Utrecht University Faculty of Science
Information and Computing Sciences

Wolfgang Huerst, Utrecht University Wolfgang Hürst
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University

Department of Information and Computing Sciences
Buys Ballot Laboratory, office 480
Princetonplein 5, De Uithof
3584 CC Utrecht

         
BIO & PERSONAL INFO
Email: huerst@cs.uu.nl
Mail: PO Box 80.089, 3508TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (30) 253 1806, Fax: +31 (30) 253 4619, Skype:  wolfgang.huerst
University webpage: http://www.cs.uu.nl/staff/huerst.html

PUBLICATIONS more ...

Wolfgang Hürst, Tair Bilyalov: Dynamic versus Static Peephole Navigation of VR Panoramas on Handheld Devices. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2010), Limassol, Cyprus, December 2010

Wolfgang Hürst, Casper van Wezel: Multimodal Interaction Concepts for Mobile Augmented Reality Applications. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling (MMM 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, January 2011

Wolfgang Hürst, Cees Snoek, Willem-Jan Spoel, Mate Tomin: Size Matters! How Thumbnail Number, Size, and Motion Influence Mobile Video Retrieval. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling (MMM 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, January 2011

G. Friedland, W. Hürst, L. Knipping: Educational Multimedia. Special Section Introduction, IEEE MultiMedia, Vol.15(3), July-September 2008, pp. 54-56 [download PDF].

W. Hürst: Video Browsing on Handheld Devices - Interface Designs for the Next Generation of Mobile Video Players. IEEE MultiMedia, Vol.15(3), July-September 2008 [Digital library].

W. Hürst, P. Merkle: One-Handed Mobile Video Browsing. Proceedings of uxTV 2008, 1st International Conference on Designing Interactive User Experiences for TV and Video, October 2008, Silicon Valley, California, USA [download PDF].

W. Hürst, Konrad Meier: Interfaces for Timeline-based Mobile Video Browsing. Proceedings of ACM Multimedia 2008, Vancouver, Canada, October 2008 [download PDF].

G. Friedland, W. Hürst, L. Knipping: Multimedia Education in Computer Science: A Little Bit of Everything Is Not Enough. IEEE MultiMedia, Vol.15(2), April-June 2008, pp. 78-82, [download PDF].

RESEARCH more ...
Note: This part of my website is outdated and I haven't had the time yet to update it. If you want to know more about my research, please have a look at the videos, check out my publications or email me.

Mobile Video Browsing. Better interfaces for interactivly navigating and browsing video on mobile handheld devices.

TRIUMF (Tracking, Recognition, and Interpretation of User Motion and Faces) belongs to "WP 3.2 Detecting, interpreting and affecting user behavior" of the GATE project (Game research for training and entertainment).

FOCUS K3D (Foster the Comprehension and Use of Knowledge Intensive 3D Media, ICT-2007-214993) is a Coordination Action (CA) of the EU's 7th Framework Programme which aims at promoting the adoption of best-practices for the use of semantics in 3D content modelling and processing.

Latest videos:
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3D AR
interaction
Augmented
reality UIs
Mobile
3D graphics
Mobile video
interaction


TEACHING more ...

INFOB1PGT: Introduction project game technology
2011/2012, 2nd quarter, ECTS: 7.5
[general info (CS) | general info (OSIRIS) | course website]

INFOMMMI: Multimodal Interaction
2011/2012, 3rd quarter, ECTS: 7.5
[general info (CS) | general info (OSIRIS) | course website]

INFOGR: Graphics
2011/2012, 4th quarter, ECTS: 7.5
[general info (CS) | general info (OSIRIS) | course website]

INFOMGMT: Master Thesis Game and Media Technology
ongoing event, ECTS: 45
[general info]

INFOEPGMT1: Experimentation Project Game and Media Technology
ongoing event, ECTS: 15
[general info]

INFOCSM: Capita Selecta
ongoing event, ECTS: 7.5
[general info]

INFOCQGMT: Colloquium GMT
ongoing event, ECTS: 0
[general info | course website]

[All ICS courses | MSc program Game and Media Technology]


STUDENT PROJECTS AND THESES more ...

Master thesis: Authoring and object creation in mobile augmented reality, Joris Dekker (GMT student) (ongoing)

Master thesis: 3D audio on handheld devices, Wesley Kok (GMT student) (ongoing)

Master thesis: 3D interfaces on mobile devices, Mathijs Lagerberg (GMT student) (ongoing)

Master thesis: Hand tracking for interaction with mobile devices, Willem-Jan Spoel (GMT student) (ongoing)

Master thesis: Perspective correction for 3D graphics on mobile devices, Rebecca Grootelaar (GMT student) (ongoing)

Master thesis: VR environments on handheld devices with applications for gaming, Matthias Helder (GMT student) (ongoing)

Experimentation project: GPS video overlay, Steven Jeuris (GMT student) (ongoing)

Master thesis: The interactive home exerciser, Cetin Demir (GMT student) (external MSc at Logica, ongoing)

Master thesis: Interfaces for Mobile Augmented Reality, Casper van Wezel (GMT student) (ongoing)

Master thesis: User-aware sensor-based interaction with handheld mobile devices, Paul Lammertsma (GMT student) (ongoing)

Experimentation project: Video browsing and navigation on mobile devices, Mate Tomin (GMT student) (finished)

Experimentation project: Video browsing and navigation on mobile devices, Willem-Jan Spoel (GMT student) (finished)

Experimentation project: Using sensor input for navigation of VR panorama data on mobile phones, Tair Bilyalov (GMT student) (finished)

Experimentation project: Accelerometer controled adaptive projection of 3D data on mobile phones, Rebecca Grootelaar (GMT student) (finished)

Experimentation project: Using sensor input for navigation of 2D data on mobile phones, Cagla Cig (GMT student) (finished)

Experimentation project: Motion capture-aided mobile user interface analysis, Paul Lammertsma (GMT student) (finished)

Experimentation project: Accelerometer-based motion analysis for interaction with mobile devices, Corijn Kamerling (GMT student) (finished)

Experimentation project: Personal media capture using mobile phones, Erik Schager (GMT student) (finished)

Master thesis: Tracking and 3D body model fitting using multiple cameras, Berend Berendsen (GMT student, co-supervision, main supervisor: R. Veltkamp) (finished)


Note to students who are looking for interesting topics for experimentation and master thesis projects: If you are interested in any of the following areas
  • Computer graphics
  • 3D graphics on mobiles
  • Mobile gaming
  • iPhone/iPod touch programming
  • QTVR, digital photography, image processing
  • Video processing
  • Human Computer Interaction, interfaces for multimedia
just drop by my office or send me a quick note in order to arrange a meeting in which we can discuss different options.