As part of the Dialogue Day of the KIT-Department of Economics and Management on July 17th 2024, Dr. Merlin Knäble, a former member of the human-centered systems lab, received the science prize 2023 in informatics of the KIT-Department  Economics and Management for his dissertation titled "Overcoming Barriers with Self-Determination: Interactive Labeling Systems in Accessibility". With his dissertation he contributes to the fields of human-computer interaction and information systems by providing a comprehensive understanding of the design of interactive labeling systems, the role of self-determination, and their application in accessibility. Further information is available here https://www.wiwi.kit.edu/wissenschaftspreise.php.  

We warmly congratulate Merlin on this prize!