[me in front of the new university building
in Hagenberg]
Education:
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10/2005 - 09/2007 |
Master of Science in Engineering, Digital Media
• Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Hagenberg, Austria
Graduation passed with high distinction.
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09/2006 - 01/2007 |
Erasmus Exchange Student, Medialogy
• Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark
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10/2002 - 09/2005 |
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Media Technology and Design
• Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Hagenberg, Austria
Graduation passed with distinction.
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09/1994 – 06/1999 |
Secondary Technical College for Food Technology (HTL)
(www.htllmt.at) Wels, Austria
Graduation passed with distinction.
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Work Experience:
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02/2008 - current |
Research Engineer
Interactive Multimedia Laboratory, NUS, Singapore (http://www.iml.org.sg)
• Interaction Design and Programming for City Planning Space
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11/2007 - 01/2008 |
Research Intern
Interactive Multimedia Laboratory, NUS, Singapore (http://www.iml.org.sg)
• Interaction Design and Programming for Shared Design Space 2
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02/2005 - 07/2005 |
Student Intern
Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Christchurch, New Zealand
(www.hitlabnz.org)
• Development of content for the "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" exhibition
at the Science Museum in Boston using 3D Studio Max 6 with Character Studio 4
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07/2004 - 09/2004 |
Programmer
Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria (futurelab.aec.at)
• Development and startup of the interactive installation “Gullivers World” for the Ars Electronica Museum in Linz
• Programming in C++ and OpenGL with Visual Studio .Net
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06/2001 - 09/2002 |
Web Developer
MAVI International Vogel OHG, Schlierbach, Austria (www.mavi7.de)
• Developing concept and design specification and programming
of business websites • Programming multimedia CDs using
Director and Flash |
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02/2000 - 03/2001 |
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
Holocaust Memorial Center, Detroit, MI (www.holocaustcenter.org)
• Carrying out various tasks for the centers archive like writing
documentations and summaries of oral history interviews
• Administration of the Centers PC network and websites
• Training of staff members in various Windows applications
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Teaching Experience:
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01/2008 – current |
Tutor in Digital Media Technologies
Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• (EE3701) Digital Media Technologies
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03/2006 – 06/2006 |
Tutor in Computer Graphics
Media Technology and Design, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Hagenberg
• (CGR/MTD215) Computer Graphics: Introduction to 3D Graphics and OpenGL
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Skills:
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Programming:
• Work experience with: C#, C++, ActionScript, OpenGL, GDI+, WPF, XNA
• Familiar with: Java, PHP/MySQL, TypoScript, Lingo
• Development Environments: Visual Studio 2005, Eclipse
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Software:
• Multimedia and 3D: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Macromedia Studio MX, 3D Studio Max 7
• Video: Avid XPress DV, Premiere Pro 7.0, Encore DVD
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Publications:
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2007 |
Leithinger, D., Haller, M.
Improving Menu Interaction for Cluttered Tabletop Setups with User-Drawn Path Menus,
in Second Annual IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TABLETOP'07), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 121-128, 2007.
(description at ieee.org)
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2006 |
Haller, M., Brandl, P., Leithinger D., Leitner J., Seifried T., Billinghurst, M.
Shared Design Space: Sketching ideas using digital pens and a large augmented tabletop setup,
in ICAT 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4282, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 948-959, 2006.
(description at springerlink.com)
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2005 |
Haller, M., Billinghurst, M., Leithinger, D., Leitner, J., Seifried, T.
Coeno, Enhancing face-to-face collaboration,
in 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2005, Dec. 5-8, 2005, Christchurch, New Zealand.
(description at acm.org)
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Posters and Conference Demos:
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2007 |
Haller, M., Leithinger, D., Leitner, J., Seifried, T., Brandl, P.
Shared Design Space,
net.culture.space, July - August 2007, Vienna, Austria.
(link to net.culture.space blog)
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2006 |
Haller, M., Leithinger, D., Leitner, J., Seifried, T., Brandl, P.
Shared Design Space,
ARS Electronica Festival 2006 - Pixelspaces, September 2006, Linz, Austria.
(link to Pixelspaces program)
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Haller, M., Leithinger, D., Leitner, J., Seifried, T., Brandl, P., Zauner, J., Billinghurst, M.
The Shared Design Space,
in ACM SIGGRAPH 2006, Emerging Technologies, August 2006, Boston, USA.
(description at acm.org)
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2005 |
Haller, M., Leithinger, D., Leitner, J., Seifried, T.
Coeno-Storyboard: An Augmented Surface for Storyboard Presentations,
in Mensch & Computer 2005, September 4-7 2005, Linz, Austria.
(download here)
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Haller, M., Leithinger, D., Leitner, J., Seifried ,T.
An augmented surface environment for storyboard presentations,
in ACM SIGGRAPH 2005, Poster Session, August 2005, Los Angeles, USA.
(description at acm.org)
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Awards:
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• RTT Emerging Technology Contest 2008 Winner (City Planning Space)
• Laval Virtual ReVolution Award 2007 Winner (SDS)
• Europrix Top Talent Award 2006: Nominee Content Tools & Interface Design (SDS)
• Media Gala 2006: Winner Media Technology (SDS)
• Austrian State Prize for Multimedia & e-Business 2005: Jury Award (Coeno)
• Europrix Top Talent Award 2005: Winner Content Tools & Interface Design (Coneo)
• Austrian State Prize for Multimedia & e-Business 2005: Overall Winner (Gullivers World)
• World Summit Award 2005: Best of 2005 in e-Entertainment (Gullivers World)
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