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Friday, Dec 6, 2002
2-3 p.m.
Human-Centered Computing:
Sounds Nice, But What is it?
Robert R. Hoffman,
Ph.D.
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition University of West Florida
Lecture Hall # 102
UCF Center for Forensic Science and Public Safety,
Building 8111
12354 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826
For
directions to the Center for Forensic Science visit:
http://www.ucf.edu/campusmap/research.html
Thursday, November 14, 2002
3-5 p.m.
Lecture Hall # 102
UCF Center for Forensic Science and Public Safety
Building 8111
12354 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826
For
directions to the Center for Forensic Science visit:
http://www.ucf.edu/campusmap/research.html
Due to limited seating please RSVP
to Alex Dunlap at
(407) 422-7159 x 244 or
intern.tech@orlandoedc.com.
Two 45-minute presentations will be followed by 15 minutes of discussion.
Cyber-Terrorism: New Emerging Threats to Public Safety
and National Security
Jim Graham
Director of University of Louisville iTRC and Technology Policy Advisor for the
Governor’s Office for the New Economy.
Road to 9/11 and Beyond
Steven Stacy
Special Agent , Louisville Division FBI
Graham’s presentation examines a fictional scenario
of a cyber-attack set against near-future world events and the infrastructure
inter-relationships between the private sector and our military.
SA Stacy’s presentation depicts terrorist events since the 1993 bombing of the
WTC, leading up to the 9/11 attacks and terrorist related matters after 9/11.
Jim Graham lives in Louisville and graduated from EKU with a BA in
Communications. He was in telecom and IT with ITT, AT&T and BellSouth for over
twenty years and has also started several technology ventures. He has been with
the University of Louisville as Director of the iTRC technology incubator since
1998 and Technology Policy Advisor to the Governor’s Office for the New Economy
since 2001.
Steve Stacy was born in Louisville and graduated from U of L’s School of
Justice with “Highest Honors”. He went on to serve as a 1st Lt. with the
Kentucky Army National Guard’s 198th Military Police Company. He then lived in
Los Angeles as Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
from 1980 to 1985. Since then, Steve has been a Special Agent for the FBI for
17 years and was primarily assigned duties in counter-intelligence and
counter-terrorism with assignments in Los Alamos, New Mexico; New York City;
and Louisville. His field of expertise is in International Terrorism and
Counter Intelligence.
Thursday, August 22, 2002
2:30 p.m.
IST Classrooms.
Micro Air Vehicle Research at The University
of Florida
Dr. Peter Ifju
The University of Florida (UF) has been conducting research in the area of
Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) for more than five years. MAVs can be used for both
military and civilian purposes including surveillance, wildlife monitoring,
chemical sensing, search and rescue, traffic control, smoke management, as well
as photographing sporting events where larger sized UAVs are not practical.
MAVs can be deployed in large numbers or swarms increasing redundancy and
coverage to the mission. There are, however, numerous technical challenges that
must be understood and overcome
in order to realize their full potential. At the low Reynolds numbers that MAVs
operate there is a serious degradation of aerodynamic efficiency.
Control is more challenging since
MAVs have a small mass moment of inertia and are more susceptible to gusty
winds. Additionally, miniaturization of electronics and propulsion systems is
required.
The University of Florida has
developed a series of MAVs that incorporate a thin, under-cambered, flexible
wing that resembles the structure of a bat wing. At the low Reynolds numbers
that the vehicle operates it has been shown that the wing is more
aerodynamically efficient than wings with thickness. Additionally, the wing
employs a passive mechanism to adapt to wind gusts making them far more
controllable than conventional fixed/rigid winged MAVs. UF has demonstrated the
effectiveness of this design by winning the International Micro Air Vehicle
Competition the last four years. The author will review the ongoing research
effort including advances in, computational fluid dynamics, wind tunnel
testing, flight tests, novel vision-based control and composite construction
methods. Video footage will be presented as well as actual vehicles.
Dr. Ifju is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Department of the University of Florida. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1992 from the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Tuesday, August 13
3:15 p.m.
IST Classrooms
Socially Competent
Computational Characters
Bill Tomlinson, Ph.D.
Dr. Tomlinson will discuss his
research in socially competent computational characters and their role in
various media. In addition, he will show a short video of the wolf project,
including people howling, growling, whining and barking as they find their
place in the social order of the pack.
Bill Tomlinson is an autonomous
character designer and animator whose work has been shown at SIGGRAPH (97, 98,
99, 2001 and 2002), at the Sundance Film Festival, and in numerous other
venues. He recently received a PhD from the MIT Media Lab's Synthetic
Characters Group, where his dissertation focused on making computational
entities able to form social relationships with each
other and with people. In particular, he made an interactive installation
featuring a pack of 3D animated wolves with whom people could interact in
real-time. He also holds an MFA in experimental animation from CalArts and an
AB in biology from Harvard College.
Monday, April 22
10:00 a.m.
IST Classrooms
Interactive Storytelling
Andrew Glassner
Dr. Andrew Glassner
is a writer-director, and a consultant in story structure, interactive fiction,
and computer graphics. He started working in 3D computer graphics in 1978 and
has carried out research at the NYIT Computer Graphics Lab, Case Western
Reserve University, the IBM TJ Watson Research Lab, the Delft University of
Technology, Bell Communications Research, Xerox PARC and Microsoft Research.
The New York Times wrote, "Andrew
Glassner [is one] of the most respected talents in the world of computer
graphics research."
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