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Mario Romero

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Unit

My research focuses on supporting human understanding of complex data through the design and evaluation of immersive visualizations enhanced with artificial intelligence. I am the head of unit for Immersive Visualization.

Publications

2026

Miruna Maria Vasiliu, Jonas Jaatinen, Fabian Johnson, Benjamin Edvinsson, Mario Romero, Renan Guarese (2026) The Right Voice for the Right Task: Exploratory Insights on Persona and Voice Embodiment in Conversational AI for Industrial Training International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2026.2651373
Inga Steinberga, Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Laura Cercenelli, Mario Romero, Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg, Erik Edstrom, Adrian Elmi-Terander (2026) The Use of Augmented Reality for Navigation in Minimally Invasive Abdominal and Thoracic Soft-Tissue Surgery: A Systematic Review Sensors, Vol. 26, Article 1962 (Article, review/survey) https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s26061962
Emelie Fälton, Isabelle Strömstedt, Mathis Brossier, Andreas C. Göransson, Konrad Schönborn, Amy Loutfi, Erik Sundén, Mujtaba Fadhil Jawad, Suleiman Yadgar, Johanna Björklund, Mario Romero, Anders Ynnerman, Lonni Besançon (2026) Children's Expectations, Engagement, and Evaluation of an LLM-enabled Spherical Visualization Platform in the Classroom EuroVis 2026 Education Papers (Conference paper)
Zeinab Bagherifard, Miruna Maria Vasiliu, Emma Jane Pretty, Luis Quintero, Benjamin Edvinsson, Mario Romero, Renan Guarese (2026) Situated visualization towards manufacturing maintenance training: Scoping review, design and user study Computers & graphics, Vol. 134, Article 104500 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2025.104500
Zeinab BagheriFard, Renan Guarese, Luis Quintero, Fabian Johnson, Benjamin Edvinsson, Mario Romero (2026) Enhancing Manufacturing Training Through Augmented Situated Visualization HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION - INTERACT 2025, PT IV, p. 66-71 (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05008-3_14

Organisation

At Linköping University I am part of the Department of Science and Technology (ITN,) the Media and Information Technology Division (MIT), and the Immersive Visualization Unit (IMV). I am also part of InfraVis, Visual Sweden, Immersive Sweden, and the Visualization Center C.
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Department of Science and Technology (ITN)

We research and teach in several technical and scientific disciplines in which our main areas are organic electronics, media, communications and logistics.
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Media and Information Technology

Develops edge competence in visual AI, visualization, graphics and human-centered tech with strong human-in-the-loop focus. Combines research excellence with national and international collaboration for societal impact.
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Immersive Visualization

The Immersive Visualization Unit researches and develops various techniques to create an immersive and captivating visualization of data using large-scale display systems, such as immersive domes and stereoscopic vision (3D).