Collaborators
Ken Perlin, PhD
Professor of Computer Science
NYU Media Research Lab
Director, Games for Learning Institute
Member of MAGNET
719 Bwy, Rm 1202, NY, NY 10003
Kenneth H. “Ken” Perlin is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at New York University, founding director of the Media Research Lab at NYU, and the Director of the Games for Learning Institute. His research interests include graphics, animation, multimedia, and science education. He developed or was involved with the development of techniques such as Perlin noise, hypertexture, real-time interactive character animation, and computer-user interfaces such as zooming user interfaces, stylus-based input -> Quikwriting, and most recently, cheap, accurate multi-touch input devices. In 1997, Prof. Pelrin won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his noise and turbulence procedural texturing techniques, which are widely used in feature films and television.
S. Farokh Atashzar, PhD
S. Farokh Atashzar is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University (NYU). Prior to joining NYU, Atashzar was a senior postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, UK, sponsored by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. From February 2017 to August 2018, he served as a postdoctoral research associate at Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR) center. From 2015 to 2018, he conducted research for the Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) of Canada program “Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life (AGE-WELL)”. In 2014, he was a visiting research scholar at the Biorobotic Systems lab, University of Alberta, Canada. His many awards include the highly-competitive Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) in 2013 and an NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) in 2018. He was ranked among the top “5” applicants in Canada for the 2018 NSERC PDF competition in the Electrical and Computer Engineering sector
Jennifer Kelly, PT, DPT, NCS
Jennifer Kelly is a senior physical therapist and the research coordinator of vestibular rehabilitation at the Ear Institute, Hearing, and Balance Center at The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. She received her Master’s in Physical Therapy from Springfield College 2002 and a Transitional Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Temple University in 2008. Dr. Kelly has been practicing physical therapy since 2002, Neurology Board Certified and a clinical instructor since 2009 and practicing exclusively in vestibular rehabilitation since 2007. Dr. Kelly has been presenting nationally, including at past combined Section meetings, in the area of vestibular disorders, dizziness and balance. She has been a member and an item writer for the Specialization Academy of Content Experts for the Neurological Section. Dr. Kelly has been involved in this line of research since 2016, and has been overseeing the intervention studies in the clinic.
Daphna Harel, PhD
Daphna Harel is an applied statistician who studies issues in psychometrics in the applied health sciences. Her research focuses on modeling challenges for data arising from self-reported questionnaires and crowdsourcing. Her methodological work focuses on the creation of theoretically justified guidelines for statistical analysis and issues of model misspecification in polytomous Item Response Theory. Harel received her PhD from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University.
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty/Daphna_Harel
Center for the Promotion of Research Involving Innovative Statistical Methodology (PRIISM)
Agnieszka Roginska, PhD
Agnieszka Roginska is a Music Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Music Technology program at New York University. Her research focuses on spatial and immersive audio, auditory displays, the simulation and applications of immersive and 3D audio including the capture, analysis and synthesis of auditory environments, auditory displays and its applications in augmented acoustic sensing, and virtual reality. She is the author of numerous publications in the areas of the acoustics and psychoacoustic of spatial sound, immersive audio and auditory displays. Her research is supported by grants from government agencies, foundations, and the industry. Dr. Roginska is an AES Fellow.
Maura Cosetti, MD
Dr. Maura Cosetti is the Director of the Cochlear Implant Center at the Ear Institute of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. She is Board Certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery with additional qualification and board certification in Neurotology. Dr. Cosetti completed accredited fellowship training in Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery at New York University. She has authored over 50 articles and chapters and has presented at various national and international specialty meetings. Dr. Cosetti’s clinical interests and expertise include pediatric and adult hearing disorders, cochlear implantation, exclusively endoscopic ear surgery, skull base surgery, facial nerve disorders, chronic ear disease, otosclerosis, vestibular and balance disorders, and Neurofibromatosis Type II.
Elizabeth Coker, PhD 
Elizabeth (Betsy) Coker, Assistant Arts Professor in the Department of Dance, received her Doctorate of Education in Motor Learning and Control from Teachers College of Columbia University. Dr. Coker and Dr. Lubetzky have been collaborating on 2 projects: “Balance is vital: establishing clinical reference data with smartphone accelerometry” funded by the Center for Smart Use of Technologies to Assess Real World Outcomes (C-STAR) and “Visual Dependence, Functional Ankle Instability and Balance Control in Dancers” funded by NYU University Research Challenge Fund.