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

Founded and led various teams at Google, including the Interaction Lab; Tech & Society 2024-2025, Augmented Reality 2020-2024, Research 2018-2020, ATAP 2017-2018, Wearables 2015-2017, [x] 2014-2015. Academic research conducted at MIT, Columbia University, University of California, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), and Microsoft Research, with much appreciated collaborators and contributors at the same or other institutions. Also, thank you Stanford University, Rhode Island School of Design and KTH for the opportunity to teach.

Alex Olwal

Selected popular press
"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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