2024

  • Norrköping Tech Day 2024: Visualization and AI
    Norrköping, Sweden, 21 May 2024
    Hosted by Norrköping Science Park, LEAD, and Visualization Center C
    Participation in public exhibit, presenting the Virtual Reality interface developed within the research project Immersive Analytics for Urban Heat, together with Katerina Vrotsou and Carlo Navarra.
  • 2nd Swedish Climate Symposium - Climate Research: Science, Society, Responses
    Norrköping, Sweden, 15-17 May 2024
    Hosted by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), the Strategic Research Areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research
    Abstract presentation: Immersive Analytics for Urban Heat: Towards an Immersive Contextual Urban Climate Analysis Platform [ SCS Session:  Climate Services ]
  • Visualizing the Future - One Day, One Subject Seminar
    Dundee, Scotland, 16-17 May 2024
    Hosted by the European Network of Forensic Science Institues (ENFSI)
    Abstract presentation: Towards an immersive analytics environment for forensics science
    Presentation by Philip Engström on-site, and together with Katerina Vrotsou and Lonni Besançon among the authors.
  • Bygg framtidens samhällen med inspiration och hjälp av digitala tvillingar
    Norrköping, Sweden, 15 May 2024
    Organized by Visual Sweden
    Presentation and hands-on demo of the Virtual Reality interface developed within the research project Immersive Analytics for Urban Heat, together with Katerina Vrotsou.

2023

  • ICAD 2023 - 28th International Conference on Auditory Display
    Norrköping, Sweden, 26-30 June 2023
    Hosted by Linköping University
    Staff volunteer to support the on-site organization of the conference. [ ICAD ]

2022

  • Doctoral Thesis Defense in Computer and Information Science (Ph.D.)
    Thesis Title: Supporting Data Interaction and Hybrid Asymmetric Collaboration Using Virtual Reality Within the Context of Immersive Analytics
    Primary Supervisor: Dr. Aris Alissandrakis, Linnéuniversitetet, Sweden
    Secondary Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Kerren, Linnéuniversitetet, Sweden
    External Reviewer: Dr. Petra Isenberg, INRIA, Université Paris-Saclay, France
    Examining Committee:
     • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund Dachselt, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
     • Prof. Dr. Luciana Nedel, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
     • Prof. Dr. Tech. Timo Ojala, Oulun Yliopisto, Finland
    Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Jukka Tyrkkö, Linnéuniversitetet, Sweden
    Newton, House C, Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö, Sweden, 30 September 2022
    [ Published PhD Thesis (DiVA) ] [ Slides ] [ Public Defense Announcement (LNU) ] [ Decision Announcement (Twitter) ]

2020

  • 6th Big Data Conference
    Växjö, Sweden, 3-4 December 2020
    Hosted by Linnaeus University
    Presentation of a talk titled Interdisciplinary Exploration of Forestry Data Using Machine Learning and Immersive Visualization, together with doctoral students Magnus Persson and Angelos Chatzimparmpas. [ LNU ]
  • NordiCHI 2020 - 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
    Tallinn, Estonia, 25-29 October 2020
    Hosted by Tallinn University
    (online-only event due to COVID-19 pandemic)
    Full Paper Presentation 1: "Oh, that's where you are!" - Towards a Hybrid Asymmetric Collaborative Immersive Analytics System" [ Slides ] [ Twitter ]
    Full Paper Presentation 2: Exploration of Time-Oriented Data in Immersive Virtual Reality Using a 3D Radar Chart Approach [ Slides ] [ Twitter ]
    [ LNU: en, sv ]

2019

  • 5th Big Data Conference
    Växjö, Sweden, 5-6 December 2019
    Hosted by Linnaeus University
    Presentation of the current work-in-progress research efforts within the context of Virtual Reality and Digital Humanities by demonstrating our latest software prototype titled A Hybrid Asymmetric Collaborative Immersive Analytics System. [ LNU.se ] [ Poster ]
  • Appointed as external reviewer - International MSc Programme in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
    Lund, Sweden, 2 December 2019
    Organized by Lunds Tekniska Högskola (LTH) at Lund University
    As part of the process of establishing a new international masters programme, I joined a team of external reviewers (composed of industry and academia representatives), in order to assess the proposed programme application, incl. visiting LTH to meet their academic staff and review the on-site facilities and study environment.
  • PhD Progression Seminar - Collaborative immersive analytics: Building a virtual reality platform to support asymmetric data exploration
    Växjö, Sweden, 18 September 2019
    Public presentation (with following discussion) of the research conducted as part of my doctoral studies at Linnaeus University so far, describing research focus and objectives, elaborating on the methodology, and informing about the developed virtual reality prototypes as well as the conducted user interaction studies. [ Slides ] [ VRXAR ] [ Twitter ]
  • UBISS 2019 - 10th International UBI Summer School 2019
    Oulu, Finland, 10-15 June 2019
    Hosted by University of Oulu
    Attended workshop: From Reality to Virtuality: The Science and Art of Creating VR Experiences
    Workshop instructors: Prof. Frank Steinicke, Eike Langbehn, University of Hamburg, Germany
    Sponsorship: The Center for Ubiquitous Computing (UBICOMP) at University of Oulu sponsored my participation at UBISS 2019 by covering my registration fee and providing accommodation. [ UBICOMP ] [ WikiCFP ]
  • ERASMUS Visit @ UBICOMP Oulu
    Oulu, Finland, 27 May - 7 June 2019
    Hosted by Center for Ubiquitous Computing (UBICOMP) at University of Oulu
    Various teaching, workshop, and research activities as a visiting doctoral student within the scope of an ERASMUS teaching mobility. [ UBICOMP ] [ Twitter ]
  • ADDA2 - 2nd International Conference: Approach to Digital Discourse Analysis
    Turku, Finland, 23-25 May 2019
    Hosted by University of Turku
    Software demonstration: Collaborative exploration of rich corpus data using immersive virtual reality and non-immersive technologies [ ADDA2 ] [ Twitter ]

2018

  • 4th Big Data Conference
    Växjö, Sweden, 29-30 November 2018
    Hosted by Linnaeus University
    Presentation of the current work-in-progress research efforts within the context of Virtual Reality and Digital Humanities by demonstrating our latest software system titled Hybrid Collaborative Immersive Analytics. [ LNU ] [ Poster ] [ Vimeo ] [ Twitter ]
  • VINCI '18 - 11th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction
    Växjö, Sweden, 13-15 August 2018
    Hosted by Linnaeus University
    Short Paper Presentation: Using an Augmented Reality Cube-like Interface and 3D Gesture-based Interaction to Navigate and Manipulate Data [ Slides ] [ Twitter ]
  • ICAME 39 - The 39th Annual Conference of the International Computer Archive for Modern and Medieval English
    Tampere, Finland, 30 May - 3 June 2018
    Hosted by University of Tampere
    Software demonstration: Visualizing dynamic text corpora using Virtual Reality [ LNU: en, sv ] [ Twitter 1, Twitter 2 ]
  • Knowledge and Competence Forum
    Växjö, Sweden, 24 April 2018
    Hosted by Videum Science Park, Linnaeus University, Regionförbundet i Kalmar län, and Region Kronoberg
    Presentation of research in general at VRxAR Labs to audience of private and public sectors. [ MyNewsDesk ] [ Videum ]
  • Science Outreach 2018
    Älmhult, Sweden, 23 January 2018
    Hosted by Linnaeus University, Mot Nya Höjder, and Region Kronoberg
    Presentation of research in general and particularly at VRxAR Labs to pupils of the 8th grade at Linnéskolan. [ Slides ] [ LNU ]

2017

  • 3rd Big Data Conference
    Växjö, Sweden, 1 December 2017
    Hosted by Linnaeus University
    Presentation of the current work-in-progress research efforts titled Open Data Exploration in Virtual Reality x Nordic Tweet Stream (a dynamic corpus of tweets). [ LNU ] [ Poster ] [ Vimeo ] [ Twitter ]
  • EvolvE - Evolving English in the Digital Age
    Helsinki, Finland, 29 November 2017
    Hosted by University of Eastern Finland
    Presentation of the current work-in-progress research efforts titled Open Data Exploration in Virtual Reality x Nordic Tweet Stream (a dynamic corpus of tweets) via video conference from Växjö, Sweden.
  • VR_SCI FEST
    Stockholm, Sweden, 12-14 May 2017
    Hosted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    Presentation of the Open Data Exploration in Virtual Reality research project (incl. interactive demo) at the VR Sci Expo. [ VR_SCI FEST ] [ LNU: en, sv ]

2016

  • International Digital Humanities Symposium 2016
    Växjö, Sweden, 7-8 November 2016
    Interactive Twitter demo based on the work presented at the Symposium: PEAR 4 DigiHum - Augmented Reality for Public Engagement. [ Slides ] [ LNU ]
  • Science City 2016
    Växjö, Sweden, 22 October 2016
    Represented Linnaeus University as part of the Department of Media Technology, showcasing virtual reality technology. [ LNU ]
  • UBISS 2016 - 7th International UBI Summer School 2016
    Oulu, Finland, 13-18 June 2016
    Hosted by University of Oulu
    Attended workshop: Next Generation Virtual Reality: Perception Meets Engineering
    Workshop instructors: Prof. Steve LaValle, Dr. Anna Yershova, UIUC, USA [ UBICOMP ] [ WikiCFP ]
  • Think Tank 11 - Change your Perspective: Interaction with Open Data in Virtual Reality
    Malmö, Sweden, 3 May 2016
    Hosted by DATAFÖRENINGEN I SVERIGE
    Invited talk, together with Dr. Aris Alissandrakis. [ Slides ] [ DATAFÖRENINGEN ] [ LNU: en, sv ] [ Twitter ]
  • ACHI 2016 - The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions
    Venice, Italy, 24-28 April 2016
    Organized by International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA)
    Full Paper Presentation: Change your Perspective: Exploration of a 3D Network created from Open Data in an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment [ Slides ] [ Twitter ]
  • Mot nya höjder - Maker workshop
    Växjö, Sweden, 5 April 2016
    Represented Linnaeus University as part of the Department of Media Technology, showcasing different hard- and software demos to teachers, educators and alike, with a special focus on the Maker movement. [ Mot nya höjder ] [ Twitter ]

2015

  • Future City: Thoughts, opinions and examples
    Växjö, Sweden, 3 December 2015
    Invited lecture at Karl-Oskarskolan as part of their efforts towards the contribution within the Future City interdisciplinary contest among 6 to 9-graders [ Slides ] [ Twitter ]
  • UBISS 2015 - 6th International UBI Summer School 2015
    Oulu, Finland, 8-13 June 2015
    Hosted by University of Oulu
    Attended workshop: 3D Web and Open Data for Smart Cities Hackathon
    Workshop instructor: Professor Timo 'Timppa' Ojala, University of Oulu, Finland [ WikiCFP ]
  • IECBiT - IT-Mässa för Småföretagare och IT-Proffs
    Växjö, Sweden, 23 April 2015
    Represented Linnaeus University as part of the Department of Media Technology's "Gadget Lab", particularly presenting the developed immersive Virtual Reality prototype as part of my master thesis. [ IECBiT ]

2014

  • TEDxLinnaeusUniversity
    Växjö, Sweden, 7 November 2014
    Theme: Changing Habits
    Part of the organization team as a "Social Media Technical Producer". [ TED ]
  • Innovationsdag Småland 2014
    Växjö, Sweden, 8 October 2014
    Represented Linnaeus University as part of the Department of Media Technology and showcased Natural User Interfaces using the Oculus Rift DK2 for Virtual Reality and the Leap Motion for Vision-based Hand Gesture Recognition. [ Innovationsdag Småland ]
  • ICALT 2014 - The 14th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
    Athens, Greece, 7-9 July 2014
    Organized by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology
    Full Paper Presentation: Exploring New Interaction Mechanisms to Support Information Sharing and Collaboration Using Large Multi-touch Displays in the Context of Digital Storytelling [ Slides ]
  • UBISS 2014 - 5th International UBI Summer School 2014
    Oulu, Finland, 9-14 June 2014
    Hosted by University of Oulu
    Attended workshop: Learning From People To Design Future "Enjoying Machines"
    Workshop instructor: Prof. Oskar Juhlin, Stockholm University, Sweden
    Award recipient: "Distinguished Project" Award [ WikiCFP ]
  • IECBiT - IT-Mässa för Småföretagare och IT-Proffs
    Växjö, Sweden, 12 February 2014
    Represented Linnaeus University as part of the Department of Media Technology's "Gadget Lab". [ IECBiT ]