ICT Paper Wins Award

A paper authored by ICT researchers was honored with a best paper award for the Emerging Concepts and Innovative Technologies subcommittee and nominated for best paper overall at the Interservice/Industry Training,Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in...

ICT Researcher Named to Leadership Post

Jonathan Gratch has been named president-elect of the newly-formed Human-Machine Interaction Network on Emotion (HUMAINE) Association. The group, founded in June 2007, is a professional, world-wide association for researchers in emotion-oriented/affective computing....

Army’s Newest Recruit: A Fully Interactive Virtual Human

Sgt. Star never sleeps. He doesn’t stop to eat or drink either. It is not just that the strapping 6-foot-tall soldier is devoted to his job – traveling the country with Army recruiters answering questions about being in the Army. Sgt. Star is always “on” because...

NY Times Looks at PTSD Treatment

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a growing problem, especially with the increasing number of veterans returning from duty in the Middle East. Traditional treatments have varying success rates, and often require extended personal therapy work. ”Exposure...

ICT Research Wins Award at SIGGRAPH ’07

Computer graphics have transformed many aspects of life. But while a great deal of imagery is modeled and rendered in 3D, almost all of it is shown on a 2D display such as a computer monitor, movie screen, or television. Researchers at the USC Institute for Creative...