Professor Reinhold Behringer

Running Stream Professor of Creative Technology, Reinhold's research interests include human-computer interaction systems and augmented reality.

Research Area
Centre for Creative Technology

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Leeds Met Profile 
Since September 2005, I work at Leeds Metropolitan University as "Running Stream Professor of Creative Technology" in Innovation North - Faculty of Information and Technology. My interest is to combine information and computing technology with the creative process: I envision that ubiquitous computing and wearable computing will evolve into seamless systems, providing tools for increased productivity and enabling the creation of works which were previously not possible. This interaction technology will find its way into general use of computing, and can also be used for new expressive modes in creating artworks and computer music.

My technology interest is in developing human-computer interaction systems, specifically computer vision as a system input method, and Augmented Reality as computer output method. Making computing systems more intelligent and autonously acting can also be applied in robotics and intelligent/autonomous systems (e.g. future transport systems), and in the short term can provide increased safety in current human-controlled transport systems.

Previous Work
Before moving to the UK, I lived and worked in Southern California (since 1996). At Rockwell Scientific (RSC), a corporate privately held research laboratory, I worked on software development in projects related to human-computer interface technology as program manager. These R&D projects dealt with exploring the possibilities of novel interaction technologies for providing a faster and direct interface between humans and computers.

As president of SciAutonics, I facilitated in 2003 the forming of the team and company "SciAutonics" for participating in the DARPA Grand Challenge 2004 and 2005, a competition of autonomous unmanned ground vehicles. I led the initial technology development fo our team, and in October 2005, the team sent our autonomous vehicle RASCAL again into the competition - it drove more that 16 miles!

I am also interested in the application of cxreative computer technology in the realm of classical music. In the past 10 years, I have created synthesizer renditions of classical orchestral works, solely with the aid of PCs. This area has a lot of potential for automatic processes, enabling both human and artificial creativity.