Dr. Eric W. Becker

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Degrees:

• Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2010
• M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2000
• B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 1995

Research Interests:

• Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of things
• Virtual Reality
• Assistive Technology and Pervasive Technology

Recent Awards:

• Engineering College Nominee for Best Instructor, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2016

Representative Publications:

• Benjamin Chebaa, Alexandros Lioulemes, Maher Abujelala, Dylan Ebert, Scott Phan, Eric Becker, Fillia Makedon: Multimodal Analysis of Serious Games for Cognitive and Physiological Assessment. PETRA 2016: 30
• Shawn N. Gieser, Peter Sassaman, Eric Becker, Fillia Makedon: Pot hunter: a virtual reality game for analyzing range of motion. PETRA 2015: 3:1-3:4
• Shawn N. Gieser, Eric Becker, Fillia Makedon: Using CAVE in physical rehabilitation exercises for rheumatoid arthritis. PETRA 2013: 30:1-30:4
• Michael Gardner, Vangelis Metsis, Eric Becker, Fillia Makedon: Modeling the effect of attention deficit in game-based motor ability assessment of Cerebral Palsy patients. PETRA 2013: 65:1-65:8
• Charalampos Doukas, Vangelis Metsis, Eric Becker, Zhengyi Le, Fillia Makedon, Ilias Maglogiannis: Digital cities of the future: Extending @home assistive technologies for the elderly and the disabled. Telematics and Informatics 28(3): 176-190 (2011)

Notable Service:

• Program Committee, Petra 2017
• Program Committee, Petra Conference 2016
• Doctoral Consortium Chair, Petra Conference 2016
• Undergraduate Advisor, University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-2016