Kevin Pfeil
Lecturer
- Office: L3Harris Engineering Center
- Email: kevin.pfeil@ucf.edu
- Phone: 407-823-3957
BIOGRAPHY
Kevin Pfeil joined the UCF Department of Computer Science as a lecturer in Fall 2025. He brings years of industry experience to the classroom and aims at providing world-class education to his students. He was a web developer for a municipal government, an applications developer for a major aerospace company and a graduate research assistant at UCF. He was previously an assistant professor at the University of North Florida.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Central Florida
- M.S. in Computer Science, University of Central Florida
- B.S. in Information Technology, University of Central Florida
RESEARCH
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Telepresence
- Computer Science Education
PUBLICATIONS
- Pfeil, Kevin, Karla Badillo-Urquiola, Joseph J. LaViola Jr, and Pamela J. Wisniewski. “Like I was There:” A User Evaluation of an Interpersonal Telepresence System Developed through Value Sensitive Design.” Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 8, no. CSCW2 (2024): 1-18.
- Pfeil, Kevin P., Karla Badillo-Urquiola, Jacob Belga, Jose-Valentin T. Sera-Josef, Joseph J. Laviola, and Pamela J. Wisniewski. “Using Co-Design with Streamers and Viewers to Identify Values and Resolve Tensions in the Design of Interpersonal Wearable Telepresence Systems.” Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 8, no. CSCW1 (2024): 1-21.
- Masnadi, Sina, Kevin Pfeil, Jose-Valentin T. Sera-Josef, and Joseph LaViola. “Effects of field of view on egocentric distance perception in virtual reality.” In Proceedings of the 2022 Chi conference on human factors in computing systems, pp. 1-10. 2022.
- Pfeil, Kevin, Sina Masnadi, Jacob Belga, Jose-Valentin T. Sera-Josef, and Joseph LaViola. “Distance perception with a video see-through head-mounted display.” In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-9. 2021.
- Pfeil, Kevin P., Neeraj Chatlani, Joseph J. LaViola Jr, and Pamela Wisniewski. “Bridging the socio-technical gaps in body-worn interpersonal live-streaming telepresence through a critical review of the literature.” Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction5, no. CSCW1 (2021): 1-39.