Mikołaj Maik

M.A.Mikołaj Maik

Assistant

ORCID0000-0002-9128-9617

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"

Publications 15

  1. Jakub Gapsa, Filip Górski, Mikołaj Maik, Paweł Sobociński Evaluation of Live-Line Work Procedure in Virtual Reality Intelligent Systems in Production Engineering and Maintenance III, 306–318 · 2024 Conference paperDOI
  2. Mikołaj Maik, Jakub Flotyński, Krzysztof Walczak Knowledge-based approach to adaptive XR interface design for non-programmers The Visual Computer, 41(4), 2091–2105 · 2024 Journal articleDOI
  3. Adam Gałązkiewicz, Mikołaj Maik, Krzysztof Walczak, Cyryl Leszczyński, Julia Głowaczewska A Comprehensive Approach to the Analysis of VR Training Progress of Industry 4.0 Employees Extended Reality, 491–504 · 2023 Conference paperDOI
  4. Jeremi Ranosz, Cyryl Leszczyński, Stanisław Kumor, Agnieszka Popiel, Julia Głowaczewska, Patryk Garwol, Mateusz Kaczmarek, Mikołaj Maik Advancing STEM Education in Primary Schools with an Integrated System of 3D Games Proceedings of the 28th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology, 1–5 · 2023 Conference paperDOI
  5. Jakub Flotyński, Paweł Sobociński, Michał Śliwicki, Mikołaj Maik Future and Backward Exploration of XR Environments Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems, 35, 961–965 · 2023 Conference paperDOI
  6. Paweł Sobociński, Jakub Flotyński, Michał Śliwicki, Mikołaj Maik, Krzysztof Walczak Knowledge-Based Creation of Industrial VR Training Scenarios Communication Papers of the 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems, 37, 271–278 · 2023 Conference paperDOI
  7. Jakub Flotyński, Mikołaj Maik, Paweł Sobociński, Michał Śliwicki Semantic Explorable Representation of 3D Content Behavior Extended Reality, 121–138 · 2023 Conference paperDOI
  8. Mikołaj Maik, Paweł Sobociński, Krzysztof Walczak, Tomasz Jenek Evaluating Forms of User Interaction with a Virtual Exhibition of Household Appliances Extended Reality, 48–62 · 2022 Conference paperDOI
  9. Mikołaj Maik, Paweł Sobociński, Krzysztof Walczak, Dominik Strugała, Filip Górski, Przemysław Zawadzki Flexible Photorealistic VR Training System for Electrical Operators Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on 3D Web Technology, 1–9 · 2022 Conference paperDOI
  10. Paweł Sobociński, Mikołaj Maik, Krzysztof Walczak Multimodal presentation of 3D relief sculptures in virtual reality CW 2022: 2022 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 86–93 · 2022 Conference paperDOI
  11. Paweł Sobociński, Dominik Strugała, Krzysztof Walczak, Mikołaj Maik, Tomasz Jenek Large-Scale 3D Web Environment for Visualization and Marketing of Household Appliances Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, 25–43 · 2021 Conference paperDOI
  12. Jakub Flotyński, Dominik Strugała, Krzysztof Walczak, Anna Englert, Mikołaj Maik, Adrian Nowak, Tomasz Jenek An Immersive Service Guide for Home Appliances 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 370–375 · 2019 Conference paperDOI
  13. Krzysztof Walczak, Jakub Flotyński, Dominik Strugała, Dariusz Rumiński, Mikołaj Maik, Anna Englert, Tomasz Jenek Virtual and Augmented Reality for Configuring, Promoting and Servicing Household Appliances Advances in Manufacturing II. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 368–380 · 2019 Book chapterDOI
  14. Dariusz Rumiński, Mikołaj Maik, Krzysztof Walczak Visualizing Financial Stock Data withinan Augmented Reality Trading Environment Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Vol. 16, No. 6(6), 223–239 · 2019 Journal articleDOI
  15. Dariusz Rumiński, Mikołaj Maik, Krzysztof Walczak Mixed Reality Stock Trading Visualization System Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics 5th International Conference, AVR 2018, Otranto, Italy, June 24–27, 2018, Proceedings, Part I, 10850, 301–310 · 2018 Book chapterDOI