Lennart E Nacke
University of Waterloo, Drama and Speech Communication, Faculty Member +4University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, Cross-AppointmentUniversity of Waterloo, Systems Design Engineering, Cross-AppointmentUniversity of Waterloo, Stratford Campus for Digital Media, Faculty MemberUniversity of Waterloo, Games Institute, Faculty MemberUniversity of Waterloo, Drama and Speech Communication, Faculty Member
Dr. Lennart Nacke is the director of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Games Group at the University of Waterloo. He is well known for his pioneering research on physiological evaluation and interaction in video games as well as his ground-breaking gamification research, forming a new HCI research field. He has expanded his research program with novel visualization tools for games user research, player personality models, and health game research and development.
Dr. Nacke is chairing the Games and Play subcommittee at the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in the HCI research field. CHI is consistently rated as the top publication venue in terms of impact in all of human-computer interaction. He is also the steering committee chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY), which he developed together with colleagues. He was invited onto the editorial board of the top journal in his field, the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), as an Associate Editor and his publications have been recognized internationally for being in the top 5% at the highest impact venues for HCI on more than one occasion.
During his time as an Assistant Professor before taking an Associate Professor position at the University of Waterloo, he had been selected to chair two international conferences: Gamification 2013, which was hosted in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI, and the inaugural CHI PLAY 2014, which was co-sponsored by ACM SIGCHI. Being the General Chair of a conference for the top researchers in the HCI and games field is a great honour and a fantastic opportunity to help shape the field.
At the Games Institute, he leads the HCI Games Group, a highly interdisciplinary team of postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates, from disciplines such as Engineering, Arts, Knowledge Integration, Biomedical Sciences, and Computer Science. His team is constantly innovating in the field of HCI and games research.
Address: 2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON
Dr. Nacke is chairing the Games and Play subcommittee at the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in the HCI research field. CHI is consistently rated as the top publication venue in terms of impact in all of human-computer interaction. He is also the steering committee chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY), which he developed together with colleagues. He was invited onto the editorial board of the top journal in his field, the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), as an Associate Editor and his publications have been recognized internationally for being in the top 5% at the highest impact venues for HCI on more than one occasion.
During his time as an Assistant Professor before taking an Associate Professor position at the University of Waterloo, he had been selected to chair two international conferences: Gamification 2013, which was hosted in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI, and the inaugural CHI PLAY 2014, which was co-sponsored by ACM SIGCHI. Being the General Chair of a conference for the top researchers in the HCI and games field is a great honour and a fantastic opportunity to help shape the field.
At the Games Institute, he leads the HCI Games Group, a highly interdisciplinary team of postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates, from disciplines such as Engineering, Arts, Knowledge Integration, Biomedical Sciences, and Computer Science. His team is constantly innovating in the field of HCI and games research.
Address: 2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON
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Papers
Everything that we do as researchers is based on what we write. Especially for graduate students ... more
Social health games can drive healthy behaviour. To track social behaviour change in social netwo... more
Video games provide unique interactive player experiences (PX) often categorised into different g... more
Proceedings of DiGRA, 2009
As the game industry matures and games become more and more complex, there is an increasing need ... more
Abstract: In this talk, we will have a look at game experience models and what components they co... more
This talk outlines basic facts of the EU-funded FUGA project investigating the fun of gaming. The... more
Abstract Video games are early adopters of emerging technologies and introduce them to the mainst... more
Tracking game metrics data is slowly becoming an industry standard for analyzing and improving ga... more
Abstract Game User Research is an emerging field that ties together Human Computer Interaction, G... more
Abstract Collaborative technologies increasingly permeate our everyday lives. Mixed reality games... more
Abstract Game researchers are currently lacking comprehensive data analysis tools that triangulat... more
Abstract In this paper we are discussing a new model of mobile gameplay experience with a special... more
Abstract Physiological sensors are becoming cheaper and more available to game players. This has ... more
Abstract Player experience is difficult to evaluate and report, especially using quantitative met... more
Abstract The brain and body provide a wealth of information about the physiological, cognitive an... more
This seminar presents and discusses the ongoing work of major game researchers within the EU fina... more
Abstract Game reviews and player ratings have an effect on the commercial success of games. They ... more
Everything that we do as researchers is based on what we write. Especially for graduate students ... more
Social health games can drive healthy behaviour. To track social behaviour change in social netwo... more
Video games provide unique interactive player experiences (PX) often categorised into different g... more
Proceedings of DiGRA, 2009
As the game industry matures and games become more and more complex, there is an increasing need ... more
Abstract: In this talk, we will have a look at game experience models and what components they co... more
This talk outlines basic facts of the EU-funded FUGA project investigating the fun of gaming. The... more
Abstract Video games are early adopters of emerging technologies and introduce them to the mainst... more
Tracking game metrics data is slowly becoming an industry standard for analyzing and improving ga... more
Abstract Game User Research is an emerging field that ties together Human Computer Interaction, G... more
Abstract Collaborative technologies increasingly permeate our everyday lives. Mixed reality games... more
Abstract Game researchers are currently lacking comprehensive data analysis tools that triangulat... more
Abstract In this paper we are discussing a new model of mobile gameplay experience with a special... more
Abstract Physiological sensors are becoming cheaper and more available to game players. This has ... more
Abstract Player experience is difficult to evaluate and report, especially using quantitative met... more
Abstract The brain and body provide a wealth of information about the physiological, cognitive an... more
This seminar presents and discusses the ongoing work of major game researchers within the EU fina... more
Abstract Game reviews and player ratings have an effect on the commercial success of games. They ... more
