Hello

My name is Titus Ebbecke

I'm interested in giving computers what humans call intuition.

I'm a german HCI designer currently living in Berkeley, California. I'm a Master of Design student at UC Berkeley and a researcher at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research where I'm developing software to accelerate the discovery and exploration of RNA's in viruses and bacteria. Before that, I completed my bachelor degree in Design at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt. Besides HCI, I’m also interested in machine-machine-interaction with autonomous systems. Previous works range from tangible interfaces that make satellite data accessible, to fully autonomous industrial robots enabled by machine learning. Some of these projects were awarded and nominated by the A'Design Award, European Design Award, ADC Junior Competition, or the London International Creative Competition. During my time at Volkswagen I created high-fidelity prototypes to elevate the relationship between automobiles and people. Throughout my partnership with KUKA Robotics I designed a link between robotics, machine learning, and art.

Projects I'm working on right now (11/2021)

Controlled & Synchronized Lucid Dreaming
Wearables, Soft Robotics, Mental Health, Speculative Design

Speculative design project for a future where social connections have mostly vanished due to widespread addiction to controlled lucid dreams which replaced interactions with real people. We propose an inflatable wearable that synchronizes dreams with real humans and renders prescribed therapy dreams through shared visual, auditory, tactile, and thermal stimuli.

“Ambula: Predicting Implicit Interactions with Household Devices through Walking Trajectories”
HCI Research, UbiComp

Researching floors as ubiquitous interfaces for implicit inputs. Localizing human trajectories by using acoustic and seismic signals of footsteps for predicting intended interactions with household objects. To be submitted to UIST & CHI LBW.

“Artificialis Releivo - Artificial Relief”
Machine Learning, Sculpture, Architecture

Generating 3D artifacts with GANs through Vector Displacement Maps. Assisted Prof. Kyle Steinfeld with training a GAN on 2D representations of 3D artifacts. We then generated a latent vectorspace “walk”, discretized it, and cast the artificial 3D models into bronze via wax-negatives in 3D-printed casts. Will be presented at NeurIPS in December and the Venice Biennale.

“MicroMix: Web-based Remixing of Microbial ‘Omics Data”
Bioinformatics Research, Full Stack Dev, Data Viz

High Performance Cloud-ready Infrastructure to Explore Microbial ‘Omics Data. See my MicroMix project page. To be submitted to Nature Communications.

“Veiled Observers. Exploring surveillance between machine, human, and environment”
Interactive Installation, Art, Activism

Exhibition dedicated to Behnaz Farahi's work on gaze and subliminal human behavior. A room filled with motor-actuated eyes staring at visitors to experience latent power dynamics within subconscious habits. Will be exhibited at the Jacobs Design Showcase in December.

Curating Spotify playlists & making custom cover art for them!
Updating this website
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