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Prof. Dr. Beat Signer
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Department of Computer Science
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels
(Belgium)
+32 2 629 1239, bsigner@vub.be
Office: PL9.3.60 (Pleinlaan 9)
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Research Activities

  • Departmental/Faculty Roles

  • Programme Director of the Master of Computer Science and the Master of Science in Applied Informatics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, September 2021 – now
  • Faculty representative in the RIB (international policy council) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2015 – now
  • Member of the Faculty Commission for Internationalisation (FACIR) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2013 – now
  • Member of the Faculty Teaching Commission (OWC) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, October 2011 – January 2014, September 2021 – now
  • Exchange Coordinator for the Department of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, September 2009 – now
  • Deputy Member of the Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences Council at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2023 – now
  • Member of the Department of Computer Science Council at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2009 – now
  • Member of the University Council for the Bachelor of Computer Science Programme at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, January 2013 – now
  • Member of the University Council for the Bachelor in Artificial Intelligence at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, September 2022 – now
  • Member of the University Council for the Master of Computer Science and Master of Science in Applied Informatics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, January 2013 – now
  • Member of the Exam Commission for the Master's of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, September 2011 – now
  • Member of the Exam Commission for the Master of Science in Applied Informatics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, January 2013 – 2016, 2020 – now
  • Member of the Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences Council at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2009 – 2023
  • Member of the Exam Commission for the Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, January 2015 – September 2021
  • Member of the University Council for the Master's of Applied Computer Science (MACS) Programme at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, January 2013 – January 2022
  • Chair of the Faculty Commission for Internationalisation (FACIR) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2015 – September 2019
  • Member of the Dean’s office at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2015 – September 2019
  • Chair of the Exam Commission for the Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, January 2015 – September 2018
  • Secretary of the Exam Commission for the Bachelor in Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, January 2013 – September 2015
  • Secretary of the Exam Commission for the Department of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, September 2011 – 2013
  • Professional Memberships

  • ACM, Association for Computing Machinery
  • ACM SIGCHI, ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction
  • ACM SIGWEB, ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia and the Web
  • IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • IEEE Computer Society
  • Programme Committees

  • CHI 2013, 2018, Workshop Selection Committee, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • CMTA 2009, International Workshop on Cross-Media Technologies and Applications
  • CoPADD 2006 – 2007, International Workshop on Collaborating over Paper and Digital Documents
  • CrowdUI 2014, International Workshop on User Interfaces for Crowdsourcing and Human Computation
  • DATAVIEW 2010 – 2011, International Workshop on Data Visualization and Integration in Enterprises and on the Web
  • DIS 2014, ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
  • EGMI 2014, International Workshop on Engineering Gestures for Multimodal Interfaces
  • EICS 2015 – 2022, ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems
  • Hypertext 2020 – 2021, 2023, ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
  • ICDEM 2010, International Conference on Data Engineering and Management
  • ICMI 2015, International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
  • ICPCA 2007 – 2008, 2011, International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications
  • ICWE 2014 – 2016, International International Conference on Web Engineering
  • IMET 2022, International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies
  • PaperComp 2010, International Workshop on Paper Computing, Copenhagen
  • RCIS 2012, International Conference on Research Challenges (demo track), Valencia
  • RoCHI 2021, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
  • SAAKM 2007, 2009, Semantic Authoring, Annotation and Knowledge Markup Workshop
  • TEI 2008 – 2024, International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
  • TPDL 2011 – 2012, International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries
  • Reviewer

  • ACM PACMHCI, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • ACM TOCHI, ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction
  • CHI 2009 – 2011, 2014 – 2017, 2019, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • EICS 2013 – 2014, ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems
  • EICS PACM 2018, Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, 2018
  • Einstein Foundation
  • EPSRC, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • i-com, Zeitschrift für interaktive und kooperative Medien, 2012
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing, Journal on Research and Practice in Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing.
  • IEEE TLT, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
  • IEEE TOG, IEEE Transactions on Games
  • IHM 2019, 31th French Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Grenoble, France, December 2019
  • IJART, International Journal of Arts and Technology
  • IJCIS, International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems
  • IJHCS, International Journal on Human-Computer Studies
  • IJSWIS, International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems
  • INTERACT 2015, 2023, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
  • IS, International Journal of Information Sciences
  • ISS 2009, 2015, 2017, International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces
  • JMUI, Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces
  • JPMTR, Journal of Print and Media Technology Research
  • NRHM, New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia
  • NordiCHI 2012, Nordic Forum for Human-Computer Interaction Research
  • SCP, Science of Computer Programming
  • SIGCSE 2023, ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education
  • SNF, Swiss National Science Foundation
  • TableTop 2006, IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems
  • The Computer Journal, British Computer Society
  • UbiComp 2006, 2011, International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
  • UIST 2007, 2009, 2013, 2024, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software
  • WWW 2006, International World Wide Web Conference
  • YSC 2018, International Young Scientist Conference on Computational Science
  • Session Chair

  • EICS 2016, 8th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, Brussels, Belgium, June 2016
  • WISM 2010, 7th International Workshop on Web Information Systems Modeling, Vancouver, Canada, November 2010.
  • ICOODB 2009, 2nd International Conference on Object Databases, Zurich Switzerland, July 2009
  • Conference and Workshop Organisation

  • Publication Co-Chair of TEI 2024, 18th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, Cork, Ireland, February 2024
  • Track Chair (User Interfaces and Hypertext Structures) of Hypertext 2019, 30th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, Hof, Germany, September 2019
  • Late-breaking Results and Demo Co-Chair of EICS 2016, 8th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, Brussels, Belgium, June 2016
  • Co-Organiser of EGMI 2014, 1st International Workshop on Engineering Gestures for Multimodal Interfaces, Rome, Italy, June 2014
  • Tutorial Chair of ICOODB 2010, 3rd International Conference on Objects and Databases, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, September 2010
  • Local Organiser of CAiSE 2001, 13th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, June 2001, Interlaken, Switzerland
  • Editor

  • Proceedings Co-Editor of EGMI 2014, 1st International Workshop on Engineering Gestures for Multimodal Interfaces, June 2014, Rome, Italy
  • Proceedings Editor of CoPADD 2007, 2nd International Workshop on Collaborating over Paper and Digital Documents, November 2007, London, UK
  • Proceedings Editor of CoPADD 2006, 1st International Workshop on Collaborating over Paper and Digital Documents, November 2006, Banff, Canada
  • PhD Juries

  • Ruben Opdebeeck, Static Analysis for Quality Assurance of Infrastructure as Code, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
  • Bram Van Deurzen, Interface Clarity in Human-Robot Interaction Across Physical and Virtual Realities, Hasselt University, Belgium, September 2024
  • Eladio Montero-Porras, Analysing Strategies and Decision-making Processes in Social Dilemmas: Insights From Social Preferences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, September 2024
  • Edna Chelangat Milgo, Comparison of MCMC Adaptation Schemes, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, January 2024
  • Nixon Kipkorir Ronoh, Natural Gradient-based Adaptive Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, January 2024
  • Lara Verheyen, Procedural Semantics for Human-like Language Understanding in Situated Environments, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, December 2023
  • Maarten Vandercammen, Inter-Process Concolic Testing of Full-Stack JavaScript Web Applications, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, October 2023
  • Renny Lindberg, Design Recommendations for Social Engagement Platforms: Towards Enhanced Technology Adoption for Elderly Users and Long-Term Engagement, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor), Brussels, Belgium, July 2022
  • Katie Mudd, How Social Structure Affects the Persistence and Features of Shared Sign Languages, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, March 2022
  • Sven Coppers, Intelligibility and Control for Context-aware IoT Applications, Hasselt University, Belgium, September 2021
  • Nathan Magrofuoco, Multi-Context Template-based Gesture Recognition for Fast Prototyping, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, September 2021
  • Sabine van der Ham, Investigating Cognitive and Functional Biases for Learning Acoustic Categories, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, September 2021
  • Jan Maushagen, Mobile Playful Learning Environments: Conceptual Foundations for Informal Learning Environments in the Digital Age, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor), Brussels, Belgium, August 2021
  • Carmen Torres Lopez, Advanced Debugging Techniques to Handle Concurrency Bugs in Actor-based Applications, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, June 2021
  • Isel Grau, Self-labeling Grey-Box Model: An Interpretable Semi-Supervised Classifier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, October 2020
  • Audrey Sanctorum, eSPACE: Conceptual Foundations for End-User Authoring of Cross-Device and IoT Applications, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor), Brussels, Belgium, July 2020
  • Florian Myter, Triumvirate: A Programming Language Design for Distributed Rich Internet Applications, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, December 2019
  • Khanh Duy Le, Designing to Support Workspace Awareness in Remote Collaboration using 2D Interactive Surfaces, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 2019
  • Reinout Roels, MindXpres: Conceptual and Technical Foundations for Next Generation Presentation Solutions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor), Brussels, Belgium, May 2019
  • Linda Di Geronimo, Exploring Motion-based and Mid-Air Gestures in Mobile Web Contexts, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, October 2018
  • Janwillem Swalens, A Multi-Paradigm Concurrent Programming Model, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, September 2018
  • Sandra Trullemans, Enabling and Informing the Design of Cross-Media Personal Information Management Solutions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor), Brussels, Belgium, February 2018
  • Gabor Fodor, Multimedia Security and Applications, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
  • Pavel Andreevich Samsonov, Improving Interactions with Spatial Context-aware Services, Hasselt University, Belgium, December 2017
  • Ahmed A.O. Tayeh, A Dynamically Extensible Cross-Document Link Service, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor), Brussels, Belgium, October 2016
  • Jens Nicolay, Purity Analysis for Higher-Order Imperative Languages: An Abstract Interpretation Approach, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, June 2016
  • Matthias Geel, Memsy: A Personal Resource Management Infrastructure, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, September 2015
  • Lode Hoste, A Declarative Approach for Engineering Multimodal Interaction, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (supervisor), Brussels, Belgium, June 2015
  • David Catteeuw, The Emergence of Honest Signaling through Learning and Evolution, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
  • Ugo Sangiorgi, A Method for Prototyping Graphical User Interfaces by Sketching on Multiple Devices, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, August 2014
  • Dietrich Kammer, Formalisierung gestischer Eingabe für Multitouch-Systeme, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, January 2014
  • Ahmed Ewais, Authoring Adaptive 3D Virtual Learning Environments, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, January 2014
  • William Van Woensel, Mobile, Client-Side Context-provisioning via the Decentralized and Integrated Querying of Online Semantic Web Data, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, September 2013
  • Lamia Abo Zaid, The Feature Assembly Approach for Modelling & Managing Software Variability, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, June 2013
  • Quentin Bonnard, Paper Interfaces: An HCI Approach to Geometry Education, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, December 2012
  • Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Handling Partial Failures in Mobile Ad hoc Network Applications - From Programming Language Design to Tool Support, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, September 2012
  • Abdalghani Mushtaha, Towards Designing Localized Websites, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, August 2012
  • Matthias Stevens, Participatory Sensing for Sustainable Societies - The Case of Urban Noise Pollution, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, June 2012
  • Wael Al Sarraj, A Usability Evaluation Framework for Web Mashup Makers for End-Users, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, March 2012
  • Adriana Ispas, Solutions for Natural Notetaking based on Paper-Digital Technologies, ETH Zurich (co-supervisor), Zurich, Switzerland, December 2011
  • Andoni Lombide Carreton, Ambient-oriented Dataflow Programming for Mobile RFID-Enabled Applications, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, November 2011
  • Jorge Vallejos, Modularising Context Dependency and Group Behaviour in Ambient-oriented Programming, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, June 2011
  • Michael Spranger, The Evolution of Grounded Spatial Language, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, April 2011
  • Andres Yie, A Non-invasive Approach for Evolving Model Transformation Chains, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, February 2011
  • Mario Sanchez, Executable Models for Extensible Workflow Engines, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, February 2011
  • Oscar Gonzales, Monitoring and Analysis of Workflow Applications: A Domain-specific Language Approach, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, September 2010
  • Joris Bleys, Language Strategies for the Domain of Colour, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, June 2010
  • Sven Van Segbroeck, Complex Dynamics in Adaptive Networks, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, April 2010
  • Feng Liu, Biological Literature Miner - Gene Normalization and Interaction Article Classification, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, February 2010
  • Yifei Chen, Biological Literature Miner - Gene Mention Recognition and Protein-Protein Pair Extraction, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, February 2010
  • Yan Tang, On Semantic Decision Tables, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, October 2009
  • Invited Talks

  • As We May Interact: Challenges and Opportunities for Next Generation Human-Information Interaction, Keynote at HUMAN'24, 7th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext, Poznan, Poland, September 2024 presentation
  • Technology Enhanced Learning: Past, Present and Future Research, seminar talk given for the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape, September (UWC), Western Cape, South Africa, online, November 2023 presentation
  • From Hypertext to Cross-Media Information Spaces, guest lecture given at Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gujarat, India, online, October 2023 presentation
  • The RSL Hypermedia Metamodel and Its Application in Cross-Media Solutions, guest lecture in the 'Hypertext and Hypernarratives' seminar organised by Prof. Claus Atzenbeck at Hof University, online, June 2023 presentation
  • Bridging the Gap: Managing and Interacting with Information Across Media Boundaries, Personal Information Systems (PIM) seminar organised by Prof. Ofer Bergman, online, February 2023 presentation
  • Cross-Media Technologies and Applications: Future Directions for Personal Information Management, icity Lab Talks, June 2022 presentation video
  • Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures: From Next Generation Presentation Solutions to Tangible Holograms and Dynamic Data Physicalisation, Invited Talk, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, November 2019 presentation
  • Towards Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures, Keynote at RCIS 2019, International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Brussels, May 2019 presentation
  • From Interactive Paper to Dynamic Data Physicalisation, Invited Talk, GlobIS Alumni Workshop, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, June 1, 2018 presentation
  • Introducing Tangible Holograms for Data Physicalisation and Big Data Exploration, Invited Talk, Seminar organised by the Global Information Systems lab at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, June 2, 2017 presentation
  • Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures, Seminar organised by Infogroep, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, April 26, 2017
  • Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures, Seminar organised by Infogroep, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, May 5, 2015
  • From PaperPoint to MindXpres - Towards Enhanced Presentation Tools, Education Thursday, Mechelen, December 4, 2014 presentation
  • Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures, Seminar organised by Infogroep, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, March 27, 2014
  • Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures, Seminar organised by Infogroep, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, April 24, 2013
  • Cross-Media Information Systems - Quo Vadis?, Invited Talk, CRAFT, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2, 2012 presentation
  • The Future of Computers and the Internet, Mens en computer in 2030?, Invited Talk, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, March 24, 2011 presentation
  • Paper-Digital User Interfaces - Applications, Frameworks and Future Challenges, Invited Talk, User Interface Colloquium, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, November 2, 2009 presentation
  • Interaktives Papier - Ein neues Medium zur Integration von Papier und digitalen Medien in crossmedialen Publikationen, Invited Talk, Swiss Publishing Week, Hotel Banana City, Winterthur, Switzerland, September 19, 2008 presentation
  • Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Publishing, Invited Talk, Zukunft Crossmedia - Publishers Zukunft?, Schule für Gestaltung Bern und Biel, Bern, Switzerland, August 28, 2008 presentation
  • Interactive Paper - Introduction and Basic Technology & Interactive Paper - Applications and Future Developments, Invited Talks, Y-Toolbox, Workshop about Paper, Y (Institute for Transdisciplinarity), Bern University of Arts, Bern, Switzerland, April 17, 2008. presentation
  • Integrating Paper and Digital Information Spaces - The iServer / iPaper Solution, Invited Talk, Research Seminar, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 31, 2008 presentation
  • Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Publishing, Invited Talk, Treffpunkt Publishing, Berufsschule für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland, January 29, 2008 presentation
  • Interactive Paper @ ETH Zurich, Invited Talk, multi task - Crossmediales Publizieren live, multi digital, Baar, Switzerland, November 29, 2007 presentation
  • Bridging the Paper-Digital Divide: The iPaper Interactive Paper Framework, Invited Talk, Research Seminar, Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano, May 2007 presentation
  • Recent Presentations

  • Back to the Future: Bringing Original Hypermedia and Cross-Media Concepts to Modern Desktop Environments, Hypertext 2021, 32nd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, Virtual Event, August 2021 presentation
  • Towards a Framework for Dynamic Data Physicalisation, Workshop Toward a Design Language for Data Physicalization, Berlin, Germany, October 2018 presentation
  • HTML5 and the Open Web Platform, Brussels, March 2012 presentation
  • Current and Future Trends in Web Search - Seminar on Web Search, Brussels, September 2011 presentation
  • Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) - Seminar on Web Search, Brussels, September 2011 presentation
  • History of Search and Web Search Engines - Seminar on Web Search, Brussels, Belgium, September 2011 presentation
  • What is Wrong with Digital Documents? A Conceptual Model for Structural Cross-Media Content Composition and Reuse, ER 2010, 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Vancouver, Canada, November 2010 presentation
  • Interactive Paper: Past, Present and Future, PaperComp 2010, 1st International Workshop on Paper Computing, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2010 presentation video video video
  • An Architecture for Open Cross-Media Annotation Services, WISE 2009, 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, Poznan, Poland, October 2009 presentation
  • Active Components as a Method for Coupling Data and Services - A Database-Driven Application Development Process, ICOODB 2009, 2nd International Conference on Object Databases, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2009 presentation
  • The Remediation of Paper - Creating Affinities between Paper and Cross-Media Information Spaces, Inaugural Lecture Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, April 2009 presentation
  • PowerPoint Multimedia Presentations in Computer Science Education: What do Users Need?, USAB 2008, 4th Symposium on Usability & HCI for Education and Work, Graz, Austria, November 2008 presentation
  • A Framework for Developing Pervasive Cross-Media Applications based on Physical Hypermedia and Active Components, ICPCA 2008, 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications, Alexandria, Egypt, October 2008 presentation
  • Interactive Paper as a Reading Medium in Digital Libraries, ECDL 2008, 12th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, Aarhus, Denmark, September 2008 presentation
  • Google PageRank, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, August 25, 2008 presentation
  • PAD - Recent Developments and Future Work, GlobIS Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland, July 10, 2008 presentation
  • Collaborating over Paper and Digital Media - Interactive Paper Applications @ ETH Zurich, CSCW Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland, May 27, 2008 presentation
  • i3 - Recent iServer, iPaper and iGesture Developments, OMS Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland, December 5, 2007 presentation
  • iGesture: A General Gesture Recognition Framework, ICDAR 2007, 9th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Curitiba, Brazil, September 2007 presentation
  • iPaper@GlobIS - Interactive Paper Research, CSCW Seminar, ETH Zurich, June 2007 presentation
  • Bridging the Paper-Digital Divide, CSCW Seminar, ETH Zurich, March 2007 presentation
  • PaperPoint: A Paper-Based Presentation and Interactive Paper Prototyping Tool, TEI 2007, 1st International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction, February 2007 presentation
  • General Framework for the Rapid Development of Interactive Paper Applications, CoPADD 2006, 1st International Workshop on Collaborating over Paper and Digital Documents, Banff, Canada, November 2006 presentation
  • Print-n-Link: Weaving the Paper Web, DocEng 2006, ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, October 2006 presentation
  • Bridging the Divide Between Paper and Digital: Some Investigations, Stanford HCI Group, Stanford, May 2006
  • Bridging the Divide Between Paper and Digital: Some Investigations, Ricoh Innovations, Menlo Park, May 2006
  • Linking Paper and Digital Media, DELOS Demo Day, February 2006 presentation
  • Interviews

  • Science Communication

  • Review Panels

  • Programme Review Panel at Hasselt University, October 11 – 12, 2023
  • Other Activities

  • Participant of the Seminar on Professional Education organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, September 2011, Nieuwpoort, Belgium
  • Participant of the Inter-Disciplinary Summer School, Information Environments: Analysis and Design, August 2002, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Work placement at Oerlikon Contraves Defence (real-time software engineering for a driving simulator), 1997
  • Work placement at Teleprint tdc SA (software and hardware installations), 1993
  • Hobbies

  • Photography, travelling, literature, beach volleyball and snowboarding.