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Nico Reski

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor in Visual Media Communication

Profile

Nico is an assistant professor in Visual Media Communication at the Department of Science and Technology (ITN) at Linköping University (LiU). As part of the division of Media and Information Technology (MIT) on Campus Norrköping, he teaches courses on information design, web programming, and data visualization. His research is focused on human-computer interaction, commonly concerned with immersive visual analytics and user interface design, and within the contexts of urban data and climate visualization.

Nico completed his postdoctoral journey at the iVis research unit at LiU, with whom he continues to be associated with. He obtained a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden. His doctoral thesis is concerned with the investigation of supporting data interaction and Hybrid Asymmetric Collaboration using Virtual Reality within the context of spatio-temporal data analysis. Nico is an alumnus of the VRxAR Labs research collective.

Prior to his doctoral journey, Nico worked as a research assistant at the Department of Media Technology at Linnaeus University, where he also obtained a M.Sc. degree in Social Media and Web Technologies. He graduated with a B.Sc. degree in International Media and Computing from Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin, Germany.

Education
  • 2017-2022: Ph.D., Computer and Information Science, Linnaeus University, Sweden
  • 2013-2015: M.Sc., Social Media and Web Technologies, Linnaeus University, Sweden
  • 2010-2013: B.Sc., International Media and Computing, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft HTW Berlin, Germany

Research Interest and Expertise

Human-Computer Interaction, specifically Immersive Analytics with a focus on Virtual Reality, 3D User Interfaces, and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work; Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis; Urban Data/Climate Visualization; Information Design; Empirical Evaluations

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Publications

2024

Nico Reski, Aris Alissandrakis, Andreas Kerren (2024) Designing a 3D gestural interface to support user interaction with time-oriented data as immersive 3D radar charts Virtual Reality, Vol. 28, Article 30 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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