Peter Olivieri, PhD
Associate Professor - Information Systems Department
Professor Olivieri’s research interests include the innovative use of Technology in the Human-Computer Interface, Digital Special Effects, Video Production, Multimedia Databases, and Application Development Programming.
He was a co inventor of the Discover award winning EagleEyes system that allows severely handicapped children to move the cursor on the computer screen with their eyes. This project has won many awards including the 2006 Tech Award Laureate in the area of education, which recognizes projects that use technology to address humanity’s most
pressing problems.
Dr. Olivieri was selected by the Carroll School of Management faculty for the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award given annually to a faculty member who has contributed to the growth of the school and his colleagues.
He was chosen by the university student body to receive the Mary Kaye Waldron award, given annually to a faculty member who is both an outstanding teacher and represents the spirit of Boston College through their involvement within the university.
Professor Olivieri has been involved with the application of technology to sports and has developed systems for the Boston Red Sox, The Jacksonville Jaguars, and several Boston College teams. For over 2 decades, he developed digital special effects projects, and managed a student staff, that prepared multimedia displays at university football, basketball, and hockey games.
He was recently awarded a university grant to conduct research on the ways in which brainwaves and related brain activity can be used to control external devices.
Professor Olivieri’s wife, Rita, is a Professor in the Boston College School of Nursing and his son and daughter are managers in the university Information Technology Services Department.
Carroll School of Management
Fulton Hall 460A
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
olivieri@bc.edu
Phone: 617-552-3907
web site: http://www2.bc.edu/~olivieri