Md. Tanvir Hossain
HCI and XR researcher, software engineer and educator in Christchurch, New Zealand.
I am a PhD candidate at HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury, where I build real-time feedback systems that help athletes train their rhythm, using wearable sensors, computer vision and sound. Before this I taught computer science at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh for six years, and I have been writing commercial software since 2012.
Available for part-time work in New Zealand
University tutoring and lab demonstrating, private tutoring, and software, XR or computer vision contracts. Open work rights in New Zealand to March 2028.
Research
Augmenting rhythm in elite sport, in partnership with High Performance Sport New Zealand.
Teaching
Programming, computer science and machine learning, from first-year university to postgraduate level.
Latest
New paper (2026): Augmenting rhythm: a scoping review of technologies and feedback modalities in elite sport, Sports Engineering. Read the open-access paper