About

Dr. Çağrı Hakan Zaman is a multidisciplinary researcher, educator, and entrepreneur. He currently leads research at Mediate Labs, an MIT-spinoff innovation lab, and is the founder and former director of the MIT Virtual Experience Design Lab. His work centers on developing cognitive and sensory enhancement technologies through immersive media and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Zaman’s dissertation, Spatial Experience in Humans and Machines, highlights his innovative approach to spatial computing and its implications for human-machine symbiosis. With extensive experience in embodied intelligence, computational design, and immersive media, he has also conducted research at both the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the MIT Design Lab.

A recipient of the MIT DesignX challenge grant in 2017, Dr. Zaman founded Mediate, a Sommerville-based research and innovation laboratory, which develops AI and XR solutions that empower people in physical spaces. His project Supersense, an AI-powered mobile application for visually impaired and blind individuals, has been considered among the top assistive technology solutions and supported by National Science Foundation and US Veteran Affairs.


Research AREAS

HUMAN EXPERIENCE

IMMERSIVE MEDIA

AI & ACCESSIBILITY

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