Media Technology and Interaction Design

We are an inter-disciplinary research group consisting of the two previous research groups Media technology and graphical production, and, Human Computer Interaction.

The group has it´s roots in computer- and behavioral science, graphic technique and media technology, and has today faculty that represents e.g. anthropology and psychology, computer science and media technology, interaction design, film- and literature science , and media- and communication science.

We are about 90 persons in the group today and around 50% of us are PhD-students. We conduct education, research and the third mission within our topics. Our area can briefly be described as innovative design, adjustment and improvements of existing systems and processes to facilitate computer and media use and media production. We work with techniques and methods in order to support human communication over distances in time and space. Would you like to collaborate with us? Contact Ann Lantz.

Former students win European web award

Alexander Ljung och Eric Wahlforss.

Swedish startup SoundCloud, founded by former KTH students Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, has been awarded with the European Web Entrepreneur of the Year award together with the British company SwiftKey. The award is a partnership between the European Commission and The Next Web.

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MID News

A machine that paints your feelings!

Are you feeling excited? Metaphone is a machine that captures your emotions and paints an image that expresses them. The use of biodata to interact with technology and to facilitate communication between people is a field that’s becoming ever hotter.

Så här kan det se ut när Metaphone målat av en människas känsloregister

In an exhibition at the Digital Art Center in Kista, MID PhD student, Vygandas Simbelis introduced us to the Metaphone - a machine that paints pictures that reflect our emotions.

Vygandas plans to take the Metaphone to Europe in the Spring starting with the CHI conference Interactivity exhibition in Paris (27 April - 2 May). The Metaphone will also be part of several exhibitions on the way to Paris including the European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany, Den Frie Art Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, and at the NP3 art space in Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Jan Gulliksen receives STIMDI's 2012 Grand Prize

Jan Gulliksen, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Dean of the School of Computer Science and Communication, has been awarded the 2012 Grand Prize by STIMDI.

Jan Gulliksen receives STIMDIäs 2012 Grand Prize

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    May
    Wednesday, 10:30
    Lectures and seminars 30% Seminar
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    May
    Thursday, 13:15 - 15:00
    Lectures and seminars Final Seminar

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