JAKOB VALVODA, Dipl.-Inform. Dr. rer. nat., studied computer science at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). After finishing his diploma he was involved in research on interactive immersive media in the areas of medical sciences and neurosciences and founded the Life Science team within the Virtual Reality group at RWTH Aachen University. In his doctoral thesis he has researched real time simulation of virtual human models and their neuropsychological influence on users of Virtual Reality. His special interests are in the field of medical engineering, image processing and computer graphics, as well as human-computer interaction.

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