Vanessa CobusJade University of Applied Sciences · Civil Engineering Geoinformation and Health Technology
Vanessa Cobus
Doctor of Engineering
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Introduction
Vanessa Cobus currently works at OFFIS - Institute for IT in Oldenburg, Germany. Vanessa does research in Human-computer Interaction, Computer and Society and Artificial Intelligence. Their current project is 'AlarmRedux'.
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January 2016 - March 2019
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Publications (23)
Dass die pflegerische Versorgung eine immer wichtigere Rolle in unserer Gesellschaft spielt, ist durch die Präsenz und Wichtigkeit des Themas den meisten in der Bevölkerung inzwischen bekannt. Aktuelle Prognosen zeigen, dass der Bedarf an Pflege zukünftig immer weiter steigt und die Versorgung nicht mithalten kann. Neben der eigentlichen Förderung...
Der Pflegeberuf ist ein sehr stressintensiver Beruf, analog zu anderen sicherheitskritischen Be-rufen wie die Medizin oder die Luftfahrt. In diesen Berufen gibt es bereits sichere, kontrollierba-re Virtual Reality (VR) Simulatoren, mit denen Berufsangehörige auf ihre Aufgaben vorbereitet werden. Diese Simulatoren sind stark variabel im Bezug auf Re...
Virtual reality (VR) is a tool with increasing use in training and research. It enables users to train a controllable, time and safety-critical scenario in a safe environment, which is crucial in nursing education. The establishment of more practical learning environments to create an intermediate link between school and practical institutions requ...
Around 350 alarms per patient a day make intensive care units a loud, stressful, and highly cognitive demanding working environment for nurses. Each alarm needs to be identified and evaluated regarding its urgency which requires to interrupt nursing tasks. Alarm fatigue is a prominent result of alarm exposure and a well-known problem for caregivers...
Nurses in intensive care units (ICU) are often exposed to noise pollution, especially a high number of acoustic patient alarms. One widespread consequence of these alarms is a condition called alarm fatigue. This means a desensitization and a resulting decreasing response time to alarms. To reduce the number of alarms, many interventions have been...
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![Figure 5. Overview of the implemented vibration pattern sets [10].](profile/Vanessa-Cobus-2/publication/331641432/figure/fig5/AS:734956707934220@1552238742646/Overview-of-the-implemented-vibration-pattern-sets-10_Q320.jpg)
Technology plays a prominent role in intensive care units (ICU), with a variety of sensors monitoring both patients and devices. A serious problem exists, however, that can reduce the sensors’ effectiveness. When important values exceed or fall below a certain threshold or sensors lose their signal, up to 350 alarms per patient a day are issued. Th...
Everyone who has visited a patient in an intensive care unit will still remember the constant noise emitted from a number of highly sophisticated technical systems. For critical care nurses this creates a working environment in which about 350 alarms per patient are issued and each care taker is responsible for several patients at the same time. Al...
Alarm fatigue is a well-known and widely spread condition which occurs when one is desensitized by the exposure to excessive alarm signals. It causes a delayed or inadequate response to alarms and affects in particular people working in safety critical environments, such as in an intensive care unit (ICU). With up to 350 alarms per patient a day, t...
In many safety-critical application scenarios human operators are confronted with alarms that have spatially distributed sources such as in intensive care units. As it stands, different systems are offering simple and often unspecific alerts, leaving the human with the demanding task of identifying and localizing the problem, which often results in...
Innovations often trigger objections before becoming widely accepted. This paper assesses whether a familiarisation over time can be expected for data glasses, too. While user attitudes towards those devices have been reported to be prevalently negative [14], it is still unclear, to what extent this initial, negative user attitude might impede adop...
Zusammenfassung
U-Bahn-Treter, angezündete Obdachlose, Terroranschlag auf den Weihnachtsmarkt — in all diesen aktuellen Geschehnissen wurde zu Ermittlungszwecken unter anderem auf Videoüberwachung zurückgegriffen. Fast 15.000 Videokameras überwachen den öffentlichen Raum in Berlin, wie eine parlamentarische Anfrage der Piratenpartei ergab. Gleichze...
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Der Bekanntheitsgrad tragbarer Geräte mit fest integrierter Kamera, wie etwa die Datenbrille Google Glass oder die Life Logging Kamera Narrative Clip, nimmt — nicht zuletzt durch die verstärkte Medienberichterstattung — immer mehr zu. Aber auch, wenn von diesen Geräten eine starke technische Faszination ausgeht, so werden sie doch h...
The DIY rollable soundboard is a paper-based instant button device, driven by a Raspberry Pi that allows for easily creating simple sound effects. With sound effects like a Badum Tss (the sound of drums which often appears for a bad joke in comedy shows), it augments everyday situations with a suitable sound while users are on the go. Since paper i...
Recent interest in the development of ambient light systems has initialized a new research area, where the number of am- bient light systems is expected to increase in the next years. To support the development of future ambient light systems, we need clear, explicit, and structured design guidelines. In this paper we present an evaluation of light...
Ambient systems provide information in the periphery of a user's attention. Their aim is to present information as unobtrusively as possible to avoid interrupting primary tasks (e.g. writing or reading). In recent years, light has been used to create ambient systems to display information. Examples of ambient light systems range from simple notific...
The current development of ambient light systems lacks an evaluation and guidelines in the design process. We present a study design with two complementary parts, which aims to fill the gaps in the understanding of information encoding via light. In the first part of our study we want to find out light patterns that represent different types of eve...
A recent study revealed that every fourth German adult drinks less than 1.5 litres a day. Insufficient fluid intake can cause headache, lack of energy and lightheadedness. Signals can be used to be reminded of drinking. However, these are often missed or even deactivated because they are too obvious. On the basis of a participatory design study, we...
Projects
Projects (4)
Aim of the research project LUMICONS is the systematic investigation of the use of light interaction in the everyday life of senior citizens who have light sensory and cognitive impairments. In a series of lab and field studies, the various parameters of light as such are examined systematically to what extent they are usable for the operation of light patterns and if they are perceived and accepted by the interface. From these investigations general patterns - called "Lumicons"- and design guidelines are derived for developing new, interactive systems which will be implemented to specific application scenarios.
"Smart Cams", continuously linked to the Internet and operating unobtrusively in glasses, jewelry, badges, helmets or as dash cams in windshields, could soon be digitizing public life. This results in a variety of opportunities as well as risks with great potential for conflict for our society. Interesting application areas of Smart Cams are for example occupational activities and vocational training.
CHARISMA is going to evaluate regulatory requirements by taking into account constitutional requirements and the technological scope of design, and also give regulatory recommendations for a socially acceptable way of controlling the risks of the public use of “Smart Cams”. To achieve this goal, a team of computer scientists, constitutional lawyers, IT lawyers and sociological researchers are working together interdisciplinary. Cooperation partners in this project are the Institute of Law and the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg as well as the OFFIS Group Interactive Systems.
The project is funded for two years by the BMBF within the scope of "Innovations and Technology analysis".
