Dr. Evren Yantaç is joining us to head the Interactive Information Design Research Group.

Dr. Yantaç has graduated in 2003 from Yıldız Technical University Art & Design Faculty‘s Department of Communication Design. His master’s thesis explored the topic of “Sound Design Education in Interactive Media Design,” and his doctoral research covered “Special Design Criteria in Designing Interfaces for Navigation Systems on Sailboats.”

Yantaç continues to partake in research at Chalmers University of Technology‘s t2i Interaction Laboratory. He will be joining Koç University’s Media and Visual Arts Department faculty, starting November 2013.