Taste of Tech Seminar Series
03/07/2025
Lunch will be provided during the seminar
Time
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)
Virtually Attending
https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tmjZ-K_7TA6xszSQg9yohA
SPEAKERS
Hyo Kang
Assistant Professor, Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida
Elias Dinopoulos
Professor, University of Florida
Taste of Tech Seminar Details
Talk 1: Virtual and Augmented Reality for Future Workforce Training and Experiential Learning
Speaker: Hyo Kang
Assistant Professor, Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida
About the Speaker:
Hyo Kang is an assistant professor at the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida. Her expertise lies in 3D user interaction design for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), with a research focus on leveraging VR and gamification for education and workforce training. Her work has been supported by the NSF and the DoD. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in virtual reality interaction design.
Abstract:
Training engineers in microelectronics manufacturing is often expensive and constrained by limited access to physical resources. Dr. Kang will discuss how Virtual Reality (VR) and AI-enhanced training offer a scalable and efficient alternative for hands-on and experiential learning, preparing the future workforce.
Talk 2: The Economics of Tariffs
Speaker: Elias Dinopoulos
Professor, University of Florida
About the Speaker:
Before joining the Florida faculty in 1988, Professor Dinopoulos served on the Michigan State University and Brown University faculties. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and the Greek government. His recent research examines the causes and effects of trade policies, financial frictions, and labor-market rigidities on national and global growth and unemployment. Professor Dinopoulos has published widely in the international economics literature and is one of two recipients of the 1994 bi-annual Schumpeter Prize. Professor Dinopoulos also served as a co-editor in the Journal of Evolutionary Economics and the Review of Development Economics. Further information can be found at his personal website: http://people.clas.ufl.edu/dinopoe.
Abstract:
- What are tariffs and why most economists don’t like them?
- Why is President Trump in favor of tariffs?
- Causes and effects of semiconductor tariffs.
AGENDA
| Lunch | 11:45 – 12:00 |
| Talk 1 | 12:00 – 12:20 |
| Talk 2 | 12:20 – 12:40 |
| Networking | 12:40 – 1:00 |