Research Interests: Visualization Analysis Lab.

Professor Rachael Brady is interested in how technology can aid data exploration and analysis. She began her career by designing signal detection algorithms and creating remote instrument control systems for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence projects at UC Berkeley and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 1990, Brady began work on interactive volume rendering and image analysis software for use in biological and medical data at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). During her time at NCSA, Brady became interested in the power of virtual reality as an interface for three-dimensional data. She co-authored the Crumbs volume rendering virtual reality software that has been used by biologists, astrophysicists geologists, architects, and dancers.

Brady joined the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke in September 2001, where she is the founding director of the Visualization Technology Group. In addition to providing scientific visualization expertise to colleagues at Duke, Brady's current research focuses on integrating EEG and sEMG sensors with virtual reality devices for motor control and sustained attention studies.

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http://www.cs.duke.edu/~rbrady/