Current Grants
Collaborative Research: CSSI Frameworks: SAGE3: Smart Amplified
Group Environment for Harnessing the Data Revolution, National
Science Foundation (OAC 2003800), $2,250,000, 5/15/20 - 4/30/25,
Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown
CHS: Small: Collaborative Research: Articulate+ - A Conversational
Interface for Democratizing Visual Analysis, National Science
Foundation (IIS 2007257), $333,000, 10/1/20 - 9/30/22,
Andrew Johnson, Barbara Di Eugenio, Moira Zellner
MRI: Acquisition of a Composable Platform as a Service Instrument for
Deep Learning & Visualization (COMPaaS DLV), National Science
Foundation (CNS 1828265), $997,363, 10/1/18 - 9/30/21, Maxine Brown,
Andrew Johnson, Robert Kenyon, Liz Marai
SI2-SSI: SAGEnext: Next Generation Integrated Persistent
Visualization and Collaboration Services for Global Cyber
Infrastructure, National Science Foundation (ACI 1441963),
$5,574,991, 10/1/13 - 9/30/21, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Luc Renambot,
Andrew Johnson, Lance Long.
Transforming Storytelling: Multi-User Virtual Reality Theater for
Collaborative Tele-Immersive Exploration, State of Illinois,
$150,000, 1/24/19 - 12/31/21, Daria Tsoupikova, Andrew Johnson, Jo Cattell,
Arthur Nishimoto, Lance Long
Transforming Storytelling: a Novel Tele-immersive Performance Merging
Live Theater and Multi-user Virtual Reality, National Endowment
for the Arts, $20,000, 6/1/21 - 5/31/23, Daria Tsoupikova, Andrew Johnson, Jo Cattell,
Arthur Nishimoto, Lance Long
Prior Grants
Visualization and Interaction
Research and Development in Visualization, Analysis and Scalable
System Software, Argonne National Laboratory, $313,364, 10/10/14 -
5/14/20, Andrew Johnson
National University Rail (NURail) Center: Tier 1 University
Transportation Center (UIC sub award from UIUC) continuation, US
Department of Transportation, $156,356, 10/1/13 - 9/30/18, Ahmed
Shabana, Craig Foster, Ouri Wolfson, Mohsen Issa, Andrew Johnson
Sub-ice Investigation of Marine and PLanetary-analog Ecosystems,
NASA (NNX14AC01G), $4,724,192 (UIC $300,309), 7/25/12 - 1/8/18, Britney
Schmidt, William Stone, Peter Doran, Andrew Johnson, Stacy Kim, Mark
Skidmore, Nathan Bramall, Frank Rack
EAGER: Collaborative Research: Articulate: Augmenting Data
Visualization With Natural Language Interaction, National Science
Foundation (IIS 1445751), $300,000 (UIC $253,521), 8/15/14 - 7/31/17,
Barbara DiEugenio, Andrew Johnson, Leland Wilkinson, in collaboration
with Jason Leigh.
Describing, Contrasting, and Visualizing End-of-Life Care in the 21st
Century, National Institute of Nursing Research, $2,069,041,
9/9/11 - 6/30/15, Gail Keenan, Diana Wilke, Yingwei Yao, Andrew Johnson,
Rashid Ansari, Ashfaq Khokhar
Modernization Directorate: Research, Analysis, and Databasing of
Emerging High Power Directed Energy Technologies, Air Force
Surgeon General Office #FA7014-09-2-0003 - T4T, $510,121 of $12,081,177,
9/30/09 - 5/31/15, Michael Colvard, James Radosevich, Benjamin Vesper,
Carlotta Evans, Luke Hanley, Brian Murphy, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson
CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: Enhancing Stakeholder Participation in
Environmental Planning with Visualization Tools that Support Complex
Systems Learning and Spatial Thinking, National Science Foundation
(OCI-1135572), $265,953, 8/1/11 - 8/31/15, Moira Zellner, Andrew
Johnson, Leilah Lyons, Charles Hoch, Josh Radinsky
STCI: OptIPlanet Cyber-Mashup: Persistent Visualization and
Collaboration Services for Global Cyber Infrastructure, National
Science Foundation (OCI-0943559), $1,933,337, 9/1/09 - 8/31/13, Jason
Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Maxine Brown, Luc Renambot
Collaborative Research: Toward Lifelike Computer Interfaces that
Learn, National Science Foundation (CNS-0703927), $1,262,315 (UIC
$569,872), 1/1/07 - 1/31/12, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot,
Steve Jones, Tom DeFanti, in collaboration with Avelino Gonzalez, Ron
DeMara
Future Earth Initiative, National Science Foundation
(DRL-0741760), $2,999,477 (UIC: $205,943), 4/1/09 - 12/31/11 Patrick
Hamilton, Paul Morin, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot
Center for End-of-Life Transition Research (CEoLTR) supplement,
National Institute of Nursing Research, $399,753, 9/18/09 - 9/29/11,
Diana Wilke, Andrew Johnson, Rashid Ansari, Ashfaq Khokhar, Yingwei Yao
Environmentally Non-disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antarctic Explorer
(ENDURANCE), NASA (NNX07AM88G), $2,140,519 (UIC: $462,570), 5/1/07
- 6/14/11, Peter Doran, Andrew Johnson, William Stone, Bin Chen, Chris
McKay, John Priscu
Collaborative Research: CoreWall - Integrated Environment for
Interpretation of Geoscientific Data from Sediment and Crystalline
Cores, National Science Foundation (OCE-0602117), $461,663 3/1/06
- 2/28/09, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot
Visualization Techniques for Supporting Rapid Decision Making
Involving Large Scale Data (TRECC), Office of Naval Research/NCSA,
$328,756 3/03-2/04, $138,054 3/04-2/05, $243,532 3/05-2/06, $193,916
3/06-2/07, $172,935 3/07-2/08, $150,000 3/08-2/09, Jason Leigh, Andrew
Johnson, Tom DeFanti, Luc Renambot,
ITR Collaborative Research: The GeoWall - Stereo Visualization for
the Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation (EAR-0218918),
$282,541, 9/15/02 - 9/14/06, Andrew Johnson
Collaborative Research: A GIS Database for Studying and Visualizing
Tethyan Plate Collisions, National Science Foundation
(EAR-0238416), $108,630, 10/1/03 - 9/30/05 Martin Flower, Andrew Johnson
CISE Research Infrastructure: CAVERN: the CAVE Research Network,
National Science Foundation (CNS-9802090), $2,112,000, 9/1/98 - 8/31/04
Tom DeFanti, Pat Banerjee, Maxine Brown, Ugo Buy, Rhonda Drayton, Robert
Grossman, Andrew Johnson, Robert Kenyon, Tom Moher, Francis Quek, Nong
Ye
Corridor One: an Integrated Distance Visualization Environment for
SSI And ASCI Applications, Department Of Energy, $399,115, 7/01/99
- 7/15/01, Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Tom DeFanti
Center for Integrated MicroSystems, UIC OVCR Research
Program/Center Seed Grant Program, $100,000, 10/1/98 - 9/30/99, Krishna
Shenai, Ishwar Puri, Andrew Johnson
Learning / Education
Human Augmentics for Sustained Wellness, University of
Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science,
$30,000, 2/1/12 - 4/30/14, Jason Leigh, Steve Jones, Robert Kenyon,
Stellan Ohlsson, Giselle Mosnaim, Robin Mermelstein, James Rimmer,
Andrew Johnson, Eulalia Puig Abril
REU support from Illinois Space Grant Consortium, NASA, $20,315,
6/2/06 - 2/28/11, Andrew Johnson
Disaster Preparedness Training - An online gaming demonstration for
scenario-based training of middle school aged children, State of
Illinois, $706,456 (UIC: $152,710), 5/15/09 - 4/30/10, Tom Prudhomme,
Jason Leigh, Andrew Johnson, in collaboration with Patricia Rushing, Guy
Garnett
NCLT: A Center to Develop Nanoscale Science and Engineering Educators
with Leadership Capabilities, National Science Foundation
(DRL-0426328), $15,988,084 (UIC: $1,075,000) 10/1/04 - 9/30/09, Thomas
Moher, Andrew Johnson, Jim Pellegrino, Carmen Lilley
ITR Learning-Centered Design Methodology: Meeting the Nation's Need
for Computational Tools for K-12 Science Education, National
Science Foundation, $3,179,998 (UIC: 334,996) from 9/1/00 - 8/31/04,
Elliot Soloway, Andrew Johnson (PI of UIC subcontract), Danny Edelson,
Mark Guzdial, Joe Krazjik
Prior Knowledge, Analogical Transfer and Multiple Perspectives in
Child Learning, National Science Foundation (BCS-9907839),
$133,942, 9/1/99 - 8/31/01, Stellan Ohlsson, Andrew Johnson, Thomas
Moher
REU Supplement to STAR TAP 2, National Science Foundation,
$30,000 from 5/01/99 - 4/30/01, Tom DeFanti, Andrew Johnson
Deep Learning and Visualization Technologies, National Science
Foundation (EIA-9720351), $250,001, 10/1/97-9/31/00, Tom DeFanti, Andrew
Johnson, Tom Moher, Stellan Ohlsson
Systems Development
MRI - Development of Continuum: A Virtualized Attentive Environment
for Amplified Collaboration, National Science Foundation (CNS
1625941), $582,001, 10/1/16 - 9/30/20, Andrew Johnson, Maxine Brown,
Robert Kenyon, Liz Marai, Debaleena Chattopadhyay
Development of the Sensor Environment Imaging (SENSEI) Instrument,
National Science Foundation (CNS 1456638), $3,547,999, 10/1/14 -
9/30/19, Maxine Brown, Andrew Johnson, Robert Kenyon, Tanya Berger-Wolf,
in collaboration with Jason Leigh, Truong Nguyen, Jules Jaffe, Francois
Modave.
MRI-R2: Development of the Next-Generation CAVE Virtual Environment
(NG-CAVE), National Science Foundation (CNS-0959053), $701,815,
5/01/10 - 4/30/13, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Tom Peterka, Maxine
Brown
MRI: Development of OmegaTable and OmegaDesk - Instruments for
Interactive Visual Data Exploration and Collaboration, National
Science Foundation (CNS-0821121), $466,000, 9/1/08 - 8/31/13, Jason
Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown
MRI: Development of Instrumentation for Lambda Vision, National
Science Foundation (CNS-0420477), $395,726 9/15/04 - 8/31/09, Jason
Leigh, Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, Tom DeFanti, Tom Moher
Instrumentation Development for Human-Centered Tele-Immersion,
National Science Foundation (EIA-9871058), $770,000 from 9/1/98 -
8/31/01, Tom DeFanti, Dan Sandin, Greg Dawe, Maggie Rawlings, Andrew
Johnson
Networking
STI: Starlight: Strategic Technologies for Internet Discovery and
Development, National Science Foundation (ACI-0229642), $1,512,000
11/01/02 - 10/31/05, Tom DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Jason Leigh, Oliver Yu,
Andrew Johnson (senior personnel)
EuroLink: High Performance International Internet Services between
Research and Educational Institutions in the United States and Europe
/ Israel, National Science Foundation (ACI-9730202), $12,069,564
from 4/01/99 - 5/31/06, Tom DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Jason Leigh, Andrew
Johnson, Daniel Sandin
EMERGE: ESnet / MREN Regional Grid Experimental NGI Testbed,
Department of Energy, $1,457,160 from 8/01/99 - 7/31/02, Tom DeFanti,
Oliver Yu, Maxine Brown, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh