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IEEE 2026 Awardee Gregory Welch: Strengthening the VR Research Community Through Leadership and Service

Pegasus Professor Gregory Welch’s decades of service have had a sustained impact, helping to strengthen the global virtual reality community and earning recognition from the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Community.

IEEE 2026 Awardee Carolina Cruz-Neira: Turning a “Plan B” Into a Global Legacy

The virtual reality pioneer, who has earned the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Lifetime Achievement Award, continues to push boundaries and ask questions like, “What can we create next?”

UCF Doctoral Grad Heads to Harvard Medical School to Advance AI-Driven Clinical Tools

Kamalakkannan Ravi will begin a research fellowship focused on trustworthy artificial intelligence and rare disease detection.

Cislune Partners with UCF on Simulation to Improve Decision-Making for Future Lunar Missions

Funded by NASA, the research leveraged immersive technologies and insights across disciplines to examine trust dynamics between humans and machines, ensuring safety and success for future space exploration.

UCF Researchers Create AI Video Editing Technology

UCF was awarded a patent for the novel technology that can transform the style, texture and colors of a video in minutes.

College of Engineering and Computer Science Offers New Graduate Certificate in Digital Twins

The program will teach students how to develop, implement and analyze digital models of physical objects or systems.

Operator Solutions, UCF Partner to Advance Aerospace Medical Training and Emergency Response

The partnership will include a new aerospace medical skills lab developed at the UCF College of Medicine and collaborations to create new technology advancing healthcare in space.

UCF Part of $7.6M Study on Benefits of AI-Enhanced Classroom Chatbots

The funding is provided through the Department of Education’s Postsecondary Student Success Program, which supports innovative approaches to improving national student outcomes.

UCF Programs Add to Pompeii Exhibit at Orlando Science Center

University presentations, discussions and artworks will be part of “Pompeii: The Immortal City” at the science center through Jan. 24

I Love How Technology Has Made Things Easy — But I Sometimes Wish for Simpler Times

It’s weird to grow up in a time where everything is literally at our fingertips; we have access to the world at the click of…

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UCF Headed to the NCAA Tournament for the First Time Since 2018-19

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