{"id":1519,"date":"2020-08-24T10:25:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/snec\/?page_id=1519"},"modified":"2021-01-31T22:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T03:04:54","slug":"outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/snec\/outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Outreach<\/h1>\t\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>[September 2020]: Dr. Bin Li was invited to be a guest in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/peggysmedleyshow.com\/mixed-reality-and-training-our-firefighters\">The Peggy Smedley Show<\/a>&nbsp;to introduce mixed reality technology and its application in firefighter training.<\/li><li>[September 2020]: Dr. Bin Li co-organized URI second&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hackathon\/\">Immerse-a-thon<\/a>&nbsp;event for exploring virtual\/augmented applications beyond gaming. He and his Ph.D. student, Jiangong Chen, delivered the talk on the virtual\/augmented reality (VR\/AR) technology and basic VR\/AR application development, respectively.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><figure class=\"post-image \">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1806\/Immerse-a-thon2020_Bin.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1806\/Immerse-a-thon2020_Jiangong.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1806\/Immerse-a-thon2020_zoom-scaled.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1806\/Immerse-a-thon2020_sponsor.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\"><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>[September 2020]: Dr. Bin Li was invited to be a panelist for the panel on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.ucc.ie\/wowmom2020\/panels\/\">AR\/VR\/XR over wireless networks: challenges and opportunities<\/a>&nbsp;in the 21st IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WOWMOM 2020).<\/li><li>[March 2019]: Dr. Bin Li&#8217;s group demonstrated various virtual\/augmented reality applications for local residents and K-12 students in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/event\/uri_brain_fair_1218#.XJRZ1ChKibg\">URI Brain Fair<\/a>. Thanks Xiangqi, Xudong, and Noah. The news appeared in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-engineering-students-exhibit-their-brain-power\">URI College of Engineering website<\/a><\/li><li>[March 2019]: Dr. Bin Li organized URI first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hackathon\/\">Immerse-a-thon<\/a>&nbsp;event for exploring virtual\/augmented applications beyond gaming. Thanks Deedee Chatham (director of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Undergraduate Research at URI) for providing logistics support and promoting this event as well as all speakers, mentors, and judges. The news appeared in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-students-get-immersed-in-virtual-and-augmented-reality\">URI College of Engineering website<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americaninno.com\/rhodeisland\/from-the-community-rhodeisland\/uri-students-get-immersed-in-virtual-and-augmented-reality\/\">Rhode Island Inno<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><figure class=\"post-image \">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-students-get-immersed-in-virtual-and-augmented-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1806\/Immerse_Bin.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\"><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-students-get-immersed-in-virtual-and-augmented-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1806\/Immerse_students.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\"><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-students-get-immersed-in-virtual-and-augmented-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1806\/Immerse_winners.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\"><\/a>\n\n<\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>[March 2018]: Dr. Bin Li&#8217;s group demonstrated various virtual\/augmented reality applications for local residents and K-12 students in URI Brain Fair.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outreach [September 2020]: Dr. Bin Li was invited to be a guest in&nbsp;The Peggy Smedley Show&nbsp;to introduce mixed reality technology and its application in firefighter training. 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