Asst. Prof. H. MIRI, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Education
 
  • M.Phil./Ph.D. Computer Science, Hull University, Hull, UK 
  • B.Sc. Computing Science, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
 

Teaching

Semester 1:
  • Linear Algebra
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms

Semester 2:
  • Computer Vision
  • Artificial Intelligence
 

Research Interests
 
  • Extended Reality
  • Immersive Technologies
  • Holographic Visualization
  • Automation and Robotization
  • Technology-enabled Education and Healthcare and Agriculture
 

Research Vision

My current research vision aims to tackle challenges in technology-enabled education, healthcare, and agriculture, enhancing lives through personalized and interactive information platforms tailored for these sectors, with a focus on immersive technologies and holographic visualization. This vision is partially supported by the HoloGrad project, funded by PMU-C Research Funding Agency in collaboration with Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok. Contract Number: C05F660157 (Jul 2023 – Dec 2024)

 

Research Grant

July 2023 – December 2024      Research and Development Project Funds
                                                   (9,968,200.00 THB) PMU-C Research 
                                                   Funding Agency, Principal Investigator (PI) 
                                                   HoloGrad Project in Collaboration with 
                                                   Genomic Medicine Institute 
                                                   @ Bumrungrad International Hospital,
                                                   Bangkok, Thailand.                                 

 

Research Publications
 
  • S. Chan-Bormei & H. Miri. (2024). HoloGrad – A Holographic Health Information Platform for Patient Education: Delivering Personalized Genetic Information and Counseling to Users. (ICVARS 2024) Melbourne, Australia. In Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations. ACM, New York, USA.
 
  • Z. YongQi, S. Chan-Bormei & H. Miri. (2024). Transforming Healthcare with Immersive Visualization: An Analysis of Virtual and Holographic Health Information Platforms. (ICHVR 2023) Beihai, China. In Proceedings of 2023 International Conference on Haptics and Virtual Reality. Su, J. and Qiao, X. (eds) Advances in Haptics and Virtual Reality – Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems, 37: 81–104. Springer Nature Switzerland.
 
  • S. Lengauer, L. Shao, H. Miri, M.A. Bedek, B. Kubicek, C. Kupfer, B.C. Dienstbier, K. Jeitler, C. Krenn, T. Semlitsch, C. Zipp, D. Albert & T. Schreck. (2024). A Visual Approach for Health Information Exploration – Adaptive Levels of Visual Granularity and Interaction Analysis. Elsevier Journal of Visual Informatics (in press).
 
  • O. Shovkovyy & H. Miri. (2023). Exploring Awareness of Labor Market Challenges in the Context of Automation and Robotization. Suranaree Journal of Social Science (SJSS 2023), 17(2), July–December 2023, Thailand.
 
  • L. Shao, S. Lengauer, H. Miri, M.A. Bedek, C. Kupfer, C. Krenn, C. Zipp, B.C. Dienstbier, D. Albert, K. Jeitler, B. Kubicek, T. Semlitsch & T. Schreck. (2022). Visual Document Exploration with Adaptive Level of Detail – Design, Implementation and Evaluation in the Health Information Domain. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging, and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023), 3: 133–141. Lisbon, Portugal.
 
  • H. Miri, J. Kolkmeier, R. Poppe, P.J. Taylor & D. Heylen. (2017). Project SENSE – Multi-Modal Simulation with Full-Body Real-Time Verbal and Nonverbal Interactions. 8th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainments, 178: 279–284, Utrecht, Netherlands.
 
  • P.J. Lindal, H. Miri, U. Kristjansson, K.R. Johannsdottir, T. Hartig & H. Vilhjalmsson. (2016). Testing the Restorative Potential of Future Urban Environments Using VR Technology: The "Cities that Sustain Us" Project. 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for People–Environment Studies (IAPS24) Lund, Sweden. 27 June – 01 July.
 
  • P.J. Lindal, H. Miri, K.R. Johannsdottir, T. Hartig & H. Vilhjalmsson. (2015). Cities that sustain us: Using VR Technology to Test the Restorative Potential of Future Urban Environments. In Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology (BCEP) Groningen, Netherlands. 24 August – 26 August.
 
  • P.J. Lindal, K.R. Johannsdottir, H. Miri, U. Kristjansson, T. Hartig & H. Vilhjalmsson. (2015). People’s well-being in urban settings tested with VR. 17th Life and Health Conference of the University of Iceland. Reykjavik, Iceland. 12 November.
 
  • M. Bakhshandeh, H. Miri, B. Kolany, S.A. Yankova, M. Galushka, A. Caetano & J. Borbinha. (2013). Towards a Legal Ontology for the Digital Preservation Domain. 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, Law, Protection and Access Rights.
 
  • A. Bachmann, M.A. Neumann, H. Miri, J. Barateiro, G. Antunes & A. Caetano. (2013). Preservation and Redeployment of Sensor Acquisition Processes from a Dam Safety Information System. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing, 490–495. International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2013) Vilamoura, Portugal.
 
  • M.A. Neumann, H. Miri, M. Beigl, J. Thomson, G. Antunes & R. Mayer. (2012). Towards a Decision Support Architecture for Digital Preservation of Business Processes. 9th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES), pages 74–81.
 
  • H. Miri. (2012). CernoCAMAL: A Bayesian BDI Cognitive Architecture. AISB (Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behavior) Quarterly, Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, 134: 5–6.
 
  • D.N. Davis & H. Miri. (2012). Probabilistic BDI in a Cognitive Robot Architecture. International Journal of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, 2(3): 1–10.
 

Talks
 
  • H. Miri. (2011). Cognitive Architectures for Intelligent Mobile Robots. Talk to DFKI (Robotics Innovation Center) Bremen, Germany (24 March 2011).
 
  • H. Miri. (2011). Applications of Cognitive Robots to Autonomous Lithographic Systems. Talk to ASML (Semiconductors and Lithography) Veldhoven, Netherlands (12 April 2011).
 
  • L. Shao, S. Lengauer, H. Miri, M. Bedek, B. Kubicek, C. Kupfer, B. Dienstbier, K. Jeitler, C. Krenn, C. Loder, T. Semlitsch, C. Zipp, D. Albert, A. Siebenhofer, T. Schreck. (2023). Visual Document Exploration with Adaptive Level of Detail. Talk at the Symposium on Knowledge Spaces and Beyond. Padua, Italy (10 January 2023).