Christian Sandor
Scholar

Christian Sandor

Google Scholar ID: 88vBLhsAAAAJ
Professor, Université Paris-Saclay / CNRS
Augmented RealityHuman-Computer Interaction
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,252
 
H-index
26
 
i10-index
62
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
11
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Keynote speaker at the International Conference on Extended Reality (ICXR), Qingdao, China, November 2025.
  • Delivered a keynote and live demo at ADOS Paris, March 2025.
  • Demonstrated work at ACM SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live!, July 2024.
  • Received Best XR Demo Award (audience vote) at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, Sydney, December 2023.
  • Invited talk at Beijing Engineering Research Center of Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, October 2023.
  • Invited talk at TNG Big Techday 23, Munich, July 2023.
  • Keynote at MediaFutures annual meeting, Bergen, Norway, November 2022.
  • Keynote at XR Salento 2022, July 2022.
  • Talk at Wendy Mackay’s HCI Seminar, Collège de France, April 2022.
  • Invited talk at the 4th IPOL MLBriefs workshop, ENS Paris-Saclay, May 2024.
Research Experience
  • Leading the ARAI lab at Université Paris-Saclay & CNRS since May 2024.
  • Directed the VENISE lab in France (2021–2024).
  • Led the Augmented Reality Lab in Hong Kong (2021).
  • Co-directed the Extended Reality Lab in Hong Kong (2019–2020).
  • Co-directed the Interactive Media Design Lab in Japan (2014–2018).
  • Led the Magic Vision Lab in Australia (2010–2014).
  • Member of Takeo Igarashi’s global ASPIRE project since January 2025; regularly visits the University of Tokyo with students.
Background
  • Has focused on Augmented Reality (AR) research since 2000, believing it will profoundly impact humanity's future.
  • Since the release of Stable Diffusion in August 2022, he is convinced that open-source generative AI will be the key enabling technology for AR.
  • Born and raised in Munich, Germany; has lived abroad since graduating in 2005.
  • Currently a Professor at Université Paris-Saclay and head of the ARAI team at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique).
  • Research interests include Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Perception.