“App Development Made Easy – Create an App That Recognizes Your Emotions” is the title of the workshop for the Girl's Day on April 23rd, 2026, offered in collaboration with the Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik (WIN), human-centered systems lab, the KD2Lab, and the Wir Forschen Digital initiative. In the workshop, participants will develop an app based on biosignals such as heart rate or eye movements. Working in small teams, they will first gather requirements for the app idea. Building on this, they will then develop and test an initial prototype. Participants must be at least 13 years old, and participation is limited to 12 participants.

The article “S/MIME verstehen in 5 Minuten - Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Erklärvideos" (Understanding S/MIME in 5 minutes - Development and evaluation of an explanatory video) by Fabian Lucas Ballreich and Melanie Volkamer has been accepted for publication in the journal Datenschutz und Datensicherheit (DuD). The article examines the development of an explanatory video on the topic of S/MIME as well as the subsequent evaluation with experts in the field of information security. The article will appear in issue 3 of DuD.

From March 18 to 20, 2026, the German Pre-CHI 2026 will take place at LMU Munich. The idea of the event is to provide an opportunity for researchers from Germany and neighboring countries to present their accepted CHI 2026 papers and discuss them in a smaller circle. Tobias Hilt and Mattia Mossano will present the results of their papers "Why Johnny Checks but Doesn’t Alert: Reporting as the Missing Step in Verifiable Internet Voting" and "Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of SEQR – a Usable Secure QR code Scanner". The Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026) will take place this year from April 13 to 17 in Barcelona, Spain. Registration for CHI is open and the program has already been published.

How can artificial intelligence make our work live easier? These and other questions about the interaction between humans and AI will be explored during the “Mensch x KI” knowledge week from March 17 to 21. Exciting events will take place at the Triangel from Tuesday through Saturday. The “Wir forschen digital” citizen panel is also participating in the “Mensch x KI” knowledge week! If you are curious about how a scientific study works, stop by on Wednesday starting at 2:30 p.m. or on Saturday between 1 and 4 p.m. to take part in our “Wir forschen digital on Tour” study on QR code phishing. Just like emails or text messages, QR codes can also be used for phishing by directing users to a different website than expected. Test our QR code scanner and decide whether the links are phishing attempts or legitimate addresses. In addition to other exciting AI demonstrations, our Security Teaching and Awareness Robot STAR will also be in action. We look forward to meeting with everyone who is interested!