Professional Experience
UX Consultant
from August 2018
Netlight Consulting GmbH - www.netlight.com
Location: Hamburg, Germany
User Experience Design Intern - UX Team
May 2018 - July 2018
August 2017 - December 2017
April 2016 - July 2016
Synaptics Inc. - www.synaptics.com
Location: Zug, Switzerland
Advisor: Dr. Jochen Huber
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
September 2013 - February 2018
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Augmented Human Lab, Singapore
Thesis title: Design and Evaluation of Music Sensory-Substitution Systems that
Support People with Hearing Disabilities to Make Music
Advisor: Associate Professor Dr. Suranga Nanayakkara
Master of Science (Computer Science)
October 2011 – October 2013
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Grade: gut („good”)
Focus: Human-Computer-Interaction, Software Engineering, Image Processing
Thesis title: Collaborative video work with paper-like displays
Advisor: Professor Dr. Max Mühlhäuser, Dr. Jochen Huber
Application Subject: Business Administration
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
October 2008 - September 2011
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Grade: sehr gut („very good“)
Focus: Human-Computer-Interaction
Thesis title: Spatial navigation in videos with multiple paper-like displays
Advisor: Professor Dr. Max Mühlhäuser, Professor Dr. Jürgen Steimle
Awards
Steve Howard Award
December 2016
for the best long paper by a student presented during OZCHI, CHISIG’s Annual Conference: MuSS-Bits: Sensor-Display Blocks for Deaf People to Explore Musical Sounds.
Sponsor’s Choice Award
October 2014
UIST Student Innovation Contest (http://www.acm.org/uist/uist2014/contest.php), Team: SpInformation, Project: SpAnchor – Spatial anchoring of information
Best Poster Presentation
August 2014
EPD PhD student industrial project poster competition, An internal post competition at Singapore University of Technology and Design
Most Creative Award - 1st place – at SAFMC (Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition)
March 2014
Category: Fully autonomous, Team: Radioactive
Finalist, Singapore Challenge, GYSS’14
2014
In recognition of the white paper ‘Smart adaptive interfaces for ageing gracefully’ submitted to Global Young Scientist Summit 2014.
President’s Graduate Fellowship
2013
Singapore University of Technology and Design, duration 5 years
Academic Service
Chair
Augmented Human 2015 - Web and Student Volunteer Chair
Reviewer
Augmented Human 2015, TEI 2016, CHI 2016, C&C 2017
Student Volunteer
User Interfaces Software and Technology Symposium (UIST) 2014, INTERACT 2015, AH 2017
Skills
Design Thinking, Systematic Literature Review (SLRToolX), User Experience Research, User-Centered Design, Qualitative and Quantitative Research (Analysis and Synthesis), Java, C/C++, Javascript, C# + WPF, PHP + HTML + CSS, Processing, R, Python, Swift, Objective-C, Microsoft Access + VBA, LaTeX, MySQL, jQuery, openFrameworks, openCV, Oculus Rift SDK, Leap-Motion SDK, Natural Point's OptiTrack: 3D tracking with IR-cameras, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, openSCAD (3D Modelling), Laser Cutting, 3D printing, Eagle (Basic PCB Design), Adobe Creative Suite