WNCG Bits and Bytes: June 2006
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WNCG Professor Receives Air Force Grant

WNCG Professor Al Bovik along with his colleague, Professor Jake Aggarwal, and industry partner 21st Century Technology of Austin, Texas, have been awarded a $750,000 grant from the United States Air Force.  The grant entitled “Passive Optical Sensing,” will cover 2 years and provides for equipment and graduate researchers that are key in the development of new algorithms for 3-D Scene Modeling.

Professor Bovik said, “We are gratified to receive this grant and are excited to continue our work with 21st Century Technology in the area of 3-D Scene Modeling.”