Researcher Profile

Field: Capturing Experience

Main Research: User-centered design, Diversity, Assistive technologies, Social innovation

Experience: Markus Garschall has many years of experience researching the relationship between humans and technology. He has participated in several national and European research projects related to the topic of active and healthy ageing, coordinating the projects vAssist (2011-2015) and SUCCESS (2017-2020). In his research he focuses on the role of technology in enabling social innovation and diversity-driven design and evaluation approaches. As speaker and organizer of national and international events and workshops, Markus addresses communication and collaboration challenges related to AAL and eHealth innovation projects. Aiming at bringing together stakeholders from research, industry, care and the public sector, Markus is member of the management board of the national innovation platform AAL Austria.

• 2014-: Expert Advisor
  AIT Austrian Institute of Technology / Austria
• 2010-2014: HCI Researcher
  CURE Center for Usability Research and Engineering / Austria
• 2005-2010: Research associate
  Krems Research Forschungsgesellschaft / Austria
• 2006-2008: Software developer
  Voice Business / Austria

• since 2017: Member of management board, AAL Austria

• Young vs old – landscape vs portrait: a comparative study of touch gesture performance
  Author(s): L. Wulf, M. Garschall, M. Klein, M. Tscheligi
  Journal: Journal of Assistive Technologies, Vol. 9 (2015) ; 136-146
• Symposium on challenges and experiences in designing for an ageing society. Reflecting on concepts of age(ing) and communication practices
  Author(s): M. Garschall, T. Hamm, D. Hornung, C. Müller, K. Neureiter, M. Schorch, L. van Velsen (Editors)
  Journal: International Reports on Socio-Informatics (IRSI), Vol. 13 Iss. 3 (2016)
• User-centered design in AAL: Usage, knowledge and perceived suitability of methods
  Author(s): J. D. Hallewell Haslwanter, K. Neureiter, M. Garschall
  Journal: Universal Access in the Information Society (2018)

• Investigating user-centred design practices in Austrian AAL projects
  Author(s): M. Garschall, K. Neureiter, J. Hallewell Haslwanter, D. Bertel, D. Krainer, C. Moser
  Conference Smarter Lives 2016, Innsbruck, Austria
  Proceedings Pabst Science Publishers; Proceedings Smarter Lives 2016
• Symposium on challenges and experiences in designing for an ageing society. Reflecting on concepts of age(ing) and communication practices
  Author(s): M. Garschall, T. Hamm, D. Hornung, C. Müller, K. Neureiter, M. Schorch, L. van Velsen
  Conference 12th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems (COOP 2016), Trento, Italy
  Proceedings Springer; Proceedings COOP 2016; 327
• Enabling accessibility through multimodality?: interaction modality choices of older adults
  Author(s): J. Himmelsbach, M. Garschall, S. Egger, S. Steffek, M. Tscheligi
  Conference 14th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2015), Linz, Austria
  Proceedings ACM; Proceedings MUM 2015; 195-199
• Hands free – Care free: Elderly People taking Advantage of Speech-only Interaction
  Author(s): L. Wulf, M. Garschall, J. Himmelsbach, M. Tscheligi
  Conference 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2014), Helsinki, Finland
  Proceedings ACM; Proceedings NordiCHI 2014; 203-206
• The Influence of Age and Device Orientation on the Performance of Touch Gestures
  Author(s): L. Wulf, M. Garschall, M. Klein, M. Tscheligi
  Conference 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2014), Paris, France
  Proceedings Springer; Proceedings ICCHP 2014; 583-590
• “I Need to Know, I Cannot, I Don't Understand”: Older Users' Requirements for a Navigation Application
  Author(s): A. Angeletou, M. Garschall, C. Hochleitner, M. Tscheligi
  Conference 12th European AAATE Conference (AAATE 2013), Vilamoura, Portugal
  Proceedings IOS Press; Proceedings AAATE 2013; 34-39
• Exploring Voice User Interfaces for Seniors
  Author(s): S. Schlögl, M. Garschall, G. Chollet, M. Tscheligi
  Conference 6th International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2013), Rhodes, Greece
  Proceedings ACM; Proceedings PETRA 2013; 52

• Project homepage SUCCESS – SUccessful Caregiver Communication and Everyday Situation Support in dementia care (2017-2020)
• Project homepage WAALTeR – Wiener AAL-TestRegion (2016-2019)
• Project homepage EvAALuation (2016-2017, 2018-2019)
• Project homepage vAssist – Voice Controlled Assistive Care and Communication Services for the Home (2011-2015)
• Project homepage CURE Elderly Personas (2010-2011)
• Organized conference What do information and communication technologies offer for people with dementia and their caregivers? An application-oriented workshop. (eHealth 2018)
• Organized conference Assistive solutions put into practice – Experiences from the Austrian AAL pilot regions (eHealth 2017)
• Organized conference Pilot studies as enabler for the market introduction of AAL solutions (AAL Forum 2017)
• Organized conference Back to the future – Visions for age-friendly communities in 2030 and beyond (AAL Forum 2016)
• Organized conference Symposium on Challenges and experiences in designing for an ageing society (COOP 2016)
• Publications AIT publications database