PhD Defences 2019

Peter Sommerauer, 4 December, at 12:00 PM
Location: SchrollBar
Thesis: "Augmented Reality in Informal Learning Environments
Design and Evaluation of Mobile Applications"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Oliver Krancher, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Arisa Shollo, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Professor Matthias Trier, Paderborn University, Germany
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Oliver Müller

Vasilieos-Spyridon Vlassis, 18 November, at 1 PM
Location: Auditorium 3
Thesis: "Registration of irregularised migrants in the EU in times of “crisis”" 
Examination Committee: 
Associate Professor Gitte Bang Stald, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Anna Lundberg, University of Linköping, Sweden
Professor Huub Dijstelbloem, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Supervisor: 
Associate Professor Vasilis Galis (Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Martin Bak Jørgensen)

Michael Debus, 6 November, at 12:15 PM
Location: 4A54
Thesis: "Unifying Game Ontology: A Faceted Classification of Game Elements"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Hanna Wirman, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Frans Mäyrä, University of Tampere, Finland
Senior Experienced Researcher Aki Järvinen, Digital Catapult, United Kingdom
Supervisor:
Professor Espen Aarseth

Niels Orsleff Justesen, 10 October, at 1 PM 
Location: 3A52
Thesis: "Towards Intelligent and Adaptive General Game Playing". 
If you wish to see a copy of the PhD thesis, please contact phdsupport@itu.dk.
Examination Committee:
Professor Kasper Støy, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Sanaz Mostaghim, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Professor Simon Lucas, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Sebastian Risi

Hissu Hyvärinen, 9 September, at 1 PM
Location: Auditorium 1
Thesis: "The Emotional Developments in Social Media: Conversations Following a Terror Attack"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Oliver Krancher, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Prof. Dr. Kai Fischbach, University of Bamberg, Germany
Associate Professor Mari-Klara Stein, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Supervisor:
Professor Roman Beck

Jonas Jørgensen, 21 June, at 11 AM
Location: Auditorium 3
Thesis: "Constructing Soft Robot Aesthetics - Art, Sensation, and Materiality in Practice" 
Examination Committee:
Professor Kasper Støy, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Petra Gemeinböck, University of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths College, University of London, United Kingdom
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Laura Beloff

Cameline Bolbroe, 21 June, at 9 AM
Location: Auditorium 4
Thesis: "Making Architecture Become: A performative approach to engaged encounters between inhabitants, architecture and technology".
If you wish to see a copy of the PhD thesis, please contact phdsupport@itu.dk.
Examination Committee:
Professor Minna Isomursu, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Mark Shepard, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, United States of America
Associate Professor Troels Degn Johansson, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Skoler for Arkitektur, Design og Konservering, Denmark
Supervisor:
Associate Professor Kjell Yngve Petersen

Ivan Luiz Picoli, 20 June, at 1 PM
Location: Auditorium 3
Thesis: "OX: Deconstructing the FTL for Computational Storage" 
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Pinar Tözün, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Jihong Kim, Seoul National University, South Korea
Associate Professor Ken Friis Larsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Supervisor:
Professor Philippe Bonnet

Thomas Dybdahl Ahle, 17 June, at 1 PM
Location: Auditorium 3
Thesis: "Similarity Search: Algorithms for Sets and other High Dimensional Data"
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Riko Jacob, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Associate Professor Jelani Nelson, Harvard University, United States
Associate Professor Inge Li Gørtz, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Supervisor:
Professor Rasmus Pagh 

Alexander Asp Bock, 7 June, at 1 PM
Location: Auditorium 3
Thesis:"Declarative, Parallel Programming For End-User Development"
If you wish to see a copy of the PhD thesis, please contact phdsupport@itu.dk.
Examination Committee:
Associate Professor Riko Jacob, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Chair)
Professor Gabriele Keller, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Professor Martin Pinzger, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Supervisor:
Full Professor Peter Sestoft