Renovation of Media Research Laboratory at Courant Institute

纽约大学媒体研究实验室（MRL）成立于1993年，其目标是开发人们与计算机和信息互动的新方式。隶属于计算机科学系，MRL人员进行的研究解决了人机交互、智能代理、跟踪设备、动画、计算机图形、微型机器人、编程语言、分布式交互系统、语言识别和生成、显示设备和视觉算法等方面的各种问题。这种类型的调查工作最好在快速适应的计算环境中进行。然而，目前的研究是在最初建于1982年的工业规模制造和机器人项目中进行的，从未翻新过。ARI的资金将用于将该设施改造成一个量身定制的多媒体空间，使研究更加有效。翻新将包括：重新配置空间，升级暖通空调、电气和照明系统，安装安全设备和安保系统，以及网络基础设施，并进行ADA改进；这一切都是为了打造最先进的设施。将建立三个新实验室：一个沉浸式环境实验室将以复杂的方式响应人类的存在和行动；多媒体项目实验室将容纳新的交互、表示和计算范例的测试；以及一个合作项目和人为因素实验室，用于与工业界和学术界的合作者开发和测试研究应用程序。该项目将使MRL能够在其过去的成功基础上进一步发展。

Founded in 1993, the New York University's Media Research Laboratory (MRL) was established with the goal of developing new ways for people to interact with computers and information. Affiliated with the Department of Computer Science, research performed by MRL personnel addresses a diverse set of problems in human computer interaction, intelligent agents, tracking devices, animation, computer graphics, micro-robotics, programming language, distributed interactive systems, language recognition and generation, display devices, and vision algorithms. Investigative work of this type is best conducted in rapidly adaptable computing environments. However, currently research is performed in space originally constructed in 1982 for an industrial-scale manufacturing and robotics program and has never been renovated. ARI funds will be utilized to transform the facility into a tailored multimedia space that will make research more effective. Renovations will encompass: reconfiguring space, upgrading HVAC, electrical and lighting systems, installing safety devices and security systems, and network infrastructure, and making ADA improvements; all required to create a state of the art facility. Three new laboratories will be established: an Immersive Environment Lab will respond in complex ways to the presence and actions of human beings; a Multimedia Project Lab will accommodate testing for new interaction, presentation, and computation paradigm; and a Collaborative Project and Human Factors Lab used for developing and testing research applications with collaborators from industry and academe. This project will enable the MRL to build on its past success as it moves into the future.