My name is Adam J Sporka, I do research in human--computer interaction, compose music, and develop multimedia technology for snow parks and wake parks via our brand new startup project http://www.net-o-peer.com.

I resumed living in Prague after two years in the Alps at the University of Trento. I returned at my alma mater, Czech Technical University in Prague. While I was gone, my colleagues from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (where I got my MSc and PhD degrees under supervision of prof. Pavel Slavík) founded the Department of Computer Graphics and Interaction which I joined immediately after my return, just in time for the 09/10 summer semester.

My main interest, among others, is the acoustic modality in HCI, especially the applications connected with music and the human voice, including various interfaces for music authoring and editing. In Trento I was focusing on effects of personality traits on the communication with the machine (Marie Curie project ADAMACH, supervised by prof. Giuseppe Riccardi). With Sri Kurniawan of University of California Santa Cruz we wrote numerous papers on Non-verbal Vocal Interaction (NVVI) which also was the topic of my PhD thesis. My MSc thesis was about 3D sound rendering. I am also focusing on the user interfaces for the elderly and the people with vision and motor difficulties.

I am also an occasional graphic and interaction designer, and a passionate wakeboarder and snowboarder.