Corey Pittman
Lecturer
- Office: L3Harris Engineering Center
- Email: corey.pittman@ucf.edu
- Phone: 407-823-3957
BIOGRAPHY
Corey Pittman is a lecturer at the UCF Department of Computer Science. Before coming to UCF, he was an assistant professor of computer science at the University of North Florida. He completed his doctoral degree in computer science at UCF in 2021. His research expertise lies in human-computer interaction, specifically exploring areas such as augmented reality, novel input techniques, and pattern recognition, as highlighted in his dissertation, “Evaluating Augmented Reality Tools for Physics Education.”
Pittman’s professional experience includes contributing to developing and maintaining camera backend systems at Snap Inc. and working on intelligent tutoring systems and image-based tools as an AI engineer at Soar Technology, Inc. He also gained research experience at Microsoft Research, focusing on streamlining control schemes for consumer drones. He has previously taught courses focusing on procedural programming, data structures and algorithms, theory of computation, and gesture-based interfaces.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Central Florida
RESEARCH
- Augmented reality
- Gesture recognition
- Novel user interfaces
- Pattern recognition
PUBLICATIONS
- Taranta, E., Pittman, C., Oakley, J., Maslych, M., Maghoumi M., & LaViola Jr, J. J. (April 2020). Moving Toward an Ecologically Valid Data Collection Protocol for 2D Gestures in Video Games. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
- Pittman, C. & LaViola Jr, J. J. (March 2020). PhyAR: Determining the Utility of Augmented Reality for Physics Education in the Classroom. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR).
- Song, J., Newton, O., Fiore, S., Pittman, C., LaViola Jr, J. J. (September 2019). Examining Training Comprehension and External Cognition in Evaluations of Uncertainty Visualizations to Support Decision Making. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
- Taranta, E., Koh, S., Williamson, B., Pfeil, K., Pittman, C., & LaViola Jr, J. J. (May 2019). Pitch Pipe: An Automatic Low-pass Filter Calibration Technique for Pointing Tasks. Proceedings of the 45th Graphics Interface Conference.
- Pittman, C. & LaViola Jr, J. J. (March 2019). Determining Design Requirements for AR Physics Education Applications. Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR).
- Pittman, C. & LaViola Jr, J. J. (May 2017). Multiwave: Complex Hand Gesture Recognition Using the Doppler Effect. Proceedings of the 43rd Graphics Interface Conference.
AWARDS
2020 McKnight Doctoral Fellowship recipient