Virtual Experiences Research Group

PhD Students Aaron Kotranza Brent Rossen Joon Chuah Mallory McManamon

Post- doc Yong Ho Hwang

Staff Shivashankar Halan Ethan Blackwelder

Undergraduates Willie Maddox

Virtual Environments and HCI Research

www.virtualpatientsgroup.com

Looking for students

If you are interested in research, Read up on our research Contact me to meet with graduate student to receive a trial

project Solid background in computer graphics and math

If you are interested in research and funding (1-2 PhD positions), Take HCI in the spring (and do very well) Contact me to set up a meeting with graduate student to

receive a trial project Defining characteristics

User-centric research (conduct user studies) Highly student-motivated and multidisciplinary Travel internationally and publishes aggressively at major

venues Students interested in academic careers (all graduated PhD

students are assistant professors [2] or postdocs [1] at big universities)

Students interested in being internationally known in HCI

HCI Course

Spring 2010 Goal of course:

Understand how to evaluate human-computer interfaces

Build your own interface Run your own studies Project-based course

Pre-req Programming

For more Information

Email: lok@cise.ufl.edu For a response, you must follow the

instructions on homepage Preparation

Start reading virtual reality and HCI papers Learn OpenGL and create graphics projects

Good fit? Communication skills Programming skills Interests in addition to computer science

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