Griffin J. Hurt
NSF GRFP Fellow | Computer Science PhD Student at University of Pittsburgh
5th Floor
130 N Bellefield Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Hello! I’m Griffin, and I’m an NSF GRFP fellow and Ph.D. student studying computer science at the University of Pittsburgh. I work in the Surreality Lab under the leadership of Dr. Jacob Biehl and Dr. Edward Andrews researching spatial computing (AR/VR) in the medical domain. Specifically, my research is at the intersection of spatial computing and human-computer interaction.
As an undergraduate student, I completed a Bachelor’s of Philosopy (BPhil) degree and defended my thesis, Untethered Displays: The Effects of Mixed Reality on Split-Attention in Fine-Motor Tasks. I also received the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship for Fall 2023 to redesign the curriculum for CMPINF 0010: Big Ideas in Computing and Information and was a teaching assistant for a few other computer science courses. I also served as the student representative for the School of Computing and Information’s Academic Council for the 2022-2023 academic year.
In my spare time, I work on web development projects as one half of PeckedByBirds.
News
| Nov 13, 2025 | My paper MR-MDEs: Exploring the Integration of Mixed Reality into Multi-display Environments was published in PACM HCI! |
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| Nov 10, 2025 | I student volunteered, demoed SurrealityCV, and presented Shadows of Reality: Enhancing Bystander Awareness of Mixed Reality Interfaces at SUI 2025! |
| Nov 07, 2025 | I demoed some of the Surreality Lab’s technology at the Nationwide Children’s XR Symposium |
| Aug 09, 2024 | I finished my internship in Research and Development at Medivis! |
| Apr 19, 2024 | I was chosen as one of the 2023-2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Students in the Department of Computer Science |
Latest Posts
| Jun 13, 2025 | Stereo Matching and Depth Map Creation on the Vision Pro |
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| Dec 04, 2023 | My CUTF: Learning Never Ends |
| Oct 25, 2023 | The “Big Ideas” of Teaching |