Projects

A selection of ongoing and completed projects of the last years.

Publications

List of my publications in IEEE style and sorted in descending order by year.

2025

  • M. Stach, A. Ramović, M. Reichert, and R. Pryss, “Comparative analysis of Mobile Crowdsensing and Ecological Momentary Assessment systems”, Ecological Informatics, p. 103315, July 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103315 .

2024

  • M. Stach, L. Mulansky, M. Reichert, R. Pryss, and F. Beierle, “Call to Action: Investigating Interaction Delay in Smartphone Notifications”, Sensors, vol. 24, no. 8, 2024, doi: 10.3390/s24082612 .

  • C. Morbach, N. Moser, V. Cejka, M. Stach, F. Sahiti, F. Kerwagen, S. Frantz, R. Pryss, G. Gelbrich, P. U. Heuschmann, S. Störk, C. Maack, G. Ertl, M. Fassnacht, C. Wanner, R. Leyh, J. Volkmann, J. Deckert, H. Faller, R. Jahns, and on behalf of the STAAB consortium, “Determinants and reference values of the 6-min walk distance in the general population—results of the population-based STAAB cohort study”, Clinical Research in Cardiology, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.1007/s00392-023-02373-3

2023

  • C. Vogel, M. Stach, J. Allgaier, J. Scheible, F. Hofmann, and R. Pryss, “Exploring Concepts for Pipeline-Driven Mobile Health Data Dashboards: Insights from Personal Projects and GitHub Contributions”, in 2023 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), Las Vegas, NV, USA: IEEE, Dec. 2023, pp. 1344–1350. doi: 10.1109/CSCI62032.2023.00222

  • M. Winter, W. Schlee, T. Probst, M. Stach, and R. Pryss, “Follow-Up Evaluation to Explore Disparities Between Android and iOS Users Utilizing the TrackYourTinnitus Mobile Health Platform”, in 2023 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), Las Vegas, NV, USA: IEEE, Dec. 2023, pp. 1493–1497. doi: 10.1109/CSCI62032.2023.00244

  • M. Stach, M. Schickler, M. Reichert, and R. Pryss, “Tales From the Past: Adapting App Repositories to App Store Dynamics”, 2023 Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE), 2023, pp. 1342–1347. doi: 10.1109/CSCE60160.2023.00225

  • L. Simon, J. Reimann, L. S. Steubl, M. Stach, K. Spiegelhalder, L. B. Sander, H. Baumeister, E.-M. Messner, and Y. Terhorst, “Help for insomnia from the app store? A standardized rating of mobile health applications claiming to target insomnia”, Journal of Sleep Research, vol. 32, no. 1, p. e13642, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1111/jsr.13642

  • M. Breitmayer, M. Stach, R. Kraft, J. Allgaier, M. Reichert, W. Schlee, T. Probst, B. Langguth, and R. Pryss, “Predicting the presence of tinnitus using ecological momentary assessments”, Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 8989, Jun. 2023, doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36172-7

  • F. Beierle, J. Allgaier, C. Stupp, T. Keil, W. Schlee, J. Schobel, C. Vogel, F. Haug, J. Haug, M. Holfelder, B. Langguth, J. Langguth, B. Riens, R. King, L. Mulansky, M. Schickler, M. Stach, P. Heuschmann, M. Wildner, H. Greger, M. Reichert, H. A. Kestler, and R. Pryss, “Self-Assessment of Having COVID-19 With the Corona Check mHealth App”, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 2794–2805, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2023.3264999

2022

  • L. S. Steubl, J. Reimann, L. Simon, Y. Terhorst, M. Stach, H. Baumeister, L. B. Sander, and E.-M. Messner, “A systematic quality rating of available mobile health apps for borderline personality disorder,” Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 17, Jun. 2022, doi: 10.1186/s40479-022-00186-w

  • M. Stach, F. Pflüger, M. Reichert, and R. Pryss, “LAMP: a monitoring framework for mHealth application research,” Procedia Computer Science, vol. 198, pp. 203–210, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2021.12.229

  • E.-M. Messner, N. Sturm, Y. Terhorst, L. B. Sander, D. Schultchen, A. Portenhauser, S. Schmidbaur, M. Stach, J. Klaus, H. Baumeister, and B. M. Walter, “Mobile Apps for the Management of Gastrointestinal Diseases: Systematic Search and Evaluation Within App Stores,” J Med Internet Res, vol. 24, no. 10, p. e37497, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.2196/37497

  • M. Stach, M. Reichert, F. Prasser, H. Baumeister, W. Schlee, P. Heuschmann, M. Rose, and R. Pryss, “Free Technical Solutions for Ecological Momentary Assessments - Searching GitHub plus Google”, in 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), 2022, doi: 10.1109/csci58124.2022.00315

2021

  • D. Schultchen, Y. Terhorst, T. Holderied, M. Stach, E.-M. Messner, H. Baumeister, and L. B. Sander, “Stay Present with Your Phone: A Systematic Review and Standardized Rating of Mindfulness Apps in European App Stores,” International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 552–560, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1007/s12529-020-09944-y

  • A. A. Portenhauser, Y. Terhorst, D. Schultchen, L. B. Sander, M. D. Denkinger, M. Stach, N. Waldherr, D. Dallmeier, H. Baumeister, and E.-M. Messner, “Mobile Apps for Older Adults: Systematic Search and Evaluation Within Online Stores,” JMIR Aging, vol. 4, no. 1, p. e23313, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.2196/23313

  • M. Muehlmann, A. Lienert, H. Muehlan, M. Stach, Y. Terhorst, and E.-M. Messner, “Digitale Sexualaufklärung: Verfügbarkeit und Evaluation mobiler deutschsprachiger Apps zur Förderung der sexuellen Gesundheit,” Z Sex Forsch, vol. 34, no. 04, pp. 197–207, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.1055/a-1669-7626

  • C. Mack, Y. Terhorst, M. Stephan, H. Baumeister, M. Stach, E.-M. Messner, J. Bengel, and L. B. Sander, “‘Help in a Heartbeat?’: A Systematic Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications (Apps) for Coronary Heart Disease,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 19, 2021, doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910323

  • F. Beierle, J. Schobel, C. Vogel, J. Allgaier, L. Mulansky, F. Haug, J. Haug, W. Schlee, M. Holfelder, M. Stach, M. Schickler, H. Baumeister, C. Cohrdes, J. Deckert, L. Deserno, J.-S. Edler, F. A. Eichner, H. Greger, G. Hein, P. Heuschmann, D. John, H. A. Kestler, D. Krefting, B. Langguth, P. Meybohm, T. Probst, M. Reichert, M. Romanos, S. Störk, Y. Terhorst, M. Weiß, and R. Pryss, “Corona Health—A Study- and Sensor-Based Mobile App Platform Exploring Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 14, 2021, doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147395

2020

  • B. Walter, S. Schmidbaur, Y. Terhorst, D. Fischer, L. Sander, M. Stach, H. Baumeister, and E. Messner, “Qualitätsanalyse und Review von Apps in der Gastroenterologie anhand eines objektiven Ratingverfahrens (MARS),” Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie, vol. 58, no. 08, p. P-129, 2020

  • M. Stach, C. Vogel, T.-C. Gablonski, S. Andreas, T. Probst, M. Reichert, M. Schickler, and R. Pryss, “Technical Challenges of a Mobile Application Supporting Intersession Processes in Psychotherapy,” in The 17th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC), in Procedia Computer Science, vol. 175. Leuven, Belgium: Elsevier, Aug. 2020, pp. 261–268. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2020.07.038

  • M. Stach, R. Kraft, T. Probst, E.-M. Messner, Y. Terhorst, H. Baumeister, M. Schickler, M. Reichert, L. B. Sander, and R. Pryss, “Mobile Health App Database - A Repository for Quality Ratings of mHealth Apps,” in 33rd IEEE CBMS International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Rochester, MN, USA: IEEE, Jul. 2020, pp. 427–432. doi: 10.1109/CBMS49503.2020.00087

  • M. Mehdi, M. Stach, C. Riha, P. Neff, A. Dode, R. Pryss, W. Schlee, M. Reichert, and F. J. Hauck, “Smartphone and Mobile Health Apps for Tinnitus: Systematic Identification, Analysis, and Assessment,” JMIR mHealth and uHealth, vol. 8, no. 8, p. e21767, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.2196/21767

  • R. Kraft, M. Stach, M. Reichert, W. Schlee, T. Probst, B. Langguth, M. Schickler, H. Baumeister, and R. Pryss, “Comprehensive insights into the TrackYourTinnitus database,” in The 17th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC), in Procedia Computer Science, vol. 175. Leuven, Belgium: Elsevier, Aug. 2020, pp. 28–35. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2020.07.008

  • R. Kraft, W. Schlee, M. Stach, M. Reichert, B. Langguth, H. Baumeister, T. Probst, R. Hannemann, and R. Pryss, “Combining Mobile Crowdsensing and Ecological Momentary Assessments in the Healthcare Domain,” Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 14, p. 164, 2020, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00164

2018

  • M. Stach, R. Pryss, M. Schnitzlein, T. Mohring, M. Jurisch, and M. Reichert, “Lightweight Process Support with Spreadsheet-Driven Processes: A Case Study in the Finance Domain,” in Business Process Management Workshops, E. Teniente and M. Weidlich, Eds., Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp. 323–334, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-74030-0_24

  • M. Stach, T. Mohring, R. Pryss, and M. Reichert, “Towards a Beacon-based Situational Prioritization Framework for Process-Aware Information Systems,” Procedia Computer Science, vol. 134, pp. 153–160, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2018.07.156

2017

  • M. Schickler, R. Pryss, M. Stach, J. Schobel, W. Schlee, T. Probst, B. Langguth, and M. Reichert, “An IT Platform Enabling Remote Therapeutic Interventions,” in 2017 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society, Jun. 2017, pp. 111–116. doi: 10.1109/CBMS.2017.78

  • T. Probst, R. C. Pryss, B. Langguth, M. Spiliopoulou, M. Landgrebe, M. Vesala, S. Harrison, J. Schobel, M. Reichert, M. Stach, and W. Schlee, “Outpatient Tinnitus Clinic, Self-Help Web Platform, or Mobile Application to Recruit Tinnitus Study Samples?,” Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, vol. 9, p. 113, 2017, doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00113