Professors & Researchers
Matjaž Kljun
Co-director of HICUP LAB, Associate Professor
Research area: human-computer interaction, personal information management, augmented reality, virtual reality, ubiquitous computing
Klen Čopič Pucihar
Co-director of HICUP LAB, Associate Professor
Research area: augmented, virtual and mixed reality, human-computer interaction, computational interactions
Marko Tkalčič
Associate Professor
Research area: psychology-driven personalization, recommender systems, user modeling
Vida Groznik
Assistant Professor
Research area: Artificial Intelligence, Medical Informatics
Domen Šoberl
Researcher and Teaching Asistant
Research area: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
PhD Students
Maheshya Weerasinghe
Joint PhD program with University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Research area: Augmented and Virtual Reality, Learning, Intelligence Augmentation
Cuauhtli Campos
Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Game Thinking, Interaction Design
Nuwan T Attygalle
Research area: Human-computer Interaction
Jordan Aiko Deja
Research area: Human-computer Interaction, Computational Interaction, Music Learning
Elham Motamedi
Research area: Complex Networks, Machine learning, Recommender systems
Uroš Sergaš
Research area: Computational Social Science, Data Science
Arsen Matej Golubovikj
Research area: Machine Learning, Data Science
Marina Pauldauf
Research area: Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, Distributed Systems, Data Science
Master Student(s)
Karolina Trajkovska
Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Augmented Reality, Education
Visiting Professors, Researchers and Students
Geert Lugtenberg
(Internship 2 months)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Interactive Media Design Lab
Research area: Augmented Reality Displays, Perception, Human-Computer Interaction
December 2022 to January 2023
Past Visiting Professors, Researchers and Students
Lee Juliette Yamin
(Erasmus Exchange 3 months)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Research area: Human-Drone Interaction, Deep Learning, Science
March to June 2022
Zachary McKendrick
(1 week)
University of Calgary, Canada
Research area: Computational Media Design, Drama, Performance, Extended Reality
August 2022
Verena Biener
(Internship 2 months)
University of Coburg, Germany
Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality
September to November 2021
Clement Delteil
(Internship student 6 months)
University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
Research area: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
September 2021 – February 2022
Varunyu Fuvattanasilp (Internship 3 months)
Nara institute of science and technology, Japan
Interactive Media Design lab
Research area: Remote expert assistance using augmented realty, transcribing micro instructions
2019 (3 months)
Nicko Reginio Caluya (Internship 3 months)
Nara institute of science and technology, Japan
Interactive Media Design lab
Research area: AR attention guidance systems for imersive live experiences
2019 (3 months)
Hirokazu Kato
Nara institute of science and technology NAIST (Japan)
Interactive media design lab
2019 (1 week)
Adalberto Simeone
KU LEUVEN (Belgium)
2018 (1 week)
Jason Alexander
Lancaster University (UK)
2018 (1 week)
Kaveh Bazargan
Shahid Beheshti (National) University of Iran
2018 (2 weeks)
Jessica Cauchard
IDC Herzliya (Israel)
2018 (1 week)
Matthew Turk
University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
2018 (1 week)
Mathew Turk @HICUP LAB & DIST (includes video of him and Bill Gates in early days)
Seminar “Being There: Augmented Reality for Remote Collaboration” Matthew TURK, (28. 3. 2018)
Jens Grubert
University of Coburg (Germany)
2018 (3 weeks)
Aaron Quigley
University of St Andrews (UK)
2017 (3 weeks)
Paul Coulton
Lancaster University (UK)
2016 (1 week)
Adrian Gardinar
Lancaster University (UK)
2016 (1 week)
Wolfgang Huerst
Utrecht University (UK)
2016 (2 weeks)
Mark Lochrie
University of Central Lanceshire (UK)
2016 (1 week)
Alumni
Julie Ducasse
Posdoctoral researcher, 2018-2020
Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Tangible Interfaces, Assistive Technologies, Ambient Systems