Volker Wulf

Author: Volker Wulf

Volker Wulf is a associate professor at the University of Siegen and a senior researcher at Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Information Technology (FhG-FIT). Moreover, he heads the International Institute for Socio-Informatics (IISI), Bonn.



He studied computer science and business administration at the RWTH Aachen and the University of Paris VI, got a PhD at the University of Dortmund and a Habilitation Degree in computer science at the University of Hamburg.



Last year he spent six month as a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA.



He has published more than 100 papers and 8 books. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Information Systems, Human Computer Interaction, Paticipatory Design, Computer Supported Cooperative Learning, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Computing.

Publications

Publication period start: 2012
Number of co-authors: 63

Co-authors

Number of publications with favourite co-authors
Markus Rohde
6
Gunnar Stevens
9
Volkmar Pipek
12

Productive Colleagues

Most productive colleagues in number of publications
Fabio Paterno
126
Mary Beth Rosson
142
John M. Carroll
209

Publications

Stevens, Gunnar, Pipek, Volkmar, Wulf, Volker (2010): Appropriation Infrastructure: Mediating Appropriation and Production Work. In JOEUC, 22 (2) pp. 58-81. https://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=42078

Stevens, Gunnar, Wulf, Volker (2009): Computer-supported access control. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 16 (3) pp. 12. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1592440.1592441

Wulf, Volker, Pipek, Volkmar, Won, Markus (2008): Component-based tailorability: Enabling highly flexible software applications. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 20 (1) pp. 1-22. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WGR-4PNFVC1-1/2/32245a3f420a18fdb3708f68e06a288a

Rohde, M., Klamma, R., Jarke, M., Wulf, Volker (2007): Reality is our laboratory: communities of practice in applied computer science. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 26 (1) pp. 81-94. https://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/01449290600811636

Mueller, Florian, Stevens, Gunnar, Thorogood, Alex, O\'Brien, Shannon, Wulf, Volker (2007): Sports over a Distance. In Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 11 (8) pp. 633-645. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-006-0133-0

Moerch, Anders I., Stevens, Gunnar, Won, Markus, Klann, Markus, Dittrich, Yvonne, Wulf, Volker (2004): Component-based technologies for end-user development. In Communications of the ACM, 47 (9) pp. 59-62. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1015864.1015890

Wulf, Volker, Jarke, Matthias (2004): The economics of end-user development. In Communications of the ACM, 47 (9) pp. 41-42. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1015864.1015886

Andriessen, J. H. Erik, Hettinga, Marike, Wulf, Volker (2003): Introduction to Special Issue on Evolving Use of Groupware. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 12 (4) pp. 367-380.

Stevens, Gunnar, Wulf, Volker (2002): A new dimension in access control: studying maintenance engineering across organizational . In: Churchill, Elizabeth F., McCarthy, Joe, Neuwirth, Christine, Rodden, Tom (eds.) Proceedings of the 2002 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work November 16 - 20, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. pp. 196-205. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/587078.587106

Wulf, Volker, Golombek, Bjorn (2001): Direct activation: a concept to encourage tailoring activities. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 20 (4) pp. 249-263.

Wulf, Volker, Golombek, Bjorn (2001): Exploration environments: concept and empirical evaluation. In: Ellis, Clarence, Zigurs, Ilze (eds.) Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work 2001 September 30 - October 3, 2001, Boulder, Colorado, USA. pp. 107-116. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/500286.500304

Wulf, Volker (2000): Exploration Environments: Supporting Users to Learn Groupware Functions. In Interacting with Computers, 13 (2) pp. 265-299.

Pipek, Volkmar, Wulf, Volker (1999): A groupware's life. In: Boedker, Susanne, Kyng, Morten, Schmidt, Kjeld (eds.) ECSCW 99 - Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 12-16 September, 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark. pp. 199.

Wulf, Volker, Stiemerling, Oliver, Pfeifer, Andreas (1999): Tailoring Groupware for Different Scopes of Validity. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 18 (3) pp. 199-212.

Mark, Gloria, Wulf, Volker (1999): Changing Interpersonal Communication through Groupware Use. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 18 (5) pp. 385-395.

Wulf, Volker (1999): "Let's See Your Search-Tool!" -- Collaborative Use of Tailored Artifacts in Groupware. In: Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work 1999 November 14-17, 1999, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. pp. 50-59. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cscw/320297/p50-wulf/p50-wulf.pdf

Morch, Anders, Stiemerlieng, Oliver, Wulf, Volker (1998): Tailorable Groupware. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 30 (2) pp. 40-42. https://www.acm.org/sigchi/bulletin/1998.2/morch.html

Morch, Anders, Stiemerling, Oliver, Wulf, Volker (1997): Tailorable Groupware: Issues, Methods, and Architectures. In: Payne, Stephen C., Prinz, Wolfgang (eds.) Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work 1997 November 11-19, 1997, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. pp. 2.

Wulf, Volker, Rohde, Markus (1996): Reducing Conflicts in Groupware: Metafunctions and their Empirical Evaluation. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 15 (6) pp. 339-351.

Wulf, Volker (1995): Negotiability: A Metafunction to Tailor Access to Data in Groupware. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 14 (3) pp. 143-151.

Reichling, Tim, Schubert, Kai, Wulf, Volker (2005): Matching human actors based on their texts: design and evaluation of an instance of the Ex. In: GROUP05: International Conference on Supporting Group Work November 6-9, 2005, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. pp. 61-70. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1099203.1099213

Ackerman, Mark S., Huysman, Marlene, Carroll, John M., Wellman, Barry, DeMichelis, Giorgio, Wulf, Volker (2004): Communities and technologies: an approach to foster social capital?. In: Proceedings of ACM CSCW04 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2004, . pp. 406-408. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1031607.1031675

Pipek, Volkmar, Wulf, Volker (2003): Pruning the Answer Garden: Knowledge sharing in maintenance engineering. In: Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2003, . pp. 1-20.

Wulf, Volker, Rohde, Markus (1995): Towards an Integrated Organization and Technology Development. In: Proceedings of DIS95: Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, & Techniques , 1995, . pp. 55-64.

Stiemerling, Oliver, Kahler, Helge, Wulf, Volker (1997): How to Make Software Softer -- Designing Tailorable Applications. In: Proceedings of DIS97: Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, & Techniques , 1997, . pp. 365-376. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/263552/p365-stiemerling/p365-stiemerling.pdf

Klann, M., Eisenhauer, M., Oppermann, Reinhard, Wulf, Volker (2003): Shared initiative:Cross-fertilisation between system adaptivity and adaptability. In: Stephanidis, Constantine (eds.) Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction June 22-27, 2003, Crete, Greece. pp. 562-566.

Wulf, Volker (1993): Negotiability: A Metafunction to Support Personalizable Groupware. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , 1993, . pp. 985-990.

Rohde, M., Wulf, Volker (1995): Introducing a Telecooperative CAD-System -- The Concept of Integrated Organization and Tec. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction July 9-14, 1995, Tokyo, Japan. pp. 787-792.

Mark, Gloria, Wulf, Volker (1997): Coordinating Effective Work Routines with Groupware: Intra- and Intergroup Conventions. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , 1997, . pp. 73-76.

Wulf, Volker, Mark, Gloria (1997): The Emergence of Conventions Within Processes of Integrated Organization and Technology De. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , 1997, . pp. 293-296.

Wulf, Volker (1999): \"Why did that happen?\" - building appropriate mental models on groupware functions. In: , 1999, . pp. 338-342.

Iacucci, G., Stiemerling, O., Wulf, Volker (1999): Building the premise of a virtual organization: obstacles and enabling conditions. In: , 1999, . pp. 487-491.

Reichling, Tim, Wulf, Volker (2009): Expert recommender systems in practice: evaluating semi-automatic profile generation. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2009 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2009, . pp. 59-68. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1518701.1518712

Hinrichs, Joachim, Friedrich, Jürgen, Wulf, Volker (2003): Zur Bedeutung des Nutzungskontextes im Dokumentenmanagement: Empirische Befunde und techni. In: Szwillus, Gerd, Ziegler, Jürgen (eds.) Mensch and Computer 2003 September 7-10, 2003, Stuttgart, Germany. https://mc.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/konferenzbaende/mc2003/konferenzband/muc2003-07-hinrichs.pdf

Wulf, Volker (1999): \"Why did that happen?\" - Building appropriate mental models on groupware functions. In: Bullinger, Hans-Jorg, Ziegler, Jürgen (eds.) HCI International 1999 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Volume 2 August 22-26, 1999, Munich, Germany. pp. 338-342.

Betz, Matthias, Huq, Mahmudul, Pipek, Volkmar, Rohde, Markus, Stevens, Gunnar, Englert, Roman, Wulf, Volker (2007): An Architecture for Adaptive and Adaptable Mobile Applications for Physically Handicapped . In: Stephanidis, Constantine (eds.) UAHCI 2007 - 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction - Part 1 July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 335-344. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73279-2_37

Becks, Andreas, Reichling, Tim, Wulf, Volker (2003): Supporting Collaborative Learning by Matching Human Actors. In: HICSS 2003 , 2003, . pp. 32. https://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/hicss/2003/1874/01/187410032aabs.htm

Klamma, Ralf, Jarke, Matthias, Rohde, Markus, Wulf, Volker (2003): New Approaches to Media-Supported Project Work at the University Level. In: ICALT 2003 - 2003 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies 9-11 July, 2003, Athens, Greece. pp. 356-357. https://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/icalt/2003/1967/00/19670356abs.htm

Johri, Aditya, Pipek, Volkmar, Wulf, Volker, Veith, Michael (2007): Bridging artifacts and actors: supporting knowledge and expertise sharing work practices t. In: Kandogan, Eser, Jones, Patricia M. (eds.) CHIMIT 2007 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM Symposium on Computer Human Interaction for Management of Information Technology March 30-31, 2007, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. pp. 4. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1234772.1234792

Saeed, Saqib, Pipek, Volkmar, Rohde, Markus, Wulf, Volker (2010): Managing nomadic knowledge: a case study of the European social forum. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2010 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2010, . pp. 537-546. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1753326.1753406

Boden, Alexander, Nett, Bernhard, Wulf, Volker (2009): Trust and Social Capital: Revisiting an Offshoring Failure Story of a Small German Softwar. In: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2009, . pp. 123-142. https://www.ecscw.org/2009/10-BodenNettWulf.pdf

Pipek, Volkmar, Rosson, Mary Beth, Ruyter, Boris E. R. de, Wulf, Volker (eds.) End-User Development - 2nd International Symposium - IS-EUD 2009 March 2-4, 2009, Siegen, Germany.

Stevens, Gunnar, Pipek, Volkmar, Wulf, Volker (2009): Appropriation Infrastructure: Supporting the Design of Usages. In: Pipek, Volkmar, Rosson, Mary Beth, Ruyter, Boris E. R. de, Wulf, Volker (eds.) End-User Development - 2nd International Symposium - IS-EUD 2009 March 2-4, 2009, Siegen, Germany. pp. 50-69. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00427-8_4

Spahn, Michael, Wulf, Volker (2009): End-User Development of Enterprise Widgets. In: Pipek, Volkmar, Rosson, Mary Beth, Ruyter, Boris E. R. de, Wulf, Volker (eds.) End-User Development - 2nd International Symposium - IS-EUD 2009 March 2-4, 2009, Siegen, Germany. pp. 106-125. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00427-8_7

Wulf, Volker, Rohde, Markus, Pipek, Volkmar, Stevens, Gunnar (2011): Engaging with practices: design case studies as a research framework in CSCW. In: Proceedings of ACM CSCW11 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2011, . pp. 505-512. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1958824.1958902

Lund, Arnie, Lazar, Jonathan, Wulf, Volker (2011): Standards and policy SIG. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2011, . pp. 215-218. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979528

Czerwinski, Mary, Millen, David, Randall, Dave, Stevens, Gunnar, Wulf, Volker, Zimmermann, John (2011): Transferability of research findings: context-dependent or model-driven. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2011, . pp. 651-654. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979494

Boden, Alexander, Nett, Bernhard, Wulf, Volker (2008): Articulation work in small-scale offshore software development projects. In: Proceedings of the 2008 International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering , 2008, . pp. 21-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1370114.1370120

Johri, Aditya, Pipek, Volkmar, Wulf, Volker, Veith, Michael (2007): Bridging artifacts and actors: supporting knowledge and expertise sharing work practices t. In: Proceedings of the 2007 Symposium on Computer Human Interaction for the Management of Information Technology , 2007, . pp. P4. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1234772.1234792

Tscheligi, Manfred, Meschtscherjakov, Alexander, Weiss, Astrid, Wulf, Volker, Evers, Vanessa, Mutlu, Bilge (2012): Exploring collaboration in challenging environments: from the car to the factory and beyon. In: Companion Proceedings of ACM CSCW12 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work , 2012, . pp. 15-16. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2141512.2141521

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