Game Design and VR featuring JODY SPERLING February 13th
Game Studies and Design brings to campus a day of Games, VR and Dance at the Siebel Center for Design in the lower level gallery. Join us on February 13th for the following presentations and activities! Game Studies & Design Speaker 12:30-1:30pm SCD Gallery Sam Glassenberg is the Founder and CEO of Level Ex and […]
Santiago Nunez-Corrales – The Illinois Professional
Santiago Nunez-Corrales a 2020 Informatics PhD graduate was recently highlighted in The Illinois Professional video series as part of an on going champaign from the University HR department. This campaign was created by Illinois Human Resources (IHR) to showcase the value of ALL employees regardless of classification at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Unveiling Molecular Secrets: Multidisciplinary Student Teams Develop a Molecule-Making Escape Room
“Lab 217” is a multidisciplinary, collaborative escape room that is designed, fabricated, and run by students in two courses. INFO 418: Makerspace – Escape Rooms, a CUC Fab Lab course taught by Emilie Butt and Duncan Baird, designed and fabricated the puzzles, while students in THEA 591: Designing Immersive Experiences, taught by Amber Dewey Schultz, designed the theme, narrative, and multisensory environment. “Lab 217” is being […]
Don Keefer Defends Dissertation
Doctoral Candidate Don Keefer successfully defended his dissertation, “ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE-RICH INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS IN GEOLOGY: RESEARCH ON INTELLIGENT INTEGRATION, REPRESENTATION, AND USE” on October 5th and will graduate December 2023. Program Area: Cognitive Science and Language Processing Research: I am interested in studying knowledge acquisition in the cognitive methods geologists use both when developing conceptual models, […]
Alexis Kim Defends Dissertation
Doctoral Candidate Alexis Kim successfully defended her dissertation, “SHAPING VIRTUAL REALITIES: HEURISTICS AND DESIGN PRACTICES FOR SIMULATIONS & GAMES” on October 23rd and will graduate December 2023. Program Area: Design, Technology, and Society Research: My research is focused on using games, currently interactive fiction, to encourage English language acquisition. I am interested in working with […]
PhD Student Daniela Markazi receives 2023 Graduate Student Leadership Award
The Graduate Student Leadership Award recognizes graduate students who have exhibited outstanding services that has positively impacted the campus and wider communities. Informatics PhD student Daniela Markazi was this years winner. Congrats to Daniela and the positive impacts she has on our campus community.
Julian Chin-Behind the scenes at Tech Services
This Fall Informatics PhD student Julian Chin was highlighted for her work with Tech Services. Julian works as a data analyst on the Data and Technology Innovation Team at Tech Services. Learn more about her and her role on campus here!
PhD Student Kyra Abrams selected for the 23-24 SAGE board
Informatics PhD student Kyra Abrams as been selected to serve on the 2023-2024 SAGE board. SAGE is a student advisory board serving the graduate student community and working directly with the graduate college developing programs and new initiatives.
Cliff Shin Defends Dissertation
Doctoral Candidate Cliff Shin successfully defended his dissertation, “INTERDEPENDENCY BETWEEN COMPLEXITY AND LONGEVITY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE DESIGNER” on June 14th and will graduate August 2023. Program Area: Design Technology & Society Research: My research goal is to establish design elements and design process for product longevity from consumers’ insight by investigating data that […]
Ryan Chandler Defends Dissertation
Doctoral Candidate Ryan Chandler successfully defended his dissertation, “SEMANTIC-PROSODIC CORRELATES OF BACKCHANNEL UTTERANCES IN HUMAN-COMPUTER DIALOG” on March 28th and will graduate May 2023. Program Area: Cognitive Science and Language Processing Research: I am interested in researching the practical applications of computational semantics inside large organizations for the purposes of unlocking the potential of unstructured […]