Salam Daher
Associate Professor, Informatics
- salam.daher@njit.edu
- 973-596-6848
- 3420A Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC)
About Me
Dr. Salam Daher is an Assistant Professor in Informatics. Her research focuses on using computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality to improve training, especially in the healthcare simulation domain.
During her PhD she developed a new class of augmented reality patient simulators called Physical-Virtual Patients (PVP). The PVP allows healthcare educators to interact with a life-size simulated patient by providing real-time physical tactile cues (e.g. temperature, pulse), auditory cues (e.g. speech, heart sounds), and rich dynamic visual cues such as facial expressions (e.g. pain, emotions) and changes in appearance (e.g. skin color, wounds).
Her expertise and interests include creating 3D synthetic environments (e.g. virtual campus tour), and modeling interactive 3D virtual humans with animated facial expressions, speech, and body language for the purposes of simulation and training in the education, military, and healthcare domains.
Dr. Daher is a multidisciplinary person who loves to combine computing, with engineering, arts, science, languages, and various disciplines to solve real world problems.
During her PhD she developed a new class of augmented reality patient simulators called Physical-Virtual Patients (PVP). The PVP allows healthcare educators to interact with a life-size simulated patient by providing real-time physical tactile cues (e.g. temperature, pulse), auditory cues (e.g. speech, heart sounds), and rich dynamic visual cues such as facial expressions (e.g. pain, emotions) and changes in appearance (e.g. skin color, wounds).
Her expertise and interests include creating 3D synthetic environments (e.g. virtual campus tour), and modeling interactive 3D virtual humans with animated facial expressions, speech, and body language for the purposes of simulation and training in the education, military, and healthcare domains.
Dr. Daher is a multidisciplinary person who loves to combine computing, with engineering, arts, science, languages, and various disciplines to solve real world problems.
Education
Ph.D.; University of Central Florida; Modeling and Simulation; 2018
M.S.; University of Central Florida; Modeling and Simulation; 2015
M.S.; University of Florida; Digital Arts and Science; 2006
B.S.; Lebanese American University; Computer Science; 2004
Experience
Courtesy Faculty at University of Central Florida, College of Nursing
Courtesy Assistant Professor, October 2019 -
Awards & Honors
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2026 Fall Courses
CS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CS
CS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
CS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
IS 489 - INFO UNDERGRAD THESIS RESEARCH
IS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
IS 491 - SENIOR PROJECT - IS
IT 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
CS 489 - COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH PROJ
CS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
IS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
IS 791 - DOCTORAL SEMINAR
CS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
IS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IS 776 - IS RESEARCH STUDY
IS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
IS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN INFO
IS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
Past Courses
Research Interests
I am a multidisciplinary person with a background in computer science and software engineering, mathematics, digital media, and arts. I enjoy collaborative projects involving other disciplines such as healthcare, education, and languages to solve real world problems. My expertise and research interests include computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality, creating 3D synthetic environments (e.g. virtual campus), and modeling interactive 3D virtual humans with animated facial expressions, speech, and body language for the purposes of simulation and training in the education, military, and healthcare domains. During my PhD, I developed a new class of augmented reality patient simulators called Physical-Virtual Patients (PVP). The PVP allows healthcare educators to interact with a life-size simulated patient by providing real-time physical tactile cues (e.g. temperature, pulse), auditory cues (e.g. speech, heart sounds), and rich dynamic visual cues such as facial expressions (e.g. pain, emotions) and changes in appearance (e.g. skin color, wounds). I would like to continue the research related to simulation and training especially in areas that involve simulating humans, and multi-sensory applications whether for healthcare, mental health, or other domains.
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