tunesia, 2012

"Cross-Cultural HCI: An Opportunity for Egypt"

Helwan University, Cairo, 2012

"Human Factors - cross-cultural"

ELISAVA, Barcelona, 2008

"User Research Methodologies"

ELISAVA, Barcelona, 2008

"La Usabilidad en el Software Libre"

2. Simposium de Linux de la Mixteca, Mexico, 2007

"Usabilidad - una característica de calidad"

Centro Superior de Estudios Tecnológicos Teposcolula, Mexico, 2006

"Approaches and Solutions for Cross-Cultural Usability Engineering"

University of Joensuu, Finnland, 2006

"Internationales Usabiliy Engineering: Ansätze, Methoden, Ergebnisse"

Ringvorlesung, University of Basel, Switzerland, 2005

"The mental match: An introduction to usability testing"

University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2005

"Internationalisierung"

2. Usabilityday Munich, Munich, Germany, 2005

"TLCC - an integrative four-level approach to localization of ICT"

Malta International PhD Summer School on Educational Technology in a Cultural Context, University of Malta, 2005

"Culture and Cognition - About the importance of the cultural context in the design of multimedia content"

Symposium Informationsdesign, Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart, Germany, 2004

"To whom it may concern? - Was Marketing und Usability verbindet"

Marketing Club Vorarlberg, Dornbirn, Austria, 2004

"Sobre el impacto de diferencias culturales al diseño de productos para mercados internacionales"

Códice 4, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico, 2004

"Internationale Usability - Forschungsfeld der Zukunft"

INTERACT 2003, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, 2003

"Approaching the challenge of gathering cross-cultural requirements"

International Workshop in Internationalisation of Products and Systems, Berlin, Germany, 2003

"¡Hazlo bonito y amigable! Usabilidad - una introducción"

Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Mexico, 2003

"The role of Technology in Intercultural-Computer-mediated communication"

Talk in SIGCHI - Workshop titled "Intercultural Computer-Mediated Discourse: Methods, Models, and Architectures”, Fort Lauderdale, USA, 2003

"Aspects of Remote Usability Testing"

Talk in SIGCHI - Workshop titled "It's a global economy out there: Usability innovation for global market places”, Minneapolis, USA, 2002

"Software localization beyond language adaptation: challenges and opportunities"

SWISSCHI, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, 2002

Conference Organization & Reviews

Local Chair

International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems, IWIPS 2007, Mérida, Mexico

Co-Chair

Congreso Latinoamericano de Interacción Humano Computadora, CLIHC 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Member of Program Board or Review Committees

• ACM SIGCHI: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• ACM CSCW: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
• ACM CHI Play: 2018
• ACM DIS: 2019
• IFIP TC.13 INTERACT: 2017, 2019, 2021
• IWIPS: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012
• HCI International: 2007, 2009
• Interacción: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• CLIHC: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021
• MexIHC: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
• ICTD: 2019
• PDC: 2012
• [11] Journal of Universal Computer Science: Special Volume 20(7), 2014
• IJHCI: Special Issue on Local and Indigenous HCI: 4/2013
• IJAIED: International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Volume 25(2), 2015
• Advances in Human-Computer Interaction: Volume 2016
• Interacting with Computers: December 2016
• German-Arab Startup Competition, GASC: 2012, 2013

Professional Organizations

ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI)

Member since 2001

Vice Chair German ACM SIGCHI Chapter

UPA - The Usability Professionals' Association

Founding member of German Chapter, 2002

German UPA working group "Interculturism"

Founding member (2017)

IFIP Working Group 13.8 – Interaction Design for International Development

Vice Chair (since 11/2015)

German Informatics Society

Member since 2021