Curriculum Vite

Interview for a News Article

Spektrum der Wissenschaft – Dark Patterns: Manipulation im Netz

Digital Public Health Podcast

Podcast episode 005: "Wie Dark Pattern unser Verhalten Manipulieren"

AI in Health 2023

Invited talk on the topic: "Auf der Schattenseite von Sozialen Medien: Wie Dark Patterns unsere Entscheidungen beeinflussen"

Portugal Digital Wellbeing Week 2023

Invited talk on the topic: "How Dark Patterns Influence Our Decision-Making"

M-EPLI Talks 2022 – Maastricht University

Invited talk on the topic: "Uncovering Dark Patterns in Social Media"

Interview for a Newspaper

El País

Guest Lecturer 2025 (Summer Term)

TU Berlin - Grundlagen der Mensch-Maschine Systeme I

Single Guest Lecture 2024

University of Bremen - Applied and Current Research Topics in Prevention and Health Promotion

Mentoring 2024

Indiana University Bloomington - Mentoring for the User Experience Project (2024)

Lecturer 2022

University of Bremen - Seminar on Usable Security and Dark Patterns

Teaching Assistant 2019

University College Dublin - Formal Foundations

Teaching Assistant 2019

University College Dublin - Introduction to Programming

Teaching Assistant 2018-2019

University College Dublin - Software Engineering Project

Teaching Assistant 2018-2019

University College Dublin - Computational Creativity

Teaching Assistant 2018-2019

University College Dublin - Introduction to Relational Databases and SQL Programming

Workshop Organisation at MUM 2024

Designing AI Personalities: Enhancing Human-Agent Interaction Through Thoughtful Persona Design

Workshop Organisation for an international workshop at the University of Bremen

Responsible and Ethical AI in CUI Technologies

Workshop Organisation at ACM CHI 2024

Mobilizing Research and Regulatory Action on Dark Patterns and Deceptive Design Practices

Workshop Organisation at ACM CUI 2023

From C-3PO to HAL: Opening The Discourse About The Dark Side of Multi-Modal Social Agents

Special Interest Group (SIG) Organisation at ACM CHI 2023

Dark Patterns and the Emerging Threats of Deceptive Design Practices

Further, I served as a reviewer for various conferences volunteered as:

• ACM MUC 2025 Web Chair

• ACM CUI 2025 Interactivity & Creativity Chair

• MUM 2024 Paper Chair

• ACM MUC 2024 Associate Chair

• ACM CHI 2023 Student Volunteer

• ACM CHI 2022 Student Volunteer

Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz Ausgabe 3/2024

Dark Patterns: manipulative Designstrategien in digitalen Gesundheitsanwendungen
Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino, Johannes Schöning, Rainer Malaka