Scholar
Francisco Ortega
Google Scholar ID: AuBa0OAAAAAJ
Colorado State University
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,103
H-index
18
i10-index
35
Publications
20
Co-authors
18
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- PI of NSF CAREER award: 'HCC: Microgesture and Multimodal Interaction Techniques for Augmented Reality' (2023–2028, $600,000).
- PI of ONR project: 'Assessing Cognitive Load and Managing Extraneous Load to Optimize Training' (2023–2025, $750,000).
- PI of DARPA-funded postdoctoral fellowship: 'Ego-Centric Emotion Recognition using AR Headsets' (2022–2023, $299,957).
- PI of DURIP project: 'WAR Fighting Performance: AR Multi-Modal Interaction for JTAC and Battlefield Readiness' (2021–2023, $201,420).
- PI of ONR project: 'Perceptual/Cognitive Aspects of Augmented Reality' (2021–2024, $900,000).
- PI of NSF CRII award: 'Understanding Gesture User Behavior in AR Headsets' (2020–2023, $175,000).
- Recipient of gift from Dan Marino Foundation for 'Improving User Interfaces for Young Adults with Autism' (2022, $40,500).
- Co-PI on NSF CCRI planning grant: 'Low-Latency for Augmented Reality Interactive Systems (LLARIS)' (2020, $100,000).
- Published in top venues including IEEE VR, Human Factors Journal, and ACM SUI.
Background
- Primary research area is 3D user interfaces, including augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).
- Focuses on multimodal and unimodal (gesture-centric) interaction, including gesture elicitation (participatory design) and development of interaction techniques.
- Recent interest includes microgestures.
- Application domains include immersive analytics and VR sketching.
- Develops a model of information access effort using AR head-mounted displays (HMDs), examining tradeoffs among physical/digital clutter, tasks, cues, and visual search performance.
- Studies cognitive load assessment and extraneous load management to optimize training in extended reality (XR).
- Emphasizes social impact and education, such as using VR forest bathing for mental health and visualizing 'invisible forces' for civil engineering education.
