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Benjamin
C. Lok, Ph.D. Associate Professor Computer
and Information Science and Engineering Department College of
Engineering, University of Florida
CSE Building Room 544 (352) 450-6308 (office), (352)
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Virtual Experiences Research
Group
Virtual
Experiences Research Group 2012-2013 Spring 2013:
Information for: Undergraduates (Freshmen-Juniors): I am currently interested in
working with students wanting to get into
research in graphics, virtual reality, or human-computer
interaction. Please email me to set up
a meeting time (please look at my calendar below) and include your resume and
your interests in our projects. Prior experience is not necessary. The earlier
you are in your undergraduate program the more interested I am in working
with you. Freshman and sophomores, please do not hesitate to contact me; I,
too, started research as an undergraduate. Graduate students: I have funded positions for new
Ph.D. students, though it will require working with me for one semester on an introductory basis. Please contact me if you have an
interest in human-computer interaction, computer graphics, or virtual
reality. Please be prepared to show prior work, and undertake a test project.
It is advised to read my (research
papers), check my calendar below for a free time (choose a day w/ other
events occuring), and come to our meeting and
propose research ideas. To
ensure a response to your email, all interested students should 1) read my info for graduate students and 2) chat
with virtual me (remember to say “goodbye”). Emailing me a form letter with your resume
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Teaching |
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Spring 2013 Human-Computer
Interaction Fall 2011 On
Leave Computer
Graphics Human-Computer
Interaction (F2010, S2010, F2008, F2007, F2006, F2004) Virtual Environments |
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Service |
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General Chair IEEE
Virtual Reality 2013 Program Chair: Journal Associate
Editor: International Journal of Human-Computer
Studies Simulation: Transactions of
the Society for Modeling and Simulation |
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If you'd like to schedule a meeting,
please email me with a proposed time:
Bio: Benjamin C. Lok is an Associate
Professor and Director of the Digital Arts and Science Program in the Computer and Information
Sciences and Engineering Department at the University
of Florida and co-founder of Shadow Health, Inc., an educational software
company. He is also an Adjunct Associate
Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at Georgia's Health Sciences University. His research focuses on virtual humans and
mixed reality in the areas of computer graphics, virtual environments, and
human-computer interaction. Professor Lok received a Ph.D. (2002, advisor: Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.) and M.S.
(1999) from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, and a B.S. in Computer Science (1997) from the University of Tulsa. He did a post-doc fellowship (2003) under Dr. Larry F. Hodges at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte.
Professor Lok received a NSF
Career Award (2007-2012) and the UF ACM CISE Teacher of the Year Award in
2005-2006. He and his students in the Virtual Experiences Research
Group have received Best Paper Awards at ACM I3D (Top 3, 2003) and IEEE VR
(2008). His work is primarily supported
by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. He currently serves on the Steering Committee
of the IEEE Virtual Reality conference, general chair of IEEE VR 2013, and program
co-chair of the ACM VRST 2009, IEEE Virtual Reality 2010, and IEEE Virtual
Reality 2011. Professor Lok is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Human-Computer
Studies and Simulation:
Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation.