جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Virtual Reality
• Augmented Reality
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Associate Professor Tham Piumsomboon is a prominent researcher at the University of Canterbury's School of Product Design within the Faculty of Engineering. With a PhD in Computer Science from the same institution, their work bridges gaming, human-computer interaction, and immersive VR/MR/AR technologies to enhance user experiences and redefine lifestyle interactions. As founder of the QUADRIC Research Group, they lead initiatives addressing Aotearoa's agricultural, mental health, and sustainability challenges through intuitive intelligent user interfaces. Research focuses on the intersection of human qualia and technological design, emphasizing experiential learning, cognitive modeling, and ethical AI alignment. Key research thrusts include 'Agents' (AI autonomy levels), 'Humans' (IUIs for XR collaboration), 'Augment' (enhancing human perception), and 'Aotearoa' (local solution development). Their publications reveal strong trends in spatial interaction techniques, remote collaboration frameworks, and mental health applications of XR technologies. ACM CHI 2018 Best Paper Award for 'Pinpointing' research New and Emerging Researcher Award 2022 Extensive editorial service for IEEE TVCG, ACM SIGGRAPH, and UIST conferences As principal investigator for three major grants including 'Tōku Hoa: A Personalized Agent for Mental Health' (MBIE, 2022-2025) and 'Navigating Well-being' (Child Well-being Research Institute, 2024), they direct significant research funding toward mental health and agricultural technology. They supervise over 15 graduate students across diverse XR projects from locomotion techniques to therapeutic applications. The QUADRIC Research Group serves as their primary laboratory environment, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between computer science, design, and clinical domains.

Chitralekha Basuمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Political Economy
• Electoral Politics
• Voting Behavior
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Chitralekha Basu serves as Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cologne and holds the Chair for Empirical Democratic Theory. She is an Associated Member of the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy since 2020. She earned her PhD in Political Science from the University of Rochester in 2017. Her research examines how competitive elections function as instruments of representation and accountability, with particular focus on elite influence over voter preferences in democracies. Core interests include electoral politics, voting behavior, political representation, and historical political development across European contexts. Recent publications analyze issue engagement incentives in campaigns and media impacts on economic voting, employing theoretical and empirical approaches to understand voter behavior with strong emphasis on British politics. Her work appears in leading journals including Journal of Theoretical Politics , Electoral Studies , British Journal of Political Science , and World Politics . She has received the following scientific recognition: James B. Christoph Prize from the British Politics Group organized section of the American Political Science Association Basu supervises research within the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute framework, though specific student advisees are not documented in available materials. Her current projects investigate democratic theory applications in contemporary electoral systems. Affiliated with the Department of Political Science at the University of Cologne, she contributes to the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy as both Associated Member and Empirical Democratic Theory Chair.