PER OLA KRISTENSSON (Last updated: 9th Mar, 2026) CURRENT POSITIONS Professor of Interactive Systems Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge Deputy Head of the Department of Engineering for Research Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Co-Founder and Co-Director, Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence, University of Cambridge Director, Trinity PE General Partner Ltd APPOINTMENTS 2019- University Professor (Personal Chair) University of Cambridge, UK 2017-19 University Reader University of Cambridge, UK 2016- Fellow Trinity College, Cambridge, UK 2014-17 University Lecturer University of Cambridge, UK 2014-18 Honorary Reader University of St Andrews, UK 2011-14 Lecturer University of St Andrews, UK 2008-11 Junior Research Fellow (Schlumberger) Darwin College, Cambridge, UK 2008-11 Marie Curie / EPSRC Research Fellow University of Cambridge, UK 2007-10 Co-Founder, Director of Engineering ShapeWriter, Inc., USA 2003-05 Technical Co-Op IBM Almaden Research Center, USA DEGREES AND TITLES 2022 MA Statue B.II.2 University of Cambridge, UK 2011 Docent Computer and Systems Science Stockholm University, Sweden 2007 PhD Computer Science Linköping University, Sweden 2004 Licentiate Computer Science Linköping University, Sweden 2002 MSc Cognitive Science Linköping University, Sweden 1998 Gymnasium Natural Sciences, International Malmö Borgarskola, Sweden AWARDS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS AND OTHER EXTERNAL RECOGNITIONS 2026 ACM SIGCHI Academy Award 2026 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference 2025 International Association for Universal Design (IAUD) International Gold Award 2025 Best Paper Award, ACM SUI Symposium 2025 IEEE ISMAR 2025 Best Journal Paper Honourable Mention, IEEE ISMAR Symposium 2025 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference 2024 IEEE ISMAR 2024 Best Journal Paper Honourable Mention, IEEE ISMAR Symposium 2022 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference 2021 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference 2020 Best Paper Award, ACM CHI Conference 2019 IEEE ISMAR 2019 Best Journal Paper Award, IEEE ISMAR Symposium 2019 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM MobileHCI Conference 2018 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference 2015 Google Faculty Research Award 2015 Best Paper Award, ACM CHI Conference 2014 ACM User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) Lasting Impact Award 2014 Royal Society of Edinburgh Early Career Prize in Physical Sciences - Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Medal 2014 Best Paper Award, ACM AVI Conference 2013 MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 (TR35) - http://techre.vu/1597MLa 2013 Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland 2013 Listed in The Courier Impact 100 at position 11 - http://www.thecourier.co.uk/impact-100 2012 ACM Computing Reviews Notable Computing Books and Articles 2012 ACM SIGACCESS Best Student Paper Award, ACM ASSETS Conference 2012 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM ETRA Conference 2012 Best Paper Honourable Mention, ACM CHI Conference 2010 EPSRC Cross-Disciplinary Research Fellowship 2008 Google Android Developer Challenge (ADC50) 2008 Schlumberger Research Fellowship, Darwin College, Cambridge 2008 European Commission Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship 2005 Best Doctoral Consortium Contribution Award, ACM CHI Conference 2005 IBM First Plateau of Invention Achievement Award SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES - Co-Inventor (with S. Zhai) of gesture typing (ShapeWriter) - Co-Founder of ShapeWriter, Inc.; acquired by Nuance Communications in 2010 - Co-Inventor and Senior Consultant on dwell-free eye-typing (Tobii-Dynavox) - Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence, 2023- - 560+ tracked international news articles about my research (2003-) - Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2016- - Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Interactive Systems, 2013- - Associate Editor, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2013-16 - Technical Program Co-Chair, ACM CHI Conference 2023 - Lead Proposer and Inaugural Co-Chair, CHI SC on Computational Interaction - Programme Co-Chair, ACM IUI Conference 2015 - Associate Chair, ACM CHI Conference 2010, 2012-17 - Workshop/Demo/Tutorial Co-Chair, IUI 2012, MobileHCI 2013, 2015, UIST 2013-14 - Co-Founder of the International Summer School on Computational Interaction - Founder and Lead Organiser of the CHI 2012 and CHI 2013 Text Entry Workshops - Founder and Lead Organiser of the CHI 2015 UI Optimization Workshop PUBLICATIONS 240 papers; 11,762 citations, h-index = 57 (Google Scholar; 9th Mar, 2026) PATENTS 2020 U.S. Patent 10,551,915 2019 U.S. Patent 10,203,926 2018 U.S. Patent 10,082,864 2018 U.S. Patent 10,019,217 2016 U.S. Patent 9,256,580 2015 U.S. Patent 9,158,757 2014 U.S. Patent 8,712,755 2013 U.S. Patent 8,543,384 2012 U.S. Patent 8,311,796 2011 U.S. Patent 7,895,518 2010 U.S. Patent 7,706,616 2009 U.S. Patent 7,487,461