The VAST lab, directed by Dr. T. Boult, is actively pursuing research in both vision and security. In 2003, the VAST lab moved from Lehigh University to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Particular areas of research depend on both funding and students interests. We currently have funding (either direct or with company partners) from ONR, Rome Labs (Air Force), US Army Research Labs, Missle Defense Agency, US Department of Education, and NISSC with multiple pending proposals. We are working with local industry in Colorado Springs, as well as maintaing relation we estabilished at Lehigh including Siemens, and the Hershey Medical Center.

The current research project at the VAST lab at UCCS is in the field of video surveillance systems, biometrics, biometric fusion, supporting trauma treatment, steganalysis, network security, detection of chemical and biological weapons .

• Adaptive High Dynamic Range Imaging
• C2FUSE: Command and Control Fusion
• INSPECCT: Inexpensive Spectrometer Color Camera Technology
• GPS-Based Tracking System for Trauma Patients
• Intelligent Imaging System
• NCIIA: National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
• Network Security
• NSF Privacy: NSF STTR on Privacy Enhanced Biometrics
• ONR FAMME: ONR Facial Anlaysis in the Moving Maritime Environment
• Privacy Enhanced Camera
• Projective Biometric Invariants
• Revocable Biometrics with Robust Distance Metrics
• SEE Port: Surveillance and Enemy Evaluation with PTZ and Omni-directional Reconnaissance Technology
• Semquest NEATR: Semquest Network Enhanced Automatic Target Recognition
• Trauma-Net: Empowerment Dynamics Through Social Cognitive Theory
• UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• Underwater Imaging

• Dr. Terry Boult
• David Bacon
• Abhijit Bendale
• Ankur Chattopadhyay
• Christopher Gilbert
• Dennis Ippoliti
• R.C. Johnson
• Erica Kirkbride
• Shane Kirkbride
• Palden Lama
• Walter Scheirer
• Kim Tran
• Daniel Szarkowski
• Mary (Joy) Aquino
• Benjamin Cable
• Patrick Caldwell
• Jonathan Dugan
• Chris Eberle
• Andrew Kurfess
• Josh Lawson
• Edith Leung
• Mackenzie Lowrance
• Miguel Lezcano
• Anthony Magee
• Andrew Purkett
• Kyle Roucis
• Justin Schiff