Kevin Ponto, PhD
Position title: Audrey Rothermel Bascom Professor, Professor of Design Studies, School of Human Ecology; UW Madison
Email: kevin.ponto@wisc.edu
Website: Kevin Ponto's Website
Phone: (608) 265-3958
Address:
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
330 N. Orchard St. Room 3176
Madison, WI 53715
Design Studies
3130 Nancy Nicholas Hall
1300 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53715
Education
BS 2004, Computer Engineering, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
MS 2006, Arts Computation Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA
PhD 2010, Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, CA
Postdoc, Computer Science, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
Research
Kevin Ponto’s research is in the field of virtual reality, which enables the controlled study of environmental features. One of his research endeavors is to understand how to perceptually calibrate a virtual environment to a given user. Conceptually, he hypothesizes that (much like clothing and glasses), virtual environments also need to be tailored to an individual. These results have been shown in a CAVE environment, but Dr. Ponto’s group is looking to expand this work to other types of virtual reality systems.
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Profile
School of Human Ecology Profile
Publications
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Blog with Listing of Publications