Aleksandra Zheleva imec-mict-UGent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Workshop Chair
I am an immersive media researcher with a PhD in Communication Science and Psychology looking at ways to understand Quality of Experience (QoE) in Virtual Reality. I am currently exploring how technologies shape - and are shaped by - human perception, emotion, and power. My curiosity lies in understanding immersive worlds through the prism of feminist epistemology: who gets to design these experiences, who they serve, and whose realities they reflect. My work draws on interdisciplinary methods and mixed approaches - from affective computing to critical theory - to examine how adaptive technologies influence QoE.
Berru Orhan imec-mict-UGent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Workshop Co-Chair
I am an experimental psychologist and a PhD student in Communication Sciences, working in human-computer interaction. I obtained my M.Sc. in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology from KU Leuven in 2025, where my research examined the neural mechanisms of sensory modulation using EEG. In my PhD, I investigate the reliability and applicability of emerging in-ear EEG technologies, validating them against traditional wet-electrode systems. I also develop integrated signal-processing pipelines that combine in-ear EEG, EOG glasses, and eye-tracking data for high-risk error anticipation, and work on brain-computer interface (BCI) development for real-time EEG analysis. I am passionate about the development and validation of wearable technologies, with a strong interest in electrophysiological signal processing.
Steering Committee
- Herman Engelbrecht - Stellenbosch University
- Jean Botev - University of Luxembourg
- Niall Murray - Technical University of the Shannon
- Shun-Yun Hu - Imonology Inc.
- Wei Tsang Ooi - National University of Singapore
Technical Program Committee
To be announced.