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Professors & Researchers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Matja\u017e Kljun<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Co-director of HICUP LAB, Full Professor<\/p>\n\n

Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Personal Information Management, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Ubiquitous Computing<\/p>\n\n

matjaz.kljun@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Sicris<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Klen \u010copi\u010d Pucihar<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Co-director of HICUP LAB, Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n

Research area: Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality, Human-Computer Interaction, Computational Interactions<\/p>\n\n

klen.copic@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Sicris<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marko Tkal\u010di\u010d<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Full Professor<\/p>\n\n

Research area: Psychology-driven Personalization, Recommender Systems, User Modeling<\/p>\n\n

marko.tkalcic@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Sicris<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Domen \u0160oberl<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research area: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning<\/p>\n\n

domen.soberl@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Sicris<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maheshya Weerasinghe<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research area: Augmented,Virtual and Mixed Reality, Externalising Memory, Cognition and Learning, Human Computer Interaction<\/p>\n\n

maheshya.weerasinghe@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cuauhtli Campos<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Researcher and Teaching Asistant<\/p>\n

Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Game Thinking, Interaction Design<\/p>\n\n

cuauhtli.campos@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PhD Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Arsen Matej Golubovikj<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Machine Learning, Data Science<\/p>\n\n

matej.golubovikj@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Uro\u0161 Serga\u0161<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Computational Social Science, Data Science<\/p>\n\n

uros.sergas@upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karolina Trajkovska<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Augmented Reality, Education<\/p>\n\n

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Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Michelle Fernando<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, AR\/VR, Human Motion Analysis<\/p>\n\n

michelle.fernando@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nadun Liyanage<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, AR\/VR in Automobile<\/p>\n\n

nadun.liyanage@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nilukshan Krishnaram<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Extended Reality, User Experience Design<\/p>\n\n

nilukshan.krishnaram@famnit.upr.si<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kosar Seyyedhosseinzadeh<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Recommender Systems, User modeling<\/p>\n\n

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Past Visiting Professors, Researchers and Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Alan Said<\/b><\/p>\n\n

University in Gothenburg, Sweden<\/p>\n\n

November 2025<\/p>\n\n

News<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alessio Ferrato<\/b>\n
(Visiting PhD student: Oct-Nov 2025)<\/p>\n

Roma TRE University, Italy<\/p>\n

Research area: Affective computing, Recommender Systems and Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n

News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yuki Shimizu<\/b>\n
(Visiting PhD student: May- June 2025)<\/p>\n

Nara Institute of Science and Technology\n(NAIST), Japan<\/p>\n

Interactive Media Design Lab<\/p>\n

Research area: Autonomous Vehicle, Perception, Human-Computer Interaction<\/p>\n

News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dario Di Dario<\/b>\n
(Visiting PhD student: Jan- June 2025)<\/p>\n

University of Salerno, Italy<\/p>\n

Research area: Metaverse Engineering, Virtual Reality, and Software Engineering<\/p>\n

News<\/a>, News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shlomo Berkovsky<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Australia<\/p>\n\n

May 2025<\/p>\n\n

News<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Isidro Butaslac<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Interactive Media Design (IMD) Lab,<\/p>\n

Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan. <\/p>\n\n

May 2025<\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gianmarco Cherchi<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Cagliary, Italy<\/p>\n\n

February 2025<\/p>\n\n

News<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Davide Spano<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science<\/p>\n

University of Cagliary, Italy<\/p>\n\n

2024\/25<\/p>\n\n

News<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bruce Ferwerda<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping University, Sweden
Research area: Personalization, User Modelling
2023 and 2024 (2 weeks)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Daan le Roux<\/strong>
Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Cognition and Technology Research Group
June 2023 (1 week)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Enej Hrvatin<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Internship high school student)
Research area: Human-drone interaction, Thermodynamics, Portable cooling systems
2023 (2 weeks)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Geert Lugtenberg<\/strong>
(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
Google Scholar<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kayhan Latifzadeh<\/strong>
(Visiting PhD student 3 weeks)
University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Computational Interaction (COIN) group
Research area: Human-computer interaction, Physiological Sensing
June to July 2023
LinkedIn profile<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Juri Yoneyama<\/strong>
(Internship 2 months)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Interactive Media Design Lab
Research area: Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction
February to March 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hirokazu Kato<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Nara Institute of Science and Technology NAIST (Japan)<\/p>\n\n

Interactive media design lab<\/p>\n\n

2023 March<\/p>\n

Seminar Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n\n

2019 (1 week)<\/p>\n

Seminar Talk<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Masayuki Kanbara<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Nara institute of science and technology NAIST (Japan)<\/p>\n\n

Interactive media design lab<\/p>\n\n

2023 March<\/p>\n

Seminar Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Taishi Sawabe<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Nara institute of science and technology NAIST (Japan)<\/p>\n\n

Interactive media design lab<\/p>\n\n

2023 March<\/p>\n

Seminar Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lee Juliette Yamin <\/strong>
(Erasmus Exchange 3 months)
<\/strong>Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Research area: Human-Drone Interaction, Deep Learning, Science
March to June 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zachary McKendrick <\/strong>
(1 week)
University of Calgary, Canada
Research area: Computational Media Design, Drama, Performance, Extended Reality
August 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gregor Ger\u0161ak<\/strong>
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Research area: Psychophysiological measurements
September & November 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Verena Biener <\/strong>
(Internship 2 months)
University of Coburg, Germany
Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality
September to November 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Clement Delteil<\/b><\/p>\n\n

(Internship student 6 months)<\/p>\n\n

University of Technology of Belfort-Montb\u00e9liard, France<\/p>\n\n

Research area: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n

September 2021 – February 2022<\/p>\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Varunyu Fuvattanasilp (Internship 3 months)<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Nara institute of science and technology, Japan<\/p>\n\n

Interactive \nMedia Design lab<\/p>\n\n

Research area: Remote expert assistance using augmented realty, transcribing micro instructions<\/p>\n\n

2019 (3 months)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nicko Reginio Caluya (Internship 3 months)<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Nara institute of science and technology, Japan<\/p>\n\n

Interactive Media Design lab<\/p>\n\n

Research area: AR attention guidance systems for imersive live experiences<\/p>\n\n

2019 (3 months)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Chanthankone<\/b><\/p>\n\n

University of Iowa (USA)<\/p>\n\n

2018 (1 week)<\/p>\n\n

Seminar Talk<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n\n

Workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Adalberto Simeone<\/b><\/p>\n\n

KU LEUVEN (Belgium)<\/p>\n\n

2018 (1 week)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jason Alexander<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Lancaster University (UK)<\/p>\n\n

2018 (1 week)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luis A. Leiva<\/b><\/p>\n\n

CTO at Sciling and independent researcher (Spain)<\/p>\n\n

2018 (1 week)<\/p>\n\n

Seminar Talk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kaveh Bazargan<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Shahid Beheshti (National) University of Iran<\/p>\n\n

2018 (2 weeks)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica Cauchard<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)<\/p>\n\n

2018 (1 week) and 2022 (1 week) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matthew Turk<\/b><\/p>\n\n

University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)<\/p>\n\n

2018 (1 week)<\/p>\n\n\n

Mathew Turk @HICUP LAB & DIST (includes video of him and Bill Gates in early days)<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Seminar News <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jens Grubert<\/b><\/p>\n\n

University of Coburg (Germany)<\/p>\n\n

2018 (3 weeks)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aaron Quigley<\/b><\/p>\n\n

University of St Andrews (UK)<\/p>\n\n

2017 (3 weeks)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Coulton<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Lancaster University (UK)<\/p>\n\n

2016 (1 week)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Adrian Gardinar<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Lancaster University (UK)<\/p>\n\n

2016 (1 week)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wolfgang Huerst<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Utrecht University (UK)<\/p>\n\n

2016 (2 weeks)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mark Lochrie<\/b><\/p>\n\n

University of Central Lanceshire (UK)<\/p>\n\n

2016 (1 week)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Jordan Aiko Deja<\/b><\/p>\n

PhD Student 2019-2025 <\/p>\n

Research area: Human-computer Interaction, Computational Interaction, Music Learning<\/p>\n\n

Personal Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Una Vuleti\u0107<\/b><\/p>\n

Masters Student 2023-2025 <\/p>\n

Research area: Data Science, Machine Learning, UX<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nuwan T Attygalle<\/b><\/p>\n

PhD Student 2019-2024 <\/p>\n

Research area: Human-computer Interaction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elham Motamedi<\/b><\/p>\n

PhD Student 2019-2024 <\/p>\n

Research area: Complex Networks, Machine learning, Recommender systems<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marina Pauldauf<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Research area: Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, Distributed Systems, Data Science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vida Groznik<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Assistant Professor, 2018-2023<\/p>\n

Research area: Artificial Intelligence, Medical Informatics<\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Sicris<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Julie Ducasse<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Posdoctoral researcher, 2018-2020<\/p>\n\n

Research area: Human-Computer Interaction, Tangible Interfaces, Assistive Technologies, Ambient Systems<\/p>\n\n\n

Personal Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Sicris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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