/news-archive/tag/virtual-reality-innovator/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:41:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/02/08/cruz-neira-national-academy-engineering/ Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:41:57 +0000 /news/?p=69320 ... Cruz-Neira named new member of the National Academy of Engineering]]> Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, director of the Emerging Analytics Center and interim chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Engineering for her contributions to immersive visualization. 鈥淒r. Cruz-Neira contributes in many ways, and this recognition is well deserved. She is the only 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock person to ever receive this honor and one of only a few in the state,鈥� said Dr. Lawrence Whitman, dean of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology. 鈥淭his award recognizes her contributions to the field of engineering and computer science, and we are fortunate to have her as a leader in our college.鈥� Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. 聽Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.” Cruz-Neira is among and 16 foreign members from the Class of 2018 who were announced on Feb. 7. The newly elected class will be formally inducted during a ceremony at the academy鈥檚 annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30. Among the fellow inductees include Mary Barra, CEO and chairman of General Motors Co., Jeff Bezos, CEO and president of Amazon.com Inc., Diane Greene, CEO of Google Cloud, Google Inc., and Dennis Muilenburg, CEO of Boeing Co. More about Carolina Cruz-Neira: Cruz-Neira, world-renowned inventor of the CAVE virtual environment, leads 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Emerging Analytics Center for faculty, researchers, and students exploring advanced applications of virtual reality, mixed reality, and visualization. She uses a wide range of virtual and augmented reality technologies for applications to give industries a competitive edge and to provide several government branches more effective training. She also promotes computer science work and research in education, including computer science programs in public schools. In September and October 2017, the Emerging Analytics Center participated in the TechStart Partnership between Facebook and the state of Arkansas to generate student interest in computer science education and careers. In January, she was invited by Dell to participate in the 鈥淰R for Good鈥� panel at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show to demonstrate how innovators are using virtual reality to make a positive impact on society. Cruz-Neira demonstrated the Anatomic Eyes Project, an interactive cadaver dissection where users can dissect a life-size cadaver using simple pinch gestures. The technology has the capability to greatly transform medical education and research. Dell also invited her to participate in an upcoming panel at the Sundance Film Festival to talk about the positive impact of virtual reality on human life. Cruz-Neira has been recognized as one of the by the gaming website as well as one of the three by University Herald. She holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in systems engineering, cum laude, from the Universidad Metropolitana as well as a master鈥檚 degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science, both from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she specialized in virtual reality, visual analytics, and computations steering research.]]> /news-archive/2016/11/21/carolina-cruz-neira-virtual-reality-innovator/ Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:05:20 +0000 /news/?p=65823 ... Carolina Cruz-Neira recognized as virtual reality innovator]]> Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, director of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center, has been recognized as one of the greatest innovators in virtual reality by two publications. 聽 The gaming website named Cruz-Neira as one of the in its October cover story for her work on the CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment), a virtual reality room that immerses users in the experience by projecting 3-D images onto walls. Cruz-Neira designed the CAVE in 1992 as part of her Ph.D. thesis, and she also designed the CAVELib, the software used to develop applications in the CAVE. In a second article, University Herald highlighted Cruz-Neira as one of the three . Cruz-Neira received a Ph.D. in 1995 and a master鈥檚 degree in 1991, both in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in systems engineering in 1987 from the Universidad Metropolitana. Her work with advanced technologies, driven by simplicity and applicability, provides value to a wide range of disciplines and businesses. She has received multi-million dollar awards from the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Lab, the Department of Energy, and Deere and Company, among others. Part of her career has been dedicated to transferring research results into daily use. 聽Cruz spearheaded several open source initiatives to disseminate and grow practical technologies by leading initiatives to commercialize results. She serves in many international technology boards and government technology advisory committees. At 糖心Vlog传媒LR, Cruz-Neira has built the Emerging Analytics Center into a strong base of multidisciplinary, applied research, where faculty, researchers, and students explore advanced applications of virtual reality, mixed reality, and visualization. ]]>