Rob Kooper

Email: kooper@cc.gatech.edu
URL: http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/~rob.kooper/
You can also download a postscript version of my resume

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USASep 95 - Present
Expected degree: PhD 2000. GPA 4.0
Delft University of Technology, NetherlandsSep 88 - Aug 94
Degree: ir August 1994.


EXPERIENCE:

Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center (GVU),Sep 95 - Present
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Graduate Research Assistant

Queen Mary & Westfield CollegeOct 94 - Aug 95
London, England.
Research Assistant

Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center (GVU),May 93 - May 94
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Visiting Research Scientist

Department of Industrial Design,Nov 92 - Jan 93
Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Research Assistant

Department of Electrical Engineering,July 92 - August 92
Czech Technical University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Summer Internship

Worked on Camera Calibration project. Researched methods for determining the focal length and image center of camera lenses. Developed a new method for measuring the focal length of camera lenses.

DIRECTED RESEARCH:

Department of Technical Mathematics and Informatics,May 91 - Aug 91
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands


PUBLICATIONS:

L. Hodges, B. Rothbaum, R. Kooper, D. Opdyke, T. Meyer, J. de Graaff, J. Wiliford, and M. North, Presence as the defining factor in a VR application, Tech. Rep. GIT-GVU-94-6, Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center, January 1994.

L. Hodges, B. Rothbaum, R. Kooper, D. Opdyke, T. Meyer, J. de Graaff, J. Wiliford, and M. North, Presence as the defining factor in a VR application, in Technical Sketches of SIGGRAPH 94, ACM, 1994.

L. Hodges, B. Rothbaum, R. Kooper, D. Opdyke, T. Meyer, J. de Graaff, J. Wiliford, and M. North, Virtual environments for treating the fear of heights, IEEE Computer, vol. 28, pp. 27--34, July 1995.

R. Kooper, Camera calibration, Tech. Rep. K335-1992-58, Czech Technical University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 1992.

R. Kooper, Virtually present: Treatment of acrophobia by using virtual reality graded exposure, Master's thesis, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, August 1994.

R. Kooper, B. Watson, Barbara O. Rothbaum, L. F. Hodges, Greg Newton, Drew Kessler and Doug Bowman Overcoming phobias using virtual reality, in Digital Bayou SIGGRAPH 96, ACM, 1996.

B. Rothbaum, L. F. Hodges, R. Kooper, D. Opdyke, and J. Wiliford, Effectiveness of computer-generated (virtual reality) graded exposure in the treatment of acrophobia, tech. rep., Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center, College of Computing, Atlanta, GA, January 1994.

B. Rothbaum, L. F. Hodges, R. Kooper, D. Opdyke, J. Wiliford, and M. North, Effectiveness of computer-generated (virtual reality) graded exposure in the treatment of acrophobia, American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 152, no. 4, pp. 626--628, 1995.

B. Rothbaum, L. F. Hodges, R. Kooper, D. Opdyke, J. Wiliford, and M. North, Virtual reality graded exposure in the treatment of acrophobia: a case study, Behavior Therapy, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 547--554, 1995.

M. Slater, V. Linakis, M. Usoh, and R. Kooper, Immersion, presence, and performance in virtual environments: an experiment in tri-dimensional chess, in VRST'96, ACM, 1996.


COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:

LanguagesC++, C, Pascal, Cobol, Assembler (80x86, 68000), Perl, LEX, YACC
Window systemsOpenWindows, Sunview, X, GL, OpenGL
Operating SystemsUnix, DOS, OS/2
PlatformsSilicon Graphics, Sun SPARC, DEC Alpha, Sequent Dynix, PC