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Yaoping Hu is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, and an Associate Member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Robotics and Neuroscience from the University of Western Ontario. His research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction within Virtual Environments, particularly in Brain-Machine Interfaces, multisensory user interaction in XR, and immersive analytics. He teaches courses such as ENSF 619.36 (Brain-Machine Interface Systems), ENSF 519.51 (Brain-Machine Interfaces), ENEL 602 (Virtual Environments), and ENSF 545 (Introduction to VR).
Research interests include modeling neural mechanisms for visuomotor processes, cognitive-ergonomic interaction design, and applications in surgical planning, data visualization, and human-machine collaboration. He leads the Visualization and Interaction Laboratory, collaborating with institutions like the neuroArm Project, Fluid Dynamics Group, and international partners in France.
Past and current students include Stanley Tarng, Lida Ghaemi Dizaji, and Aida Erfanian. His work spans projects like neuroSim (a surgical simulator) and BioVista (biofilm visualization tools). Collaborations with industry partners such as Nova Chemicals and Calgary Scientific Inc. support applied research in complex data analysis and virtual reality systems.
