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Michael Haller is senior lecturer at the department of Digital Media of the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (Hagenberg, Austria). He obtained his MS and PhD at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz. Michael is active in several research areas, including interactive computer graphics, augmented and virtual reality, and human computer interfaces. His current focus is on innovative interaction techniques and interfaces for next generation working environments. In 2004, he received the Erwin Schrödinger fellowship award presented by the Austrian Science Fund for his stay at the HITLabNZ, University of Canterbury (New Zealand), and the IMSC, University of Southern California (USA).

Dr. Morrison is an Electrical Engineer who has worked for SMART Technologies Inc. for more than 11 years. During that time he has held many roles in development, research and management. All of his roles have related to the development of new interactive touch technologies and products. He is currently the External Research Manager and is actively working with individuals and organizations developing interactive and collaborative technologies. Dr. Morrison has published several papers in conferences and journal publications and is listed as inventor or co-inventor on several patents and patent applications.

 

 

 

Chia Shen (Ph.D 1992), a Senior Research Scientist at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, has published over 40 papers and given numerous keynotes and lectures on the design and development of newly emerging multi-touch, multi-user tables and interactive spaces. She is leading one of the major research groups in this area (diamondspace.merl.com) that has extensively and systematically studied human–computer interactions and interfaces for direct-touch surfaces. Prior to working in HCI, she had over ten years of experience in parallel and distributed real-time systems. She is ACM UIST 2007 Conference Chair and is on the Editorial Board of ACM Computers in Entertainment.

 

I am the current Co-Director of the Wearable Computer Laboratory at the University of South Australia. I am currently a NICTA Fellow, CTO A-Rage Pty Ltd, and visiting Scholar with the Human Interaction Technology Laboratory, University of Washington. I am the inventor of the first outdoor augmented reality game ARQuake. My current research interests include: wearable computers, user interfaces, augmented reality, virtual reality, CSCW, and tabletop display interfaces. My academic qualifications include the following: 1) B.A. in Physics, George Washington University; 2) M.S. in Computer Science, University of Virginia with a thesis titled: Pipeline Pyramids in Dynamic Scenes; and 3) Ph.D. in Computer Science, Flinders University with a thesis titled: Animating Direct Manipulation in Human Computer Interfaces My experience includes working at the School of Computer and Information Science, University of South Australia since 1990. I have run my own computer consultancy company. I was a Computer Scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (A major US government laboratory for the Department of Commerce.), and a software engineer for the Computer Sciences Corporation and the General Electric Company.

Andy Wilson is a member of the Adaptive Systems and Interaction group at Microsoft Research. His current areas of interest include applying sensing techniques to enable new styles of human-computer interaction, as well as machine learning, gesture-based interfaces, inertial sensing and display technologies. Before joining Microsoft, Andy obtained his BA at Cornell University, and MS and PhD at the MIT Media Laboratory.