Prof Mark Billinghurst will visit the TKK Department of Media Technology for about 3 months in 2009 (20 Sep-15 Dec), and for about 3.5 months at the end of 2010.
Prof Billinghurst is a visiting professor for the TKK Multidisciplinary Institute of Digitalisation and Energy (MIDE, see http://mide.tkk.fi/). He can be found (most of the time) at the Department of Media Technology (TKK Computer Science Building, room B163, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo).
Short biography:
Prof Billinghurst has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in human computer interface technology and he has been a pioneer in the area of Augmented Reality (the overlay of three-dimensional images on the real world). He is a director of HIT Lab NZ. For more information, please visit his web page at http://www.hitlabnz.org/wiki/M._Billinghurst
Talk on 5 October:
Prof Billinghurst will give a talk at the ICS Forum at the TKK Computer Science Building (Konemiehentie 2, Espoo) on 5 October 2009 at 13:15-14 (time and topic to be confirmed, see http://ics.tkk.fi/en/current/ics_forum/ ).
Teaching:
Prof Billinghurst will lecture a post-graduate level seminar course about Augmented Reality at TKK during the Lecturing Period II (2 Nov-11 Dec 2009, the lectures will take place in TKK Computer Science Building, lecture hall T3, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 16:15-18). More details about the course will be announced later.
Research:
There are several research projects that could have interest in collaborating with Prof Billinghurst - we have already been in contact with some of them. Please contact Mark (or Kai Puolamäki <Kai.Puolamaki@tkk.fi> who is hosting him) if you, e.g., would like to present your work to Mark or talk with him about research topics.
Last updated on 21 Sep 2009 by Visa Noronen - Page created on 5 Oct 2009 by Visa Noronen