The Wonders of Virtual Reality: A Research Extravaganza
Carolina Cruz–Neira
Monday, 06 Feb 2006 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Carolina Cruz-Neira - the Spring 2006 Presidential University Lecturer - holds Iowa State's Richard Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering and is a professor in the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department. In 1997 she was featured by Business Week magazine as a "rising research star" in the new generation of computer science pioneers. Her doctoral dissertation at the University of Illinois at Chicago included the design of the CAVE(TM) Virtual Reality Environment, the CAVE Library software specifications and implementation, and preliminary research on CAVE-Supercomputing integration. She is co-owner of the Record of Invention of the CAVE. Here at Iowa State she was key in the development of the Virtual Reality Applications Center, where she led the development of the C2, C4 and the C6, the world's first totally immersive visual reality theatre. 7 p.m. A reception and student research display in the South Ballroom.Cosponsored By:
- Presidents Office
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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