Michael Haller

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Michael Haller is working at the department of Digital Media of the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (Hagenberg, Austria), head of the Media Interaction Lab, and responsible for computer graphics, multimedia programming, and augmented reality. He received Dipl.-Ing. (1997), Dr. techn. (2001) and Habilitation (2007) degrees from Johannes Kepler University of Linz.

He is active in several research areas, including interactive computer graphics, augmented and virtual reality, and human computer interfaces. His current focus is on innovative interaction techniques and interfaces for next generation working environments. Currently, he leads a team of over 10 researchers and students. The research output includes journal papers and has been presented already in high quality academic conferences, and several demonstrations including ACM SIGGRAPH, Eurographics, Disney’s New Technology Forum, and Ars Electronica Festival. He was also invited to exhibit for two years in the Singapore Science Center.

In 2004, he received the Erwin Schroedinger fellowship award presented by the Austrian Science Fund for his stay at the Human Interaction Technology Laboratory (HITLabNZ), University of Canterbury (New Zealand), and the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), University of Southern California (USA).

For more information, visit http://www.mi-lab.org.

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Michael Haller is working at the department of Digital Media of the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (Hagenberg, Austria), head of the Media Interaction Lab, and responsible for computer graphics, multimedia programming, and augmented reality. He received Dipl.-Ing. (1997), Dr. techn. (2001) and Habilitation (2007) degrees from Johannes Kepler University of Linz. He is active in several research areas, including interactive computer graphics, augmented and virtual reality, and human computer interfaces. In 2004, he received the Erwin Schroedinger fellowship award presented by the Austrian Science Fund.

Teaching Experience

Courses at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (Hagenberg, Austria):

  • Since 2000 Lecture and Lab in Computer Graphics 1 (basic course in computer graphics)
  • Since 2003 Lecture and Lab in Computer Graphics 2 (advanced course in computer graphics)
  • Since 2003 Lecture and Lab in Shader Programming
  • Since 2003 Lecture in Advanced Computer Graphics (graduate course)
  • Since 2003 Lecture in Advanced Computer Graphics (graduate course)
  • Since 2005 Lecture in Interactive Environments (graduate course)
  • 2006 Seminar “Introduction to Scientific Work” (graduate course)
  • 2000-2002 Lecture and Lab in Multimedia Programming 1 (graphics/multimedia)
  • 2000-2002 Lecture and Lab in Multimedia Programming 2 (virtual/augmented/mixed reality)
  • 1999-2000 Lecture and Lab in Information Engineering

Courses held at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand)

  • 2005 Lecture and Lab in Shader Programming

Courses held at the Free University of Bolzano (Bolzano, Italy)

  • Since 2007 Lecture and Lab in Technology Assesment (Interaction Design)

Projects and Grants

  • AHUMARI (FIT-IT, 2008-2010)
  • VideoConferencing2020 ($ 100K, Nortel, 2008-2009)
  • Office of Tomorrow (€ 269.6K, Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG, 2005-2008)
  • Leonardo-EU/NZ-Exchange pogramme (€ 225K + NZD 520K, European Union, 2004-2008)
  • AMIRE (€ 360K, European Union IST 2001-34024, 2001-2004)
  • XML-KM (€ 250K, European Union IST 1999-12030, 1999-2003)
  • MiroWeb (€ 200K, European Union ESPRIT25208, 1997-2000)

Publications

Research and Scientific Activities

Conference functions

  • Workshop Organizer of the Multi-Touch Workshop - MTW (2008)
  • Area Chair of International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - ISMAR (2008)
  • Organizing Co-Chair of ISMAR Workshop in Mixed Reality Entertainment and Art (2007)
  • Program Co-Chair of International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence - ICAT (2006, 2007)
  • Publicity Co-Chair of International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - ISMAR (2006)
  • Workshop & Tutorials Co-Chair of Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group - OZCHI (2005)
  • Workshop Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of IEEE Augmented Reality Conference - ART (2002, 2003)
  • Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH and Eurographics Campfire (2002)
  • Workshop Organizer and Co-Chair of GI/OCG Workshop “Synergien zwischen Virtueller Realität und Computerspielen (2002)

Program committee of

  • Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition - OEAGM (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Conference on E-Learning and Game - Edutainment (2008)
  • IASTED International Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (2008)
  • IEEE Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems - Tabletop (2006, 2007)
  • Australasian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (2007)
  • Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group - OZCHI (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - ISMAR (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • GameON-NA (2006, 2007)
  • International Conference on Entertainment Computing - ICEC (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence - ICAT (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • International Symposium on Visual Computing - ISVC (2007, 2008)
  • International Workshop on Mixed Reality User Interfaces - MRUI (2007)
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Graphite (2005)
  • GC Developer Conference, Computer Science and Magic - GCDC (2005)
  • Multimedia Art Asia Pacific International Conference - MAAP (2005)
  • International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology - ACE (2004, 2005)

Guest Editor for

Reviews for

  • ACM SIGGRAPH (2005, 2006)
  • ACM SIGCHI CHI (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • Communications of the ACM (2005)
  • ACM Computing Reviews (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • IEEE Virtual Reality - VR (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces - 3DUI (2006)
  • IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo - ICME (2008)
  • Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - ISMAR (2003-2007)
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (2007)
  • ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology - UIST (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
  • Journal Advances in Human-Computer Interaction (2007)
  • GI/OCG, Informatik (2001)
  • ACM SIGGRAPH and Eurographics Campfire (2002)
  • IEEE International Workshop on ARToolKit (2002, 2003)
  • International Conference on Pervasive Computing - PERVASIVE (2004)
  • ACM SIGCHI ACE (2004, 2005)
  • International Conference on Entertainment Computing - ICEC (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Multimedia Art Asia Pacific International Conference - MAAP (2004)
  • International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence - ICAT (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • GC Developer Conference - GCDC (2005)
  • International Conference on GRAPHITE (2005)
  • OZCHI (2005, 2007)
  • IEEE Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems - Tabletop (2006, 2007)
  • Virtual Reality Journal (2006)
  • Workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (2006, 2007)
  • Australasian User Interface Conference (2007)
  • Multimedia Applications in Education Conference - MApEC (2006)
  • IRMA International Conference (2007)
  • North American Game-On Conference (2006, 2007, 2008)
  • International Symposium on Visual Computing - ISVC (2007, 2008)
  • International Workshop on the Tangible Space Initiative - TSI (2007)
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Education Materials (2007)
  • International Symposium on Ubiquitous VR (2007)
  • Conference on E-Learning and Game - Edutainment (2008)