Carolina Cruz-Neira - the Spring 2006 Presidential University Lecturer - holds Iowa State's Richard Stanley Chair
in Interdisciplinary Engineering and is a professor in the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department.
In 1997 she was featured by Business Week magazine as a "rising research star" in the new generation of
computer science pioneers. Her doctoral dissertation at the University of Illinois at Chicago included the design of
the CAVE(TM) Virtual Reality Environment, the CAVE Library software specifications and implementation, and preliminary
research on CAVE-Supercomputing integration. She is co-owner of the Record of Invention of the CAVE. Here at Iowa State
she was key in the development of the Virtual Reality Applications Center, where she led the development of the C2, C4
and the C6, the world's first totally immersive visual reality theatre. 7 p.m. A reception and student research
display in the South Ballroom.
Dr. Cruz-Neira will mix presentations by her students and collaborators with engaging demonstrations for the audience. You're invited to join her in her expedition to expand the digital frontiers of human activity.
