Synergy is a publication of the External Relations office of the Beckman Institute. Each issue spotlights the people and science that make the Institute one of the premier facilities for interdisciplinary research in the world.
Can cognitive decline be prevented or mediated through exercise, training programs or other interventions? Members of the Beckman Institute’s Human Perception and Performance group who are on the leading edge of research on the topic share their answers to the question in video segments.
Several Beckman Institute faculty members and students have taken advantage of the opportunities offered by the Fulbright Program. They talk about their reasons for studying and working abroad, and about America’s best known international scholarly exchange program.
A team made up of Beckman faculty members Tom Huang and Mark Hasegawa-Johnson and their students finished in third place at an international multimedia search competition in Singapore. The Illinois team was the only one from the United States to reach the finals and came within a sound byte of winning first place in the heated competition.
Ashutosh Garg came to Illinois to study with Beckman’s Image Processing group and left with a Ph.D. and a ticket to success. After working as a top research scientist for Google, Garg is now running his own company.
After serving her country in the Air Force, Marni Boppart went on to earn a Ph.D. and eventually a faculty position at Illinois and the Beckman Institute. She is now pursuing research that is providing insights into the science of exercise.