Velko Vechev

PhD Student
velko.vechev@inf.ethz.ch
ETH Zurich, Department of Computer Science, STD, H 29.1
Stampfenbachstrasse 48, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

About me

I am a Ph.D. student in the Advanced Interactive Technologies lab at ETH working with Professor Otmar Hilliges. I completed my MSc at Chalmers University in Gothenburg (2016) working on a navigation interface for semi-autonomous vehicles, followed by a research internship at the NUS-HCI lab in Singapore. Before joining the AIT Lab, I was the lead UX designer at DeepCode, developing an AI based suggestion interface to improve developer code quality. I am interested in creating novel interfaces using haptics and sensing in dynamic contexts (such as VR/AR/Sports) which harness the dexterity and mobility of the human body.

Publications

Computational Design of Active Kinesthetic Garments
Velko Vechev, Ronan Hinchet, Stelian Coros, Bernhard Thomaszewski, Otmar Hilliges
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technologies (UIST), 2022
Video Paper
Computational Design of Kinesthetic Garments
Velko Vechev, Juan Zarate, Bernhard Thomaszewski, Otmar Hilliges
Computer Graphics Forum, 2022
Video Paper
Hedgehog: Handheld Spherical Pin Array based on a CentralElectromagnetic Actuator
Ablerm Aline, Juan Zarate, Thomas Langerak, Velko Vechev, Otmar Hilliges
World Haptics Conference, 2021
Honorable Mention - Best Paper Award
Video Paper
Optimal Control for Electromagnetic Haptic Guidance Systems
Thomas Langerak, Juan Zarate, Velko Vechev, David Lindlbauer, Daniele Panozzo, Otmar Hilliges
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2020
Video Paper
TacTiles: Dual-mode Low-power Electromagnetic Actuators for Rendering Continuous Contact and Spatial Haptic Patterns in VR
Velko Vechev*, Juan Zarate*, David Lindlbauer, Ronan Hinchet, Herbert Shea, Otmar Hilliges * Equal contribution
2019 IEEE Virtual Reality (VR), 2019
Video Paper
DextrES: Wearable Haptic Feedback for Grasping in VR via a Thin Form-Factor Electrostatic Brake
Ronan Hinchet*, Velko Vechev*, Herbert Shea, Otmar Hilliges * Equal contribution
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technologies (UIST), 2018
Video Paper
MagTics: Flexible and Thin Form Factor Magnetic Actuators for Dynamic and Wearable Haptic Feedback
Fabrizio Pece*, Juan Zarate*, Velko Vechev, Nadine Besse, Olexandr Gudozhnik, Herbert Shea, Otmar Hilliges * Equal contribution
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technologies (UIST), 2017
Honorable Mention Best Paper Award
Video Paper
An Interactive System for Data Structure Development
Jibin Ou, Martin Vechev, Otmar Hilliges
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2015
Video Paper

Teaching

Courses