Funding
Funding and support for the Electronic Visualization Laboratory
EVL’s work continues to be supported by various organizations, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory, The Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Procter & Gamble, the State of Illinois, and UIC.
EVL remains committed to its mission of advancing scientific discovery through the creation of cutting-edge visualization and virtual-reality tools, techniques, and infrastructure, while expanding its research into artificial intelligence, data analytics, and high-performance computing to support the next generation of scientific collaboration and innovation.
Current Funding
National Science Foundation
- PPoSS: Large: A Full-stack Approach to Declarative Analytics at Scale (PI: Sidharth Kumar, August 2023 - July 2028, $2,632,812)
- SHF: Small: Scalable and Extensible I/O Runtime and Tools for Next Generation Adaptive Data Layouts (PI: Sidharth Kumar, October 2023 - June 2027, $300,165)
- MRI: Track 2 Acquisition of Data Observation and Computation Collaboratory (DOCC) (PI: Luc Renambot, October 2023 - September 2027, $1,548,545)
- NAIRR Pilot: A National-Scale Testbed Supporting Artificial Intelligence Research Spanning the Computing Continuum (PI: Michael Papka, subaward from Northwestern University, October 2023 - July 2027, $60,000)
- CSSI Frameworks: Cyberinfrastructure to Catalyze and Sustain the Urban Computing Community (PI: Fabio Miranda, September 2024 - August 2029, $1,750,000)
- AIMCI: AI-Guided Resource Management for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (PI: Zhiling Lan, January 2025 - December 2027, $600,000)
- Sage Grande: An Open Artificial Intelligence Testbed for Edge Computing and Intelligent Sensing (PI: Michael Papka, subaward from Northwestern University, February 2025 - January 2030, $1,035,000)
- SHF:Small: Beyond Performance: Energy-Conscious High Performance Computing (PI: Zhiling Lan, October 2025 - September 2028, $540,000)
- CAREER: Compositional Learning and Understanding of the Physical World (PI: Wei Tang, July 2025 - June 2030, $539,051)
- HCC: Rethinking Visualization Evaluation through Image-Based Models of Human Vision (PI: Khairi Reda, October 2026 - September 2029, $500,000)
Department of Energy
- C² the P² Chicagoland Computational Traineeship in High Energy and Particle Physics (PI: Michael Papka, subaward from Northern Illinois University, October 2023 - September 2028, $2,600,000)
- Tachyon: Intelligent Multi-Scale Modeling of Distributed Resilient Infrastructure and Workflows for Data Intensive HEP Analyses (PI: Zhiling Lan, October 2023 - September 2028, $1,500,000)
- Digital Twins and AI-enabled Immmersive Environments for Automated Scientific Laboratories (DAIMSL) (PI: Michael Papka, subaward from Argonne National Laboratory, November 2024 - October 2026, $182,999)
National Institutes of Health
- Image-based Detection and Spatial Monitoring of Secondary Lymphedema in Head and Neck Cancer (PI: G. Elisabeta Marai, September 2026 - September 2028, $362,880)
- SCH: Flavor Charter: Precision Data-Driven Diagnosis, Monitoring and Guidance for Dysgeusia (PI: G. Elisabeta Marai, September 2026 - July 2030, $1,157,399)