——–Faculty———
Professor Sri Kurniawan is a Professor in the Computational Media Department, University of California Santa Cruz, a recipient of the 2023 Santa Cruz Works Titans of Tech and the Director of ASSIST Labs. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the design and evaluation of interactive systems (computer apps, games, VR systems, etc.) that help people with special needs, including older persons, people from third world countries, those with low socioeconomic and educational backgrounds and people with disabilities and children.
Professor of Computational Media
Office: E2 371 – Tel.: (831) 459-1037 – skurnia@ucsc.edu
Publications
Adjunct Professor Aviv Elor is a co-founder of Immergo Labs, a startup company providing virtual and interactive telehealth platform for physical therapy, a hardware engineer at Meta, and a recipient of the 2022 Santa Cruz Works Titans of Tech. His areas of work include HCI, immersive media, robotics, affective computing, user experience, and emerging technologies.
Aviv’s primary research explores virtual reality by combining immersive environments, wearable robotics, and biofeedback. He aims to augment healthcare by gamifying physical therapy to create interactive experiences that are both physically and emotionally intelligent in assisting users during rehabilitation. Additionally, Aviv collaborates with the UCSC and Industry communities on other XR projects relating to Genomics, Mental Health, Autonomous Systems, Interactive Visualization, and more.
Contact Info: aelor@ucsc.edu
Publications
———Graduate Students———
- Bre Baltaxe-Admony (jointly advised with Prof. Kate Ringland)
- Samantha Conde
- Alison Crosby
- Drew Ehrlich
- Rohan Janghiani
- Amina Kobenova
- Maxim Kuznetsov
- Jeffrey Weekley
- Siyi Zhang
—Alumni (Former Graduate Students)—
- Dustin Adams
- Sonia Arteaga
- Luke Buschmann
- Jared Duval
- Achi Mishra
- Lourdes Morales-Villaverde
- Zachary Rubin
- Tiffany Thang
I would like to thank all of the undergraduate students and high school interns who have worked in the lab over the years. We cannot do it without you. However, there are more than 200 of you, and I apologize that I cannot list you here.