Mehmet Aydın Baytaş is a PhD fellow in Design, Technology and Society affiliated with Koç University's Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Qualisys AB, and Chalmers University of Technology's t2i Interaction Laboratory.
A native of Istanbul, Turkey, he previously took part in founding the Koç University Design Lab and the Koç University - Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries in key roles. Prior to his academic work, he contributed to design, software, and business projects for a variety of startups, SMEs, and non-profits.
Research Keywords: Human-computer interaction (HCI); interaction design (IxD); user experience (UX); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); computer vision; interactive information design; computational heirlooms; movement, gestures, proxemics, and non-verbal communication; sign languages; social drones; electronic music; audience and spectator experience in human-computer interaction; motion capture; gesture sensing and recognition; end-user programming; technical and design education; sustainability; theories and philosophies of design and technology.