Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2012-02: "Computer Mediated Dialogues"
Chad MILLER
* Topic, "Computer Mediated Dialogues"
Topic, "Computer Mediated Dialogues: Puppets, People and Props"
Hi. This month we will have a fascinating discussion at our Cafe Sci at
7PM on Wednesday 1 February, at Taste, in College Park.
Charles E. Hughes, Ph.D., is a Pegasus Professor (the highest honor that
UCF can bestow on a professor) and a professor in the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, of Digital Media in the
School of Visual Arts and Design, and Director of the Synthetic Reality
Laboratory. He received his graduate degrees from Penn State
University. He currently has 14 active grants totally more than $5.4
million that involve mixed and virtual reality, human-computer
interaction and computer graphics. These include: the
Gates-Foundation-funded student-teacher education project with reactive
avatars, an NSF project on whole body engagement to learn physics
concepts, an NSF-sponsored grant using digital puppetry to reduce
alcohol use among students, and a National Institutes of Health grant
using mixed reality to help Latina middle schoolers develop skills to
resist peer influences. He is a prolific writer with 44 journal
articles, 112 proceedings, 6 books, and 16 chapters authored or
co-authored from 2005 to mid-2011. He has received many honors from
professional organizations and recognition in public media.
Directions
Taste
717 W. Smith Street
Orlando, United States
32804
Taste is near the corner of Princeton Street (really Smith Street after
the fork) and Edgewater Drive, so about 2 minutes from I-4 to parking.
One can park on the street or in the parking lot behind Taste.
* From Downtown and south, drive north ("east") on I-4 through
downtown. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn
left/west.
* From Altamonte Springs and north, drive south ("west") on I-4
toward downtown Orlando. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and
turn right/west.
From I-4, drive a few blocks to Edgewater Drive. At the intersection,
you should see a orange building ahead of you, labeled "Taste". Park on
the street or behind Taste.