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EVLers Present “Hummingbird: Live Theater Adventure Empowering Collaboration in Virtual Reality” & Win Best Art Paper Award at VINCI 2024
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Jo Cattell December 11, 2024 - December 13, 2024 EVL alumni Sai Priya Jyothula and Arthur Nishimoto presented their Virtual Reality (VR) research at the 17th International Symposium on Visual… 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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SAGE3 2023 All Hands Meeting
Andrew Johnson, Lance Long, Luc Renambot June 26, 2023 - June 30, 2023 The annual “SAGE3: Smart Amplified Group Environment for Harnessing the Data Revolution” all hands meeting was held this year at the… 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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DOE Awards NIU and UIC Funds to Support Training in Computational High Energy Physics
Andrew Johnson, Michael E. Papka November 15, 2022 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $2.6 million grant to lead institution Northern Illinois University and sub-recipient the… 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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“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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Daria Tsoupikova Awarded with UIC Award for Creative Activity
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Sai Priya Jyothula, Jo Cattell (Goodman Theatre) May 19, 2022 School of Design and EVL professor Daria Tsoupikova has been recognized with the UIC Award for Creative Activity for 2022-2023. Daria is among 42… 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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Exciting SAGE3 announcements planned for early December
Andrew Johnson, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown November 11, 2021 Thanks to new NSF support, beginning May 2020, the SAGE team has been hard at work designing and developing SAGE3, the Smart Amplified Group… 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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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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UIC Computer Science/EVL awarded $2.25 Million from NSF for SAGE3
Andrew Johnson, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown May 15, 2020 - April 30, 2025 Maxine Brown (UIC PI), Andrew Johnson (UIC co-PI), Luc Renambot (UIC co-PI) Jason Leigh (University of Hawaii Manoa PI)Christopher North (Virginia… Read more |
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Liqid publishes a case study on how EVL is using their GPU-based system COMPaaS DLV
Andrew Johnson, G. Elisabeta Marai, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown April 23, 2020 In October 2018, the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) received an equipment grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF #1828265)… Read more |
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Tsoupikova’s “Transforming Storytelling: Multi-User Virtual Reality Theater for Collaborative Tele-Immersive Exploration” Awarded
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, Daria Tsoupikova, Lance Long, Jo Cattell January 24, 2019 - December 31, 2020 JANUARY 24, 2019 - Daria Tsoupikova, associate professor in the UIC School of Design and an affiliated faculty member of the UIC Electronic… Read more |
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“Acquisition of a Composable Platform as a Service Instrument for Deep Learning & Visualization (COMPaaS DLV)” Awarded
Andrew Johnson, G. Elisabeta Marai, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Robert V. Kenyon, Tanya Berger-Wolf, Sybil Derrible, Barbara Di Eugenio Chris Kanich, Alex Leow, Bing Liu, Farzad Mashayek, Roberto Paoli, Philip Yu, Milos Zefran, Xinhua Zhang, Brian D. Ziebart October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2021 EVL Director Maxine Brown of UIC Computer Science, PI, and co-PIs Andrew Johnson, Robert Kenyon and G. Elisabeta Marai received a three-year NSF MRI… Read more |
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“SI2-SSI: SAGEnext: Next Generation Integrated Persistent Visualization and Collaboration Services for Global Cyberinfrastructure” Awarded
Andrew Johnson, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019 Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) researchers are awarded a supplemental subaward from the University of Hawaii to contribute to the research… Read more |
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Inside a Real Life Holodeck
Andrew Johnson June 13, 2017 JUNE 13, 2017 - Ryan Wolff and David Wolff, producers of the documentary web series “The Good Stuff,” recently completed a program on… Read more |
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EVL has leadership roles in international IEEE Visualization 2015 conference
Andrew Johnson, Angus Forbes, Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, G. Elisabeta Marai, Jillian Aurisano, Kyle Almryde, Laura Wolf, Maxine Brown, Michael E. Papka October 25, 2015 - October 30, 2015 The week of October 25, 2015, the international IEEE Visualization (VIS) 2015 conference is being held in downtown Chicago, and the Electronic… Read more |
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Virtual Harlem Lives On
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh August 23, 2015 The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at University of Illinois at Chicago was an early participant in the project “Virtual… Read more |
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Andrew Johnson, UIC/EVL Director of Research, on Radio panel discussion “Talking Science Fiction”
Andrew Johnson April 22, 2015 APRIL 22, 2015 - Andrew E. Johnson, UIC Computer Science associate professor and Electronic Visualization Laboratory director of research… Read more |
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UIC “Articulate” cited as 1 of 10 cool network and computing research projects
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Jillian Aurisano, Barbara Di Eugenio, Leland Wilkerson January 23, 2015 EDITOR’S NOTE: Network World, published by IDG (International Data Group) company, is the premier provider of information, intelligence and… Read more |
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SAGE BOF at SC14 now posted online
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Thomas Marrinan December 18, 2014 EDITOR’S NOTE: Download the SAGE™/SAGE2™ BOF presentation at SC14 SAGE BIRDS OF A FEATHER (BOF): Scalable Adaptive Graphics… Read more |
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ABC Channel 7’s “The Gadget Patrol” features interview with UIC / EVL Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson July 9, 2014 The ABC Channel 7 10pm news, on July 9, 2014, did a story on “The Gadget Patrol” that focused on how today’s police officers are… Read more |
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UIC / EVL one of the “Proud to be Sustainable” Photo Contest winners
Andrew Johnson April 29, 2014 April 29 2014, the UIC Office of Sustainability celebrated the results of its “Proud to be Sustainable” Photo Contest at the UIC African… Read more |
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2013 TechTeach@UIC Conference
Andrew Johnson October 9, 2013 Associate Professor, Andrew Johnson presents EVL’s Cyber-Commons technology at the 2013 TechTeach@UIC Conference, Wednesday, October 9th at the… Read more |
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University of Illinois at Chicago: Virtual Reality’s CAVE™ Pioneer
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh February 4, 2013 The CAVE2™ Hybrid Reality Environment, developed by the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), is… Read more |
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Move over NASA: Explore the surface of Mars with virtual reality
Andrew Johnson, UIC Associate Professor; David Hofman, UIC Professor / Acting Head, UIC Physics Department; Mark SubbaRao, Astronomer / Director, Space Visualization Laboratory, Adler Planetarium October 30, 2012 The UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) CAVE2™ Virtual-Reality System is profiled in a recent news article by a Northwestern… Read more |
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Spark Student Mentored in Video Game Development at the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory
Andrew Johnson, Arthur Nishimoto, JD Pirtle June 11, 2012 June 11, 2012 Spark interest in the workplace and encourage middle-school children from disadvantaged communities to excel in school and pursue their… Read more |
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1998 research paper wins an award!
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh February 25, 2012 February 25, 2012 Jason Leigh and Andy Johnson of the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) recently learned that a paper they helped… Read more |
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Future Me - Human Augmentics for Sustained Wellbeing Sustained Wellbeing
Andrew Johnson December 1, 2011 EVL associate professor Andrew Johnson participated in the plenary session at the Southeast Asia International Joint Research Training Program in… Read more |
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Cyber-Commons - A High Resolution, High Bandwidth, Collaborative Lens for Focusing Attention to Solve Data-rich Problems
Andrew Johnson November 30, 2011 EVL associate professor Andrew Johnson participated in the plenary session at the Southeast Asia International Joint Research Training Program in… Read more |
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Science fiction vs science: Both are featured in Chicago
Andrew Johnson April 7, 2011 The article Trash our city, PLEASE! in the April 7, 2011 edition of CHICAGO TRIBUNE lauds the benefits of having the Second City be destroyed in big… Read more |
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EVL Assists UIC COE Recruitment and Retention
Andrew Johnson, EVL faculty, staff, and students June 1, 2010 - November 1, 2010 The University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) does many tours, demos and presentations to assist the… Read more |
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Andy Johnson Feature (Medill School)
Andrew Johnson, Northwestern University’s Medill School March 16, 2010 In January, EVL hosted a class of journalism students from Northwestern University’s Medill School; their visit consisted of an overview of… Read more |
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Glasses-free 3D
Andrew Johnson, EVL faculty, staff, and students March 9, 2010 by Thomas Forrest, Medill Reports - Chicago, Northwestern University MARCH 9, 2010 - You’re in the far depths of space and turn your head to… Read more |
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The High-Tech Future of Body Language
Andrew Johnson, Gordon Carlson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Sangyoon Lee, and collaborators at the University of Central Florida (UCF) Intelligent Systems Laboratory and Computer Architecture Laboratory October 22, 2009 The October 22, 2009 edition of the WASHINGTON POST has an article by Carol Kinsey Goman on “The High-Tech Future of Body Language”… Read more |
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Ultra-high-speed, made ultra-easy
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, EVL research staff October 14, 2009 The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) was recently awarded a three-year, $1.9-Million grant from the… Read more |
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Popular Science’s: Future of Immortality program features EVL’s LifeLike Avatar Research
Andrew Johnson, Gordon Carlson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Sangyoon Lee, Steve Jones, (EVL), Avelino J Gonzalez, Ronald F DeMara (University of Central Florida) October 12, 2009 - October 14, 2009 Popular Science’s: Future of Immortality program that airs October 12th through 14th on Discovery’s “The Science Channel”… Read more |
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Andy Johnson 2009 Award of Excellence in Teaching Recipient
Andrew Johnson October 7, 2009 EVL’s Andy Johnson was one of five recipients of the 2009 UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching. Nominated by the Computer Science department… Read more |
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NSF STCI Proposal Awarded to UIC / EVL
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown August 18, 2009 The National Science Foundation has awarded the Electronic Visualization Laboratory’s proposal STCI: OptIPlanet Cyber-Mashup: Persistent… Read more |
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AAAS 2009 Annual Meeting
Alan Cruz, Andrew Johnson, Dana M. Plepys, Dennis Chau, Ed Kahler, Hyejung Hur, Jason Leigh, Khairi Reda, Lance Long, Laura Wolf, Maxine Brown, Patrick Hallihan, Ratko Jagodic, Thomas A. DeFanti, Venkatram Vishwanath, Yiwen Sun February 12, 2009 - February 16, 2009 EVL principal investigators participate in the National Science Foundation (NSF) exhibit at the American Association for the Advancement of Science… Read more |
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Project LifeLike at NSF I/UCRC Meeting 2009
Andrew Johnson, Gordon Carlson, Jason Leigh, Sangyoon Lee January 7, 2009 - January 9, 2009 EVL demonstrates Project LifeLike at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) annual Industry & University Cooperative Research (I/UCRC)… Read more |
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TacTile - High-Definition, Multi-touch Interface Display to Debut at SC08
Andrew Johnson, Dennis Chau, Ed Kahler, Jason Leigh, Jonas Talandis, Khairi Reda, Lance Long, Robert Kooima November 11, 2008 CHICAGO - TacTile, the newest display device to come out of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), puts interaction with high-definition (HD)… Read more |
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September 2008 Issue of Campus Technology Showcases EVL’s LambdaTable
Andrew Johnson, Dmitri Svistula, Hyejung Hur, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Ratko Jagodic September 1, 2008 - September 30, 2008 The September 2008 issue of Campus Technology carries a higher education brief of EVL’s recently awarded National Science Foundation major… Read more |
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Virtual School of Computational Science & Engineering Planning Meeting
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown July 1, 2008 - July 2, 2008 EVL director Jason Leigh, Computer Science associate professor Andrew Johnson, and EVL associate director Maxine Brown participate in the Great Lakes… Read more |
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High-Tech, Networked Meeting Space Links CS Students to Project Collaborators
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown April 14, 2008 by Laura Wolf It’s okay to peek! There’s a new high-tech meeting space for computer science students on campus designed specifically for… Read more |
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Researchers from NASA and EVL Test Under-Ice Sub ENDURANCE
Andrew Johnson, Shriram Iyer, Peter Doran, Bill Chen (NASA Ames), Chris McKay (NASA Ames), John Priscu (Montana State Unversity), William Stone (Stone Aerospace) February 14, 2008 Europa Here We Come: NASA Tests Under-Ice Sub with Eye Toward Jupiter - If successful at mapping lake terrain Wisconsin and Antarctica, it could be… Read more |
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EVL’s Lambda Table puts science at your fingertips
Andrew Johnson, Dmitri Svistula, Hyejung Hur, Jason Leigh, Lance Long, Laura Wolf, Luc Renambot, Nicholas Schwarz, Tom Peterka October 15, 2007 by Eli Ortiz Chicago Flame On-line Issue date: 10/15/07 Section: Features The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) hosted an open house for… Read more |
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Visualization for Geoscientists
Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Sangyoon Lee, Yu-Chung Chen October 8, 2007 Apple :: Science :: Profiles The Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been the source of many widely used… Read more |
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Virtual Reality for Virtual Eternity
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Sangyoon Lee, Thomas A. DeFanti, Steve Jones and Gordon Carlson (UIC / Communication), Avelino Gonzalez and Ron Demarr (University of Central Florida / CFU) March 12, 2007 - March 25, 2007 Please click this link to view the full text article UIC News Release March 12, 2007 CONTACT: Paul Francuch, (312) 996-3457, francuch @ uic.edu… Read more |
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EVL and Calit2 Researchers Share in Two IEEE Virtual Reality Awards
Andrew Johnson, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Javier Girado, Jinghua Ge, Robert Kooima, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Peterka, Jurgen Schulze (Calit2) March 10, 2007 - March 14, 2007 Please click on this link for the full text of this article San Diego, CA and Chicago, IL, March 16, 2007 - Researchers from the University of… Read more |
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Associate Professor Andrew Johnson Receives 2007 UIC Teaching Recognition Awards
Andrew Johnson February 14, 2007 Please click on this link to view the full press release for this event EVL’s Associate Professor Andrew Johnson is recognized with the 2007… Read more |
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NSF Funds EVL & Collaborators to Develop a Methodology for Creating Intelligent Digital Humans
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Steve Jones and Gordon Carlson (UIC / Communication), Avelino Gonzalez and Ron Demarr (University of Central Florida / CFU) February 14, 2007 The National Science Foundation (NSF) awards a three-year collaborative project titled “Towards Life-like Computer Interfaces that… Read more |
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SAGE: Building a Visualization Cluster with Rocks
Andrew Johnson, Byungil Jeong, Charles Zhang, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Nicholas Schwarz, Ratko Jagodic, Venkatram Vishwanath November 15, 2006 - February 15, 2007 The following is a excerpt of an article from the November 15, 2006 edition of HPC Wire. To view the full text article, please click on the link… Read more |
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LiveBox Gallery presents UNFOLDING SPACE by Julieta Aguilera in collaboration with Andy Johnson
Andrew Johnson, Julieta Aguilera October 20, 2006 - November 25, 2006 UNFOLDING SPACE The tridimensional shadow of a four dimensional textured grid unfolds in a virtual reality environment. Julieta Aguilera places the… Read more |
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Leigh & Johnson Get UIC COE Diamond / Silver Research Awards
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh October 17, 2006 EVL co-Director Jason Leigh’s and Assistant Professor Andrew Johnson’s outstanding research acheivements were recognized by the UIC… Read more |
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Corelyzer Joins ANDRILL Expedition
Andrew Johnson, Arun Rao, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Sangyoon Lee, Yu-Chung Chen, Frank Rack (Executive Director), David Harwood (Research Director), Richard Levy (Staff Scientist), ANDRILL Science Management Office / University of Nebraska-Lincoln October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006 EVL’s Corelyzer software will be used during latest ANDRILL drilling expedition, MIS McMurdo Ice Shelf Project scheduled to be drilled in… Read more |
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Corelyzer Project Presented at WWDC 2006 Poster Session
Andrew Johnson, Arun Rao, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Yu-Chung Chen August 7, 2006 - August 11, 2006 EVL Ph.D. student Yu-Chung Chen will present EVL’s Corelyzer project during a poster session at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC… Read more |
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GeoWall at Swarthmore
Andrew Johnson June 29, 2006 - June 30, 2006 Andrew Johnson gave a presentation and demonstration of the GeoWall to the faculty and staff of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Swarthmore… Read more |
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SAGE / OptIPuter in “Science Grid This Week”
Andrew Johnson, Arun Rao, Atul Nayak, Byungil Jeong, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Ratko Jagodic, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Visualization Center and Calit2, UCSD May 24, 2006 “Science Grid This Week” features the iCluster visualization system developed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of… Read more |
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Chicago Map Society Visits EVL
Andrew Johnson May 23, 2006 Andrew Johnson gave a presentation and series of demonstrations on EVL’s high resolution and 3D display technology to the Chicago Map Society… Read more |
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Sixth Annual Rensselaer Colloquium on Teaching & Learning
Andrew Johnson May 15, 2006 - May 16, 2006 Andrew Johnson gave a keynote presentation “Pixels, Pixels, Everywhere, but do they help us Think?” at the Sixth Annual Rensselaer… Read more |
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CoreWall Workshop
Andrew Johnson, Arun Rao, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Yu-Chung Chen, Paul Morin, Emi Ito, Sean Higgins, Bill Kamp, and 40 others May 8, 2006 - May 10, 2006 This workshop explored possible development pathways for the CoreWall Suite of Applications - an NSF-funded project developinging a basic suite of… Read more |
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UNFOLDING SPACE
Andrew Johnson, Julieta Aguilera March 10, 2006 The tridimensional shadow of a four dimensional textured grid is unfolded through hand motion. Going into this higher dimensional environment is like… Read more |
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CoreWall Research Funded by NSF
Andrew Johnson, Arun Rao, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Yu-Chung Chen March 1, 2006 - February 29, 2008 NSF supports EVL and collaborating institutions - University of Minnesota, University of Colorado, and Columbia University in geoscience research and… Read more |
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Andrew Johnson invited to give a talk at the Moritz College of Law conference on Building Democracy Through Online Citizen Deliberation
Andrew Johnson November 16, 2005 - November 18, 2005 Andrew Johnson was iInvited to give a talk at the Moritz College of Law conference on Building Democracy Through Online Citizen Deliberation on… Read more |
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OptIPuter Exhibited at SC05
Andrew Johnson, Byungil Jeong, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Javier Girado, Jinghua Ge, Lance Long, Laura Wolf, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Ratko Jagodic, Robert Kooima, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Peterka, Venkatram Vishwanath November 12, 2005 - November 18, 2005 RESEARCH EXHIBITS Calit2 and Center for Earth Observations and Applications (booth 6107) Transforming Scientific Discovery Through Telecom and IT… Read more |
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2005 NSF CISE / CNS Cluster Computing Infrastructure Experience Workshop
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot July 27, 2005 EVL’s Jason Leigh and Luc Renambot participated in the 2005 NSF CISE / CNS Cluster Computing Infrastructure Experience Workshop, hosted by the… Read more |
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EVL Lights Up the 105 Megapixel LambdaVision
Alan Verlo, Andrew Johnson, Byungil Jeong, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Patrick Hallihan, Thomas A. DeFanti July 19, 2005 - September 30, 2007 July 19, 2005 - CHICAGO, Illinois - Computer scientists at University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)… Read more |
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Leigh & Johnson Invited Speakers at Visualization of Astrophysical Data Workshop
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh May 25, 2005 - May 27, 2005 EVL Co-Director, Jason Leigh and Associate Professor, Andy Johnson are invited speakers in the “Visualization of Astrophysical Data”… Read more |
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EVL helps the Adler Planetarium Celebrate the Anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity Landing on Mars
Andrew Johnson, Gideon Goldman, Jason Leigh, Julieta Aguilera, Nicholas Schwarz, Robert Kooima, Doug Roberts (Adler), Mark Subbarao (Adler) January 22, 2005 - February 10, 2005 On January 22nd, EVL students and faculty helped the Adler Planetarium celebrate the one year anniversary of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers… Read more |
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AGU Fall Meeting 2004
Andrew Johnson, Arun Rao, Jason Leigh, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Nicholas Schwarz December 13, 2004 - December 17, 2004 Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Lance Long, and graduate students Arun Rao and Nicholas Schwarz are attending the American Geophysical… Read more |
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Moher & Johnson Collaborate With Northwestern University on Nanotechnology Research
Andrew Johnson, Tom Moher, Project PI Bob Chang (NU), UIC Distinguished Professor Jim Pellegrino October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2007 EVL faculty members Tom Moher and Andrew Johnson, along with UIC Distinguished Professor Jim Pellegrino are partners in the 3 year $6,000,000… Read more |
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EVL Participates in the WACE 2004 Workshop
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot September 23, 2004 - September 24, 2004 EVL’s Luc Renambot is attending the WACE 2004 Workshop in Nice, France, to give a presentation on SAGE: the Scalable Adaptive Graphics… Read more |
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EVL Participates in NCSA Technology Leaders Collaborative Demonstration for USAF
Allan Spale, Andrew Johnson, Chris Rosenthal, Javid Alimohideen, Nicholas Schwarz, Rajvikram Singh, Venkatram Vishwanath, Joe Reitzer, NCSA Technology Leaders August 10, 2004 - August 11, 2004 On 10 August 2004, the Electronic Visualization Laboratory participates in a NCSA Technology Leaders collaborative demonstration of emerging… Read more |
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NASA Star Partners Conference 2004
Andrew Johnson, Ronen Mir, Debby Mir July 7, 2004 - July 9, 2004 EVL’s Andy Johnson will be giving two talks on current Geowall technology at the NASA Star Partners Conference. The talks, entitled… Read more |
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EVL at the GeoWall Summit 2004
Andrew Johnson, Arun Rao, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Nicholas Schwarz May 10, 2004 - May 11, 2004 Jason Leigh, Andy Johnson, Luc Renambot and students Nicholas Schwarz and Arun Rao attended the 2004 GeoWall Summit at Scripps Institution of… Read more |
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IEEE Virtual Reality 2004 :: Open House at EVL
Andrew Johnson, Chris Scharver, Cristian J. Luciano, Daniel J. Sandin, Daria Tsoupikova, Franz Fischnaller, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Thomas A. DeFanti, EVL faculty, students, and alumni March 29, 2004 Portable, Augmented, and Autostereo: EVL’s Next Generation of Virtual Reality Displays In March 2004, the Electronic Visualization Laboratory… Read more |
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EVL at the AGU 2003 Fall Meeting
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Lance Long, Luc Renambot, Shalini Venkataraman December 8, 2003 - December 12, 2003 EVL presented research and educational applications of its GeoWall and GeoWall2 technologies at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2003 meeting in… Read more |
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GeoPad Tested at University of Michigan’s Camp Davis
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Peter Knoop, Ben van der Pluijm, Peter van Keken November 1, 2003 - December 1, 2003 Please Click on the link above to view the full text article. The GeoPad application has recently been field tested by geological students at the… Read more |
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Rajvikram Singh’s MS Thesis Defense
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Rajvikram Singh October 24, 2003 One of the common problems faced in collaborative environments and scientific visualization applications, is termed the ‘Display docking’… Read more |
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Yongjoo Cho’s PhD Thesis Defense
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Moher, Yongjoo Cho, Joshua Radinsky October 24, 2003 This dissertation describes a virtual world builder, called CLOVES (Construction of Layer Oriented Virtual Environment for Science inquiry learning)… Read more |
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Kyoung Shin Park’s PhD Thesis Defense
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Kyoung Shin Park, Luc Renambot, Steve Jones, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Moher October 10, 2003 Amplified Collaboration Environments (ACEs) are integrated ubiquitous tools and environments that support collaborative scientific investigation… Read more |
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EVL Participates in Newberry Library’s Teachers and Scholars Program
Andrew Johnson October 2, 2003 - October 27, 2003 Andrew Johnson gave a tutorial “Towards the Holodeck: Advanced Visualization and Collaboration Environments” at UIC as part of the… Read more |
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EVL Associate Professor, Andy Johnson Moonlights as Movie Extra
Andrew Johnson August 31, 2003 On August 31, 2003 at 3pm - Check the time zone in your area - EVL Associate Professor Andy Johnson will have his US debut as a movie extra. Watch… Read more |
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Andrew Johnson Promoted to Associate Professor
Andrew Johnson August 25, 2003 EVL congratulates Andy Johnson on his promotion to Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department. Andy’s research focus is on advanced… Read more |
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Virtual Reality in Education Presented at SIGGRAPH 2003
Andrew Johnson, Tom Moher, Yongjoo Cho, Danny Edelson, Eric Russell July 31, 2003 EVL professors Tom Moher and Andy Johnson present the results of their research in using virtual reality for educational applications at the SIGGRAPH… Read more |
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Third Annual Workshop on Advanced Collaborative Environments WACE 2003
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Kyoung Shin Park, Luc Renambot, Drake Livingston, Michael McLaughlin June 22, 2003 Research in the development of persistent collaboration infrastructure to address the needs of emerging scientific communities, as well as… Read more |
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EVL Participates In 3rd Annual GeoWall Meeting
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Julieta Aguilera, Luc Renambot May 31, 2003 - June 4, 2003 EVLers participated in the 3rd annual GeoWall meeting leading sessions focusing on Education using the GeoWall system, and the future of the GeoWall… Read more |
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Virtual Harlem Exhibited at the Museum of Science & Industry
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Jim Sosnoski January 17, 2003 - March 2, 2003 The Museum of Science and Industry has acquired a GeoWall, due in part to the efforts of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Andrew Johnson and… Read more |
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Wiggleview Demonstrated at AGU2002
Andrew Johnson, Atul Nayak, Jason Leigh, Ray Russo, Paul Morin, Chris Laughbon, Russ Welti, Tim Ahern, Shane Ingate December 6, 2002 - December 10, 2002 EVLers Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson and Atul Nayak are presenting Wiggleview at the American Geophysical Union 2002 Fall Meeting. Using the AGAVE /… Read more |
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iGrid2002, The International Virtual Laboratory
Alan Verlo, Andrew Johnson, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Laura Wolf, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Cees de Laat September 24, 2002 - September 26, 2002 Started in 1998, the biennial iGrid (International Grid) event showcases application advancements and middleware innovations enabled by globally… Read more |
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The GeoWall Summit
Andrew Johnson, Atul Nayak, Jason Leigh, Vikas Chowdry, Paul Morin June 5, 2002 - June 7, 2002 EVLers are participatng in the Second GeoWall Summit held in Minneapolis convened by Paul Morin (University of Minnesota) and Jason Leigh (EVL). They… Read more |
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Andrew Johnson invited to Presents STARTAP and GEOWALL at the first AMPATH International Conference
Andrew Johnson April 1, 2002 - April 12, 2002 Andrew Johnson gave a presentation on STARTAP and a demonstration of the GeoWall at the first AMPATH International conference held in Valdivia… Read more |
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Yongjoo Cho Presents Results of Educational Research at VR 2002 Conference
Andrew Johnson, Tom Moher, Yongjoo Cho, D. Edelson, B. Reiser March 24, 2002 - March 28, 2002 Yongjoo Cho represents EVL at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2002 Conference (VR 2002) in Orlando Florida, March 24-28, 2002. He will present the paper… Read more |
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Dan Sandin Presents Video Avatar Research at IPT 2002
Andrew Johnson, Damin Keenan, Daniel J. Sandin, Satheesh Subramanian, Thomas A. DeFanti, Vivek Rajan March 24, 2002 - March 25, 2002 Dan Sandin will present, “A Realistic Video Avatar System for Networked Virtual Environments”, Rajan, V., Subramanian, S., Keenan, D… Read more |
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NTT Learning Systems Corporation Exhibition at ICC
Andrew Johnson, Dave Pape, Jason Leigh, Joseph Tremonti, Josephine Anstey, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Petra Gemeinboeck, Todd Margolis June 22, 2001 - July 29, 2001 EVLers exhibit their virtual reality artwork at Tokyo’s NTT InterCommunication Center for the month of July. The opening and related symposiums… Read more |
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IEEE Virtual Reality 2001
Andrew Johnson March 13, 2001 - March 17, 2001 Andrew Johnson will attend IEEE VR 2001 to present the paper, “Exploring Multiple Representations In Elementary School Science Education”. Read more |
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iGrid2000 Empowering Global Research Community Networking
Alan Verlo, Andrew Johnson, Dave Pape, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Josephine Anstey, Laura Wolf, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tomonori Aoyama, Michael A. McRobbie, Jun Murai, Steven N. Goldstein, David O. Williams, Hiroshi Esaki, Laurin Herr, Natalie Van Osdol, Tomoko Imai, Hiroshi Imai, Akira Kato, Osamu Nakamura, Linda Winkler July 18, 2000 - July 21, 2000 iGrid 2000, the International Grid, demonstrates how the power of today’s research networks enables access to remote computing resources… Read more |
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Immersive Projection Technology Workshop (IPTW) 2000
Andrew Johnson, Chris Scharver, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Eric He, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Kyoung Shin Park, Nikita Sawant, Fu Hu Liu June 19, 2000 - June 22, 2000 The following papers were presented by EVL faculty and students at the IPT Conference. “Deploying VR in an Elementary School - Pipe Dreams and… Read more |
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ImmersaGrams: Virtual Reality Snapshots
Andrew Johnson, Beth Cerny Patino, Brenda Lopez Silva, Ellen Sandor, Jason Leigh, John Landry, Ka-Leung Jark, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Natt Mintrasak, Todd Margolis, Margaret Watson May 8, 2000 - May 13, 2000 This exhibition presents the work of current and past graduate students of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at… Read more |
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Virtual Reality in Education News
Andrew Johnson, Carlos Orrego, Jason Leigh, Joseph Alexander (1973-2017), Maria Roussou, Tom Moher, Ya Lu Lin, Yongjoo Cho, S. Ohlsson, M. Gillingham, M. Orr, J. Jain, J. Hemmerich October 1, 1999 EVL has installed an ImmersaDesk in the Abraham Lincoln Elementary school as a continuation of research into the use of virtual reality and… Read more |
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EVLers Participate in SIGGRAPH 99
Andrew Johnson, Dave Pape, Jason Leigh, Josephine Anstey, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025) August 8, 1999 - August 13, 1999 SIGGRAPH, the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in Los Angeles, August 8-13. “The Round… Read more |
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Round Earth Video Shown During SIGGRAPH 99 Evening Show
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Jim Costigan, Joseph Alexander (1973-2017), Tom Moher, Stellan Ohlsson, Mark Gillingham August 8, 1999 - August 13, 1999 A video documenting the Round Earth Project was selected to be part of the Electronic Theater at SIGGRAPH 99, and was shown at Mann’s Chinese… Read more |
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IEEE Virtual Reality ’99
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Robert V. Kenyon, Tomoko Imai March 13, 1999 - March 17, 1999 EVLers presented the following papers at the IEEE Virtual Reality ’99 Conference: Andy Johnson - “The Round Earth Project: Deep Learning… Read more |
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The International Grid (iGrid) 1998
Alan Verlo, Andrew Johnson, Dana M. Plepys, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Jim Costigan, Thomas A. DeFanti, Kyoung Shin Park, Abhinav Kapoor, Nikita Sawant November 7, 1998 - November 13, 1998 The “International Grid” (iGrid) research booth at Supercomputing ’98 was a collaboration between the Electronic Visualization… Read more |
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Internet2 1998 Fall Meeting
Andrew Johnson, Dave Pape, Jason Leigh, Jim Costigan, Johnny Lawson, Josephine Anstey, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Tom Frisch, Dana Plepys, Dan Sandin, Tom DeFanti September 26, 1998 - September 29, 1998 EVL is taking part in the Internet2 Digital Video Network with Multiple Distributed Broadcast Stations (I2-DTVN). This application is part of the… Read more |
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Alliance ’98
Andrew Johnson, Gary Lindahl, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Jim Costigan, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Coffin, Carlos Orrego, Dave Pape, Josephine Anstey, Javier Girado, Abhinav Kapoor, Kyoung Park April 27, 1998 - April 30, 1998 The National Computational Science Alliance (Alliance) is a partnership among computational scientists, computer scientists, and professionals in… Read more |
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EVL at Internet2 Spring Meeting ’98
Alan Verlo, Andrew Johnson, Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Maggie Hallam, Maggie Rawlings, Dave Pape, Jim Costigan, Tom Frisch, Fang Wang, Abhinav Kapoor April 16, 1998 Demonstrations of advanced Internet applications hosted by Internet2 and Highway 1 on April 16 will be a highlight of the University Corporation for… Read more |
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Internet2 - Advanced Applications Demonstrations
Abhinav Kapoor, Andrew Johnson, Dave Pape, Fang Wang, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Marcus Thiebaux, Tomoko Imai, Alan Verlo, Maggie Rawlings, Tom DeFanti, Maxine Brown April 14, 1998 - April 17, 1998 Demonstrations of advanced Internet applications hosted by Internet2 and Highway 1 were the highlight of the University Corporation for Advanced… Read more |
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The N.I.C.E. Project Named As Finalist for GII Awards
Andrew Johnson, Christina Vasilakis, Jason Leigh, Maria Roussou, Tom Moher February 1, 1998 The N.I.C.E. Project is a finalist in the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards. “A cross between the Oscars and the Baldridge Awards… Read more |
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Supercomputing ’97
Alan Millman, Andrew Johnson, Christina Vasilakis, Craig Barnes, Jason Leigh, Maria Roussou, Tom Moher, R. Smith, Dr. T. Mason, Mary Rasmussen, R. Evenhouse, N. Lowenthal November 15, 1997 - November 21, 1997 The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) participation in the Supercomputing ’97 Conference marked the first large-scale tele-immersive… Read more |
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ThinkQuest ’97
Alan Cruz, Andrew Johnson, Craig Barnes, Hisham Bizri, Jason Leigh, Jim Costigan, Josephine Anstey, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Tom Coffin, Dave Pape, Dana Plepys, Maggie Rawlings, Maria Roussou, Tomoko Imai, Alan Verlo, Greg Dawe, Dr. T. Mason, Mary Rasmussen, Alan Millman, R. Evenhouse, L. Warren, N. Lowenthal, J. McElroy, R. Seelaus, J. Challender November 11, 1997 - November 14, 1997 ThinkQuest is an annual contest that challenges Students 12 - 19 to use the Internet as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool. EVL… Read more |
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Battalion Wins Another Award
Andrew Johnson August 8, 1997 The game “Battalion”, designed, written and developed by Andy Johnson won the ‘Best Indy Software’ at the 3rd Indizone… Read more |
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SIGGRAPH ’97 Participation
Andrew Johnson, Dave Pape, Jason Leigh, Jim Costigan, Joe Insley, Josephine Anstey, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Tom Moher, Tomoko Imai, Christina Vasilakis, Franz Fishnaller, Yesi Maharaj Singh August 3, 1997 - August 8, 1997 Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) students and faculty presented a research paper on the NICE project as part of the SIGGRAPH… Read more |
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ThinkQuest ’96
Andrew Johnson, Grit Sehmisch, Jason Leigh, Maggie Rawlings, Margaret Dolinsky (1960-2025), Maria Roussou, Tom Moher November 22, 1996 - November 25, 1996 “NICE” and “Dream Grrrls” were demonstrated at the ThinkQuest Contest award ceremony in Washington DC, November 22-25, 1996… Read more |
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The N.I.C.E. Project at SC ’96
Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Maria Roussou, Tom Moher November 17, 1996 - November 22, 1996 The N.I.C.E. Project was demonstrated as a networked virtual environment on multiple ImmersaDesks as part of the National Center for Supercomputing… Read more |
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EVE 4 - Electronic Visualization Event 4
Alan Millman, Andrew Johnson, Christina Vasilakis, Dana M. Plepys, Deb Lowman (1966-2018), Jason Leigh, Jim Barr, Joe Insley, Kathy OKeefe, Maria Roussou, Misha Caylor, Terry Franguiadakis, Kaleung Jark, Dave Pape, Margaret Watson, Soyon Park, Kieth Beu, John Lawson, Satoshi Koreki, Marcus Thiebaux, Dave Swoboda, Tom Coffin, Milana Huang, Alan Verlo, Joe Reitzer, Jonas Talandis, Anna Seeto May 9, 1995 - May 19, 1995 The fourth in a series of Electronic Visualization Events (EVEs) organized by the students, staff and faculty of the Electronic Visualization… Read more |
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VROOM - The Virtual Reality Room :: Exhibition at Siggraph
Andrew Johnson, Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Gary Lindahl, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Trina Roy, Drew Browning, Robert Kenyon, Dave Adamczyk, Morteza Ghazi, Mihailo Alic, Jim Barr, K. O’Keefe, Dave Pape, C. Cederwall, C. Cruz-Nera, Matthew Szymanski, Sumit Das, Thomas Brown, Maria Roussou, Tom Nawara, Marek Czernuszenko July 24, 1994 - July 29, 1994 Those who attended the exhibition of VROOM at the proceedings of Siggraph ’94, experienced the possibilities of scientific visualization in… Read more |
