My name is Adam J Sporka and very recently I resumed living in Prague after two years in the Alps at the University of Trento. I returned to 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 of human voice. 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 active musician, playing piano, keyboards, and flute (see also My Music), occasional graphic and interaction designer, and a newbie but passionate snowboarder, windsurfer, and wakeboarder.