{"id":30,"date":"2013-01-08T23:47:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T23:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2020-11-20T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:18:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"vertical-align: top\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">\n<p style=\"vertical-align: top\">I am an associate professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sohe.wisc.edu\/etd\/\"><strong> Design Studies Department <\/strong><\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sohe.wisc.edu\/\"> <strong>The School of Human Ecology<\/strong><\/a> and in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wid.wisc.edu\/research\/labs\/virtual-reality-group\/\">Virtual Environments<\/a><\/strong> at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/discovery.wisc.edu\/\">Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID)<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Much of my current research revolves around the simulation of real-world environments in virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2015-16 LiveBIG: Inside Wisconsin&#039;s virtual reality CAVE\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mBs-OGDoPDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/files\/2013\/01\/kevinponto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"kevinponto\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/files\/2013\/01\/kevinponto-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Ponto\" width=\"158\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0kbponto@wisc.edu<br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong>\u00a0608-316-4330<br \/><strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>Wisconsin Institute for Discovery<br \/>330 N. Orchard St.<br \/>Madison, WI 53715<\/p>\n<br>\n<p><strong>Special Issue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am the guest editor for an MTI special issue on &#8220;perception and cognition in XR&#8221;\u00a0 <a class=\"btn btn--danger\" href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Submit Manuscript<\/a><\/p>\n<br>\n<p><strong>Join our group:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested in joining our group<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn--danger\" href=\"https:\/\/uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_eVdpHxbuy5n0WYB\">Apply Here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h2>My Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/files\/2013\/11\/DSCN0790-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/files\/2013\/11\/DSCN0790-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/files\/2013\/11\/DSCN0790-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/files\/2013\/11\/DSCN0790-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/kponto\/files\/2013\/11\/DSCN0790.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fall of 2010, I joined the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisc.edu\/\">University of Wisconsin &#8211; Madison as post-doctoral scholar<\/a> <\/strong>as a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.wisc.edu\/graphics\/\"><strong>UW Computer Graphics Lab<\/strong><\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/discovery.wisc.edu\/home\/wisconsin\/research\/living-environments-lab\/\"><strong>Living Environments Lab<\/strong><\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cibm.wisc.edu\/\"><strong>The Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine (CIBM) <\/strong><\/a>program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I graduated from from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsd.edu\/\"><strong>University of California, San Diego<\/strong><\/a> with a Ph.D. degree in <a href=\"http:\/\/cs.ucsd.edu\/\"><strong>Computer Science<\/strong><\/a> in September 2010. I was affliated with the <a href=\"http:\/\/cisa3.calit2.net\/\"><strong>The University of California, San Diego&#8217;s Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3)<\/strong><\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calit2.net\/\"><strong>California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I received my M.S. from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uci.edu\/\"><strong>University of California, Irvine<\/strong><\/a> through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ace.uci.edu\/\"><strong>Arts Computation Engineering<\/strong><\/a> program in August 2006. I received my B.S. in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engr.wisc.edu\/ece\/\"><strong>Computer Engineering<\/strong><\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisc.edu\/\"><strong>Unviersity of Wisconsin &#8211; Madison<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my Virtual Reality class in the fall of 2020 I made these videos to provide more information on my background and perspective:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MyBackground 1\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBYiiqRKszk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MyBackground 2\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oUry7Oe8A6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MyBackground 3\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/43LQPFd6f7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MyBackground 4\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AhKw9Jlt3rI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MyBackground 5\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggw8NBx9dkM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an associate professor in the Design Studies Department in The School of Human Ecology and in Virtual Environments at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID).\u00a0 Much of my current research revolves around the simulation of real-world environments in virtual reality. 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