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M.Sc. Rutuja Umesh Joshi

Lehrstuhl für Ergonomie (Prof. Bengler)

Postal address

Boltzmannstr. 15
85747 Garching b. München

Biography

Rutuja Joshi joined the Chair of Ergonomics as a research associate in July 2022. Ms. Joshi studied Mechanical Engineering (B. Eng.) as an undergraduate program at the University of Pune, India. Subsequently, she obtained her Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Management from the Technical University of Munich. Her Master’s Thesis focused on investigating most influential features of an adaptive interface in commercial vehicles from the driver’s perspective. Her research interests include development of human-machine interfaces and methods of evaluating user experience.

Courses

Summer term 2026

Course no. Title Lecturer (assistant)
0000005300 Interdisciplinary Project X
K. Bengler [L]
R. Joshi
Y. Liu

Winter term 2026/2027

Course no. Title Lecturer (assistant)
0000004924 Interdisciplinary Project X
R. Joshi [L]
K. Bengler
Y. Liu
240343298 Practical studies with RAMSIS
M. Gröber [L]
R. Joshi

Publications

2026

  • Joshi, Rutuja; Bengler, Klaus; Augustyniak, Julia: Towards Personalized Conversations: How Rhetorical Framing Shapes User Trust and Acceptance in Healthcare Chatbots. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026 more…
  • Joshi, Rutuja; Schlesinger, Selina; Bengler, Klaus: Who is my user? Explaining intention to use chat-based symptom checkers through user characteristics. Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft 80 (2), 2026, 236-249 more…

2025

  • Joshi, Rutuja; Lee, Yu-Jou; Bengler, Klaus: User Preferences in Conversational AI for Healthcare: Insights from an Interview Study. Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, ACM, 2025Waterloo, Canada, 1-13 more…

2024

  • Joshi, Rutuja; Bengler, Klaus: Crafting Human-AI Interaction: A Rhetorical Approach to Adaptive Interaction in Conversational Agents. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, ACM, 2024Swansea, United Kingdom, 314-322 more…
  • Joshi, Rutuja; Graefe, Julia; Kraus, Michael; Bengler, Klaus: Exploring the Impact of Explainability on Trust and Acceptance of Conversational Agents – A Wizard of Oz Study. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024 more…
  • Prinz, Theresa; Joshi, Rutuja; Ehrle, Philipp; Bengler, Klaus; Hujo, Dominik; Krüger, Marius; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit; Beerkircher, Sebastian; Kerausch, Cornelia: How does it work? Collecting mental models for the user-centered design of assistance systems: a construction machinery case study. Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2024): Integrating People and Intelligent Systems, AHFE International, 2024Palermo / Italien more…
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