A computer scientist known worldwide for creating the CAVE system, a fully immersive virtual reality environment within a room-sized cube, has joined the faculty of the University of Central Florida. Carolina Cruz-Neira, based in the UCF College of Engineering and…
Read More University of Central Florida’s renowned computer science researcher Mubarak Shah, Ph.D., has been named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his innovations in the field of computer vision. Shah, who is the UCF Trustee Chair Professor of Computer…
Read More Microsoft has announced that Associate Professor Subith Vasu has received the company’s inaugural Investigator Fellowship, worth $200,000, which recognizes higher education faculty in the U.S. who have demonstrated extraordinary talent that distinguishes them as both teachers and researchers. Close to…
Read More Many people envision computer scientists as individuals who are tech driven and spend most of their time interacting with digital devices—not people, but Assistant Professor Pamela Wisniewski got into the field to help others. “Within computer science is the intersection…
Read More Downtown Orlando is growing, but the area’s constant construction and heavy traffic can hurt the quality of air there. That’s why the University of Central Florida is working with the City of Orlando to inform the area’s residents about their…
Read More Sometimes to understand the present, it takes looking to the past. That’s the approach University of Central Florida coastal researchers are taking to pinpoint the causes of extreme sea level changes. Using historical data from tide gauges that line U.S….
Read More Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize how consumers use energy. A research team at the University of Central Florida used Machine Learning, aka Artificial Intelligence to optimize the materials used…
Read More Buckle your seatbelts. Quentin Fouliard is ready for takeoff. Born in France and with life experiences all over the world, UCF’s first Ph.D. graduate in aerospace engineering is always looking outward and upward. But ask Fouliard where he sees the…
Read More You can detect a mix of disbelief and excitement in Dale Wagner’s voice as he describes the senior design project he just completed as part of his mechanical engineering degree requirements. His was not the textbook project — which in…
Read More University of Central Florida researchers are working to improve energy sources for zero-emission, electric vehicles that are an environmentally friendly alternative to combustion engines. In some of their latest work, published recently in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, the…
Read More The U.S. Department of Energy’s $3.75 million award to the University of Central Florida and project partners – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Siemens Corporate Research Center and Orlando Utilities Commission – will support research to improve the design of autonomous…
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