Affiliate Professor für Datenbanken und Medieninformatik

Berufliche Qualifikation:

• seit 09/2021 Affiliate Professor für Datenbanken und Medieninformatik an der HSW
• seit 09/2021 Professor für Programmierung und Software Engineering an der BHH Hamburg
• 01/2019 – 09/2021 Dekan des Fachbereichs Informatik und Technik an der HSW
• 05/2018 – 08/2019 Datenschutzbeauftragter
• 01/2012 – 09/2021 Professor für Anwendungsentwicklung und Medieninformatik an der HSW
• 05/2011 – 12/2011 postdoctoral research fellow am International Computer Science Institute, Speech Group in Berkeley, CA, USA
• 2007 – 2011 Projektleiter und Consultant am Fraunhofer Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme in Sankt Augustin
• 2002 – 2007 Technischer Projektleiter am Zentrum zur Unterstützung virtueller Lehre (virtUOS) der Universität Osnabrück
• Lehraufträge an der Universität Osnabrück, der Fachhochschule Osnabrück und der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
• 01/2006 – 03/2006 visiting research scholar an der University of Pittsburgh, Personalized Adaptive Web Systems Lab in Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Promotion in Informatik an der Universität Osnabrück (Hypermediale Navigation in Vorlesungsaufzeichnungen: Nutzung und automatische Produktion hypermedial navigierbarer Aufzeichnungen von Lehrveranstaltungen), Abschluss 2007
• 09/2000 – 01/2001 Intern am DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology Center, Adaptive Systems Group in Palo Alto, CA, USA
• Studium der Kognitionswissenschaft (Cognitive Science) an der Universität Osnabrück, Abschluss 2002

Aktivitäten in der Lehre:

• Wirtschaftsinformatik (B.Sc.), dual: DB-Programmierung (JDBC), JEE Architektur, Datenbanken, Programmieren in Java, Grundlagen der Systemanalyse, Grundlagen der Programmierung I, Softwarearchitektur, Programmieren mit C#, Objektorientierte Programmierung
• Betriebswirtschaftslehre (B.A.), dual: Informations- und Datenbanksysteme
• Praxis-/Projektstudium, Betreuung von wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten

Veröffentlichungen:

Buchbeiträge

• Mertens, R., Linke, K. (2020) Digitaler Präsenzunterricht: Erfahrungen aus der Corona-Krise 2020 für die Gestaltung von E-Learning im Hochschulkontext. In: Siegers, J, Hagedorn, J. (Hrsg) Handbuch der Aus- und Weiterbildung (328), Wolters Kluwer, S. 9-34.
• Linke, K., Mertens, R. (2019) Digitale Kompetenzen in agilen Arbeitswelten – Sind sich ArbeitgeberInnen der Anforderungen bewusst? In: Booksprint Vereinbarkeit 4.0, Bertelsmann Stiftung, S. 196-202, DOI 10.11586/2019057.
• Bauer, T., Cewe, C., Fazli, F., Kirchner, K., Mertens, R., Reher, F. & Weißbach, R. (2018) Digitalisierung im Geschäftsprozessmanagement: Potentiale und Herausforderungen, in Czarnecki, C., Brockmann, C., Sultanow, E., Koschmider, A. & Selzer, A. (Hrsg.): Workshops der INFORMATIK 2018 – Architekturen, Prozesse, Sicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit. Bonn: Köllen Druck+Verlag GmbH, S. 280-293.
• Huang, P.-S., Mertens, R., Divakaran, A., Friedland, G., Hasegawa-Johnson, M. (2012); How to Put It into Words – Using Random Forests to Extract Symbol Level Descriptions from Audio Content for Concept Detection. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2012), Kyoto, Japan, March 25-30 2012. Fraunhofer Publika S. 505-508., ISBN: 978-1-4673-0046-9
• Hügelmeyer, P. & Mertens, R. (2004). Virtuelles Prüfungssystem. In Hamborg, K.-C., Knaden, A. (Hrsg.), Good Practice Beispiele für netzbasiertes Lehren und Lernen – Erfahrungen mit verschiedenen Einsatzszenarien von e-Learning an der Universität Osnabrück. pp. 105-117. epos Media, Osnabrück.

Zeitschriftenbeiträge

• Aygun, R. Mertens, R. & Yoshitaka, A. (guest editors) (2013). Special Section: Selected Papers from the International Symposium on Multimedia, International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM), IGI, ISSN: 1947-8534, 4(3).
• Aygun, R. Mertens, R. & Yoshitaka, A. (2013) Guest Editors‘ Introduction, International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), World Scientific, ISSN: 1793-351X, 7(1), pp. 1-3.
• Aygun, R. Mertens, R. & Yoshitaka, A. (guest editors) (2013). Special Issue: Selected Papers from the 2012 International Symposium on Multimedia, International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), World Scientific, ISSN: 1793-351X, 7(1).
• Aygun, R. Mertens, R. & Yoshitaka, A. (2013) Guest Editors‘ Introduction, International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM). 4(3), pp iv-vi.
• H. Cheng, H., Tamrakar, A., Ali, S., Yu, Q., Javed, O., Liu,, J., Divakaran, A., Sawhney, H. S., Hauptmann, A. , Shah, M., Bhattacharya, S., Witbrock, M., Curtis, J., Friedland, G., Mertens, R., Darrell, T., Manmatha, R. & Allan, J. (2011) Team SRI-Sarnoff’s AURORA System @ TRECVID 2011. Proceedings of TrecVid 2011, Gaithersburg, MD.
• Stalmann, K., Budde, R., Mertens, R., Tornau, C., Wegener, D., Heydegger, V., Wunderlich, T., Ingenbleek, B., & Schulz, F. (2011) Kultur im Wissensnetz – Die Architektur der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek. EMISA-Forum 31(2): 15-31 ISSN: 1610-3351.
• Wiesen, C., Tornau, C., Mertens, R. & Jähne, M. (2010). Policy-based Multi-Level Routing: Dealing with Uncertainty in the Provisioning Process of the First Mile Part of DSL-based TelCo Products. Informatik 2010 – Service Science – Neue Perspektiven, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Proceedings 175. pp. 571- 576.
• Reinisch, S., Beyer, U. & Mertens, R. (2010). A Business View on Component Governance for TelCos. Informatik 2010 – Service Science – Neue Perspektiven, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Proceedings 175. pp. 553- 558.
• Mertens, R. (2007). Hypermediale Navigation in Vorlesungsaufzeichnungen: Nutzung und automatische Produktion hypermedial navigierbarer Aufzeichnungen von Lehrveranstal­tun­gen. Osnabrück, Universität. Dissertation. November 2007, nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-2007110928.

Zeitschriftenbeiträge mit doppelt anonymen Begutachtungsverfahren

• Ketterl, M., Mertens, R., Wiesen, C. & Vornberger, O. (2011) Enabling user to user interactions in web lectures with history-aware user awareness. Interact. Techn. Smart Edu. 8(4): 224-235.
• Ketterl, M, Knipping, L., Ludwig, N & Mertens, R. (guest editors). Special Themed Section: MTEL 2010 Workshop, International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 8(4), Emerald, ISSN: 1741-5659, 2011.
• Ketterl, M, Knipping, L., Ludwig, N & Mertens, R. (2011) Guest Editorial, International Journal of Intertactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 8(4), Emerald, ISSN: 1741-5659, 2011.
• Hartmann, S., Hallay, H., Brinkschulte, L., Rebstadt, J., Gesterkamp, L., Enders, A., Kewitz, N. & Mertens, R. (2017) Aspect-Oriented Visual Editor (AVOnEd): Visual Language, Aspect-Oriented Editing Concept and Implementation; in: International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), 11(2), S. 229-274.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R. & Vornberger, O. (2017) Designing for Motivation: Design-Considerations for Spaced-Repetition-Based Learning Games on Mobile Devices, International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL), July 2017, 16(3), S. 287-311.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R., Hill, L. & Vornberger, O. (2017) Simulating Context in Mobile Learning Games for Testing and Debugging, International Journal of Semantic Computing 11(1), S.21-41.
• Cansal, S., Chaves Gattaz, C., Mertens, R., Persia, F., Pilato, G., Zhang, G. (2017) Guest Editors‘ Introduction. International Journal of Semantic Computing 11(3): S. 275-278.
• Shyu, M.-L., Pilato, G., Mertens, R. & Steinmetz, N. Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on the Eighth IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (IEEE ICSC 2014), International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), World Scientific, ISSN: 1793-351X, 2015, pp 385-388.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R., Vornberger O. (2014) Spaced repetition learning games on mobile devices: Foundations and perspectives. International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 11(3): pp 201-222.
• Mertens, R., Huang, P., Gottlieb, L., Friedland, G., Divakaran, A., & Hasegawa-Johnson, M. (2012) On the Applicability of Speaker Diarization to Audio Indexing of Non-Speech and Mixed Non-Speech/Speech Video Soundtracks. International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM), 3(3), 1-19.
• Ketterl, M, Mertens, R. & Sack, H. (guest editors). Special Themed Section: MTEL, International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 9(4), Emerald, ISSN: 1741-5659, 2012.
• Ketterl, M., Mertens, R. & Sack, H. (2012) Guest Editorial, International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 9(4), Emerald, ISSN: 1741-5659, 2012.
• Sack, H. & Mertens, R. (guest editors). Special Issue: Semantic Multimedia, International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), 6(3), World Scientific, ISSN: 1793-351X, 2012.
• Sack, H. & Mertens, R. (2012) Guest Editors‘ Introduction, International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), 6(3), S. 261-262.
• Harrington, B., Mertens, R. & Viegas, E. (2011) Special Issue: Selected Papers from the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2011), International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), 5(4), World Scientific, ISSN: 1793-351X, Dezember 2011.
• Harrington, B., Mertens, R. & Viegas, E. (2011) Guest Editors‘ Introduction, International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), 5(4), pp. 335-336.
• Brdiczka, O., Knipping, L., Ludwig, N. & Mertens, R. (guest editors) (2010). Special Issue on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning, International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 6(2), Emerald, ISSN: 1741-5659, September 2010.
• Brdiczka, O., Ludwig, N., Knipping, L. & Mertens, R. (2010) Guest editorial: Multimedia technologies for e-learning (special issue of ITSE journal). Interactive Technology and Smart Education. 2010; 7 (3): pp. 128-130.
• Mertens, R., Ketterl, M. & Brusilovsky, P. (2010). Social navigation in web lectures: a study of virtPresenter. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, Vol. 7 Issue: 3. pp. 181 – 196.
• Mertens, R., Brusilovsky, P., Ishchenko, S. & Vornberger O. (2009). Bridging the Gap between Time and Structure Based Navigation in Web Lectures. International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL), 8:1. January 2009. pp. 89-105.
• Ketterl, M., Mertens, R. & Vornberger, O. (2009). Bringing Web 2.0 to Web Lectures International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE); 6(2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009, pp. 82-96.
• Küpper, A. & Mertens, R. (2009). Services, Platforms, Innovations and Research for new Infrastructures in Telecommunications (SPIRIT 2009) – Vorwort der Workshopleitung. Informatik 2009 – Im Fokus das Leben, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Proceedings 154. September 2009. pp. 310-313.
• Reinisch, S., Beyer, U. & Mertens, R. (2009). Component Governance as a Key Factor for IT Business Alignment of Telecommunications Companies. Informatik 2009 – Im Fokus das Leben, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Proceedings 154. September 2000. pp. 2584-2595.
• Wiesen, C. Wunderlich, T. & Mertens, R. (2009). Generating Product-based Availability Overviews for Fixed Line Network Access Points. Informatik 2009 – Im Fokus das Leben, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Proceedings 154. September 2009. pp. 2611-2618.
• Mertens, R., Stachowiak, J. & Steffens, T. (2008) Path Searching with Transit Nodes in Fast Changing Telecommunications Networks. Informatik 2008 – Beherrschbare Systeme dank In¬for-matik, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Proceedings 133. September 2008. pp. 158-163.
• Steffens, T., Mertens, R. & Andres, S. (2008) A flexible high-performance service-oriented production system for Triple Play telecommunication products. Informatik 2008 – Beherrsch¬bare Systeme dank Informatik, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Proceedings 133. September 2008. pp. 152-157.
• Mertens, R., Ketterl, M. & Vornberger, O. (2007) The virtPresenter lecture recording system: Automated production of web lectures with interactive content overviews. International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 4 (1). February 2007. Troubador publishing, UK. pp. 55-66.
• Ketterl, M., Heinrich, T., Mertens, R. & Morisse, K.(2007). Enhanced content utilisation: Combined re-use of multi-type e-learning content on mobile devices. IMCL International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning 2007, Amman, Jordan, April 2007. IEEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Education Magazine, volume 2, issue 2, June 2007. pp. 61-64.
• Hoppe, U., Klostermeier, F., Boll, S., Mertens, R. & Kleinefeld, N. (2007). Wirtschaftlichkeit von Geschäftsmodellen für universitäre Lehrkooperationen – eine Fallstudie. Zeitschrift für E-Learning 2 (2007), issue 3. pp. 29-40.
• Mertens, R., Ketterl, M. & Vornberger, O. (2007) Vector Graphics for Web Lectures: Experiences with Adobe Flash 9 and SVG. International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE), 4 (4). December 2007. Troubador publishing, UK. pp. 182-191.
• Mertens, R., Knaden, A., Thelen, T. & Vornberger O. (2005). Perspektiven der Kopplung von LMS und Vorlesungsaufzeichnungssystemen. i-com Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, Ausgabe 4, pp. 52-55, Dez. 2005. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag.

Kongressbeiträge

• Schniederjann, R./ Rausch, D./ Wiggenbrock, J./ Mertens, R.: Teardrop Magnification: A Hybrid Linear-Fisheye Magnifier for the Border and Corner of the Screen. IEEE ISM 2022, S. 82-83.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R. and Huck S. (2020) Retrieval of Relevant Data for Measuring the Impact of Spaced-Repetition Algorithms on the Learning Success in Mobile Learning Games. IEEE (International Conference on Power and Energy) 2020 virtuell, S 239-244.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R. (2019) Measuring the Learning Success in Spaced-Repetition-Based Mobile Learning-Games: Suitable Techniques and Hurdles. World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019, New Orleans, LA; USA, 04. – 07. November 2019, S. 528-537.
• Schniederjann, F., Korthing, L., Brösterhaus, J., Mertens, R. (2019) A Scrolling Approach for Gaze-Based Interaction. IEEE ISM 2019, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, San Diego, USA, S. 233-234.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R., Huck, B.S. (2019) Retrieval of Relevant Data for Measuring the Impact of Spaced-Repetition Algorithms on the Learning Success in Mobile Learning Games. IEEE ISM 2019, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, San Diego, USA, S. 279-284.
• Schimanke, F, Mertens, R. & Huck, B. (2018) Player Types in Mobile Learning Games – Playing Patterns and Motivation. IEEE ISM 2018, S. 247-252.
• Schimanke, F. & Mertens, R. (2018). Mobile Game-Based Learning in the App-Age – Where we are and where we want to be. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, pp. 1321-1330. Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). ISBN 978-1-939797-35-3
• Schniederjann, F., Krahe,J., Guth, T., Wendel, J. & Mertens, R. (2018) Using Linear and Non-linear Magnifiers in Eyetracking-Based Human Computer Interaction. IEEE ISM 2018, S. 190-191
• Cewe, C., Koch, D. & Mertens, R. (2017) Minimal Effort Requirements Engineering for Robotic Process Automation with Test Driven Development and Screen Recording, 3rd International Workshop on the Interrelations between Requirements Engineering & Business Process Management (REBPM), BPM 2017 Workshops, LNBIP 308, Springer, S. 642-648.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R. & Schmid, U. (2017) Spaced Repetition in Mobile Learning Games – A Cure to Bulimic Learning? E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education Oktober 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA., 955-964, ISBN 978-1-939797-31-5
• Gesterkamp, L., Rebstadt, J. & Mertens, R. (2017) Tackling Complex Ontologies with AVOnEd Aspect-oriented Visual Ontology Editor, Demo Paper, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC), 30. Jan. -1. Feb. 2017, S. 268-269
• Hallay, F., Hartmann, S., Kewitz, N. & Mertens, R. (2017) An Aspect-Oriented Visual Ontology Editor with Edit-Time Consistency Checking, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC), 30. Jan. -1. Feb. 2017, S 297-304
• Stapper, L., Pospiech, S., Bussmann, F., Graf, A., Mamsch, M. & Mertens, R. (2017) A Gaze Tracking Based, Multi Modal Human Computer Interaction Concept for Efficient Input. IEEE ISM 2017; S. 268-273.
• Brinkschulte, L., Mertens, R., Stapper, L., Pospiech, S. & Knipping, L. (2017) A Multi Modal Interaction Paradigm Combining Gaze Tracking and Keyboard. Demo Paper. IEEE 2017, 370-371
• Aysolmaz, B., Gürsul, M., Kirchner, K., Laue, R., Mertens, R., Reher, F., Schönreiter, I., Turban, B. & Weißbach, R. (2017) A Reflection on the Interrelations Between Business Process Management and Requirements Engineering with an Agility Perspective, 3rd International Workshop on the Interrelations between Requirements Engineering & Business Process Management (REBPM), BPM 2017 Workshops, LNBIP 308, Springer, S. 669-680
• Pospiech, S., Pelke, M. & Mertens, R. (2016) Semi-automated Ontology Creation for Semantic Search, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC), 4.-6. Feb. 2016, S. 202 – 205
• Brinkschulte, L., Enders, A., Rebstadt, J. & Mertens, R. (2016) Aspect-Oriented Mind Mapping and Its Potential for Ontology Editing, 2016 IEEE International Conference Semantic Computing (ICSC), 4.-6. Feb. 2016, S. 194 – 201
• Rebstadt, J., Brinkschulte, L., Enders, A. & Mertens, R. (2016) A Visual Language for OWL Lite Editing, Joint Proceedings of the Posters and Demos Track of the 12th International Conference on Semantic Systems – SEMANTiCS2016 and the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Change & Evolving Semantics (SuCCESS’16), SEMANTiCS2016, Leipzig, 12.-15. September 2016, ceur-ws.org/Vol-1695/paper8.pdf
• Schimanke, F., Hill, L., Mertens R. & Vornberger, O (2016) Simulating Context in Mobile Learning Games for Testing and Debugging, 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM), San Jose, CA, 11.-13. Dez. 2016, S. 655-660.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R., Vornberger, O. & Hillebrand, J. (2016) Enhancing Mobile Learning Games with Spaced-Repetition and Content-Selection Algorithms, E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016, S. 1270-1279.
• Pospiech, S., Birnbaum, N., Knipping, L. & Mertens, R. (2015) Personalized Indexing of Attention in Lectures – Requirements & Concept, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning, associated with IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2015, S. 565 – 570.
• Schimanke, F., Ribbers, S., Mertens, R. & Vornberger, O. (2015) Implications of Short Term Memory Research for the Design of Spaced Repetition Based Mobile Learning Games, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning, associated with IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2015, S. 571 – 576.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R., Enders, E., Hallay, F., & Vornberger, O. (2015) Using a Spaced-Repetition-Based Mobile Learning Game in Database Lectures, World Conference on E-Learning, in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2015), Kona, HI, USA, 19.-22. Oktober 2015 , S. 1610-1619.
• Mielke, S., Pelke, M. Pospiech, S, Mertens, R.(2015) Flexible Semantic Query Expansion for Process Exploration, Semantic Computing (ICSC), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, S.440-443, 7-9 Feb. 2015, S. 440 – 443.
• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R., Vornberger, O. (2014) Design-Considerations for Spaced-Repetition-Based Learning Games on Mobile Devices, World Conference on E-Learning, in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2014), New Orleans, LA, USA, 27.-30. Oktober 2014, Full Paper, S. 1770-1779.
• Schimanke, F. Mertens, R. Vornberger, O. (2014) Architecture Considerations for Spaced Repetition Based Mobile Learning Games on iOS, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning, associated with IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2014, Taichung, Taiwan, December 10-12, 2014, pp. 363-368.
• Pospiech, S., Mertens, R., Mielke, S., Städler, M., Söhlke, P., Creating Event Logs from Heterogeneous, Unstructured Business Data, ERP Future 2014, Dornbirn, Österreich; November 2014
• Pospiech, S., Mielke, S., Mertens, R., Pelke, M., Jagannath, K.; Städler, M., „Exploration and Analysis of Undocumented Processes Using Heterogeneous and Unstructured Business Data,“ Semantic Computing (ICSC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on , vol., no., S.191-198, 16-18 Juni 2014
• Schimanke, F. Mertens, R., Vornberger, O. (2014) Verwendung von Spaced-Repetition-Algorithmen in mobilen Lernspielen. DeLFI Workshops 2014: pp 197-204
• F. Schimanke, R. Mertens, O. Vornberger (2013) What to learn next? Content selection support in mobile game-based learning, World Conference on E-Learning, in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2013), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 21.-24. Oktober 2013, Full Paper, akzeptiert.
• F. Schimanke, O. Vornberger, R. Mertens, S. Vollmer (2013) Multi Category Content Selection for Spaced Repetition Based Mobile Learning Games, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning, associated with IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2013, Anaheim, USA, December 09-11, 2013, S. 468 – 473.
• Aygun, R. Mertens, R. & Yoshitaka, A. (2012) Message from the Program Co-Chairs, Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2012), Irvine, CA.
• Mertens, R., Lei, H., Gottlieb, L., Friedland, G. & Divakaran, A. (2011) Acoustic Super Models for Large Scale Video Event Detection. ACM Multimedia 2011, International ACM Workshop on Events in Multimedia (EiMM11), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, November 28 – December 1, 2011.
• Mertens, R., Huang, P.-S., Gottlieb, L., Friedland G. & Divakaran, A. (2011) On the Applicability of Speaker Diarization to Audio Concept Detection for Multimedia Retrieval. IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2011, Workshop on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR). Dana Point, Ca, USA. December 05-07, 2011.
• Pospiech, S., Mertens, R., Müller, M. E., & Ketterl, M. (2011) TSF-Slider: Combining Time- and Structure-Based Media Navigation in One Navigation Component (Demo). IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2011. Dana Point, Ca, USA. December 05-07, 2011.pp 333-334.
• Mertens, R., Pospiech, S., Wiesen, C. & Ketterl, M. (2011) The Tempo-Structural Fisheye Slider for Navigation in Web Lectures. IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2011, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL), Dana Point, Ca, USA. December 05-07, 2011. pp. 553-558.
• Harrington, B., Mertens, R. & Viegas, E. (2011) Message from the Program Chairs, Proceedings of the IEEE Fifth International Conference on Semantic Computing, 2011, Palo Alto, Ca. pp.xiv.
• Johannes Kettern, Frank Joachim Frey, Robert Mertens, Stefan Andres, Samir Dorhmi (2011) Next-Generation IT Architecture for Telecommunication Companies – a Factory based Approach, elektronische Proceedings der GI-Jahrestagung 2011.
• Reinisch, S., Mertens, R., Esteghlal, A., Ruwolt, F. & Jähne, M. (2010). Interactive Business Modeling with BusinessMapper and Dependency Modeling Language (DML). 6th International Workshop on Business Process Design (BPD’10). Hoboken, NJ, USA, September 2010.
• Ketterl, M., Emden, J., Mertens, R. & Vornberger, O. (2010) History-Aware User Awareness in Web Lectures. IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2010, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL), Taichung, Taiwan from December 15 to 18, 2010.
• Mies, C. & Mertens, R. (2009). Integration of a Hierarchical Decision Making Framework into the Multi-Agent Simulation System LAMPSys. Proceedings 23rd Workshop Planen, Scheduling und Konfigurieren, Entwerfen, September 2009, Paderborn. pp. 273-284.
• Mertens, R., Ketterl, M. & Vornberger, O. (2009). Turning Web Lectures into User Generated Adaptive Multimedia. IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2008, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL), San Diego, CA, USA, December 2009. pp. 675-680.
• Mertens, R., Birnbaum, N., Ketterl, M. & Rolf, R. (2008). Integrating Lecture Recording with an LMS: An Implementation Report. In G. Richards (Edts.), Proceedings of World Confe¬ren¬ce on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (E-Learn 2008), Las Vegas, Nevada, 17.-21. November 2008. pp. 1067-1074.
• Keterl, M., Mertens, R., Vornberger, O. (2008). Vorlesungsaufzeichnung 2.0. Lernen – Organisation – Gesellschaft, eCampus-Symposium der Osnabrücker Hochschulen, Osnabrück, October 2008.
• Ketterl, M., Mertens, R. & Vornberger, O. (2008). Web Lectures and Web 2.0. IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2008, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL), Berkeley, CA, USA, 15.-17. December 2008. pp. 720-725.
• Ketterl, M., Mertens, R. & Vornberger, O., (2007). Vector Graphics for Web Lectures: Comparing Adobe Flash 9 and SVG, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2007, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL), Taichung, Taiwan. December 2007. pp. 389-395.
• Ketterl, M., Mertens, R., Morisse, K. & Vornberger, O. (2006). Studying with Mobile Devices: Workflow and Tools for Automatic Content Distribution. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-Media 2006), Orlando, FL, USA, June 2006. pp. 2082-2088.
• Ketterl, M, Mertens, R. & Morisse, K. (2006). Alternative content distribution channels for mobile devices. microlearning 2006. Innsbruck, Austria, June 2006. pp. 119-130.
• Ketterl, M, Schmidt, T., Mertens, R. & Morisse, K. (2006). Techniken und Einsatzszenarien für Podcasts in der universitären Lehre. Workshop AudioLearning 2006 in conjunction with DeLFI 2006, September 2006. pp. 81-90.
• Mertens, R., Brusilovsky, P., Ishchenko, S. & Vornberger O. (2006). Time and Structure Based Navigation in Web Lectures: Bridging a Dual Media Gap. World Conference on E-Learning, in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2006), Honolulu, HI, USA, 13.-17. October 2006. pp. 2929-2936.
• Mertens, R., Friedland, G. & Krüger, M. (2006). To See or Not To See: Layout Constraints, the Split Attention Problem and their Implications for the Design of Web Lecture Interfaces. World Conference on E-Learning, in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2006), Honolulu, HI, USA, 13.-17. October 2006. pp. 2937-2943.
• Mertens, R., Farzan, R. & Brusilovsky, P. (2006). Social Navigation in Web Lectures. ACM Hypertext 2006, 17th Conference on Hypertext and HypermediaOdense, Danmark, August 2006. pp. 41-44, doi.org/10.1145/1149941.1149950.
• Mertens, R., Ketterl, M. & Vornberger, O. (2006). Interactive Content Overviews for Lecture Recordings. IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2006, Workshop on Multimedia Technologies for E-Learning (MTEL), San Diego, CA. December 2006. pp. 933-937.
• Mertens, R., Knaden, A., Thelen, T. & Vornberger O. (2005). Kopplung von LMS und Vorlesungsaufzeichnungssystemen: Voraussetzungen und Potentiale. In: Horz, H., Hürst, W., Ottmann, T., Rensing, C & Trahasch, S. eLectures- Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Herausforderungen und Forschungsperspektiven. In: Lucke, U., Nölting, K., Tavangarian, D. (Hrsg.) Workshop Proceedings DeLFI 2005 und GMW 2005. Rostock, September 2005. pp. 43-48.
• Mertens, R., Knaden, A., Birnbaum, N. & Vornberger, O. (2005). Virtuelle Studieneinblicke an der Universität Osnabrück. In: Abstractband der 10. Fachtagung Pädagogische Psychologie. Halle-Wittenberg, September 2005. pp. 102-103.
• Hügelmeyer, P., Mertens, R., Schröder, M. & Gust, H. (2005). Integration des Virtuellen Prüfungssystems ViPS in die Lehr-/Lernplattform Stud.IP. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on e-Learning 2005, HTWK Leipzig, July 2005. pp. 187-196.
• Mertens, R., Ickerott, I.. Witte, T. & Vornberger, O. (2005). Entwicklung einer virtuellen Lernumgebung für eine Großveranstaltung im Grundstudium: Erfahrungen, Automatisierungspotentiale und Einschränkungen. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on e-Learning 2005, HTWK Leipzig, Juli 2005. pp. 197-210.
• Engel, J. & Mertens, R. (2005). Logfs – finally a scalable flash file system. Linux-Kongress 2005 Proceedings. 12th International Linux System Technology Conference. Hamburg, Oktober 2005. pp. 135-142.
• Kunze, R., Mertens, R. & Vornberger, O. (2005). Dynamic and interactive visualization of weather data with SVG. SVG Open 2005, 4th Annual Conference on Scalable Vector Graphics, Enschede, 15-18. August 2005. www.svgopen.org/2005/papers/DynamicInteractiveWeatherData/
• Mertens, R, Knaden, A., Krüger, A. & Vornberger, O. (2004). Einsatz von Vorlesungsaufzeichnungen im regulären Universitätsbetrieb. Workshop „Elektronische Unterstützung der Präsenzlehre“, 34. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik, Ulm. September 2004. pp. 429-433. Gesellschaft für Informatik.
• Mertens, R.., Schneider, H., Müller, O. & Vornberger, O. (2004). Hypermedia Navigation Concepts for Lecture Recordings. E-Learn 2004: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Washington, DC, USA. November 2004. pp. 2480-2847. AACE..
• Mertens, R., Krüger, A. & Vornberger, O. (2004). Einsatz von Vorlesungsaufzeichnungen. In Hamborg, K.-C., Knaden, A. (Hrsg.), Good Practice Beispiele für netzbasiertes Lehren und Lernen – Erfahrungen mit verschiedenen Einsatzszenarien von e-Learning an der Universität Osnabrück. pp. 79-93. epos Media, Osnabrück
• Gust, H., Hügelmeyer, P., Mertens, R. & Rollinger, C. (2003). Automatische Abwicklung von Klausuren mit dem MVC. In: V. Dötsch, G. Schade & K. Hering (Edts.), e-Learning and beyond. Proceedings of the Workshop on e-Learning 2003, HTWK Leipzig, July 2003. pp. 157-165. Leipzig: Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur (FH), Fachbereich Informatik, Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften.
• Mertens, R. & Rolf, R. (2003). Automation Techniques for Broadcasting and Recording Lectures and Seminars. In: eProceedings of SINN03, Third International Technical Workshop and Conference, September 2003. Oldenburg: Universität, Institute for Science Networking Oldenburg.
• Mertens, R (2003). Anforderungen an die hypermediale Aufbereitung von aufgezeichneten Lehrveranstaltungen. In: Tagungsband der Informatiktage 2003, Bad Schussenried. November 2003. pp. 125-128. Gesellschaft für Informatik.

Auszeichnungen:

• Schimanke, F., Mertens, R. & Schmid, U. (2017) Spaced Repetition in Mobile Learning Games – A Cure to Bulimic Learning? E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017, 955-964, ausgezeichnet mit einem Outstanding Paper Award.
• Mertens, R., Brusilovsky, P., Ishchenko, S. & Vornberger O. (2006). Time and Structure Based Navigation in Web Lectures: Bridging a Dual Media Gap. World Conference on E-Learning, in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (E-Learn 2006), Honolulu, HI, USA, 13.-17. October 2006. pp. 2929-2936. ausgezeichnet mit einem Outstanding Paper Award.

Mitgliedschaften:

• Mitglied GI, Gesellschaft für Informatik
• 2021 PC Co-Chair IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing
• 2019 Workshop and Special Session Committee Co-Chairs IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing
• 2018 PC Co-Chair IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia
• 2018 Workshop and Special Session Committee Co-Chairs IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing
• 2017 PC Co-Chair IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia
• 2016 Workshop and Special Session Co-Chair IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia
• 2014 PC Co Chair IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing
• Seit 2014: Advisor, International Planning Committee ISC (www.scconsortium.org/advisors.html)
• 2013 PC-Mitglied IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, Demo Co Chair und PC-Mitglied IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, Workshop Co Chair International Conference on Semantic Computing
• 2012 Program Co-Chair IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia

Sonstige Aktivitäten:

• Hauptamtlich Lehre an der beruflichen Hochschule Hamburg
• Lehraufträge an der TH OWL in englischer Sprache