Benjamin Petry
PhD Candidate
Benjamin was the first PhD student in the Augmented Human Lab at SUTD, Singapore. He received his PhD in February 2018 from SUTD. Prior to that Benjamin received his Bachelor and Master degree in Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany and participated in two internship programs as a User Experience Design Intern at Synaptics Inc. (http://www.synaptics.com/) in Zug, Switzerland. Currently, Benjamin works as a UX Consultant at Netlight Consulting GmbH in Hamburg, Germany.
His research interests lie in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. He designs, develops, and implements novel interaction concepts and user interfaces in the fields of multimedia appliances and assistive technology. The focus of his current work is on assistive technologies for hearing-impaired people to enhance their music-making experience using visual and vibrotactile feedback.
In his leisure time, Benjamin likes to play Badminton and to improvise on the piano.
Contact
Webpage: www.bpetry.de
E-Mail: benjamin@ahlab.org, bpetry@acm.org
Publications
Supporting Rhythm Activities of Deaf Children using Music-Sensory-Substitution Systems.
Petry, B., Illandara, T., Elvitigala, D.S. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2018, April. Supporting rhythm activities of deaf children using music-sensory-substitution systems. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-10).
Scaffolding the Music Listening and Music Making Experience for the Deaf
Petry, B., Huber, J. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2018. Scaffolding the Music Listening and Music Making Experience for the Deaf. In Assistive Augmentation (pp. 23-48). Springer, Singapore.
Towards One-Pixel-Displays for Sound Information Visualization
Sridhar, P.K., Petry, B., Pakianathan, P.V., Kartolo, A.S. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2016, November. Towards one-pixel-displays for sound information visualization. In Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (pp. 91-95).
MuSS-Bits: Sensor-Display Blocks for Deaf People to Explore Musical Sounds
Petry, B., Illandara, T. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2016, November. MuSS-bits: sensor-display blocks for deaf people to explore musical sounds. In Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (pp. 72-80).
MuSS-Bits Provisional Patent
Petry, B., Forero, J.P., Nanayakkara, S.C., 2016, Muss-bits – music-sensory-substitution bits. Singapore Provisional Patent Application: 10201610020P. Filing Date: 29 November 2016.
Ad-Hoc Access to Musical Sound for Deaf Individuals
Petry, B., Illandara, T., Forero, J.P. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2016, October. Ad-Hoc Access to Musical Sound for Deaf Individuals. In Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 285-286).
Towards Effective Interaction with Omnidirectional Videos Using Immersive Virtual Reality Headsets
Petry, B. and Huber, J., 2015, March. Towards effective interaction with omnidirectional videos using immersive virtual reality headsets. In Proceedings of the 6th Augmented Human International Conference (pp. 217-218).
iSwarm: a swarm of luminous sea creatures that interact with passers-by
Schroepfer, T., Nanayakkara, S. C., A., Wortmann, T., Cornelius, A., Khew, Y.N. and Lian, A., Yeo K.P., Peiris, R.L., Withana, A., Werry. I., Petry, B., Otega, S., Janaka, N., Elvitigala, S., Fernando, P., Samarasekara, N., 2014. iSwarm: a swarm of luminous sea creatures that interact with passers-by. In Singapore iLight 2014 (Marina Bay, Singapore, 7- 30 March, 2014).
Birdie: Towards a true flying experience
Petry, B., Ortega-Avila, S., Nanayakkara, S.C., and Foong, S., 2014, Birdie: Towards a true flying experience. In Workshop on Assistive Augmentation, Extended Abstracts of the 32nd Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI14). Toronto, Canada.