PhD Dissertation Announcement: “Understanding Lateral Asymmetry in Touchless Interaction”
Pantea Habibi November 1, 2024 Candidate: Pantea Habibi Date and Time: Friday, November 1, 2024; 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Location: ERF 2068 Abstract: When interacting with large… Read more |
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Beyond User-Centered Design: Ecological Approach to the User Interface Design and Evaluation in Augmented Reality
October 25, 2024 Assistant professor Hy Kim, director of UIC’s Human-Centered Engineering Lab will present his research: Friday 10/25/24, 1pm EVL Continuum… Read more |
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IEEE VIS 2024: Visualization & Virtual Analytics Virtual Conference
Andrew Wentzel, Fabio Miranda, G. Elisabeta Marai, Gustavo Moreira, Hossein Fathollahian, Md Nafiul Alam Nipu, Sanjana Srabanti October 13, 2024 - October 18, 2024 This year, students at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering participated in the… Read more |
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UIC CS William McCulloch Professor Mike Papka speaking at TEDxChicago 2024
Michael E. Papka September 27, 2024 Congratulations to Mike Papka, one of nine speakers at TEDxChicago 2024: Lighting the Way to be held Friday, September 27th at Harris Theater… Read more |
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Michael E. Papka Named EVL Director
Michael E. Papka September 16, 2024 Michael E. Papka has been announced as the new Director of EVL. Mike has a long history with EVL, starting in 1994 when he graduated with his Masters… Read more |
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EVL Professor G. Elisabeta Marai Awarded Faculty Fellow of the Year
G. Elisabeta Marai April 15, 2024 Honors Faculty Fellows are individually assigned to provide personalized advising and mentoring to students. Each year, Honors College students… Read more |
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SAGE3 Tutorial Sessions at ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces Conference (ACM ISS 2023)
Luc Renambot November 5, 2023 - November 8, 2023 EVL Research Associate Professor Luc Renambot joins collaborators from the University of Hawaii Manoa and Virginia Tech to present the latest… Read more |
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EVL Awarded NSF MRI Support to Build the Data Observation and Computation Collaboratory (DOCC)
Andrew Johnson, Fabio Miranda, G. Elisabeta Marai, Jonas Talandis, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Michael E. Papka, Nikita Nandish Soni October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026 The National Science Foundation has awarded EVL a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant to build the Data Observation and Computation… Read more |
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EVL Hosts ChicagoCHI Presentation
Victor Mateevitsi June 22, 2023 EVL hosted ChicagoCHI’s June presentation &rlquo;Making Design Sense of Hearing”, June 22, 2023. Guest Speaker Greg Olsen, Portfolio… Read more |
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PhD Prelim Announcement: Improving Conversation Analysis Pipeline through Personal Situated Analytics in Extended Reality
Ashwini Naik May 23, 2023 Ph.D. Student: Ashwini G. Naik Committee Members: Dr. Nikita Soni Dr. Debaleena Chattopadhyay Dr. Steve Jones (External Member) Dr. Robert Kenyon… Read more |
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Extending the virtual: the museum as a hybrid experience
Maria Roussou May 3, 2023 EVL alumna and Associate Professor in Interactive Systems at the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University… Read more |
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EVL Affiliate Faculty Nikita Soni Featured in UIC Engineering RISE Spring 2023 Issue
Nikita Nandish Soni April 24, 2023 EVL-affiliated faculty and Computer Science Assistant Professor Nikita Soni’s research in human-computer interaction (HCI), along with three… Read more |
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“Hummingbird” Performances Scheduled at the Chicago Children’s Theater
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Sai Priya Jyothula March 23, 2023 - March 26, 2023 “Hummingbird” is coming to the Chicago Children’s Theater March 24-26th. Written by Jo Catell and developed by Daria Tsoupikova… Read more |
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PhD Prelim Announcement: Supporting Motor-Rehabilitation and Metaphor Elicitation in Asymmetric Virtual Environments
Sai Priya Jyothula December 12, 2022 PhD Student: Sai Priya Jyothula Committee: Dr. Andrew Johnson, Advisor and Chair Dr. Steve Jones Dr. Debaleena Chattopadhyay Dr. Joseph Michaelis Dr… Read more |
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Interactive Spherical Display Open House at EVL
Nikita Nandish Soni December 2, 2022 Computer Science assistant professor and EVL affiliated faculty Nikita Soni showcases her research and the newly installed interactive spherical… Read more |
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SAGE3™ Alpha Release Announced at SC22
Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown November 14, 2022 - November 17, 2022 NOVEMBER 14-17, 2022 -- SAGE3 Team members announced the release of the SAGE3 alpha version at the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing 2022 (SC22) conference… Read more |
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Interested in pursuing a PhD in Computer Science in the United States?
November 2, 2022 UIC Department of Computer Science Doctoral Admissions Webinar November 2nd 2022 @7 am-8:30am Chicago time (CDT) Webinar… Read more |
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Computer Science + Design Major
October 27, 2022 UIC Engineering’s News promotes the new and very popular computer science + design undergraduate degree. UIC is the only public university… Read more |
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Announcing SAGE3 Upcoming Events !!
Andrew Johnson, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown September 2, 2022 - Ongoing The SAGE3 Team has been quiet far too long, but we’ve been very busy! Here’s what to look forward to in the coming months: * SAGE3 beta… Read more |
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Alum Michael E. Papka Joins EVL Faculty
Michael E. Papka August 16, 2022 - Ongoing This academic year 2023 EVL alum Mike Papka has joined UIC’s Department of Computer Science and EVL faculty as a professor, bringing years of… Read more |
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Andruid Kerne Joins EVL Faculty as Professor of Computer Science
Andruid Kerne August 16, 2022 - Ongoing Professor Andruid Kerne joins the Department of Computer Science and EVL as incoming faculty specializing in Human Computer Interaction. Kerne comes… Read more |
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“Hummingbird” Exhibited at SIGGRAPH 2022 (S2022)
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Sai Priya Jyothula, Jo Cattell (Goodman Theatre) August 8, 2022 - August 12, 2022 Following the premiere of “Hummingbird” as part of the Chicago’s Tony Award-winning Goodman Theatre New Stages Festival in December… Read more |
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The 1st ASSETS’22 Workshop on The Future of Urban Accessibility
Fabio Miranda July 27, 2022 - September 1, 2022 Call for Papers --------------- There is widespread lack of accessibility in built environments, from roads and housing to public buildings and… Read more |
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EVL Hosts SAGE3 2022 All Hands Meeting
Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown July 19, 2022 - July 22, 2022 July 19th - 22nd, EVL hosted the SAGE3 research and development team to discuss the past year’s major activities, significant results, key… Read more |
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EVL PhD Candidate Arthur Nishimoto Recognized with the COE Exceptional Research Promise Award
Arthur Nishimoto April 21, 2022 Long-time EVLer and PhD candidate Arthur Nishimoto has been recognized by the UIC College of Engineering with the 2022 Exceptional Research Promise… Read more |
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New Faculty Member in Human-Computer Interaction Joins Computer Science
Nikita Nandish Soni January 1, 2022 - Ongoing Assistant professor Nikita Nandish Soni has joined the faculty of computer science at UIC, specializing in human-computer interaction. As affiliated… Read more |
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SAGE3 Alpha Version Available - Users: Please Help Test and Provide Feedback
Andrew Johnson, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown December 13, 2021 The SAGE team has been hard at work designing and developing SAGE3, the NSF-funded Smart Amplified Group Environment, which is a total rewrite of… Read more |
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Goodman Theater New Stages Announces Staging of “HUMMINGBIRD”
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Sai Priya Jyothula December 3, 2021 - December 6, 2021 The Goodman Theater New Stages Festival will showcase “HUMMINGBIRD” December 3-6, 2021to be held at the Electronic Visualization… Read more |
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Associate Professor Liz Marai Recognized as 2020/2021 COE Teaching Award Recipient
G. Elisabeta Marai November 16, 2021 EVL faculty member and Computer Science associate professor Liz Marai has been recognized as a 2020/2021 College of Engineering Teaching Award… Read more |
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New Computer Design Research and Learning Center Breaks Ground
September 16, 2021 Construction activities for the new $117.8 million, 135,000-square-foot Computer Design Research and Learning Center to be located at 900 W. Taylor… Read more |
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G. Elisabeta Marai Awarded NIH Diversity Supplement
G. Elisabeta Marai, Xinhua Zhang (UIC); Guadalupe Canahuate (UIA); Dave Fuller (MDACC) August 1, 2021 - February 29, 2024 The National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Institute has awarded Liz Marai and collaborators at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer… Read more |
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PhD Dissertation Announcement: Supporting Collaborative Exploratory Visual Data Analysis in Multi-device Environments
Abeer Alsaiari July 15, 2021 Candidate: Abeer Alsaiari DATE: Thursday, July 15, 2021 TIME: 1:30PM LOCATION: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 839 2674 2060 Passcode: Mt5zBdqA Committee… Read more |
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PhD Dissertation Announcement: Multi-view, multi-modal speech and mid-air gesture interaction for data exploration in large display environments
Jillian Aurisano July 9, 2021 Candidate: Jillian Aurisano DATE: Friday, July 9, 2021 TIME: 1:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 843 6774 7564 Passcode: 6DwiV1hA Committee… Read more |
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PhD Dissertation Announcement: Hybrid Collaborative Virtual Environments
Krishna Bharadwaj July 6, 2021 Candidate Name: Krishna Bharadwaj Date: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 Time: 2:00PM Location: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 828 8311 9453 Passcode: kbEVL8phd… Read more |
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Introducing SAGE3 - Zoom event hosted by the CineGrid Community Forum
Luc Renambot June 23, 2021 - June 24, 2021 Since receiving an NSF award for SAGE3, the Smart Amplified Group Environment, in May 2020, the SAGE3 Team has been hard at work designing and… Read more |
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“Hummingbird” Among UIC Today’s Top Stories
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Sai Priya Jyothula June 23, 2021 UIC Today covers the “Hummingbird” project, a collaboration between UIC and the Goodman Theatre that blends VR storytelling and… Read more |
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Virtual-reality play: UIC debuts ’Hummingbird,’ allowing audience to participate in the story
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Sai Priya Jyothula June 22, 2021 Congratulations to Daria Tsoupikova in collaboration with award winning theater director Jo Cattell and their team, including application developers… Read more |
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Pilot Performances of “HUMMINGBIRD” Collaborative Virtual Reality for Tele-Immersive Interactive Theater
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Sai Priya Jyothula June 18, 2021 - June 20, 2021 EVL hosts the pilot performances of “HUMMINGBIRD” the multiuser theatrical work that merges real and virtual worlds, engaging tech-savvy… Read more |
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Maximizing cancer survival, minimizing treatment side effects with AI
G. Elisabeta Marai June 1, 2021 EVL faculty and computer science (CS) associate professor Liz Marai in collaboration with co-investigator, CS assistant professor Xinhua Zhang are… Read more |
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Wei Tang’s Machine Learning Researh Featured in UIC Computer Science e-News
Wei Tang April 22, 2021 EVL faculty and Computer Science assistant professor Wei Tang has been working with Motorola to use computer vision to improve cell phone photos… Read more |
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Research Experience and Visualization of Parameters from Multiple Numerical Simulations
Jonathan Vega April 7, 2021 Alumnus Jonathan Vega (BS 2020, Computer Science) presented his experiences and research as an undergrad at EVL entitled “Visualization of… Read more |
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NIH Awards “Longitudinal Spatial-Nonspatial Decision Support for Competing Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Therapy”
G. Elisabeta Marai, Xinhua Zhang (UIC), Guadalupe Canahuate (UIA), Dave Fuller (MDACC) March 1, 2021 - February 28, 2026 National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Institute has awarded UIC funding to continue research in head and neck cancer therapy. UIC PI, EVL… Read more |
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Daria Tsoupikova Named SIGGRAPH 2021 Art Papers Chair
Daria Tsoupikova January 1, 2021 - August 5, 2021 Join us in congratulating EVL faculty and School of Design professor Daria Tsoupikova who has been named the SIGGRAPH 2021 Art Papers Chair. Each… Read more |
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EVL and UIC Computer Science Alumnus Marco Cavallo Honored with Outstanding Young Achievement Award
Marco Cavallo December 14, 2020 EVL alumnus Marco Cavallo was awarded with the UIC College of Engineering Outstanding Young Achievement Award in Computer Science for 2020. The award… Read more |
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Fabio Miranda Joins EVL Faculty
Fabio Miranda October 19, 2020 - Ongoing October 19, 2020 - - Fabio Miranda joins the EVL faculty as an assistant professor with the Department of Computer Science. Miranda interests include… Read more |
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NSF Grant “CHS: Small: Collaborative Research: Articulate+” Awarded
Andrew Johnson, Jillian Aurisano, Barbara DiEugenio (UIC), Jason Leigh (University of Hawaii), Moira Zellner (Northeastern University) October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2022 UIC Computer Science Professors Andy Johnson (PI) and Barbara Di Eugenio (co-PI) have been awarded a $333,000 NSF grant entitled “CHS: Small… Read more |
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Andrew Johnson Named Interim Director, EVL
Andrew Johnson October 1, 2020 - Ongoing October 1 - - EVL Director of Research Andrew Johnson has been named Interim Director of EVL following Maxine Brown’s retirement from UIC… Read more |
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Announcing SAGE3: Data visualization gets artificial intelligence boost with $5 million NSF grant
Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown July 1, 2020 Researchers at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, University of Illinois Chicago, and Virginia Tech were awarded a $5 million National Science… Read more |
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Preliminary Examination Announcement: “Supporting Collaborative Visual Data Analysis in Multi-device Environment”
Abeer Alsaiari March 9, 2020 Ph.D. Student: Abeer Alsaiari Committee: Prof. Andrew Johnson, Chair and Advisor Prof. Joseph Michaelis Prof. Wei Tang Prof. Steve Jones (Department… Read more |
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EVL Research Assistant Ryan Nishimoto Featured as Computer Science Grad
Ryan Nishimoto January 6, 2020 After graduating with his bachelor’s degree in astrophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ryan Nishimoto began his… Read more |
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Preliminary Examination Announcement: “Multi-view, multi-modal speech+gesture interaction in large display environments”
Jillian Aurisano September 17, 2019 Ph.D. Student: Jillian Aurisano Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Time: 11:00 am Location: Room 3036, Engineering Research Facility Committee: Andrew… Read more |
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PhD Thesis Defense Announcement: “Knowledge Places: Embedding Knowledge in the Space of the Classroom”
Anthony Perritano September 6, 2019 PhD Candidate: Anthony Perritano Date: Friday, September 6th, 2019 Time: 10:30 am CT Location: Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), Room 2068… Read more |
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UIC EVL/MFA Graduate JD Pirtle Starts Depth and Light Consultancy Firm
JD Pirtle October 22, 2018 OCTOBER 22, 2018 - UIC EVL/MFA graduate JD Pirtle recently started his own company, Depth and Light which is an education, technology, and design… Read more |
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UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory Graduates and Staff Participate in Symposium “Herstory: Digital Innovations”
Carolina Cruz-Neira, Copper Giloth, Dana M. Plepys, Margaret Dolinsky, Mary Rasmussen, Maxine Brown, Barbara Sykes October 18, 2018 OCTOBER 18, 2018 - “Herstory: Digital Innovations Symposium and Book Signing,” celebrates the book “New Media Futures (NMF): The… Read more |
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Understanding Accessibility of Smartphone Map Applications for Older Adults
Debaleena Chattopadhyay July 27, 2017 UIC Computer Science mentors two DREU undergraduates to work on summer research project JULY 27, 2017 - Undergraduate students Taylor Day, from Texas… Read more |