Mykyta Kovalenko is research associate at the Interactive and Cognitive Systems (ICS) group in the Vision and Imaging Technologies department.
His R&D activities are related to the following keywords: machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, hand-, head- and body recognition and tracking, gesture-based human-computer interaction.
For further details about his activities please check the subsections below.
Biography
Nikita (Mykyta) Kovalenko is a computer scientist and a computer vision developer. He has joined the team of Immersive Media & Communication group at Fraunhofer HHI in October 2018. Nikita’s research is focused on the development of machine learning and computer vision based systems for human-computer interaction. Nikita received a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Odessa National Polytechnic University in 2011 and a PhD in Information Technologies from the same university in 2015. Between 2013 and 2015, he worked as a researcher at the “Informations- und Kommunikationsanwendungen” (INKA) research group in Berlin, where he developed computer vision based hand tracking and dynamic gesture recognition systems. In 2018 and in collaboration with the same research group, he developed a body posture training and recognition system for the Konzerthaus Berlin as part of the APOLLO project. In 2016 Nikita briefly worked as a guest researcher at the Institute of Pathology at the Medical Laboratory of Preventive Medicine in Charité, Berlin. Between 2011 and 2018, he also held the position of an assistant professor at the Odessa National Polytechnic University in Ukraine. In addition to his current work as a researcher at HHI, he also teaches at the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) of Berlin.
Publications
Articles in Journals
2021
- Azrin Rahman, Mykyta Kovalenko, David Przewozny, Paul Chojecki, Detlef Runde, Peter Eisert, Sebastian Bosse
Can You Do Real-Time Gesture Recognition with 5 Watts?,
Proc. of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), IEEE, p. 6, October 2021, doi: 10.1109/SMC52423.2021.9659029
2018
- Svetlana Antoshchuk, Mykyta Kovalenko, Jürgen Sieck
Gesture Recognition Based Human-Computer Interaction Interface for Multimedia Applications,
Digitisation of Culture: Namibian and International Perspectives, ISSN: 978-981-10-7697-8, pp. 269-286, May 2018, doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-7697-8 - Svetlana Antoshchuk, Mykyta Kovalenko, Jürgen Sieck
Creating an Interactive Musical Experience for a Concert Hall,
International Journal of Computing, ISSN: 2312-5381, no. 3, pp. 143-152, March 2018
Conference Contributions
2021
- Paul Chojecki, Detlef Runde, David Przewozny, Mustafa Tevfik Lafci , Michael Gaebler, Johanne Tromp, Stephan Krohn, Felix Klotzsche, Mykyta Kovalenko, Julia Belger, Angelika Thöne-Otto, Carsten Finke, Oliver Schreer, Peter Eisert
Naturalistic Locomotion for Patients in VR-based Supermarket Tasks,
International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation, Serpa, September 2021
2019
- Paul Chojecki, Mykyta Kovalenko, Detlef Runde, David Przewozny, Oliver Schreer
Intentional, accurate and natural object placement in virtual reality based neuropsychological assessment,
13th International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 2019 - Mykyta Kovalenko, Paul Chojecki, Ingo Feldmann, David Przewozny
An Intuitive Hand-Gesture Interface for Virtual Reality Applications Based on the Deep-Learning Approach,
XVII International Conference "Culture and Computer Science", Berlin, Germany, May 2019
2018
- Mykyta Kovalenko, Vladimir Brovkov, Svetlana Antoshchuk
Becoming a Member of a Virtual Orchestra with Motion Recognition,
XVI International Conference "Culture and Computer Science", Berlin, Germany, May 2018
2017
- Mykyta Kovalenko, Jürgen Sieck, Svetlana Antoshchuk
Virtual Orchestra: an Interactive Solution for a Concert Hall,
XV International Conference "Culture and Computer Science", Berlin, Germany, May 2017
2016
- Mykyta Kovalenko, Jürgen Sieck, Svetlana Antoshchuk
Visual hand tracking and gesture recognition for human-computer interaction,
International Conference on Culture & Computer Science (ICCCS’16), Windhoek, Namibia, ISBN: 978-99916-903-0-8, pp. 46-50, October 2016 - Mykyta Kovalenko, Jürgen Sieck, Svetlana Antoshchuk
Markerless augmented reality approach based on hand posture and gesture recognition,
XIV International Conference "Culture and Computer Science", Berlin, Germany, May 2016
Books/Chapters
2020
- Mykyta Kovalenko, David Przewozny, Detlef Runde, Paul Chojecki
Intuitive Human-Computer Interaction through One-Shot Gesture Learning and Recognition,
In: Culture and Computer Science, Verlag Werner Hülsbusch, Glückstadt, ISBN: ISBN 978-3-86488-169-5, pp. 103-112, 2020, Book Chapter