Denis
Gracanin, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
Director, Distributed Virtual Environments Research Laboratory
(703) 538-8378
gracanin@vt.edu
Education:
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Ph.D., 1994, Computer Science,
University
of Louisiana at Lafayette
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M.S., 1992, Computer Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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M.S., 1988, Electrical Engineering, University
of Zagreb, Croatia
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B.S., 1986, Electrical Engineering (Radiocommunications), University of
Zagreb, Croatia
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B.S., 1985, Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications), University of
Zagreb, Croatia
Current Research Interests:
Distributed virtual environments; virtual reality and multimedia applications;
modeling and simulation
Teaching
- CS 5984 Special Study: Computer Graphics (Spring 2003)
- CS 5314 Programming Languages (Spring 2003, Spring 2002, Spring 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1999)
- CS 6204 Distributed Virtual Environments (Fall 2002)
- CS 4984 (CS 5044) Object-Oriented Programming with Java (Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Spring 2000)
- CS 5984 (CS5244) Internet Computing (Spring 2001)
- CS 5984 Special Study: Designing Virtual Environments,
co-taught with D. Bowman (Spring 2000)
Recent Grants:
- Commonwealth Information Security Center:
"Software Security Impact Analysis Approaches to Support Common Criteria Security Evaluations."
September 3, 2002 - June 7, 2003.
- Microsoft Research:
"Wirelles Ad Hoc Messenger."
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2003.
- Northern Virginia Regional Partnership:
"Integration Software Development Training Using Traditional
and Distance Learning Models."
July 1, 2001 - May 31, 2002.
- Virginia Tech, IDDL Course Development:
"Master of Information Technology: CS4754 Object-Oriented
Programming with Java."
July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001.
Awards and Honors:
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Fulbright scholarship, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. August
1991 - May 1992.
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Swedish Institute scholarship, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,
Sweden. April 1990 - July 1990.
Other Professional Experience:
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Professional Engineer # 28472 in Electrical Engineering (July 13, 1999
- present): Louisiana Professional Engineering
and Land Surveying Board
- Visiting Assistant Professor (May 2002, May 2001, May 2000, May 1999): University of Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor (Fall 1997 - Summer 1999): University of Louisiana
at Lafayette, The Center for Advanced Computer Studies
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Graduate Faculty Member (Spring 1995 - Summer 1999): University of Louisiana
at Lafayette
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Research Scientist (January 1994 - August 6, 1999): University of Louisiana
at Lafayette, Virtual Reality and Multimedia Laboratory, Apparel Computer
Integrated Manufacturing Center
Last Update 12/17/02