VIS  Announcements

March, 2003 . Concentration in Computer Graphics and Visualization The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ( EECS) at the University of California Irvine has created a new Concentration in Computer Graphics and Visualization (CGV). This concentration provides students with a solid base for the design, development and evaluation of scientific and information visualization systems. Both hardware and software aspects are addressed with a particular focus on the development of algorithms and techniques for the representation of complex scientific data.

VIS  Events

	May, 2003 . " OC Register: Vivid Reality. Homeland-security demonstration at UCI is so genuine that even the smells seem like the real things." Our Homeland Security and Defense seminar, co-sponsored by Cal-(IT)2, HSSoE and EON Reality received broad media coverage.
	May, 2003 . Report from the Homeland Security and Defense Seminar. " The Homeland Security and Defense Seminar was a great success thanks to all participants! It was an action packed day with over eighteen presentations, six different application demonstrations and slots for networking among the HDC members."
	May, 2003 . The Homeland Security and Defense Seminar The Homeland Security and Defense seminar, which is set for May 22 in California and hosted by VIS, Cal-(IT)2, HSSoE and EON Reality on the University of California Irvine campus, will be the premiere meeting for those who are interested to learn more about the Homeland Security and Defense Center (HDC) initiative and integrated systems solutions for Homeland Security.
	April, 2003 . Performance of Civil Infrastructure Systems during Natural and Manmade Hazards Prof. Hutchinson is offering a unique new seminar for freshman at UCI.

VIS  Researchers in the News

	May, 2003 . Orange County Register "Vivid Reality: Homeland-security demonstration at UCI is so genuine that even the smells seem like the real things." This article highlights a recent Homeland Defense and Security workshop that VIS members Prof. Kuester and Prof. Hutchinson organized at UC Irvine.
	October, 2002 . 3D Festival News "University of California-Irvine Shakes Up Seismic Research Field ." This article highlights some of our work in the area of vision based sensing technology for structural and nonstructural components.
	October, 2002 . ACFnewsource "Lego-Lab." This spring, hundreds of school children in grades three through twelve gatheedr at the University of California, Irvine, for a competition to construct the most earthquake-proof buildings
	September, 2002 . Cal-[IT]2 News "Cal-[IT]2 Researcher Team at UCI Receives Research and Curriculum Development Grant." This article describes our VizClass project that was recently funded by NSF.
	April, 2002 . "Students Win Prestigious Fellowships." Three incoming computer engineering students affiliated with the growing Visualization and Interactive Systems Group won fellowships for the coming academic year, a testament to their academic excellence.
	April, 2002 . TEACH Magazine "Graduate Course in Virtual Reality Environments". This arcticle highlights a Virtual Reality course that was developed by Falko Kuester at UC Irvine in collaboration with Ken Joy at UC Davis.
	January, 2002 . UCIngenuity "New Earthquake Engineer Hopes to Shake Up Design Codes". This arcticle highlights Dr. Hutchinson's work in earthquake engineering, modeling and simulation.
	January, 2002 . UCIngenuity "He Sees Numbers". This arcticle highlights Dr. Kuester's work in computer graphics, scientific visualization and virtual reality.
	July 20, 2001. Dateline UCDavis "Scientists explore virtual worlds". This arcticle highlights virtual reality work conducted by VIS researchers in collaboration with UC Davis.
	July 11, 2001. TechTV "Here Come the Holodecks". This is a video clip covering research in the area of virtual reality. It was aired on TechTV.
	July 10, 2001. ScienceDaily "Scientists, Students Explore Virtual Worlds". This article highlights the work of students taking the Virtual Reality course taught by Falko Kuester and Ken Joy at UC Davis.
	July 9, 2001. Cosmiverse Science News "Scientists, Students Explore Virtual Worlds". This article highlights the work of students taking the Virtual Reality course taught by Falko Kuester and Ken Joy at UC Davis.
	July 6, 2001. EurekAlert "Scientists, Students Explore Virtual Worlds". This article highlights the work of students taking the Virtual Reality course taught by Falko Kuester and Ken Joy at UC Davis.
	July 5, 2001. UC Davis News. "Scientists, Students Explore Virtual Worlds". This article highlights the work of the students taking the Virtual Reality course taught by Falko Kuester and Ken Joy at UC Davis.

Other Highlights

	January, 2002 . UCIngenuity features a picture of VIS (Winter2002, Page 6).
	January, 2002 . The conference announcement for The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Inaugural Reseach Review features a picture of VIS.