Author Archives: Maria Gorlatova

About Maria Gorlatova

Dr. Maria Gorlatova is the Sternberg Family Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Her research centers on pervasive computing technologies, with a focus on spatial computing and next-generation augmented reality. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and her M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees (Summa Cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada. She spent two years at Princeton University’s Electrical Engineering Department as an Associate Research Scholar and Associate Director of the Princeton University EDGE Lab. Dr. Gorlatova was named one of the N2Women Rising Stars and has received multiple awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, the DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA), the DARPA Director’s Fellowship, the IEEE ISMAR 2025 Best Paper Award, the IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communications, and research awards from Meta, Cisco, and IBM. She served as the TPC Co-chair of ACM/IEEE IPSN 2023, the General Co-Chair of the 2025 NSF Workshop on Networking and Systems Challenges in Immersive Computing, and the TPC Co-chair of ACM/IEEE SenSys 2025.

Recent I3T Lab Graduate Sarah Eom Highlighted by the Duke University Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation

Sarah Eom, PhD, was highlighted by the Duke University Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation for her work at the intersection of next-generation immersive systems and healthcare. Congratulations Dr. Eom!

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Is This the Future for Smart Glasses and AI?

If you do not believe that the future is smartglasses + AI, the VisionClaw paper might change your mind. The authors created a system that “running on Meta RayBan smart glasses, continuously perceives real-world context and enables in-situ, speech-driven action … Continue reading →

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I3T Lab Tour a Part of Regional NAE Meeting

It was our sincere pleasure to offer a Duke I3T Lab Tour as part of the National Academy of Engineers Regional Meeting held at Duke University in May 2026.   May 2026 NAE Regional Meeting attendees exploring live AR and … Continue reading →

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I am a Bass Chair!

I am one of only nine faculty, across all of Duke, to be named the 2026 Bass Chair – the honor that recognizes faculty whose teaching and research exemplify Duke’s commitment to undergraduate education.

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One More Half-marathon: Garmin Durham 1/2

My third half marathon in the last two years – May 2026 Garmin Durham 1/2 marathon – done! Lovely race; running through the Durham Bulls stadium is a very special experience, and so is finishing on Duke’s football stadium. Problem … Continue reading →

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Smart Glasses, With Back-End AI as a Key Feature: Diverse Models All Co-Existing For The Foreseeable Future?

Incredible things have been happening in the world of smart glasses, thanks to the AI revolution. Long restricted to costly, niche use cases, they are on the cusp of becoming an everyday gateway to AI – in a good way! … Continue reading →

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Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech (CHCI@VT) Headliner Seminar

Possible at Last: Using Large Multimodal Models to Evaluate and Secure Mixed-Reality Experiences – this was the title of the talk I gave as part of the VT Center for Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. Sincere thanks to the organizers for the opportunity … Continue reading →

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2025 in the Duke I3T Lab: Students, Systems, and Community

In 2025, two Duke I3T Lab members received their PhDs and moved on to exciting careers in industry: Dr. Sarah Eom joined Exponent as a Biomedical Engineering Consultant; Dr. Lin Duan joined NVIDIA as an XR-AI Engineer. There were several exciting developments in … Continue reading →

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From Gaming Gear to ICU Rehabilitation: Bringing XR into Clinical Practice

The November 2025 issue of Duke I/O Magazine includes an article titled “Transforming Reality: How Gaming Gear is Impacting Health Care,” featuring a lovely summary of our ongoing collaboration with the Duke University School of Nursing. Together, we are designing … Continue reading →

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Edge Computing’s Next Decade: Intelligent Spatial Systems – and a Responsibility to Get Them Right

It was my genuine pleasure to get to share my thoughts about the past and future of edge computing at the ACM Symposium on Edge Computing 2025 panel, “Looking Back and Moving Forward: 10 Years of Edge Computing.” My highest-level … Continue reading →

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