Kristal Sauer is a senior at the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a dual major in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

For the past several years, Kristal has been involved in a NASA-sponsored research project involving Human-Computer Interaction via hand pose reconstruction. Her work has focused on developing mathematically-based algorithms for camera calibration, as well as implementing statistical pattern-recognition techniques for computer vision. Though only an undergraduate, Kristal has become the chief programmer for the grant. Her work has resulted in four publications, one of which is first-authored.

Kristal has a near-perfect GPA and is on track to complete all the requirements for both a CS and an EE degree in five years. She has been a strong member of research teams formed primarily of graduate students since early in her time at UNLV.

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