Center for Human Computer Interaction
| HCI is the region of intersection between the social and behavioral sciences, and information technology. It provides a challenging test domain for applying and developing social theory and a stringent source of constraints for creating and evaluating new information systems. |
The department has created an outstanding faculty in human-computer interaction. A successful "research infrastructure" (RI) award from NSF in the mid-1990s allowed the construction of specialized laboratories for HCI research. The department's commitment to this endeavor was reflected in faculty hiring so that he HCI group now consists of eight core faculty and twelve other affiliated faculty, research scientists, emeritus faculty, or research faculty. Laboratory facilities for conducting HCI research are contained in the Center for Human-Computer Interaction located in VT-KnowledgeworksII in the Corporate Research Center. The HCI group has found good synergy in the "gigapixel display" project that has received initial funding from NSF. The HCI group is also the point of contact between the department and the arts and humanities. The department is collaborating on a "cyberarts" program in conjunction with departments in the College of Architecture and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
Doug A. Bowman
Associate Professor
| Office: | 1134 KWII |
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| Email: | dbowman@vt.edu |
| Phone: | 540-231-2058 |
| Website: | https://research.cs.vt.edu/3di/user/123 |
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Yong Cao
Assistant Professor
| Office: | 1124 KWII |
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| Email: | yongcao@cs.vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-0415 |
| Website: | http://people.cs.vt.edu/~yongcao/ |
| Office Hours: | McBryde 122-B: MW: 2:30 - 4:00 |
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Roger W. Ehrich
Professor Emeritus
| Office: | 1129 KWII |
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| Email: | ehrich@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-5420 |
| Website: | http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/ehrich/vita.html |
| Office Hours: | By appointment |
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Ed Fox
Professor
| Office: | 2160G Torgersen |
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| Email: | fox@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-5113, (540) 230-6266 |
| Website: | http://fox.cs.vt.edu/foxinfo.html |
| Office Hours: | T: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, W: 12:30 to 2:00 pm |
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Denis Gracanin
Associate Professor
| Office: | 1135 KWII |
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| Email: | gracanin@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-2060 |
| Website: | http://people.cs.vt.edu/~gracanin/ |
| Office Hours: | McBryde 122-A: T: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. |
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Steve Harrison
Associate Professor of Practice
| Office: | 1121 KWII |
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| Email: | srh@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-7783, (540) 231-6075 |
| Website: | http://people.cs.vt.edu/~srh/ |
| Office Hours: | McBryde 106: T: 2:30-3:30 or by appointment |
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Andrea L. Kavanaugh Knowledge Works II, 2202 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Senior Research Scientist Associate Director; Center for Human-Computer Interaction
| Office: | 1116 KWII |
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| Email: | kavan@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-1806 |
| Website: | http://www.cs.vt.edu/user/kavanaugh |
| Office Hours: | By appointment |
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Scott McCrickard
Associate Professor
| Office: | 1118 KWII |
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| Email: | dmccrick@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-6698 |
| Website: | http://people.cs.vt.edu/~mccricks/ |
| Office Hours: | On sabbatical |
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Chris North
| Office: | 1142 KWII |
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| Email: | north@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-2458 |
| Website: | http://people.cs.vt.edu/~north |
| Office Hours: | McBryde 122-B: TR: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. |
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Nicholas F. Polys
Affiliate Professor
| Office: | 3030A Torgersen Hall |
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| Email: | npolys@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-0968 |
| Website: | http://people.cs.vt.edu/~npolys/ |
| Office Hours: | R: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and by appointment |
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Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
Associate Professor
| Office: | 1125 KWII |
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| Email: | perez@cs.vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-2646 |
| Website: | http://perez.cs.vt.edu/ |
| Office Hours: | on sabbatical. |
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Francis Quek
Professor
| Office: | 1130 KWII |
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| Email: | quek@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-8453 |
| Website: | http://www.hci.vt.edu/ |
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Deborah Tatar
Associate Professor
| Office: | KWII 1123 |
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| Email: | dtatar@vt.edu |
| Phone: | (540) 231-8457 |
| Website: | http://people.cs.vt.edu/dtatar/ |
| Office Hours: | McBryde 106: M: 5:00 - 6:00, KWII 1123: W: 11:00 - 12:00, and by appointment |
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3D Interaction and Information-Rich Virtual Environments for Building Security Visualization
Granting Institution: Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center
Amount: $140,869
3D Interfaces for Improved Interpretation of Hard-To-Discriminate Ballistic Objects
Granting Institution: Department of Defense
Amount: $65,000
A Preliminary Evaluation of the Blacksburg Electronic Village, Co-Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: Council for Library Resources
Amount: $9,665
A4RC Summer Research Program 2008
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation (subcontract from NCA&T)
Amount: $15,032
Beyond the Talking Head And Animated Icon: Behaviorally Situated Avatars For Tutoring
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $273,504
Building Broadband Networks for Rural Health and Education, Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: US Department of Commerce: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
Amount: $327,500
Building Community in Rural America: A Replicable Model for Community Networking, Co-Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: US Department of Commerce: Telecommunications Infrastructure and Information Assistance Program
Amount: $266,710
Capturing Ephemeral Communication Data From The VT Tragedy: Toward Managing Emergency Response By Citizens
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $126,873
CAREER: Domain -Specific 3D Interaction Techniques for Design and Construction Tasks in Immersive Virtual Environments
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $500,000
CRI: Interfaces For The Embodied Mind
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $394,261
CRI: Versatile 3D Imaging and Visualization System
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $162,571
Development of Trauma Surgery Simulation Software
Granting Institution: Carilion Clinic
Amount: $60,000
EAGER: Drummer Game: A Massive-Interactive Socially-Enabled Strategy Game
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount:
Embodied Communication: Vivid Interactions With History And Literature
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $103,839
Embodiment Awareness, Mathematics Discourse, And The Blind
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $712,100
Evaluation of the Impact of Computer Networking on K-12 Education Reform, Co-Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation: CISE Network Infrastructure for Education Program (9602276)
Amount: $151,493
Graphical User Interface Development for Video Summarization Applications
Granting Institution: Signal Processing Inc.
Amount: $12,525
HCC-Small: Human Micro-coordination in a World of Pervasive Computing
Granting Institution: NSF
Amount: $499,276
II-EN: Device and Display Ecologies
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $600,000
Integrating Scenario-Based Usability Engineering And Agile Software Development Practices
Granting Institution: Meridium
Amount: $75,000
Interactive Virtual Environments for Science and Engineering Education
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $74,824
Interdisciplinary Views of the Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV), Senior Investigator
Granting Institution: NSF: Information Technology Research (ITR) Program
Amount: $458,166
Internet Community Center in Zahedan, Iran: Training and entrepreneurship for women and youth (Outside Evaluator)
Granting Institution: The World Bank, InfoDev Program
Amount:
ITR: Adaptive and Real-Time Geologic Mapping, Analysis, and Design of Underground Space (AMADEUS)
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $1,067,116
NSF: CTRNet: Integrated Digital Library Support for Crisis, Tragedy and Recovery (IIS-0916733), Co-Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: Virginia Tech
Amount: $500,000
Participation on the Town Square in the Era of Web 2.0, Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation, Social-Computational Systems Program
Amount: $750,000
Personalization of Content: Bridging the Gap Between the NSDL and It's Users
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $379,231
Planning for Broadband Network Needs of Rural Health and Education: Wireless Solutions, Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: US Department of Commerce: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP 510399231)
Amount: $75,237
Planning for Virtual Schools in an Electronic Village (9454803), Co-Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: NSF CISE, Network Infrastructure for Education Program
Amount: $99,825
REU Site: Building Interfaces for Tomorrow's Technology--The Virginia Tech Research in Human-Computer Interaction Program
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount:
REU Sites: Building Interfaces For Tomorrow's Technology-The Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research In Human-Computer Interaction Program
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $276,715
Scaling Up Middle School Mathematics Innovations, Phase II
Granting Institution: SRI International
Amount: $657,745
Social Organization, Learning Technologies & Disclosure: System Features for Faciliation Mathematical Reasoning in Pre-K Students
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $47,841
The Use and Social Impact of IT Infrastructure on Local Public and Non-profit Sectors: An Assessment of Community Networks, Principal Investigator
Granting Institution: US Department of Commerce: National Telecommunications and Information Program
Amount: $100,000
Towards Unbounded Display: Developing A Reconfigurable Research Testbed For Large-Scale, High-Resolution Visual Displays
Granting Institution: National Science Foundation
Amount: $230,067
Ultra-High Resolution Interactive Information Visualization
Granting Institution: National Geospatical Intelligence Agency
Amount: $708,016
Virtual Environment (VE) Applications To Improve Mining Health And Safety Training
Granting Institution: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Amount: $640,501
