Valeria Zitz

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Campus Süd
Institute of Telematics
Chair for Pervasive Computing Systems / TECO
Vincenz-Prießnitz-Straße 1
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
Building 07.07, Room 214
email:zitz(at)teco.edu
tel: +49 721 608 41709

Short CV

  • since 2024          PhD Candidate at TECO
  • 2023 – 2024       Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2023                    M.Sc. Computer Science, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
  • 2022 – 2023       Technical Product Lead, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
  • 2022 – 2024       Lecturer for Human Computer Interaction, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
  • 2021 – 2024       Lecturer for Usability & Audiovisual Communication, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences
  • 2021                    B.Sc. Computer Science, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
  • 2016                    B.Sc. Journalism, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

Projects

  • since 2024          HealthTech based on OpenEarables

Research Interests

  • HealthTech
  • Data Science
  • Biopotentials for Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

Bachelor- and Master’s Theses

Open Topics

Current Theses

  • Compact Microscopy System for Live Transmission of Microscopic Images from Incubators (Leonhard Mannke)
  • Development of an IR Measuring Device for the Characterization of Infrared LEDs (Paul Buda)

Finished Theses

 

Teaching

  • Praxis der Softwareentwicklung (PSE): WS 2024/2025
  • Proseminar Mobile Computing: SS 2025

Publications

  • Demonstrating OpenEarable 2.0: An AI-Powered Ear Sensing Platform
    Röddiger, T.; Zitz, V.; Hummel, J.; Küttner, M.; Lepold, P.; King, T.; Paradiso, J. A.; Clarke, C.; Beigl, M.
    2025.  Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI ’25, 713, 1–4. doi:10.1145/3706599.3721161

Publications (Before TECO)