Introduction

As of next Monday, July 7th, I will be employed by the Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Imaging Science. Specifically, the Visual Perception department. I'm not entirely sure what that entails, only that I'll be wearing a neat little headset that records where I'm looking, what I'm looking at, and how long I focus on something. The intention is to learn about what you focus on when, let's say, walking over difficult terrain such as a forest as opposed to a sidewalk or hallway.

Essentially, I'm a guinea pig. Or perhaps a lab rat. My purpose, as I understand it so far, is to help a group of students and professors gather data with this eye-tracking device, running experiments and creating new ones. Which is especially cool, because my work there will go to support a doctoral thesis.

Besides that, I'm going to get all sorts of opportunities to sit in on lectures and listen to dissertations, which I can't wait for. After the lecture on nanotechnology I heard at ImagineRIT I've wanted to go and listen to more of the professors talk. Looks like I'm going to get all sorts of great opportunities here.

Can't wait to get started!