Mikołaj Maik, M.A.
Assistant

email: maik[at].ue.poznan.pl

room: 1.5 CEUE

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-9617

MIKOŁAJ MAIK received bachelor's degree in 2019 in Informatics and Econometrics at the Faculty of Informatics and Electronic Economy of the Poznań University of Economics and Business, and in 2021 interdisciplinary Master's degree on Applications of Internet of Things conducted by the Institute of Informatics and Quantitative Economics at the Poznań University of Economics and Business and the Faculty of Physics at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Master's thesis title: "Methods of interaction with the virtual environment in training simulations". In 2021, he started working as assistant at the Department of Information Technology.

Research Projects

• "Development of a system for enhancing the competences of technical service employees using virtual reality techniques" commissioned by Enea Operator Sp. z o.o., 01.2024 - present.
• "COMET (Creation and exploration of multimedia environments and content for training staff in Industry 4.0 with virtual and augmented reality and domain knowledge representation)". Development of a training system using virtual and augmented reality, project funded by the National Centre for Research and Development - LIDER Program (LIDER/55/0287/L-12/20/NCBR/2021), 03.2022 - present
• "Flexible system for enhancing the competences of technical service employees using virtual reality techniques", project number: 51101-21-62, granting institution: NCBR, 2019 - 2022.
• Development of the "VR Electrician" (VRE) virtual reality system designed for practical training of students at the Center for Vocational and Continuing Education "Electrician" in Nowa Sól. The system will be used to conduct simulated training in live-line work (LLW) on medium and low voltage infrastructure.
• "Product visualization configuration system in a virtual showroom" commissioned by Amica S.A. Development of a virtual showroom with the ability to configure and visualize products, 04.2019 - 07.2019,
• "Interactive visualization system for Amica S.A. products in VR and AR environments" commissioned by Amica S.A. Development of a visualization system using virtual and augmented reality technologies, 03.2019 - 04.2019.
• "Interactive visualization system for Amica S.A. products" commissioned by Amica S.A. Development of an interactive system for visualizing the company's products, 10.2018 - 02.2019.

Teaching

• Supervisor of the SKN GameDev scientific club, teaching students to create applications operating in 3D/VR/AR environments, managing projects, preparing students for competitions and scientific conferences.
  
• Organizing and conducting "Virtual Worlds" workshops as part of the Researchers' Night.
  
• Conducting workshops at the virtual reality lab as part of the Poznań Festival of Science and Art.
  
• Classes taught: Multimedia Application Design, Multimedia Systems, Computer Programming 1, Computer Programming 2, Databases, Information Technology.

Research interests:

• The use of virtual and augmented reality technologies in business
• Multimedia systems
• Virtual Worlds
• Game development
• User Interfaces

Awards and distinctions:

• 02.2024 - Award from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for significant achievements in implementation activities
• 01.2019 - Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements
• 06.2018 - I place in the VR Hackathon for the best project in the category "Interactive 3D visualization of the building of the Poznań University"
• 05.2018 – II place in the „My Digital Footprint” Hackathon for the project "The 21st-century recruitment system"