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Erik Paluka, M.Sc. in Computer Science

Human-Computer Interaction & Information Visualization

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01/2024
Joined Strategix AI as a Senior Software Engineer focusing on artificial intelligence and full-stack software development.
11/2020
Joined Nuvalence as a Software Engineer focusing on cloud, mobile, frontend, & backend software development.
05/2019
Joined RBC Ventures as well as Ownr as a Full Stack JavaScript Engineer.
05/2019
Founded my software consulting firm called PalukaTech.
10/2016
09/2016
Off to California for 6 months to work with a client!
06/2016
Joined TribalScale as a software engineer with a focus on JavaScript ReactJS + NodeJS development.
03/2016
Our research work on the Simple Multi-Touch Toolkit was released as a chapter in Designing Digital Surface Applications.
02/2016
Submitted a USA patent application based on the spatial off-screen navigation techniques found in my M.Sc. thesis.
08/2015
Successfully defended my Master of Science in Computer Science thesis. My work centred on the design and evaluation of around-device spatial interaction techniques.
06/2015
Presented TandemTable to Minister of State for Science & Technology, President of NSERC, Member of Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa, & President and Vice-Chancellor of UOIT.
06/2015
Presented our paper at the Graphics Interface research conference (GI 2015) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
02/2015
Our paper on a multi-touch tandem language learning system was accepted for publication at the Graphics Interface research conference (GI 2015)
10/2014
Demoed my visualization system for logged spatial interaction data at the NSERC Digital Surface Software Application Network (SurfNet) research workshop hosted at the University of Calgary
09/2014
Our paper on a tablet-based reading and learning application was accepted for publication and presented at the research conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices & Services (MobileHCI 2014)
08/2014
Conducted my first physiological computing study using electrodermal response (skin conductance) sensors, as well as other affective measures
06/2014
Demoed TandemTable for Princess Elettra Marconi Giovanelli of Italy, who is the daughter of radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi
03/2014
Our stereoscopic 3D + information visualization study, was presented at the 2014 University of Ontario Institute of Technology's Graduate Student Research Conference
10/2013
Attended the 2013 User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) research conference in St Andrews, Scotland
10/2013
Presented TandemTable at the Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS) research conference in St Andrews, Scotland
06/2013
Gave a tutorial on the Simple Multi-Touch (SMT) toolkit at the NSERC Digital Surface Software Application Network (SurfNet) research workshop hosted at the University of Calgary
05/2013
Attended the 2013 GRAND NCE research conference and Canada 3.0 conference in Toronto, Canada
04/2013
Our Simple Multi-Touch (SMT) toolkit was accepted as an official contributed library to Processing
10/2012
Presented entry at the Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2012 Student Innovation Contest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
09/2012
Gave a tutorial on the Simple Multi-Touch (SMT) toolkit and demoed my undergraduate thesis at the NSERC Digital Surface Software Application Network (SurfNet) research workshop hosted at the University of Waterloo
09/2012
Presented my undergraduate thesis to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's Board of Governors
08/2012
Presented my research poster on my undergraduate thesis at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's Student Research Showcase 2012
04/2012
Defended my undergraduate thesis in computer science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology
09/2011
Demoed the Simple Multi-Touch (SMT) toolkit at the NSERC Digital Surface Software Application Network (SurfNet) research workshop hosted at the University of Calgary
08/2011
Presented my research poster on the Simple Multi-Touch (SMT) toolkit at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's Student Research Showcase 2011
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