Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: PhD candidate
Interests: Virtual Reality, Micro-Phenomenology, User Experience
Current projects: Respire
Past projects: Pulse Breath Water Solar State.Scape
CV: Mirjana Prpa – Academic CV 2020
Keywords: Technology as Experience, Affective Computing, Interaction Design, User Experience, Micro-Phenomenology, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Interactive Arts.
Upcoming conference presentations: CHI 2020, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi : program TBA.
2020 | Prpa, M., Stepanova, E.R., Schiphorst,T., Riecke, B.E., & Pasquier, P., “Inhaling and Exhaling: How Technologies Can Perceptually Extend our Breath Awareness” to be presented at CHI’20, April 25–30, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (link will be posted after conf.presentation).
Supplementary material: 31 breath-based interactive systems_matrix
2020 | Prpa, M., Fdili-Alaoui,S., Schiphorst,T., & Pasquier, P., “Articulating Experience: Reflections from Experts Applying Micro-Phenomenology to Design Research in HCI” (a Best Paper Award, CHI 2020).
2019 | Prpa, M., & Pasquier, P., “Brain-Computer Interfaces in Contemporary Art: A State of the Art and Taxonomy.” In Brain Art: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Artistic Expression, edited by Anton Nijholt, 65–115. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019.
Database: https://bci-art.tumblr.com/
2019 | Tatar, K., Prpa, M., & Pasquier, P. (2018) Respire: Virtual Reality Art with Musical Agent Guided by Respiratory Interaction. Leonardo Music Journal, 29, 19-24.
2018 | Prpa, M., Tatar, K., Schiphorst, T., & Pasquier, P. (2018) Respire: a Breath Away from the Experience in Virtual Environment, art CHI 2018, Extended Abstract.
2018| Prpa, M., & Pasquier, P. (2018) BCI art: brain computer interfaces in contemporary art, BCI workshop CHI 2018, Extended Abstract.
2018|Kitson, A., Prpa, M., & Riecke, B. E. (2018) Immersive Interactive Technologies for Positive Change: A Systematic Review and Design Considerations, Frontiers in Psychology, section Human-Media Interaction.
2018|Prpa, M.,Tatar, K., Françoise, J.,Riecke, B. E., Schiphorst, T., & Pasquier, P. (2018) Attending to Breath: Evaluating how the cues in virtual environment guide the attention to breath and shape the quality of experience to support mindfulness. Full paper presented at DIS 2018.
2017|Prpa, M.,Tatar, K., Riecke, B. E., & Pasquier, P. (2017). The Pulse Breath Water System: Exploring Breathing as an Embodied Interaction for Enhancing the Affective Potential of Virtual Reality. Full paper, HCI International, July 2017.
2015|Prpa, M., Cochrane,K., & Riecke, B. E.(2015). Hacking alternatives in 21st century: Designing bio- responsive virtual environment for stress reduction. Short paper, MindCare Symposium, Milan, Italy, September 2015.
2015|Prpa, M., Riecke, B. E., & Miucin, S. (2015). State.scape: a brain as an experience generator. Short paper accepted to ISEA 2015, Vancouver, Canada.
2014| Jordan, J. D., Prpa, M., Feuereissen, D., & Riecke, B. E. (2014). Comparing the Effectiveness of Stereo Projection vs 3D TV in Inducing Self-Motion Illusions (Vection) (p. 128). Presented at the ACM Symposium on Applied Perception SAP, Vancouver, Canada.
2018 | Prpa, M., & Pasquier, P. (2018). BCI art: brain computer interfaces in contemporary art position paper, Artistic BCI workshop at CHI 2018.
2017 | Stepanova, E. R., Quesnel, D., Kitson, A., Prpa, M., Riecke, B.E., Virtual Reality as a Tool for Induc- ing and Understanding Transformative Experiences, Psychonomics Society 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
2017 | Kitson, A., Prpa, M., & Riecke, B. E., Designing Virtual Environments for Breath Awareness and Eliciting Positive Affective States, 3rd Annual Innovations in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health: Virtual Reality and Behavior Change, Stanford, CA, USA.
2016 | Prpa, M., Quesnel, D., Kitson, A., Cochrane, K., Vidyarthi, J., & Riecke, B. E., Visuo-Sonic Cradle – Immersive interaction design combining breathing- and neurofeedback to foster meditative states, ICM2016ROME, poster presentation, Rome, Italy.
2014 | Prpa, M., Miucin, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2014). Using an EEG-based brain-computer interfaces for a responsive art installation. Poster presented at the ACM Symposium on Computational Aesthetics (CAe), Vancouver, Canada.
Retrieved from http://expressive2014.mpi-inf.mpg.de/
2014 | Prpa, M., Miucin, S., & Riecke, B. E. (2014). Towards User Personalized Environments: an Artistic Exploration Using an EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface,. Poster presented at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) Conference, La Jolla, CA, USA.
2019 | Prpa, M., presentation at the Interface Health CEO Summit, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 14th.
2018 | Prpa, M., panel presentation, Women in Tech Regatta: The Story of Bleeding-Edge Technologies, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 1st.
2016 | Prpa, M. & Tatar, K., Sound as a mediator in Interactive Arts: Challenges of Interdisciplinarity, Talk at ProMusica Electroacoustic Festival, Vancouver, Canada.
2016 | Prpa, M. & Tatar, K., Talk at Chapel Sound Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 21st.
2016 | Prpa, M., Living in a box: potentials and challenges of existence in VR, Talk at Consumer VR (CVR), Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 14th.
Supplementary material: https://vimeo.com/175143395
2015 | Prpa, M., Hacking alternatives in 21st century: Designing bio-responsive virtual environment for stress reduction Talk presented at IAT805 Research Colloquium Series, Surrey, BC, November 2015.
2014 | Riecke, B. E., Jordan, J. D., Prpa, M., & Feuereissen, D. (2014). Underlying Perceptual Issues in Vir- tual Reality Systems: Does Display Type Affect Self-Motion Perception? Talk presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (Psychonomics), Los Angeles, US.
2018 | Respire, in collaboration with Kıvanç Tatar, Philippe Pasquier, Digital Carnival, Richmond, Canada.
2018 | Respire, in collaboration with Kıvanç Tatar, Philippe Pasquier, and Thecla Schiphorst, art CHI 2018, Montreal, Canada.
2018 | Respire, in collaboration with Kıvanç Tatar, Philippe Pasquier, MWX2018, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
2016 | Pulse Breath Water, in collaboration with Kıvanç Tatar, AI advisor: Philippe Pasquier, VR advisor: Bernhard Riecke, at Mutek_IMG -VR Salon, Montreal, Canada.
2016 | P.O.E.M.A, in collaboration with Regina Miranda and Kıvanç Tatar, AI advisor: Philippe Pasquier, VR advisor: Bernhard Riecke, Oi Futuro -Flamengo, Rio 2016 culture programme for Olympics 2016.
2016 | Pulse Breath Water in collab. with Kıvanç Tatar at CVR, Vancouver, Canada.
2016 | Pulse Breath Water, in collaboration with Kıvanç Tatar scores+traces, One Art Space, NY, USA (group exhibition).
2014 | StateScape MEDIUM : PLAY Installation Exhibition, CDM, Vancouver(group exhibition).
2020 | SFU/SSHRC Small Research Grant.
2018 | KEY Big Data Graduate Scholarship, Simon Fraser University.
2017 | SFU/SSHRC Small Research Grant.
2016 | Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University.
2016 | MLSRI 2016: Research Fellowship.
2016 | Movement and Emotion as Computational Interfaces: Research Fellowship.
2016 | Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University.
2016 | Graduate Award, Simon Fraser University.
2015 | Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University.
2014 | Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University.
2013 | Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University.
2018 | Recognition as a Future of Art, Science, and Technology,
Leonardo 50th Anniversary, SIGGRAPH, 2018, Vancouver, Canada.
2018 | Listed as one of the Emerging Leonardos in 2018.
2017 | Lumen Prize: Pulse Breath Water Short-listed in AI category .
2017 | Lumen Prize: Pulse Breath Water Long-listed in AI category .
2017 | Micro-phenomenology data analysis training with Claire Petitmengin Paris, France.
2017 | Micro-phenomenology interview training with Claire Petitmengin, Paris, France.
2016 | MLSRI — People, Place, and Practice.
2016 | Putting Contemplative Studies into Context, Garrison, NY, USA.
2016 | Movement and Emotion as Computational Interfaces, York University, Toronto.
2016 | Movement.futures – May Residency 2016, Emily Carr University, Vancouver.
2015 | May Residency 2015, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2019 | Reviewer, DIS’19 (Designing Interactive Systems), San Diego, USA.
2019 | Advisory Board member, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative, Simon Fraser University.
2016 | Poster and Publicity Chair, MindCare, Barcelona, Spain.
2015 | Poster and Demo Chair, MOCO, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2014 – 2015 | Poster and Demo Chair, Art Talk Chair, ISEA2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Leonardo’s 50th Anniversary – Recognition
Mirjana Prpa: Emerging Leonardo, 2018
On the cover: A dancer in movement in P.O.E.M.A, 2016. See the free article download in this issue by Kıvanç Tatar, Mirjana Prpa and Philippe Pasquier.
