Adnan Karim

I am a Master's Student at the Programmable Reality Lab and the iLab at the University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr Ryo Suzuki, where I am working on Augmented Reality (AR) research with Robotics and Sketching.

My research interest lies on the intersection at Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Sketching, and Robotics. My inspiration for HCI and Robotics came from my time at UBC and USC. More recently, my interest in HCI and Sketching came from my newly discovered passion of teaching. For as long as we can remember, lecturing as always been static. Whether that be through physical entities (paper), or through techonology (powerpoint). Ever since I started my position as a TA, I've been inspired to provide a new way to present information and even extend this to video editing, remote collaborations, and general presentations. I hope to do this through AR and sketching. ✏

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Research

Publications are listed below (More to come!):

Virtual Barriers in Augmented Reality for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing
Wesley P. Chan, Adnan Karim, Camilo Perez Quintero, H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, Elizabeth Croft
ICRA Workshop: Robotic Co-workers 4.0: Human Safety and Comfort in Human-Robot Interactive Social Environments , 2018
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Safe human-robot collaboration through the use of virtual barriers created in augmented reality (AR).

Updates
  • 11/14/21: CHI 2022 paper requested for Revision and Resubmission.
  • 11/01/21: Accepted position as a Sessional Instructor for two sections of CPSC 217 for Winter 2022. Super excited to be lecturing in person! (🤞 Covid-19 doesn't mess anything else up!)
  • 10/26/21: Nominated for the Student Union Excellence Awards by the students of CPSC 231 Tutorial 6! Thank you 😊
  • 09/01/21: Started my Master in Computer Science under the supervision of Dr Ryo Suzuki.
  • 08/31/21: Paper submitted to CHI 2022 as a second author.
  • 07/22/21: Personal Update: Engaged to my now lovely fiancĂ© Maira Ejaz!
  • 07/16/21: Along with Dr Ryo Suzuki, Shivesh Jadon and Neil Chulpongsatorn, recepient the Snap Creative Challenge! 🥳 [Link: https://www.snapcreativechallenge.com/]
  • 5/31/21: Graduated with distinction in Computer Science.
  • 5/10/21: Starting a peer mentor position for GAM100 - Video Game Production. Excited to help out in this week long course run by Owen Brierley and Dr Richard Zhao.
  • 5/8/21: Attending CHI 2021. First ever conference! Super excited to meet incredibly knowledgeable people in the field of HCI.
  • 5/3/21: Starting my research intern position at the iLab and Evolutionary and Swarm Lab. Also beginning my Mixed Reality Intern position at Insight (Part-time).
  • 4/19/21: Unofficially completed my undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Calgary.

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