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Professor Insley participates in the VIS Art Program Exhibit at the IEEE VIS 2022 Conference.

Members of the ddiLab present Augmented Reality and wearable sensors at STEM Fest.

Professor Papka has joined the computer science department at the University of Illinois Chicago this fall. In addition to the computer science where he will teach data visualization, virtual reality and high performance computing classes - he will also be a member of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory.

First post-pandemic meeting of Sage project was held at the NEON HQ in Boulder, CO to discuss progress and plans for the future. The Sage project is building infrastructure for collecting data and computing at the edge.

Way to go everybody!

Professor Insley’s Introduction to Programming in Art and Design class uses wearable sensors to visualize the movement of dance performers.

ddiLab collaborator Jifu Tan recently published a paper on 3D modeling of retina capillary networks. The work was promoted in a “SciLight”, which included visualizations from the ddiLab.

Biennial NIU Faculty Art Show Shown every two years, this invitational exhibit features recent artwork and scholarship by current faculty and teaching staff from all divisions of the School of Art and Design and highlights the artistry, research, and instruction found at NIU.

The Sound of Science WNIJ and NIU STEAM are partnering to create “The Sound of Science,” a weekly series explaining important science, technology, engineering and math concepts using sound. The feature will air at 1:04 p.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Northern Illinois University (NIU) hosted Science and Inquiry: Exploring Artificial Intelligence, a virtual AI-focused summer camp, attended by regional high school students recruited through NIU’s Upward Bound program.

SciVis, maps, charts, graphs and infographics. There is some truth to the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. Data visualization can be beautiful and compelling. More importantly, it can provide insight and communicate complex data clearly to scientists and the public.

ddiLab to aid in the development of energy-efficient HPC environments for scaling up and accelerating AI-enabled science for scientific discovery in partnership with Illinois Institute of Technology and The University of Chicago.

Members of the ddiLab partcipated in the IEEE VIS 2021 - Chicago Satellite Event hosted at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory and organized by Fabio Miranda and Victor Mateevitis. The event included a watch party of the main VIS conference, a local keynote by Dr.

The ddiLab has been designated by Intel as an oneAPI Center of Excellence. Northern Illinois University’s Department of Computer Science and School of Art and Design announces expanding its Intel Graphics and Visualization Institute of Xellence as an Intel oneAPI Center of Excellence.

Members of the ddiLab present examples of the lab’s research and STEM Fest.

ddiLab member Hal Brynteson presents visualization at PEARC21 Visualization Showcase.

ddiLab member Ina Murphy participated in the PEARC21 Student Program, and was featured in the Internship Spotlight, discussing her Summer internship at Argonne National Laboratory’s Leadership Computing Facility.

Members of the ddiLab have partnered over the years with news director Jenna Dooley and her team of reporters at WNIJ to bring data visualzation to current news stories.

ddiLab partcipated in VR work that was nominated for a best paper award at this years IEEE VR conference.

Professor Insley’s latest scientific work of art was part of the NIU School Of Art and Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition. This was a collaboration with ddiLab affiliate Professor Jifu Tan.

NIU has named computer scientist Michael E. Papka, co-director of the Data, Devices, and Interaction Laboratory (ddiLab), as a 2020 Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor.

Professor Papka is highlighted on the Department of Energy Office website as Director of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility.

ddiLab is part of an award-winning, multi-organization collaborative team whose entry Real-Time Analysis of Streaming Synchrotron Data was part of the SC Conference’s first annual SCinet Technology Challenge.

Members of the ddiLab participate in the NIU Art Museum’s Data Visualization Exhibit

8 Northern Illinois University computer science students gain experience at Argonne National Laboratory.