UCF Experts Guide

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76 results found for “human-machine systems”

Ivan Garibay

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

big data

information

misinformation

social media

socio-technical systems
Yu Tian

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Accounting

College(s)

Miller Business
Research Keywords
accounting

decision making

organizational control systems
Kaitlyn Crawford

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
chemical

chemistry

electronics

materials

polymer

sensor
Hwan Choi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
assistive device

prosthetic

rehabilitate

rehabilitation

robot

robotics
Olusegun Ilegbusi

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
3D printing

fluid dynamics

heart

lung

manufacturing

mechanical

organs

throat
Peng “Patrick” Sun

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
computer vision

earthquake

infrastructure

nanomaterial

nanoscience

nanotechnology

sensor

smart cities
Otto Phanstiel

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
cancer

chemistry

medicine

viral

virus
Emmanuel Urquieta

Vice Chair of Aerospace Medicine

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
aerospace medicine

medicine

space
Amy Gregory

Associate Professor and Interim Department Chair

Area(s) of Expertise

Space , Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
consumer behavior

hospitality

lodging

space

space tourism

tourism

tradeoffs
Yogesh Rawat

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision
Abdul-Akeem Sadiq

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Emergency Management

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
emergency management

environment

sustainability
Yan Solihin

Professor, Director of Cyber Security and Privacy

Area(s) of Expertise

Cyber Defense & National Security , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
computer

computer science

cybersecurity

malware

privacy

software
Shruti Vyas

Assistant Professor at MSE

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Chemical Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

chemical engineering

computer vision

process design
Aritra Dutta

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

mathematics
Yadi Cao

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

computer vision

modeling
Jakub Tomczak

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI
WeiWei Zhan

Assistnt Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
landslide mitigation and earthquake response

machine learning
Eshwar Venugopal

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Business & Economy

College(s)

Miller Business
Research Keywords
angel investor

business

entreprenuer

finance

financial

fintech

machine learning

network

startup
Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge

Associate professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
community partnership

disaster

emergency management

humanitarian logistics

planner

planning

resilience

safety

smart cities

urban
Carolina Cruz-Neira

Agere Chair Professor, Director of the VARlab

Area(s) of Expertise

Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AR

augmented reality

computer science

digital twin

interactive visualization

virtual reality

VR

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