Hong Hua

Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact Information

Education

  • PhD, Beijing Institute of Technology, 1999

  • BSE, Beijing Institute of Technology, 1994

  • BS, Beijing Institute of Technology, 1994

Employment

  • University of Arizona: Optical Sciences, Assistant Professor, 2003-present; Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor, 2003-present.

  • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Assistant Professor, 2003

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Beckman Research Fellow, 1999-2002

  • University of Central Florida, School of Optics/CREOL, Optical Diagnostics & Applications Laboratory, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1999

  • Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Information Engineering, Opto-electronic CAD Lab, Graduate Research Assistant, 1994-1999

Professional Affiliations

  • OSA, Member

  • SPIE, Member

  • IEEE/IEEE Computer Society, Member

  • ACM SIGGRAPH, Member

Awards and Honors

  • IEEE: “Honorable Mention” Paper Award, 2003

  • Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology:  Beckman Fellowship, 1999-2002

  • China Instrument Society:  Scholarship Recipient, 1997 and 1994

  • Xu Teli:  Scholarship Recipient, 1996

  • Aerospace Long-March:  Scholarship Recipient, 1993

  • Ma Shixiu:  Optical Engineering Scholarship Recipient, 1992

Research

  • Development of 2D and 3D display systems, imaging systems, tracking systems, and interaction methods to bring seamless 3D augmented collaboration into reality, with the knowledge of visualization techniques, imaging methods, optical science, and computer engineering.

  • Current research interests focus on the development of supporting techniques:

  • Stereoscopic displays

  • Human-computer interface techniques—Motion tracking, gaze detection, fovea-contingent interface and intelligent information space

  • Collaborative virtual and augmented environments (VE/AE)

  • Computer vision—Panoramic imaging systems and generic 2D/3D imaging systems

  • Optical science and engineering.