When I was taking my Science Writing course at RIT in Spring 2004, one of our assignments was to find a professor, interview that person about the research he or she was conducting, and then translate that into a format readable for a non-scientific public audience. I had planned on interviewing Jeff Pelz from the Center of Imaging Science at RIT about his research on eye tracking. After some time, I found out that he had been out for a while, and I was referred to Roxanne Canosa of the RIT Computer Science Department who was also doing research in this area.
Have you ever had that creepy feeling when you go to the gym and you catch someone glancing at you in the mirror? Have you ever noticed how professional poker players were sunglasses? Have you ever secretly given a cue to someone with your eyes? What about when people roll their eyes or look away in shame? Our eyes make over about two to four movements a second and over 100,000 movements per day. We rely on our eyes so much but are often unaware of its activity. It is often said that the eyes are the windows to the souls. At the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), eye tracking research is providing windows into how people think about tasks and goals.
