Curriculum Vitae

Name: Anders Markussen

Birthday: 30-08-1982

Education: PhD, Computer Science

Current position: Postdoctoral researcher

Education

Professional Experience

Sep 2001 – May 2003

Medical orderly

Royal Danish Army

Medical care and evacuation from clearing station

Scientific & Scholarly Awards

May 2014

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

List of Publications

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

Professional Services

University Teaching

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]

Student Supervision

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]

 

Languages

Practical skills

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

Personal information

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)