Luke Shi Liu successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Designing Gaze-Adaptive Immersive Learning Support“ on April 23rd, 2026. His work contributes to the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Education Technologies by a conceptual framework for mixed reality system design in higher education, empirical insights on improving learner’s attention and learning outcomes through gaze-adaptive support, and set of innovative artifacts for cross-device and gaze-adaptive support in immersive learning.  

He convinced the examination committee consisting of Prof. Melanie Volkamer, Prof. Alexander Mädche, PD Dr. Simone Löffler, and Prof. Adrian Hillenbrand with his research. We congratulate Luke for his successful defense!