When gamer gear goes to the Arctic
Scott Sorensen’s experiences as a computer science student at the University of Delaware were hardly typical.
Sure, he spent his share of time in windowless rooms staring at computer screens. But he also made five trips to the Arctic Ocean as part of his doctoral research. And those travels put Sorensen, who received his Ph.D. from UD this past May, on a different career course than he originally imagined for himself.
Sorensen was part of a research group led by Prof. Chandra Kambhamettu, who directs the Video/Image Modeling and Synthesis (VIMS) Lab in UD’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences. Kambhamettu is particularly interested in applying big data computer vision and graphics to problems that impact life on earth, including climate change and the assessment and quantification of marine mammal habitat. Read more.
