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21. Subramani, H., Taluk, D., Mathew, B., Lefort, L., Kesavadas, T., "Robotic Execution of Manufacturing Tasks in Virtual Space," ASME Graduate Students Regional Conference held at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, April 1997. 22. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality and Off-line Simulation" Off-line Programming and Simulation Workshop, Boeing Corporation and Robotics Industries Association, Seattle, October, 1997. 23. Kesavadas, T., "Future Directions: Flexible Automation of Robotic Deburring And Grinding Using Virtual Tools," Invited talk, Robotic Industries Association, Annual workshop of Grinding and Deburring at Minneapolis, MN, June 1996. 24. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Interaction: A Tool for Robots in Real World" ACM- SIGRAPH, First Annual Symposium on Computer Simulation and Graphics, University of Iowa, July 1995. 25. Kesavadas, T. and Cannon, D.J., "A Virtual Reality based Robotic Grass Mowing Operation Assisted by a Neural Network," workshop of American Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) session on "Towards Physical Interaction and Manipulation" at Stanford University, March 1994. 26. Kesavadas, T., "Applications of Virtual Reality in Agricultural Industry," Invited talk, American Agricultural Machinery Annual Conference, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 1996. 27. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality Is Here - Get Ready For It" Invited talk, Cedar Valley Manufacturing Associations and Iowa Chamber of Commerce, Waterloo, Iowa, May 1996. 28. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality based Interactive Automation," Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, June 1996. CITATIONS by PRESS Fingertip Digitizer, presented in SIGGRAPH 2006, was featured on Discovery Channel and in the Boston Globe. Live presentation on G4TV called „Screen Saver‟ to demonstrate the Virtual Clay Modeling System, on January 14, 2005. This show was recorded in front of a live studio audience in Hollywood, CA. Last Revised: 7/10/2008 32
Profiled in Design News (October 2004) Business Week (July 2002), Rediff (August 2002), India Abroad (August 2002), The Week (August 2003 - largest selling Indian Magazine). Yahoo! Internet Life cited the VR Lab in September 2001, while ranking UB in America's Top 10 Wired Universities. Virtual Clay was featured in Mechanical Engineering Magazine, Design News, Popular Mechanics, BBC Technology Radio Show, WBFO, Tech TV Screensaver, etc., in 2004/2005. Public Interest Virtual Reality Peace Bridge Project, developed in the University at Buffalo, VR Lab was commended in the Buffalo News editorial write up and was featured in local CBS, NBC, PBS, and ABC Television affiliates. Virtual Factory and Manufacturing was featured in Popular Science (September 1999), Aviation Week and Space Technology (June 1999), Engineering News Record (ENR), Technical Insight, Science Today, Business First. Medical VR was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Discover Magazine, TV Tokyo, KNBC (Silicon Valley), WBFO 88.7, CBS Radio, Buffalo News, Jerusalem Post, London Daily News, Chile Post, Business Week, MSNBC, BBC, rueters.com, webMD.com, etc. Appeared on National CBS radio, KNTV-Silicon Valley, TV Tokyo, Adelphia Cable, Local ABC, NBC and Adelphia Television Channels on the evening news. VR based Architectural Reconstruction of 8 th Century BC Assyrian Palace was featured in the CNN Headline News on 3/10/03, Chronicles of Higher Education, Discovery Channel, New York Times and UB Today magazine. Also appeared in BBC Series „Hidden Bidders‟ on September 4, 2003. ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITES Co- Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Tactus Technologies (www.vfrog.net), Getzville, NY (August, 2004 – present). Tactus Technologies develops virtual reality simulation systems for K-12 education and industrial training with grants from NIH, NSF and Department of Education. VR Lab Web Page: www.vrlab.buffalo.edu Last Revised: 7/10/2008 33
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