Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1996)
M.S. in Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles (1986)
B.A. in Computer Science, University of Massachusetts at Boston (1984)
Victoria Interrante joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 1998 as an assistant professor and was later promoted to a professor in 2015. She was named a McKnight Land Grant Professor in 2001. Before coming to the University, Interrante served as a research assistant at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 1984 and as a staff scientist at the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering from 1996-98. In 1999, she received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award and was inducted into the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy in 2022.
Interrante's research focuses on applying insights from visual perception and cognition to the development of more effective virtual reality experiences and the more effective communication of complex information through visual imagery. In this work, she has enjoyed collaborating with colleagues in a wide variety of fields, including architectural design, psychology, engineering and medicine.
Research Division
Human-Centered Computing
Current Research
Google Scholar
Enhancing Spatial Perception and Presence in Immersive Virtual Environments
Ph.D. Graduates
Zhihang Deng (2020); Loren Fiore (2016); Sheng-Wen Wang (2011); Brian Ries (2011); Haleh Hagh-Shenas (2007); Tim Urness (2006); Sunghee Kim (2004).
2022: Inducted into IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy
2020: VGTC Virtual Reality Career Award
2001: McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
1999: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER Award)
1999: National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE Award)
Selected Grants
NRT-UtB: Graduate Training Program in Sensory Science: Optimizing the Information Available for Mind and Brain
Interrante, V., Gini, M. L., Kersten, D. J., Konczak, J., Legge, G. E., Lim, H. H., Nelson, P. B., Newman, E. & Oxenham, A. J.; National Science Foundation; 9/1/17 - 8/31/23
CHS: Medium: Prediction, Early Detection, and Mitigation of Virtual Reality Simulator Sickness
Suma Rosenberg, E., Interrante, V., Stoffregen, T.; National Science Foundation; 7/15/19 - 6/30/23
CHS-Small: Transforming the Architectural Design Review Process through Collaborative Embodiment in HMD-based Immersive Virtual Environments
V. Interrante, S. J. Guy, L. Anderson; National Science Foundation; 9/2015 - 8/2020