Nicholas F. Polys, Ph.D.
A recognized and accomplished international researcher and producer in Visual Computing, Immersive Analytics, AI, and HPC:- Innovator: Designed the world-class Immersa Deck; Volume rendering methods, remote rendering methods; Senior Advisor to NIH and DoD projects still online and running
- Collaborative: PI/Co-PI @VT with > $17M in sponsored projects creating and enabling new science, education, and outreach with Web3D graphics across disciplines, domains, and audiences
- Leader: ARC, International Standards community for 3D Web graphics (Web3D, W3C, Metaverse Standards Forum Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH). General Chair, 30th Annual ACM Web3D Conference
- Published: over 135 peer-reviewed articles in HCI, VR, Web graphics, Education, and HPC/AI: (h-index = 26, i10-index = 53, cited by 2,745+); IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications Editor: @theSource Department, Web3D Special Issue (2026)
- Mentor: 56 graduate committees, Chairing 3 PhDs and 6 Masters degrees in CS; scores of undergraduates in wage and research credits; instructor of record for 12 semesters of 8 different CS classes (graduate and undergraduate)
Here you can find: my ORCID record, my Google Scholar homepage, and short Resume is HERE and my FULL CV is linked Here.
As an Affiliate Professor in the Department Computer Science, I teach classes such as Intro to HCI, Media Computation, Graphics and GUI Programming, HCI Capstone, Information Visualization and Virtual Environments. I have also been recently appointed to VT's Health Sciences Faculty and named a Tech for Humanity Scholar.
