Fall 2017 - Spring 2018: I am on sabbatical. Email is best for correspondence. If an in person meeting is necessary, please send me a formal email that includes your questions and several proposed meeting times.
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Teaching
Spring 2018 - (Sabbatical) Virtual Reality for the Social Good Previous courses (most recent offering) VR for the Social Good (Fall 2017), Human-Computer Interaction (Spring 2017), Virtual Reality (Spring 2016), Computer Graphics (Spring 2008) Service
General Chair IEEE Virtual Reality 2014, IEEE Virtual Reality 2013 Program Chair IEEE Virtual Reality 2011, IEEE Virtual Reality 2010, ACM VRST 2009 Journal Associate Editor Computer and Graphics, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, and ACM Computing Surveys (previously) Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation, Frontiers in Virtual Reality |
Research
"Would interacting with a virtual human make you better at interacting with real people?" To explore this question, the Virtual Experiences Research Group conducts virtual reality and human-computer interaction research through creating virtual human training experiences. I encourage undergraduates (including freshmen and sophomores) and graduate students (regardless of prior experience) who want to get into research in virtual reality or human-computer interaction to contact me. To get involved in VR research: Undergraduates (senior project or independent study) and graduate students (unfunded positions for M.S. students and funded positions for Ph.D. students):
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Bio: Benjamin Lok is a Professor 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. His research focuses on virtual humans and mixed reality in the areas of virtual environments, human-computer interaction, and computer graphics. 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.
Professor Lok received a UF Term Professorship (2017-2020), the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Faculty Mentoring Award (2016), 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). He currently serves as the chair of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Virtual Reality conference. He has been the general co-chair of IEEE VR 2014 and IEEE VR 2013, and program co-chaired the ACM VRST 2009, IEEE Virtual Reality 2010, and IEEE Virtual Reality 2011 conferences. Professor Lok is an associate editor of Computer and Graphics, and ACM Computing Surveys.
Professor Lok received a UF Term Professorship (2017-2020), the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Faculty Mentoring Award (2016), 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). He currently serves as the chair of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Virtual Reality conference. He has been the general co-chair of IEEE VR 2014 and IEEE VR 2013, and program co-chaired the ACM VRST 2009, IEEE Virtual Reality 2010, and IEEE Virtual Reality 2011 conferences. Professor Lok is an associate editor of Computer and Graphics, and ACM Computing Surveys.
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If you are interested in Shadow Health, Inc. and the commercialization of virtual humans for interpersonal skills training, please visit: www.shadowhealth.com
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