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, Assistant 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 Lecturer
Research area: Artificial Intelligence, Medical Informatics

Julie Ducasse
Posdoctoral researcher
Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Tangible Interfaces, Assistive Technologies, Ambient Systems

Domen Šoberl
Researcher and Teaching Asistant
Research area: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
PhD Students

Maheshya Weerasinghe
Research area: Human-computer Interaction, E-learning, Augmented & Virtual Reality
Joint PhD program with St. Andrews University

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 Mohammadabadi
Research area: Complex Networks, Machine learning, Recommender systems
Past Visiting Professors, Researchers and Students

Varunyu Fuvattanasilp (Internship student 3 months)
Nara institute of science and technology, Japan
Interactive media research lab
Research area: Remote expert assistance using augmented realty, transcribing micro instructions
2019 (3 months)

Nicko Reginio Caluya (Internship student 3 months)
Nara institute of science and technology, Japan
Interactive media research lab
Research area: AR attention guidance systems for imersive live experiences
2019 (3 monthos)

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)