Short Vitae

Dr Sławomir K. Tadeja is a Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), specializing in learning technologies for manufacturing and workforce development. His research bridges the gap between human expertise and machine intelligence through XR interfaces, digital twinning, and human augmentation. 

• Current Role: Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)

• Research Focus: Human augmentation, XR interfaces, and digital twins for manufacturing

• History: Former Research Associate and current External Collaborator at the University of Cambridge (Engineering)

• Education: PhD in Engineering (University of Cambridge), Computer Science degrees (Jagiellonian University)

• Technical Roots: Past experience with CERN, European Space Agency (ESA), and Microsoft

Research History

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• • Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT LEAP Group (presently)

University of Cambridge

• • External Collaborator, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM),  Cyber-Human Lab (presently)

  • Research Associate, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM),  Cyber-Human Lab

  • Research Assistant/Associate, Engineering Design Centre, Digital Twins for Improved Dynamic Design (DigiTwin)

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA), Trinity Hall

  • PhD in Engineering,  Engineering Design Centre, Intelligent Interactive Systems, and Trinity Hall

Jagiellonian University in Kraków

• • Research-Didactic Assistant, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Computer Science 

  • Magister Degree (MSc-equivalent) in Applied Computer Science

  • Licencjat Degree (BSc-equivalent) in Computer Science

Selected Research Internships and Work Placements

• • Student Researcher working on Monte Carlo simulation, Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University

  • Software Consultant with the KLOE-2 experiment, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (INFN LNF)

  • Software Engineer Intern (SWE) with the Office/GSX team, Microsoft Ireland Development Centre

  • Trainee, European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)

  • Intern with IFJ PAN Particle Physics Summer Student Program, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Physics

  • Technical Student, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)

Awards, Scholarships & Recognition

Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of receiving awards that recognize the collective efforts of my collaborators and myself, among others, these include:

• 🏆Most Impactful Poster at MERE 2026: Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),  presented by Dr. Rolando Bautista-Montesano, recognition of our work on smartphone-based robotic teleoperation (Rolando, Zac, Neeraj, Ziling, Stella, and John). 

• 🏆2023 Postdoctoral Award for Excellence in Research, Institute of Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge

• 🏆2024 IEEE ISMAR Best Journal Paper Honorable Mention at the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2024) for our work on the generalizability of evaluation results of industrial augmented reality (AR) systems. Serving as senior author, I had the pleasure of co-supervising the three student lead authors (Vicky, Alex, and Christine) throughout the research and publication process. 

• 🏆AIAA Design Engineering Technical Committee Session's Best Presentation award, at AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 6-10 Jan 2020, Orlando, FL, USA.

• Selected for Postdoctoral Research Associateship (PDRA) at Trinity Hall for the duration of my Postdoctoral appointment with Cambridge (reexamined annually).

• Lee-Yung Family Fund for Entrepreneurship, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, winners in 2021 and extension winners in 2022.

• Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Scholarship for doctoral studies at Cambridge.

• Cambridge European & Trinity Hall Scholarship for doctoral studies at Cambridge.

• Cambridge Philosophical Society Research Studentship for doctoral studies at Cambridge.

• Received distinction for my MSc-level degree in Applied Computer Science at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• Two-time recipient of the Rector’s scholarship for the best students for 2014 & 2015 at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• Seeds for the Future winner from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 2016.

• Recipient of the Special M. Smoluchowski scholarship from the KNOW fund at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 2014.