The University of Kentucky Center for Visualization & Virtual Environments

Vis Center Director Search

The University of Kentucky’s Center for Visualization & Virtual Environments invites applications from outstanding individuals to serve as Director of the Center. Candidates having an exceptional record of research productivity and who have a demonstrated ability to lead an interdisciplinary unit are encouraged to apply. External applicants will be considered for a tenured faculty position at the associate to full professor level, with the departmental affiliation dependent on the candidate. Read more…

Media for Research in Montana

Have you ever wondered where the electricity that powers your lights, computers and air conditioning comes from? Understanding basic principles of energy production and conservation is vital information for all of us. The Vis Center Media for Research Team has recently completed a joint project with the Center for Applied Energy Research that provides high school teachers around the state with high quality energy education materials. Read more…

Samson Cheung Awarded NSF Grant for Autism Therapy Research

Vis Center faculty member Dr, Sen-Ching (Samson) Cheung has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation for his research into autism therapies using a “virtual mirror”. The research will develop new display and image progressing technology for synthesizing self-modeling and mirror feedback imageries. Read more…

Sabbatical at Google Helps Faculty Member Explore Research Ideas

A group of army commanders sits in a conference room in Washington D.C. – a world away from a battlefield in Afghanistan. Despite the vast physical distance between soldiers in combat and these army commanders, the commanding officers can oversee military action using unmanned sensors. Although this seems like a movie scene, the ImageNet project at the Vis Center is making this a reality. Read more…

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    Every day we see our world: the natural world, ourselves, other people, and the results of our creation. But how do we see them? And what would happen if we could see them differently - from a new angle, a different point of view, or a fresh perspective?

    The Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments seeks to create these new ways of seeing, to help us interpret our world, to reach a new understanding and to improve the human condition.

    Through multi-disciplinary research projects that encompass the fields of engineering, history, medicine, science, technology and art, the Vis Center brings together innovative researchers for the common goal of creating technology that transforms how we see the world.

    The Center for Visualization: creating new ways of seeing the world, new views of the world, and new things to see.

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