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Human and Technology
Professorship for Human and Technology
Human and Technology 
Portrait: Dr. Giuseppe Sanseverino
Dr. Giuseppe Sanseverino


Research interests

My research lies at the intersection of human factors, wearable sensing, and sports technology. My work focuses on understanding, designing, and evaluating human–technology systems, with an emphasis on interface design and Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) for sports and rehabilitation. I apply implicit and explicit user-state estimation methods to assess emerging technologies and novel interaction prototypes in virtual and physical environments. In my doctoral research, I developed a virtual testing framework for wearable sensor networks that addresses the challenges of costly and time-intensive preliminary user studies. This framework integrates digital twin of the human upper-limb, sensor simulations, and machine-learning-based optimization to enable more efficient and scalable development of wearable sensing systems.
from 07/2024 PostDoc and Lecturer at the Professorship for Humans and Technology, TU Chemnitz, Germany
06/2020 – 06/2024 Research Associate at the Dept. of Sports Equipment and Technology, TU Chemnitz, Germany
2021 Visiting Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Joint Lab IDEAS of the University of Napoli Federico II
2024 PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Dr.-Ing.)
2020 – 2024 PhD student at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Chemnitz University of Technology
2020 Master of Science (M.Sc.)
2017 – 2020 Master's degree course in Mechanical Engineering for Design and Production, University of Napoli Federico II
2016 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
2013 – 2016 Bachelor's degree course in Mechanical Engineering, University of Napoli Federico II
  • Sanseverino, G., Pascher, M., Chuang, L., & Gerken, J. (2025). Teleoperation Redefined: Exploring Wearable Interfaces for Natural Interaction. https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS-113
  • Sanseverino, G., Krumm, D., Kilian, W., & Odenwald, S. (2023). Estimation of hike events and temporal parameters with body-attached sensors. Sports Engineering, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00411-x
  • Sanseverino, G., Schwanitz, S., Krumm, D., Odenwald, S., & Lanzotti, A. (2021). Towards innovative road cycle gloves for low vibration transmission. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 15(1), 155–158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-020-00748-8
  • Ramalingame, R., Barioul, R., Li, X., Sanseverino, G., Krumm, D., Odenwald, S., & Kanoun, O. (2021). Wearable Smart Band for American Sign Language Recognition With Polymer Carbon Nanocomposite-Based Pressure Sensors. IEEE Sensors Letters, 5(6), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2021.3081689
  • Sanseverino, G. (2024). A methodological framework for virtual testing of IMU-based body-attached sensor networks for gesture recognition. TU Chemnitz. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa2-938481
  • Meyer, B., & Sanseverino, G. (Eds.). (2023). Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Hybrid Societies 2023: Chemnitz, March 15 - 17 2023. Universitätsverlag Chemnitz.
  • Sanseverino, G., Genua, A., Krumm, D., & Odenwald, S. (2024). Inverse Kinematics to Simulate Sport Movements in Virtual Environment. In M. Carfagni, R. Furferi, P. Di Stefano, L. Governi, & F. Gherardini (Eds.), Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering III (pp. 127–134). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-58094-9_15
  • Rega, A., Genua, A., Vitolo, F., Patalano, S., Sanseverino, G., Penter, L., Arnold, F., Ihlenfeldt, S., & Lanzotti, A. (2024). Toward a Framework for Virtual Testing of Complex Machine Tools. In M. Carfagni, R. Furferi, P. Di Stefano, L. Governi, & F. Gherardini (Eds.), Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering III (pp. 530–536). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-52075-4_60
  • Caporaso, T., Sanseverino, G., Krumm, D., Grazioso, S., D’Angelo, R., Di Gironimo, G., Odenwald, S., & Lanzotti, A. (2023). Automatic Outcomes in Minnesota Dexterity Test Using a System of Multiple Depth Cameras. In S. Gerbino, A. Lanzotti, M. Martorelli, R. Mirálbes Buil, C. Rizzi, & L. Roucoules (Eds.), Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing IV (pp. 286–293). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-15928-2_25
  • Sanseverino, G., Krumm, D., Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Odenwald, S. (2023). Preliminary Validation of a Virtual Environment for Simulation and Recognition of Human Gestures. In S. Gerbino, A. Lanzotti, M. Martorelli, R. Mirálbes Buil, C. Rizzi, & L. Roucoules (Eds.), Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing IV (pp. 605–613). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-15928-2_53
  • Sanseverino, G., Krumm, D., & Odenwald, S. (2022). A Framework for Virtual Evaluation of Body-Attached Sensor Networks. In C. Rizzi, F. Campana, M. Bici, F. Gherardini, T. Ingrassia, & P. Cicconi (Eds.), Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering II (pp. 557–568). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-91234-5_56

2025

  • Krumm, D., Sanseverino, G., Němcová, A., Korvas, P., Šťastný, J., Litzenberger, S., & Schwanitz, S. (2025). Lessons from Cross-border Sports Technology Educationwithin the Erasmus+ Programme. 15. Symposium Der Dvs-Sektion „Sportinformatik & Sporttechnologie“ 2024, 101–106. https://doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-25477
  • Miller, C., Sanseverino, G., Salvi, A. G., Chuang, L., & Odenwald, S. (2025). KARMA: An Instrumented Sleeve for Estimation of Knee Joint Angles, a Pilot Study (P. Di Stefano, F. Gherardini, V. Nigrelli, C. Rizzi, G. Sequenzia, & D. Tumino, Eds.; pp. 52–59). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76594-0_7

2024

2023

2022

  • Krumm, D., Zenner, A., Sanseverino, G., & Odenwald, S. (2022). Recognition of Basic Gesture Components using Body-Attached Bending Sensors. Measuring Behaviour, 2, 83–88.

2020

  • Sanseverino, G., Schwanitz, S., Krumm, D., Odenwald, S., & Lanzotti, A. (2020, June 15). Understanding the Effect of Gloves on Hand-Arm Vibrations in Road Cycling. The Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association. The Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049070
  • Sanseverino, G., Schwanitz, S., Krumm, D., Odenwald, S., & Lanzotti, A. (2020). Understanding the effect of tire pressure and speed on vibrations transmission to the handlebar in road cycling. Spinfortec2020, 36–37.

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