Jacob van Kokswijk

For 2004-2009 Dr. Van Kokswijk was UHD Associate Professor at  Faculty of Behavior Science at Twente University (Netherlands), and for 2005-2009 he was Adjunct Professor of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) in new interactive media at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejong and Digital Media City Seoul (Korea) where the first public augmented reality environment DMC was designed. Jacob was asked in 2005 to be visiting professor at the School of Business of the Yonsei University in Seoul (South Korea) for the stream of behavior in digital interactive media at the Human Computer Interaction Lab at the Yonsei Engineering Research Center. He continues till 2010.

 

Till his retirement Jacob was professor in "virtualisation" at the leading Medical Faculty of the University of Leuven in Belgium. He was carrying out academic research into the multimedia and (user) profiling in virtuality, the aspects of behavioral patterns, the self learning support of user interaction vs user in control, and the defining and certifying of (user) competences, at the Computational Neuroscience Research Group of the Department of Neurosciences. He was also core lecturer at the MBA Cross Media in Utrecht (NL).

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For 2008-2018 Professor Van Kokswijk was member of the Advisory Board of the Creative Technology Programme of the Twente University in The Netherlands, and Scientific Advisor of the Games for Health Organisation. In 2018 Jacob focussed on AR in NL:  practical solutions for business and consumers.

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Former clients and employers: Dutch ministries BZK, Defence, EZ and V&W, NWO, WRR, Rathenau Institute, National Police, police Amsterdam, Police Academy, province Zuid-Holland, PPD, Prov. Raad Ruimtelijke Ordening, Union of Waterboards, HHS Schieland, Zuiveringsschap ZHEW, municipalities of Den Haag, Emmen, Hengelo, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Zoetermeer, ACTA, Ahold, Energy Company Delfland, Capgemini, Cisco, IBM, IFITT, Fontys, LIOF, PGGM, Philips, Samsung, and more.

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