Team
Meet the people behind the projects, who are working hard to make TalTech IVAR a reality.
Core Team
Dr. Kashif Mahmood
Simulations Engineer
Dr. Simone Pizzagalli
VR/AR Interfaces, Human-Robot Interaction Research
Yevhen Bondarenko, PhD Candidate
Brain-Computer Interface, VR, AR
Margus Müür, MSc
Robotics Engineer
Ivan Symotiuk, BSc Student
Application Development, VR, AR
Rostyslav Boychuk, BSc Student
Application Development, VR, AR
Dr. Martinš Sarkans
Senior Researcher, Industrial Robotics
Daniil Rõbnikov
Application Development, Natural language processing
IVAR Laboratory Advisors
Dr. Marco Sacco, EuroVR president
Head of Enterprise Engineering and Virtual Application division at CNR-STIIMA (Italy)
Dr. Aleksei Tepljakov
Head of Re:creation Laboratory (TalTech, Estonia)
Prof. Anton Rassõlkin
Professor of Mechatronics (TalTech, Estonia)
Dr. Helena Gapeyeva, MD
PRM Physician, East Tallinn Central Hospital (Estonia)
Dr. Niall Murray
Founder and Principal Investigator of Truly Immersive and Interactive Multimedia Experiences (TIIMEx), Athlone Institute of Technology (Ireland)
Dr. Jeremy Marvel
Computer Scientist and Project Leader on Human-Robot Interactions topic at the NIST (USA)
Dr. Kaj Helin
XR for Space - VTT (Finland)
Prof. Eoin O’Connell
Telecommunications, Smart Manufacturing - University of Limerick (Ireland)