Vision & Robotics

Shih-Fu Chang, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, named ACM Fellow

One of 54 new fellows recognized for their transformative roles in advancing technology in the digital age, Chang was cited for “contributions to large-scale multimedia content recognition and multimedia information retrieval.”

The Eternal Camera

The same pixels used to capture images are used to convert light to energy, enabling the camera to run without an external power supply.

Want the attention of the audience? Introduce a new gesture

Using EEG data of study participants watching clips of the 2012 presidential debates, researchers found atypical, or extremal gestures to be the strongest indication of listeners' engagement.