Nov 2011 – Oct 2015

PhD Student in Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Topic:      Mid-Air Gestural Interaction for Wall-Sized Displays

Advisors:          Prof. Dr. Kasper Hornbæk
Ass. Prof. Dr. Mikkel Rønne Jakobsen

July 2007 – April 2010

Master of Science in Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thesis:    Gyroscopic Mouse Input for Wall-Size Displays - Improving interaction using Estimated Point Of Focus

Advisor:           Prof. Dr. Kasper Hornbæk

Sep 2002 – June 2007

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thesis:    The Mic-1IO Architecture - Modification of the Mic-1 architecture to support peripheral devices

Advisors:          Prof. Dr. Jan Madsen
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jørgen Stensgaard-Madsen

Jan 2014 – Mar 2014

Visiting Researcher

Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany

Working on an ongoing project on novel interaction techniques for smart watches.
Advisor: Senior Researcher, Dr. Antti Oulasvirta

May 2010 – Oct 2011

Operation Specialist

NNIT A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

Responsible for load/performance testing of business critical applications and for setup/maintenance of a reliable application monitoring infrastructure based on HP Performance Center and HP Business Availability Center

Jan 2004 – Apr 2010

Student Assistant

NNIT A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

Various job titles, including Service Desk, On-site Support and Optimization Consultant

Sep 2001 – May 2003

Medical orderly

Royal Danish Army

Medical care and evacuation from clearing station

May 2014

CHI 2014 Best Paper (top 1% of papers): Vulture: A Mid-Air Word-Gesture

Conference Papers

Markussen, A., Jakobsen, M. R., & Hornbæk, K. 2014. Vulture: a mid-air word-gesture keyboard. In Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI ‘14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1073-1082. (Best Paper Award)

Markussen, A., Jakobsen, M. R., & Hornbæk, K. Selection-Based Mid-Air Text Entry on Large Displays. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Volume 8117, 2013, 401-418

Theses

Markussen, A. (2010), Gyroscopic Mouse Input for Wall-Size Displays - Improving interaction using Estimated Point Of Focus. Master Thesis, University of, Copenhagen, Denmark

Markussen, A., Rugbjerg, E. (2007), The Mic-1IO Architecture - Modification of the Mic-1 architecture to support peripheral devices. Bachelor Thesis, University of Copenhagen / Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organizing Committees

ACM Mobile HCI:      Student Volunteering Co-Chair (2015)

Symposium on Pervasive Displays (PerDis): Local Arrangements Chair (2014)

Journal Reviewing

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies: Research Papers (2013-2014)

Conference Reviewing

ACM SIGCHI:      Papers and Notes (2013 – present)
Work-in-Progress (2012 – present)

ACM ITS:             Papers and Notes (2014)

Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI): Papers of all lengths                                         (2013 - present)

ACM UIST:          Papers and Notes (2013 - present)

Student Volunteer

NordiCHI: 2012

Lectures

Spring 2013:    User Interface Technology, University of Copenhagen [DIKU, MSc, ~30 students]

Spring 2012:    User Interface Technology, University of Copenhagen [DIKU, MSc, ~30 students]

Tutorials

Spring 2013:    User Interface Technology, University of Copenhagen [DIKU, MSc, ~30 students]

Spring 2013:    Interaction Design, University of Copenhagen [KommIT, BSc, ~65 students]

Spring 2012:    User Interface Technology, University of Copenhagen [DIKU, MSc, ~30 students]

MSc Students

Helle Frederiksen: University of Copenhagen, with Kasper Hornbæk [graduated: 2013]

Marc Framvig-Antonsen: University of Copenhagen, with Kasper Hornbæk [graduated: 2012]

Juri Rosenkilde: University of Copenhagen, with Kasper Hornbæk [graduated: 2012]

BSc Students

Anders Holm Christensen: University of Copenhagen [graduated: 2013]

Benjamin Mark: University of Copenhagen, with Kim Steenstrup Pedersen [graduated: 2012]

Danish

Native Language

English

Fluent in spoken and written

German

Basic Knowledge

French

Basic Knowledge

Programming experience

Experience with a large number of programming languages during my studies (e.g., C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Python, SML, JAVA, JavaScript, etc.). However, recently most programming has been done in JAVA

Fabrication skills

3D printing and modeling

Laser cutting

Arduino prototyping and basic electronics

Marital status

Married to Alice Markussen (MD, resident oncologist), with whom I have two daughters

Interests

House renovation and various crafts (e.g., carpentry and masonry)

Swimming, Water polo and Skiing

Volunteer Camp Counselor in the Danish Red Cross Youth (9 years)