Andy Johnson's Older Publications

(older than 5 years and Scholarly work)

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Journal Articles


Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Carter, B., Sosnoski, J., Jones, S., Virtual Harlem In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 22.5, September/October 2002, pp. 61-67.

DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Brown, M., Pape, D., Anstey, J., Bogucki, M., Dawe, G., Johnson, A., Huang, T., Technologies for Virtual Reality/Tele-Immersion Applications: Issues of Research in Image Display and global Networking, in: Frontiers in Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities and Virtual Environments edited by Earnshaw, Van Dam, Vince and Guedj, Springer-Verlag London, April 2001, pp. 137-159.

Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Tele-Immersive Collaboration in the CAVE Research Network, in Collaborative Virtual Environments: Digital Places and Spaces for Interation, edited by Churchill, Snowdon and Munro, March 2001, pp. 225-243.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Brown, M., Sandin, D., DeFanti, T., Visualization in Teleimmersive Environments. In IEEE Computer, December, 1999, pp. 66-73.

Johnson, A., Moher, T., Ohlsson, S., Gillingham, M., The Round Earth Project: Collaborative VR for Conceptual Learning. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol 19 no. 6, November / December, 1999, pp. 60-69.

Czernuszenko M., Sandin D., Johnson A., DeFanti T., Modeling 3D Scenes from Video. In The Visual Computer Journal, Special Issue on Real-time Virtual Worlds, Vol. 15, no. 7/8, 1999, pp. 341-348.

Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Moher, T., Leigh, J., Vasilakis, C., Barnes, C., Learning and Building Together in an Immersive Virtual World. In Presence Vol. 8, no. 3, June, 1999, pp. 247-263 and the cover.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., CAVERN: A Distributed Architecture for Supporting Scalable Persistence and Interoperability in Collaborative Virtual Environments. In Virtual Reality: Research, Development and Applications, Vol. 2.2, December 1997, pp. 217-237.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Goel, N., Weinand, R., Lechvar, J., CASPER: A Hypermedia Departmental Information System. In IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 39.4, November 1996, pp. 471-477.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Adaptive Clustering of Hypermedia Documents. In Information Systems, Vol. 21.6, November 1996, pp. 459-473.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Supporting Transcontinental Collaborative Work in Persistent Virtual Environments. In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol 16.4, July 1996, pp. 47-51.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., SANDBOX: Scientists Accessing Necessary Data Based On eXperimentation. In interactions, Vol 2.3, July 1995, pp. 34-45,86.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Adaptive indexing in very large databases. In Journal of Database Management, Vol. 6.1, 1995, pp. 4-12.

Fotouhi, F. Johnson, A., Rana, S., A hash-based approach for computing the transitive closure of database relations. In The Computer Journal, Vol. 35, 1992, pp. A251-259.


Conference Proceedings


Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Park, K., Nayak, A., Singh, R., Chowdhry, V., Amplified Collaboration Environments In proceedings of VR Grid Workshop, November 26, 2002, Daejun, Korea, pp.77-85.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Park, K., Nayak, A., Singh, R., Chowdhry, V., DeFanti, T., Amplified Collaboration Environments VizGrid Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, November 2002.

Johnson, A., Moher T., Cho, Y., Edelson, D., Reiser, B., 6th Graders doin science - Collecting Data and Looking for Patterns in a Virtual Field In the proceedings of IEEE VR 2002, March 24-28, 2002, Orlando, FL, pp. 281-283.

Rajan, V., Subramanian, S., Keenan, D., Johnson, A., Sandin, D., DeFanti, T., A Realistic Video Avatar System for Networked Virtual Environments In the proceedings of IPT 2002, Orlando, FL, March 24-25, 2002, CDROM.

J. Leigh, J. Girado, R. Singh, A. Johnson, K. Park, T.A. DeFanti TeraVision: A Platform and Software Independent Solution for Real Time Display Distribution in Advanced Collaborative Environments Proceedings of the Access Grid Retreat, La Jolla, California, March 4-5, 2002


Park, K., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Carter, B., Brody, J., Sosnoski, J., Distance Learning Classroom Using Virtual Harlem In the proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2001), Thwaites, H., Addison, L., Eds., the Printing House, October 25-27, 2001, Berkeley, CA, pp. 489-498.

Moher, T., Johnson, A., Cho, Y., Lin, Y., First Person Science Inquiry 'in the Field' In the proceedings of IPT/EGVE 2001, May 16-18, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 131-140.

Moher, T., Johnson, A., Cho, Y., First-Person Science Inquiry in Virtual Ambient Environments In the proceedings of CHI 2001, extended abstracts, March 31 - Apr 5, 2001, Seattle, WA, pp. 261-262.

Johnson, A., Moher, T., Ohlsson, S., Leigh, J., Exploring Multiple Representations In Elementary School Science Education In the proceedings of IEEE VR 2001, March 13-17, 2001, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 201-208.



Park, K., Cho, Y., Krishnaprasad, N., Scharver, C., Lewis, M., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., CAVERNsoft G2: A Toolkit for High Performance Tele-Immersive Collaboration In the Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2000, October 22-25, 2000, Seoul, Korea, pp. 8-15.

Ohlsson, S., Moher, T., Johnson, A., Deep Learning in Virtual Reality: How to Teach Children that the Earth is Round In the Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, August 13-15, 2000, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 364-368.

Johnson, A., Moher, T., Leigh, J., Lin, Y. QuickWorlds: Teacher driven VR worlds in an Elementary School Curriculum , In the SIGGRAPH 2000 Educators Program, July 23-28, 2000, New Orleans, LA., Conference Abstracts and Applications pp. 60-63.

Imai, T., Qui, Z., Behara, S., Tachi, S., Aoyama, T., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Overcoming Time-Zone Differences and Time Management Problem with Tele-Immersion, In the proceedings of INET 2000, July 18-21, 2000 Yokohama, Japan, CDROM.

Johnson, A., Sandin, D., Dawe, G., Qiu, Z., Thongrong, S., Plepys, D., Developing the PARIS : Using the CAVE to Prototype a New VR Display In the Proceedings of IPT 2000, June 19-20, 2000, Ames, Iowa, CDROM.

Johnson, A., Deploying VR in an Elementary School - Pipe Dreams and Practical Realities, In the Proceedings of IPT 2000, June 19-20, 2000, Ames, Iowa, CDROM.

Sawant, N., Scharver, C., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Reinhart, G., Creel, E., Batchu, S., Bailey, S., Grossman, R., The Tele-Immersive Data Explorer: A Distributed Architecture for Collaborative Interactive Visualization of Large Data-sets, In the proceedings of IPT 2000, June 19-20, 2000, Ames, Iowa, CDROM.

Moher, T., Johnson, A., Cho, Y., Lin, Y., Observation-based Inquiry in a Virtual Ambient Environment, In the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the Learning Sciences, June 14-17, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 238-245.



Imai, T., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Pape, D., DeFanti, T., Supporting Transoceanic Collaborations in Virtual Environment, In the proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications / 4th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference - APCC/OECC '99, Beijing, China, October 19-21, 1999, pp. 1059-1062.

Imai, T., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Pape, D., DeFanti, T., VR Mail System, in Proceedings of 4th Human Interface Meeting, Vol. 1, No. 4, September, 1999, pp. 29-32 (in Japanese)

Johnson, A., Moher, T., Ohlsson, S., The Round Earth Project - Collaborative VR for Elementary School Kids, In the SIGGRAPH 99 conference abstracts and applications, Los Angeles, California, August 8-13, 1999, pp. 90-93.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Bailey, S., Grossman, R., A Methodology for Supporting Collaborative Exploratory Analysis of Massive Data Sets in Tele-Immersive Environments, In the proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance and Distributed Computing, Redundo Beach, California, August 3-6, 1999, pp. 62-69.

Brown, M., DeFanti, T., McRobbie, M., Verlo, A., Plepys, D., McMullen, D., Adams, K., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Foster, I., Kesselman, C., Schmidt, A., Goldstein, S., The International Grid (iGrid): Empowering Global Research Community Networking Using High Performance International Internet Services, In the proceedings of INET '99, San Jose, California, June 22-25, 1999, pp. 3-9.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Bailey, S., Grossman, R., A Tele-Immersive Environment for Collaborative Exploratory Analysis of Massive Data Sets. In the proceedings of ASCI 99, Heijen, the Netherlands, June 15-17, 1999.

Moher, T., Johnson, A., Ohlsson, S., Gillingham, M., Bridging Strategies for VR-Based Learning. In the proceedings of CHI 99, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 15-20, 1999, pp. 536-543.

Pape, D., Anstey, J., Bogucki, M., Dawe, G., DeFanti, T., Johnson, A., Sandin, D., The ImmersaDesk3 - Experiences With A Flat Panel Display for Virtual Reality. In the proceedings of the Third International Immersive Projection Technology Workshop, Stuttgart, Germany, May 10-11, 1999, pp. 107-112.

Wheless, G., Lascara, C., Cox, D., Patterson, R., Levy, S., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Kapoor, A., The Use of Collaborative Virtual Environments in the Mine Countermeasures Mission. In the proceedings of SPIE's 13th annual international symposium on aerospace / defense sensing, simulation, and controls, Orlando, FL, April 5-9, 1999.

Lascara, C., Wheless, G., Cox, D., Patterson, R., Levy, S., Johnson, A., Leigh J., TeleImmersive Virtual Environments for Collaborative Knowledge Discovery. In the proceedings of the Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference '99 San Diego CA, April 11-15, 1999

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., et al., A Review of Tele-Immersive Applications in the CAVE Research Network. In the proceedings of IEEE VR99, Houston TX, March 13-17, 1999, pp. 180-187.

Imai, T., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Pape, D., DeFanti, T., "The Virtual Mail System." In the proceedings of IEEE VR99, Houston TX, March 13-17, 1999, p. 78.

Johnson, A., Moher, T., Ohlsson, S., Gillingham, M., The Round Earth Project: Deep Learning in a Collaborative Virtual World. In the proceedings of IEEE VR99, Houston TX, March 13-17, 1999, pp. 164-171.

Johnson, A., Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Brown, M., Dawe, G., Next-Generation Tele-Immersive Devices for Desktop Trans-Oceanic Collaboration. In the proceedings of IS&T/SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing '99, San Jose CA, January 25-27, 1999, pp. 1420-1429.



Johnson, A., Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., Multi-disciplinary Experiences with CAVERNsoft Tele-Immersive Applications. In Futurefusion: application realities for the virtual age - the proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, Gifu, Japan, November 18-20, 1998, pp. 498-503.

Leigh, J., Rajlich, P., Stein, R., Johnson, A. E., DeFanti T. A., LIMBO/VTK: A Tool for Rapid Tele-Immersive Visualization. In the proceedings of IEEE Visualizaton'98, Research Triangle Park, NC, October 18-23, 1998.

Leigh, J., Park, K., Kenyon, R. V., Johnson, A. E., DeFanti T. A., Wong, H., Preliminary STAR TAP Tele-Immersion Experiments between Chicago and Singapore. In the proceedings of HPCAsia'98, Singapore, September 22-25, 1998, pp. 687-693.

DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Dawe, G., Brown, M., Rawlings, M., Lindahl, G., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Personal Tele-Immersion Devices. In the proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, Chicago, IL, July 28-31, 1998, pp. 198-205.

Brunett, S., Czajkowski, K., Foster, I., Johnson, A., Kesselman, C., Leigh, J., Tuecke, S., Application Experiences with the Globus Toolkit. In the proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, Chicago, IL, July 28-31, 1998, pp. 81-89.

Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., Las Meninas: The Articulation of Vision. Sketch in the visual proceedings of SIGGRAPH '98. Orlando, Florida, July 19-24, 1998. p. 307.

Refsland, S., Ojika, T., DeFanti, T., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Loeffler, C., Tu, X., Virtual Great Barrier Reef: A Theoretical approach towards an evolving, interactive VR environment using a distributed DOME and CAVE system. In the proceedings of Virtual Worlds '98. Paris, France, July 1-3, 1998. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence #1434, Jean-Claude Heudin Ed, Springer Verlag, pp. 323-336.

Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., Las Meninas in VR: Storytelling and the Illusion in Art. In the proceedings of Virtual Worlds '98. Paris, France, July 1-3, 1998. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence #1434, Jean-Claude Heudin Ed, Springer Verlag, pp. 360-372.

Shenai, K., McShane, E., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Advanced Electronic Visualization and Virtual Reality Technologies for Education and Research Training. In the proceedings of IASTED Int'l. Conf. on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education '98, Cancun, Mexico, May 27-30, 1998, pp. 3-6.

Johnson, A., Roussos, M., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project: Learning Together in a Virtual World. In the proceedings of VRAIS '98, Atlanta, Georgia, Mar 14-18, 1998, pp. 176-183.



Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., Johnson, A., Brown, M., Sandin, D., Global Tele-Immersion: Better than Being There. In the proceedings of 7th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence. Tokyo, Japan, Dec 3-5, 1997, pp. 10-17.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Issues in the Design of a Flexible Distributed Architecture for Supporting Persistence and Interoperability in Collaborative Virtual Environments. In the proceedings of Supercomputing '97 San Jose, California, Nov 15-21, 1997, proceedings on CDROM only.

Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., NICE: Combining Constructionism, Narrative, and Collaboration in a Virtual Learning Environment. In the proceedings of the 1997 SIGGRAPH Educator's Program - Computer Graphics, August, 1997, pp. 62-63 & the cover & inside cover of CDROM.

Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project: Narrative, Immersive, Constructionist / Collaborative Environments for Learning in Virtual Reality. In the proceedings of ED-MEDIA / ED-TELECOM '97. Calgary, Canada, June 14 - 19, 1997, pp. 917-922.



Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., Constructing Collaborative Stories Within Virtual Learning Landscapes. In the proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education '96. Lisbon, Portugal, September 30 - October 2, 1996, pp. 129-135.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., CALVIN: an Immersimedia Design Environment Utilizing Heterogeneous Perspectives. In the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems '96. Hiroshima, Japan, June 17 - 21, 1996, pp. 20-23.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., DeFanti, T., Multi-perspective Collaborative Design in Persistent Networked Virtual Environments. In proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium '96. Santa Clara, California, March 20 - April 3, 1996, pp. 253-260, 271-272.



Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Data Retrieval through Virtual Experimentation. In Computer Graphics: Developments in Virtual Environments (proceedings of Computer Graphics International '95 , Leeds, England, June 25-30), Eds Earnshaw & Vince, Academic Press, 1995, pp. 393-409.



Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., The SANDBOX: a virtual reality interface to scientific databases. In the proceedings of the Seventh International Working Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, Charlottesville, Virginia, September 28-30, 1994, pp. 12-21.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Goel, N., Weinand, R., Lechvar, J., CASPER: a departmental hypermedia information system. In the proceedings of ED-MEDIA 94, Vancouver, Canada, June 25-30, 1994, p. 658.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., SANDBOX: an interface to scientific data based on experimentation. In the proceedings of the Fifth Eurographics Workshop on Visualisation in Scientific Computing, Rostock, Germany, May 30 - June 1, 1994.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Goel, N., Adaptive clustering of scientific data. In proceedings of the IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communication, Tempe, Arizona, April 12-15, 1994, pp. 241-247.



Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Automatic touring in a hypertext system. In proceedings of the IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communication, Tempe, Arizona, March 23-26, 1993, pp. 524-530.


Misc Publications


Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project, Image on the cover of "Understanding Virtual Reality: Interface, Application, and Design" by W. Sherman and A. Craig, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.

Leigh, J., Girado, J., Singh, R., Johnson, A., Park, K., DeFanti, T., "TeraVision: a Platform and Software Independent Solution for Real Time Display Distribution in Advanced Collaborative Environments." In the 2002 Access Grid retreat, La Jolla CA, March 4-5, 2002.

Johnson, A., Moher, T., Cho, Y., Lin, Y., Haas, D., Kim, J., "Augmenting Elementary School Education with VR." In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Vol 22, No 2, March/April 2002, pp. 6-9. Costigan, J., Johnson, A., Jones, S., "Comparison of Remote User Representation in a Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment." In the Journal of Virtual Environments, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2002.

DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Brown, M., Pape, D., Anstey, J., Bogucki, M., Dawe, G., Johnson, A., Huang, T., "Technologies for Virtual Reality/Tele-Immersion Applications: Issues of Research in Image Display and global Networking." European Commission / National Science Foundation Advanced Reseach Workshop on Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities and VirtualEnvironments, Chateua de Bonas, France, June 1-4, 1999.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., "Adaptive clustering of hypermedia documents." Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Vol 63, supplement 26, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1998.

Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., Slide from Las Meninas. In the slide show of Eurographics '98, Lisbon, Portugal, August 31 - September 4, 1998.

Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., "'Las Meninas:' Seeing and Beeing Seen." In the technical slide set of SIGGRAPH '98. Orlando, Florida, July 19-24, 1998.

Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Costigan, C., "Multiway Tele-Immersion at Supercomputing '97, or Why We Used $6,000,000 Worth of VR Equipment to do the Hokey Pokey." In IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications vol. 18, No. 4, July/August 1998, Pp 6-9.

Johnson, A., "battalion."

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "CALVIN." In NCSA access, Vol 10.3, Fall 1996, pp. 10-11.


Videos


Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Costigan, J., and the Round Earth Team, "The Round Earth Project."

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Costigan, J., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., "Global Tele-Immersion at EVL"

Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., "Las Meninas."

Barnes, C., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Moher, T., Roussos, M., Vasilakis, C., "the NICE project."

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "CALVIN: Collaborative Architectural Layout Via Immersive Navigation."

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., "S.A.N.D.B.O.X.: an Interface to Scientific Data based on Experimentation."


Tutorials


Johnson, A., Creating Tele-Immersion Environments, tutorial at the 11th Annual Workshop on Interconnections Within High Speed Digital Systems, Santa Fe, NM, May 21-24, 2000.

 Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Visualization in Tele-Immersive Environments, tutorial at Supercomputing '98, Orlando, Florida, Nov 7-13, 1998.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Collaborative Visualization in Distributed Virtual Environments tutorial at the Seventh IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing 7, Chicago, Illinois, July 28-31, 1998

Johnson, A., Leigh, J., CAVERNsoft tutorial at Alliance 98, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, April 27-30, 1998.


Invited Talks


Johnson, A., Invited to present at 2nd GeoWall Summit, Minneapolis, MN, June 6-7, 2002.

Johnson, A., Invited to present at the First AMPATH International Conference, Valdivia, Chile, Apr 10-12, 2002.

Johnson, A., Invited to present at Science Education and Visualization: International, a Gordon Research Conference, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, August 5-10, 2001.

Moher, T., Johnson, A., Baez, V., Peterson, J. Invited to present at National Education Computing Association 2001 conference, Chicago, IL, June 25-27, 2001, Supporting School-Based Learning and Teaching with Advanced Visualization Technologies.

Johnson, A., Invited to present at the Workshop on Molecular Visualization in Science Education, Arlington, VA, January 12-14, 2001.

Johnson, A., Invited to present at University of Illinois at Chicago ITL Conference 2000, March 13, 2000.

Johnson, A., Invited to present at the 1st International Symposium on Multimedia Virtual Laboratory. Tokyo, Japan, March 25, 1998. Johnson, A., Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., Sandin, D., "CAVERN: the CAVE Research Network," Pp 15-27.

Johnson, A. Invited to participate in Silicon Graphics' Innovate Online interview conference, August 13, 1997.

Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Invited to participate in Silicon Graphics' Innovate Online interview conference, June 4, 1997.

Johnson, A., Invited to speak at the Cross-Industry Working Team (XIWT) meeting on collaboration, Nashua, New Hampshire, August 13-14, 1996.

Roussos, M., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "Approaches to constructive K-12 playtime/education in the CAVE: the N.I.C.E project" Presentation and networked demonstration in the CAVE, on the Immersadesk, and on the Infinity Wall at the VR Workshop for Educators, organized by the Education and Outreach Group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, July 16, 1996.


Exhibitions, Presentations & Demonstrations


Nayak, A., Morin, P., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Wiggleview demonstration on the GeoWall at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 2002.

Johnson, A., Macintosh GeoWall demonstration as part of the 2nd GeoWall Summit Minneapolis, MN, June 6-7, 2002.

Johnson, A., AGAVE / GeoWall demonstration as part of the 2nd International Meeting: Science, Culture and Education over Internet 2, and the First AMPATH International Conference, Valdivia, Chile, Apr 10-12, 2002.

Moher, T., Johnson, A., First-Person Science Inquiry in Virtual Ambient Environments, poster as part of Poster Fair on Teaching, Learning, Technology & Teacher Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Jan 11, 2002.

Johnson, A., Moher, T., Lin, Y., Cho, Y., QuickWorlds, Virtual Ambient demonstrations on an ImmersaDesk as part of National Educational Computing Association conference 2001, Chicago, IL, June 25-27, 2001.

Johnson, A., Lin, Y., Lewis, M., Lopez, B., TeleImmersive Learning Environments using TIDE2, part of "The Adventure of CAVE: Seven Programs from EVL, University of Illinois at Chicago" at the NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan, June 22 - July 29, 2001.

Sawant, N., Scharver, C., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., TIDE : Tele-Immersive Data Explorer, networked demonstration on multiple immersadesks at SC '99. Portland, Oregon, Nov 13-19, 1999.

Leigh, J., Lau, S., Johnson, A., CIBR-view, networked demonstration on multiple immersadesks at SC '99. Portland, Oregon, Nov 13-19, 1999.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., Exploring CAVERNsoft Tele-Immersive Collaboratories through the I-Grid Portal at Supercomputing '98. Orlando, Florida, Nov 7-13, 1998.

Johnson, A., Roussos, M., the Round Earth Project, networked demonstration as part of 'Guerilla VR' at SIGGRAPH '98. Orlando, Florida, July 19-24, 1998, pp 128-129 of the visual proceedings.

Leigh, J., Smith, R., Wheless, G., Lascara, K., Kapoor, A., Johnson, A., CAVERNsoft based GM and CAVE-5D Demonstrations at Alliance 98

Wheless, G., Lascara, K., Leigh, J., Kapoor, A., Johnson, A., CAVERNsoft based CAVE-5D networked demonstration on multiple immersadesks at Internet2 Spring Members Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 14-16, 1998

Wheless, G., Lascara, K., Leigh, J., Kapoor, A., Johnson, A., CAVERNsoft based CAVE-5D networked demonstration on multiple immersadesks at Next Generation Internet Netamorphosis demonstration, Washington, D.C., March 11-13, 1998

Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Bizri, C., Vasilakis, C., "NICE", networked demonstration on multiple Immersadesks, and "Las Meninas" on an Immersadesk at the ThinkQuest awards ceremony, Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 1997.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Costigan, J., "CAVERN demonstration" Networked multi-way demonstration on multiple Immersadesks, and several remote Immersadesks and CAVEs, and networked CAVERNsoft based GM VisualEyes at Supercomputing 97, San Jose, California, November 15-21, 1997.

Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Roussos, M., "NICE" and "CALVIN" Networked demonstrations on the Immersadesk as part of the Internet 2 General Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 7-9, 1997.

Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., "Las Meninas" A virtual reality art piece, part of virtual spaces, shown in the CAVE and on the Immersadesk as part of ISEA 97, Chicago, IL, September 15-27, 1997.

Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Vasilakis, C., Barnes, C., "NICE" Networked demonstration on the Immersadesk at the ThinkQuest awards ceremony, Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 1996.

Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Vasilakis, C., Barnes, C., Moher, T., "NICE" networked demonstration on multiple Immersadesks as part of NCSA's Research Exhibit at Supercomputing 1996, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 17-22, 1996.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "CALVIN" Networked demonstration in the CAVE and Immersadesk at the Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing Research and Education, Chicago, Illinois, October 7-8, 1996.

Roussos, M., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "Story Sculpting in Virtual Landscapes" Networked demonstration on multiple Immersadesks as part of 'Neither Here Nor There' in 'the Bridge' and in the 'Digital Bayou' at SIGGRAPH 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4-9, 1996.

Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Kelley, M., "Transcontinental Collaborative Design in a Shared Virtual Environment" Networked demonstration in the CAVE in the GII Testbed, Supercomputing '95 , San Diego, California, December 1995. Johnson, A., "CAVE battalion." CAVE piece shown as part of EVE4, May 9-19, 1995.

Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., "The SANDBOX: scientists accessing necessary data based on experimentation." Demonstration in the VROOM at SIGGRAPH 94, Orlando, Florida, July 24-29, 1994.


Misc Press


"UIC gives old Harlem new life." Chicago Sun Times, Monday, Apr. 15, 2002

"See and Do" Research listed as one of "17 ways the University benefits the people of Illinois" on the encore! Dividends of Technology web site, November 2001, http://www.uillinois.edu/dividends/see.and.do/

"Elementary Students test Virtual Reality Applications." eSchool News, vol. 3, no. 4, April 2000, pp. 1, 19.

"Going to school in cyberspace." 2 minute segment segment on national Fox News, Monday March 6, 2000 and local Fox News, Saturday March 11, 2000.

"Elementary students test virtual reality applications". eSchool News Online, February, 28, 2000.

"Virtual Learning: Oak Park School Tests New Kind of Lessons". Chicago Sun-Times front section, P4, February 16, 2000.

"With Virtual Reality, kids find you can get there from here", in UIC News, Vol. 18, No. 7, January 19, 2000, pp 1-2.

"The Round Earth Project", still from the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theatre, weekly ASCI magazine (japanese) 9/8/99 issue, p 155.

"NICE", image in center colour section of Networked Virtual Environments: Design and Implementation, by Sandeep Singhal and Michalel Zyda, Addison Wesley, 1999.

"The Round Earth Project", Cover story in EECS highlights, Spring 1999.

Las Meninas. "Creating a Virtual Masterpiece". Computer Graphics World User Focus Section, Volume 21, Number 12, December 1998, pp. 52-53.

The NICE project. "a NICE way to Learn". Computer Graphics World Tech Watch Section , Volume 21, Number 5, May 1998, pp. 16,18.

The NICE Project, 1997 Global Information Infrastructure Awards Finalist, Next Generation category.

The NICE project. "Children play in virtual reality garden". Chicago Sun-Times front section, P2, December 14, 1997.

"Don't knock being NICE", Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers, p.6, November/December, 1997.

The NICE Project, College of Engineering Magazine, Vol 1.2, pp. 8-9, Fall 97.

CALVIN. paragraph and image in neural 10, 1997, P11

Las Meninas. mention in Chicago Tribune Tempo section, Pp 1,5 September 22,1997.

The NICE project. Image in the AWN Gallery of SIGGRAPH '97's Computer Animation Festival in Animation World Magazine September 1997, Vol 2.6.

"NICE Work!", Cover picture in EECS highlights, Spring 1997.

The NICE project. "Cultivating Virtual Gardens". Centerfold in UIC News, September 18, 1996 issue and EECS highlights Fall 1996.

The CASPER project. Article in the Wayne State Univ. 'South End', Spring 1994


Scholarly Work


PhD dissertation. "The SANDBOX: a virtual reality interface to scientific databases." Wayne State University Department of Computer Science, 1994.

Master's thesis. "A parallel hash-based algorithm for computing the transitive closure of database relations." Wayne State University Department of Computer Science, 1990.

Textbook course-pak "It Went Boing!" written for CSC101 - Introduction to Computers at Wayne State University


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