Roel Vertegaal

Roeland "Roel" Vertegaal (born July 13, 1968) is a Dutch-Canadian interaction designer, scientist, musician and entrepreneur working in the area of Human-Computer Interaction. He is best known for his pioneering work on flexible and paper computers,[1] with systems such as PaperWindows (2004),[2] PaperPhone (2010)[3] and PaperTab (2012).[4]

Roel Vertegaal
Born (1968-07-13) July 13, 1968
Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materUtrecht School of the Arts
Utrecht University
Bradford University
Twente University
Known forAttentive User Interface
Organic User Interface
Eye Contact Sensor
Flexible Computer
Paper Computer
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science and Design
InstitutionsUtrecht School of the Arts
Twente University
Queen's University
Xuuk, Inc.

References
  1. "Bendable phones 'right around the corner,' says Samsung exec".
  2. Holman, D., Vertegaal, R. and Troje, N. (2005). PaperWindows: Interaction Techniques for Digital Paper. In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM Press, 591–599.
  3. Lahey, B., Girouard, A., Burleson, W. and R. Vertegaal. (2011). PaperPhone: Understanding the Use of Bend Gestures in Mobile Devices with Flexible Electronic Paper Displays. In Proceedings of ACM CHI’11 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM Press, 1303–1312.
  4. Warner, B. (2013). PaperTab a Fold-Up, Roll-Up Tablet Computer. Bloomberg Businessweek, May 2013.


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