PER OLA KRISTENSSON (Last updated: 18th September, 2023) CURRENT POSITION Professor of Interactive Systems Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge APPOINTMENTS 2019- Professor University of Cambridge, UK 2017-19 University Reader University of Cambridge, UK 2016- Fellow Trinity College, Cambridge, UK 2014-17 University Lecturer University of Cambridge, UK 2014-18 Honorary Reader University of St Andrews, UK 2011-14 Lecturer University of St Andrews, UK 2008-11 Schlumberger Research Fellow (JRF) Darwin College, Cambridge, UK 2008-11 Marie Curie / EPSRC Research Fellow University of Cambridge, UK 2007-10 Co-Founder, Director of Engineering ShapeWriter, Inc., USA 2003-05 Technical Co-Op IBM Almaden Research Center, USA PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION 2011 Docent Computer and Systems Science Stockholm University, Sweden 2007 PhD Computer Science Linköping University, Sweden 2004 Licentiate Computer Science Linköping University, Sweden 2002 MSc Cognitive Science Linköping University, Sweden 1998 Gymnasium Natural Sciences, International Malmö Borgarskola, Sweden AWARDS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS AND OTHER EXTERNAL RECOGNITIONS 2022 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference, Co-Author 2021 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference, Co-Author 2020 Best Paper Award, ACM CHI Conference, Co-Author 2019 Best Paper Award, IEEE ISMAR Conference, Co-Author 2019 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM MobileHCI Conference, Co-Author 2018 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference, Co-Author 2015 Google Faculty Research Award 2015 Best Paper Award, ACM CHI Conference, Co-Author 2014 ACM User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) Lasting Impact Award 2014 Royal Society of Edinburgh Early Career Prize in Physical Sciences - Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Medal 2014 Best Paper Award, ACM AVI Conference, Co-Author 2013 MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 (TR35) - http://techre.vu/1597MLa 2013 Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland 2013 Listed in The Courier Impact 100 at position 11 - http://www.thecourier.co.uk/impact-100 2012 ACM Computing Reviews Notable Computing Books and Articles, Co-Author 2012 ACM SIGACCESS Best Student Paper Award, ACM ASSETS Conference, Co-Author 2012 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM ETRA Conference, Co-Author 2012 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference, Co-Author 2010 EPSRC Cross-Disciplinary Research Fellowship 2008 Google Android Developer Challenge (ADC50), Co-Winner 2008 Schlumberger Research Fellowship, Darwin College, Cambridge 2008 European Commission Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship 2005 Best Doctoral Consortium Contribution Award, ACM CHI Conference 2005 IBM First Plateau of Invention Achievement Award SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES - Co-Inventor (with S. Zhai) of the gesture keyboard (ShapeWriter) - Co-Founder of ShapeWriter, Inc.; acquired by Nuance Communications in 2010 - Co-Inventor and Senior Consultant on dwell-free eye-typing (Tobii-Dynavox) - 560+ tracked international news articles about my research (2003-) - Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2016- - Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Interactive Systems, 2013- - Associate Editor, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2013-16 - Technical Program Co-Chair, ACM CHI Conference 2023 - Lead Proposer and Inaugural Co-Chair, CHI SC on Computational Interaction - Programme Co-Chair, ACM IUI Conference 2015 - Associate Chair, ACM CHI Conference 2010, 2012-17 - Workshop/Demo/Tutorial Co-Chair, IUI 2012, MobileHCI 2013, 2015, UIST 2013-14 - Co-Founder of the International Summer School on Computational Interaction - Founder and Lead Organiser of the CHI 2012 and CHI 2013 Text Entry Workshops - Founder and Lead Organiser of the CHI 2015 UI Optimization Workshop PUBLICATIONS 177 papers; 8057 citations, h-index = 51 (Google Scholar; 18th September, 2023) PATENTS 2020 U.S. Patent 10,551,915 2019 U.S. Patent 10,203,926 2018 U.S. Patent 10,082,864 2018 U.S. Patent 10,019,217 2016 U.S. Patent 9,256,580 2015 U.S. Patent 9,158,757 2014 U.S. Patent 8,712,755 2013 U.S. Patent 8,543,384 2012 U.S. Patent 8,311,796 2011 U.S. Patent 7,895,518 2010 U.S. Patent 7,706,616 2009 U.S. Patent 7,487,461