Alex Olwal, Ph.D.
Research & Engineering Leader / Product Innovation for AI and AR

Human—AI Interaction · Multimodal Interfaces · Augmented Reality · Wearables · Human—Computer Interaction · Accessibility · Interaction Technology · Ubiquitous Computing · Medical Imaging · Shape Displays · Haptics and Robotics · Speech and Language

Founded and led various teams at Google, including the Interaction Lab. AI & Future Technologies 2024-2025, Augmented Language 2020-2024, Research and Machine Intelligence 2018-2020, Advanced Technologies and Projects 2017-2018, Wearables 2015-2017, Google [x] 2014-2015. Academic research conducted at MIT, Columbia University, University of California, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), and Microsoft Research, with many fantastic collaborators and contributors at the same or other institutions. Held academic affiliations as lecturer and faculty at Stanford University, Rhode Island School of Design and KTH.

Alex Olwal

"The best of Boston Music Hack Day 2011"
Geere, D.
Article in Wired, Nov 7, 2011.

Wired
document to come

"Med Terminator-syn på verkstadsgolvet"
Thoresson, A.
Article in Ny Teknik, Mar 17, 2010.

Ny Teknik
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"Bättre än på riktigt"
Carlgren, M.
Article in Mobil, Jan 1, 2010, pp. 70-74.

Mobil
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"Mobilen i frontlinjen"
Brohult, L.
Article in Mobil:business, Oct 1, 2009, pp. 36-38.

Mobil:business
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"Alex Olwal förstärker din verklighet och förenklar din vardag"
Edgren, J.
Article in Dagens Teknik, Apr 9, 2008, p. 6.

Dagens Teknik
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"Låt mobiltelefonen bli din egen kartläsare"
Blomberg, O.
Article in Metro Teknik, Feb 7, 2007, p. 14.

Metro Teknik
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