With all the different projects Professor Chi-Ren Shyu has on his proverbial plate, it's hard to imagine he has any time to sleep. Yet with easy finesse and exuberance, Shyu describes just a few of his ongoing "joyful and rewarding" research initiatives, ranging from biomedical and geospatial informatics to computer imaging of medical images. Not surprisingly, Shyu has gained a well-earned reputation for his collaborative work. Although diverse, what these research interests share is the effort to create large-scale, fast, and multidimensional databases.

GeoIris: a project supported by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.

Demonstration by doctoral student Matt Klaric of how the GeoIris system works.

Demonstration by doctoral student Matt Klaric of how the GeoI system works.