ANCIENT& not so ancient WISDOM
offering a weekly positive perspective

February 5, 2004

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather the intention is to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming  "WOW--What a Ride!"

- Albert 'Skip' Rizzo (1954 - )

Albert "Skip" Rizzo received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Dr. Rizzo is the director of the IMSC Virtual Environments Lab, which conducts research on the design, development and evaluation of Virtual Reality systems targeting the assessment and rehabilitation of spatial abilities, attention, and other cognitive functions.

He has joint faculty appointments with the University of Southern California Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) and the USC School of Gerontology. Prior to joining USC in 1995, Dr. Rizzo worked for 8 years as a clinical psychologist within a brain injury rehabilitation program and in private practice.  Additionally, he is conducting research on computerized facial recognition, facial avatar animation, VR applications that use 360 Degree Panoramic video, VR pain distraction application testing and is involved in designing 3D User interfaces.

He recently delivered keynote addresses on: Virtual Reality and Disability: Emergence
and Challenge and Visual Environments for the Assessment of Attention and Memory Processes: Results from the Virtual Classroom and Office at Haifa University, Israel and The 4th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technology in Veszprem, Hungary respectively.

Wishing you great and continued success!

Sincerely,