When Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard teaches, he always focuses on the situation as a whole and how theory is part of reality:
"My teaching consists of discussion, presentations and working with real cases. IT is constantly developing, so I often bring new products into my teaching that the students have to relate to via the theory we are working with," says Mikkel.
"IT should be something you take with you into the real world. That's why the students make real prototypes and experiment with software and hardware. The students work on projects where they make prototypes of systems for indoor positioning decisions or intelligent building control.
Research into the future's intelligent buildings.
Mikkel teaches in the same area he researches in - namely "IT in everything".
"I do research on 'ubiquitous computing', which is concerned with how IT is built into all kinds of physical objects. It means that I look at all kinds of technologies and how they can be connected in order to create new possibilities," explains Mikkel.
"I also work with intelligent buildings and their residents. I use sensor technology to observe residents' behaviour and, based on data from the sensors, develop smarter regulation of things like heating, air and light. In addition I focus on how to improve the users' interaction with the building.
Facts about Mikkel
- 34 years old, associate professor. Qualified computer scientist and has a Ph.D. in Computer Science
- Lectures on the Software in Engineering masters degree programme on subjects including software architecture and how mobile telephones can be used for gathering data about human behaviour on a large scale.
- Teaches and researches in 'IT in everything', dealing with how IT is built in to all kinds of physical objects, for instance the development of the future's internet so it can be used for things like better temperature control in houses and new ways for residents to interact with buildings.
- Supervisor for students with semester projects and masters theses.