Christine Perey, PEREY Research & Consulting, AR Community and AR for Enterprise Alliance
Christine Perey is a Spime Wrangler and evangelist for mobile AR with over 20 years experience in new multimedia communications markets and technologies, studying AR since 2006. Christine’s research interests focus on the use of mobile Augmented Reality in highly demanding application areas. She is actively developing the market for Augmented Reality through many innovation support activities, custom market research reports on contract with clients and outreach. She organizes the AR Community, chairs face-to-face and virtual meetings and workshops, and leads programs to drive the adoption of open and interoperable AR. She is founder and acting executive director of the AR for Enterprise Alliance.
Fridolin Wild, Open University and TELL ME Project
Fridolin Wild is a researcher in technology-enhanced learning at the 250k students strong Open University. He is currently leading the Augmented Reality prototype development in the industry-led TELLME project (http://tellme-ip.eu), innovating learning technologies for manufacturing environments. Fridolin is member of the Knowledge Media Institute of the OU since 2009. From 2004 to 2009 he was researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria). He graduated 2004 as magister artium from the University of Regensburg (Germany). He founded axon-e interactive media in 1998, and managed numerous commercial and governmental projects there until he left the company in 2003.
Kaj Helin, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and TELL ME Project
Kaj Helin is a Principal scientist in virtual engineering area. He is Vice-team manager of Human factors in complex systems and leader of Human-Machine Interaction and Virtual Engineering. Helin has participated and managed several EU and national projects. Kaj Helin joined VTT in 1998 and has gained 16 years of experience in VR/AR, simulation, safety analysis and ergonomics. He is also leading the Augmented Reality prototype development from Human factors side in the industry-led TELLME project
Miroslav Janak, Technical University of Košice
Dr. Janak is research associate in the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies at the Technical University of Košice, Slovakia, specializing in Augmented Reality for improved manufacturing. Current studies focus on improved recognition of industrial environments and the alignment of 3D models in advanced manufacturing. Past projects have been in the area of Open source tools in assembling process enriched with elements of augmented reality. Dr. Janak earned his Masters and PhD at the Technical University of Košice.
Paul Davies, Boeing, Research and Development
Paul Davies develops applications for Augmented Reality in Command and Control (C2), manufacturing, and surveillance, and investigates new methods of person-machine interaction for technician support. He is an Electrical Engineer specializing in digital signal processing, and works in the Production Systems Technology group in Boeing Research & Technology. He joined Boeing in 2004, and has since supported the Advanced Tactical Laser, Homeland Security & Services, Delta II and B1B programs in addition to multiple research projects in Augmented Reality, Machine Vision, and Signal Processing. Paul received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and a MS degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University Long Beach.
Patrick Ryan, Newport News Shipbuilding
Patrick Ryan is an Engineering Project Manager in the Technology Development Division at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). A Naval Architect by education, Patrick has been with NNS for 15 years in various Engineering and Program Office roles. He has been leading the R&D efforts into the Industrial use of Augmented Reality for Shipbuilding applications since February of 2011. Patrick has a Bachelor’s Degree in Ocean and Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Master’s Degree in Ocean Engineering, also from Virginia Tech.