Beat Signer

Beat Signer is a Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium.13 He serves as the director of the Web & Information Systems Engineering (WISE) laboratory at VUB.1

Research Focus

Professor Signer's research primarily revolves around:

• Cross-media information spaces and architectures (CISA)
• Interactive paper and dynamic data physicalisation
• Multimodal and multi-touch interaction frameworks
• Tangible holograms and mixed reality

His work aims to develop innovative ways of representing and linking information across digital and physical spaces, based on the resource-selector-link (RSL) hypermedia metamodel.1

Expertise and Contributions

With over 20 years of experience, Beat Signer has made significant contributions to:

• Cross-media information management
• Multimodal interfaces
• Interactive paper platforms
• Gesture-based user interfaces
• Context-aware computing

He has led the development of various frameworks such as Mudra for multimodal interaction, iGesture for gesture-based interfaces, and CMT for context-aware computing.1

Academic Background

Beat Signer studied Computer Science at ETH Zurich, where he also completed his PhD on fundamental concepts for interactive paper and cross-media information spaces under the supervision of Prof. Moira C. Norrie.1

Teaching

At VUB, Professor Signer teaches courses on:

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Advanced Topics in Big Data
• Information Visualisation
• Next Generation User Interfaces
• Web Technologies

He has also taught courses on databases and web information systems in the past.2