Evgeny Maksakov


Office: ICICS x660
Phone: ---
E-mail: maksakovatcsdotubcdotca






I've got Master's degree at the Computer Science Department at the University of British Columbia. My supervisor was Dr. Kellogg Booth.
I did my undergrad at the Department of Information Technologies at the Novosibirsk State University in Russia and graduated in 2000.

My thesis was about "Whale Tank Virtual Reality", which was a novel technology, which improved on Fish Tank Virtual Reality technology for large screens. A video of Whale Tank VR is now on YouTube here: link. After graduation I wanted to make a game that uses motion capture technology in the gaming process. So, Garth suggested Space Invaders and I thought it's a good idea. So, here is my MoCap Space Invaders. :) Check the video here. Send rotten tomatos to my e-mail.


Research areas I find the most interesting


  • Bioinformatics (Humans are tricky biocomputers who need a proper debugger to fix their imperfect genetic programs... right, but first we need to hack the code )
  • Machine Learning (Thinking computers are the next rulers of the Earth... but don't tell anyone )
  • HCI (Alright... actually, there is one chance for humanity: make right interfaces to be always in control of the things you make )

    • Other interests


    Hiking/Scrambling
    Skiing (both downhill & cross-country)
    Whitewater rafting
    Basketball
    History (esp. ancient history)
    Mythology
    Science fiction
    Fantasy
    Music (listening and playing)
    Computer games (esp. RPG)
    Board games
    I definitely forgot something... so, if you know other interesting hobbies, let me know, probably, I like them too

    Publication

    (the only one for now)

    Swindells, C., Maksakov, E., MacLean, K.E., and Chung, V. (2006) The Role of Prototyping Tools for Haptic Behavior Design. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems(HAPTICS), IEEE Press.