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Computer Science Department Colloquium Gestures and Other Modalities for User Interaction for 3D User Interfaces Speaker: Francisco Ortega, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Colorado State University When: 11:00AM ~ 11:50AM, September 24, 2018 Where: CSB130 Abstract: Gesture elicitation and recognition research are important due to the increase of new input modalities in order to improve 3D user interfaces, including virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Understanding users’ interaction and behavior in 3D virtual environments (VEs), particularly in terms of the construction of gesture sets via user-elicitation and recognition of those gestures, present various challenges. This talk will concentrate in existing and open-problems in 3DUIs. This will be useful for students looking to join this area or to augmented their current research. Bio: Dr. Francisco R. Ortega is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University. Dr. Ortega earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science (CS) in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) from Florida International University (FIU). He also hold a position of Post-Doc and Visiting Assistant Professor at FIU between February 2015 to July 2018. Broadly speaking, his research has focused on gesture interaction, which includes gesture recognition and elicitation. His main research area focuses on improving user interaction by (a) eliciting (hand and full-body) gesture sets by user elicitation, and (b) developing interactive gesture-recognition algorithms. His secondary research aims to discover how to increase interest for CS in non-CS entry-level college students via virtual and augmented reality games. His research has resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications in venues such as ACM ISS, ACM SUI, and IEEE 3DUI, among others. He is the first-author of Interaction Design for 3D User Interfaces: The World of Modern Input Devices for Research, Applications, and Game Development book by CRC Press. Dr. Ortega serves as Vertically Integrated Projects coordinator that promotes applied research for undergraduate students across disciplines. |