Roel Vertegaal

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| name = Roel Vertegaal

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| caption = Roel Vertegaal with a 1920s Remington USB Keyboard.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|07|13}}

| birth_place = Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, Netherlands

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| nationality = Dutch

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| field = Computer Science and Design

| work_institutions = Radboud University
Utrecht School of the Arts
Twente University
Queen's University
Xuuk, Inc.

| alma_mater = Utrecht School of the Arts
Utrecht University
Bradford University
Twente University

| known_for = Attentive User Interface
Organic User Interface
Eye Contact Sensor
Flexible Computer
Paper Computer

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Roeland "Roel" Vertegaal (born July 13, 1968){{citation needed|date=October 2017}} is a Dutch-Canadian interaction designer, scientist, musician and entrepreneur working in the area of Human-Computer Interaction. He is best known for his pioneering work on flexible and paper computers,{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/misener-bendable-phones-1.3634815|title=Bendable phones 'right around the corner,' says Samsung exec|publisher=}} with systems such as PaperWindows (2004),Holman, D., Vertegaal, R. and Troje, N. (2005). PaperWindows: Interaction Techniques for Digital Paper. In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM Press, 591–599. PaperPhone (2010)Lahey, B., Girouard, A., Burleson, W. and R. Vertegaal. (2011). PaperPhone: Understanding the Use of Bend Gestures in Mobile Devices with Flexible Electronic Paper Displays. In Proceedings of ACM CHI’11 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM Press, 1303–1312. and PaperTab (2012).Warner, B. (2013). PaperTab a Fold-Up, Roll-Up Tablet Computer. Bloomberg Businessweek, May 2013.