Eve Schade

Full-Stack Engineer • HCI Researcher

From CHI papers to 10k+ users: I turn research into products that reward curiosity, not just shortest paths.

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About Me

Full-stack engineer and HCI researcher at the combining research expertise with full-stack development. As Co-Founder & CTO of MapUncover, I led the end-to-end product lifecycle from design through production, growing the platform from a CHI 2023 publication to 10,000+ global users. My research examines how navigation technologies foster spatial learning through user engagement, using controlled studies and data analysis to inform design.

Background

Building my first computer and exploring Linux (OpenSUSE 10.2) introduced me to technology. This taught me early that looking beyond the easy fix often leads to the best solution. Since then I’ve worked across back end, front end, and UX, and I’ve self-hosted since 2012 (websites, TeamSpeak, game servers).

Outside Work

Drone photography, travel, exploring new places.

Where I add leverage

Building products from research insights by validating academic ideas with real users.
Full-stack development: frontend, backend, infrastructure, and production deployment.
Communicating complex technical and design decisions to executives, investors, and academic peers.

Selected Projects

Research prototypes developed into production applications

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Conversational tour guide interface on in-car display HSG HCI Lab • 2025

Multimodal Conversational Tour Guide

Developed a multimodal conversational tour guide for autonomous vehicles integrating voice, touch, and vision. Lab study (n=12) showed 67% of participants preferred system interactions over human drivers. Participants also recalled an average of 3.3 landmarks by name.

Designed and implemented multimodal interface (voice, touch, vision)
Architected event-driven pipeline: transcription → intent detection → response → text-to-speech
Conducted lab study (n=12) showing positive UX, low workload, and spatial learning
67% of participants preferred system interactions over human drivers
Addresses passenger engagement in autonomous vehicles. Manuscript under review.

Study N

12 participants

Flutter Dart GPT-4o OpenAI TTS Vision AI Event-Driven Architecture
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MapUncover mobile application showing uncovered areas Startup • 2023-present

MapUncover: Gamified Spatial Exploration App

Mobile exploration game that uses fog-of-war mechanics and social leaderboards to motivate real-world discovery. Built with Flutter + cloud infrastructure to handle 10K+ active users. Evolved from CHI 2023 research into a venture-backed product.

Led full product lifecycle: concept to 10K+ users
Designed retention-driving mechanics
Deployed and maintained production infrastructure
Validated product-market fit securing funding and grew from publication to 10K+ active users
Validated product-market fit for gamification-based spatial exploration.

Users

10k+

Flutter Dart Firebase Docker Nginx MapTiler
mapuncover.com Launch App
Tiltification auditory spirit level mobile screens ICAD • 2021

Tiltification: Auditory Spirit Level App

Co-developed app using sonification for spatial orientation—an auditory spirit level particularly useful for visually impaired users. Published at ICAD 2021.

Led Flutter development & UI/UX design.
Coordinated sensor integration.
Led web team collaboration.
Published at ICAD 2021; featured in CHIP and Heise.

Downloads

10k+

Press

Featured in CHIP/Heise

Flutter Dart NoSQL Figma CI/CD
Source Launch App

Publications & Research Impact

Peer-reviewed research and live metrics.

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Selected Publications

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Multimodal Conversational Tour Guide for Passenger Engagement and Spatial Learning in Robotaxis

Manuscript Under Review

E. Schade

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Describing Places visualization

Describing Explored Places through OpenStreetMap Data

CHI 2025

E. Schade, G. Savino, J. Niess, J. Schöning

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Government success rate ≈ 59% · Resident success rate ≈ 16%

Traffic jam by GPS: A systematic analysis of the negative social externalities of large-scale navigation technologies

PLoS One 2024

E. Schade, G. Savino, Y. Gunal, J. Schöning

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MapUncover: Fostering Spatial Exploration through Gamification in Mobile Map Apps

CHI 2023

E. Schade, G. Savino, J. Niess, J. Schöning

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Experience

MapUncover

Co-Founder & CTO

Sep 2023 – Present

St. Gallen, Switzerland 🇨🇭

  • Led end-to-end product life cycle independently (Flutter, Firebase, load-balanced infrastructure) from design to production deployment.
  • Grew platform from CHI 2023 publication to 10,000+ global users by iterating on real user feedback.
  • Secured startup funding (Startfeld, Startup@HSG) through competitive pitching, demonstrating product-market fit.

University of St. Gallen

Doctoral Researcher

May 2022 – Dec 2025

St. Gallen, Switzerland 🇨🇭

  • Researched how navigation technologies foster spatial learning through user engagement and system design.
  • Designed and executed controlled user studies in the field and lab setting.
  • Analyzed complex datasets (Python, R, QGIS) to extract insights informing design principles.
  • Published research at top-tier venues (CHI, PLoS One).
  • Supervised bachelor's and master's students on related research projects.

University of St. Gallen

Teaching Assistant

Feb 2023 – Jul 2023

St. Gallen, Switzerland 🇨🇭

  • Conducted weekly in-person and remote coding tutorials in Java for Algorithms and Data Structures course.

ZMML - Uni Bremen

Full-Stack Web Developer

Mar 2018 – Feb 2022

Bremen, Germany 🇩🇪

  • Developed 11 of 13 interactive educational tools (JavaScript, PHP) from paper prototypes through design iteration.
  • Implemented a dynamic SVG menu system as the core navigation interface for the educator platform, enabling interaction across all tools.
  • Led technical migration from Adobe Animate to modern web frameworks (Bootstrap, JQuery-UI), modernizing the original codebase and development processes.

Education

University of St.Gallen

Ph.D. Candidate

May 2022 – Dec 2025

Human-Computer Interaction

St. Gallen, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Program

Defense: Nov 2025.

University of Bremen

M.Sc.

2019 – 2022

Computer Science (Focus: Digital Media & Interaction)

Bremen, Germany 🇩🇪

Program

University of Bremen

B.Sc.

2015 – 2019

Computer Science

Bremen, Germany 🇩🇪

Program

Volunteering & Community

  • Web & Design Co-Chair

    Sep 2022 - Sep 2023

    Mensch und Computer 2023

    Rapperswil, Switzerland 🇨🇭

    Handled the conference's web presence and design, managed content, and public relations.

    Event Website

  • Student Volunteer

    Oct 2023

    MobileHCI 2023

    Athens, Greece 🇬🇷

    Supported conference operations and assisted attendees.

    Event Website

Get in Touch

Open to collaboration and exploring industry roles.

Based in

St. Gallen, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Central European Time (CET)

Open to relocate. Willing to travel for hybrid roles.

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