CHARLES E. HUGHES
ceh@eecs.ucf.edu
Professor and Associate Director, School of EECS
Director, Media Convergence Lab
Professor, Digital Media
Affiliate Faculty: Institute for Simulation & Training
Affiliate Faculty, Text & Technology Program
Affiliate Faculty, Graphics Laboratory

Office Hours (Summer 2008)

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Research Interests

PhD Students (Recent and Current)

Recent Graduates
  • Felix Hamza-Lup, Dynamic Shared State Maintenance in Distributed Virtual and Mixed Reality Environments, July 2004 (co-director: Jannick Rolland).
  • Keith Garfield, A Sparse Program Dependence Graph for Object-Oriented Programming Languages, December 2006 (co-director: Rebecca Parsons).
  • Yunjun “Bird” Zhang, Augmentation in Visual Reality, August 2007.
  • Mark Colbert, Appearance-Driven Material Design, August 2008 (co-director: Erik Reinhard). Current CS Students
    • Sameer Joshi
    • Nick Beato
    • Elena Erbiceanu
    • Jared Johnson (joint with Erik Reinhard)
    • Emiko Charbonneau (joint with Joe LaViola)
    • Juliet Norton
    • Sebastian Risi
    • Yiyan “Lucy” Xiong
    Current Modeling & Simulation Students
    • Glenn Martin (joint with Denise Nicholson)
    • Tom Carbone (joint with Joseph LaViola)

    Teaching Interests

    • Computability Theory
    • Concepts of Parallel and Distributed Processing
    • Formal Languages
    • Algorithm design and Analysis

    Recent Publications (2005-present)

    Journals:
    • M. Colbert, E. Reinhard & C. E. Hughes, “Painting in High Dynamic Range,” Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 18(5), October 2007, 387-396.
    • P. Micikevicius and C. E. Hughes, “Visibility-based Forest Walk-through Using Inertial Level of Detail Model,” Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 4(2), April 2007.
    • C. M. Fidopiastis, C. B. Stapleton, J. D. Whiteside, C. E. Hughes, S. M. Fiore, G. A. Martin, J. P. Rolland and E. M. Smith, “Human Experience Modeler: Context Driven Cognitive Retraining to Facilitate Transfer of Training,” CyberPsychology and Behavior 9(2), April, 2006, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers, New Rochelle, NY, 183-187.
    • C. B. Stapleton and C. E. Hughes, “Believing is Seeing,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 27(1), January/February 2006, 80-85.
    • R. Xu, S. N. Pattanaik and C. E. Hughes, “HDR Still Image Encoding in JPEG 2000,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 26(6), November/December 2005, 69-76.
    • C. E. Hughes, C. B. Stapleton, D. E. Hughes and E. Smith, “Mixed Reality in Education, Entertainment and Training: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 26(6), November/December 2005, 24-30.
    • J. Konttinen, C. E. Hughes and S. N. Pattanaik, “The Future of Mixed Reality: Issues in Illumination and Shadows,” Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 2(1), January 2005, 51-59.
    Book Chapters:
    • D. Hughes, C. Jerome, C. E. Hughes and E. Smith, “The Application and Evaluation of Mixed Reality Simulation,” The PSI Handbook of Virtual Environments for Training and Education: Developments for the Military and Beyond, In Press, Praeger Security International, Westport, CT.
    • L. Walters, E. Smith and C. E. Hughes, “The Future of Museum Experiences,” The PSI Handbook of Virtual Environments for Training and Education: Developments for the Military and Beyond, In Press, Praeger Security International, Westport, CT.
    • D. Hughes, E. Smith, R. Shumaker and C. E. Hughes, “Virtual Reality for Accessibility,” Handbook of Computer Accessibility, In Press, Springer Verlag.
    • C. E. Hughes, C. B. Stapleton and M. O’Connor, “The Evolution of a Framework for Mixed Reality Experiences,” Emerging Technologies of Augmented Reality: Interfaces and Design, Idea Group, Inc., Hershey, PA, November 2006, 198-216.
    • C. B. Stapleton and C. E. Hughes, “Making Memories for a Lifetime,” Emerging Technologies of Augmented Reality: Interfaces and Design, Idea Group, Inc., Hershey, PA, November 2006, 329-351.
    • N. Adabala and C. E. Hughes, “Gridless Controllable Fire,” Game Programming Gems 5 (K. Pallister, Ed.), Charles River Media, 2005, 539-549.
    Proceedings:
    • C. M. Fidopiastis, D. M. Nicholson, C. E. Hughes and E. M. Smith, “Developing Baseline Assessments for Virtual Rehabilitation Environments,” 4th INTUITION International Conference and Workshop 2007, Athens, Greece, October 4-5, 2007, Poster.
    • C. M. Fidopiastis, C. E. Hughes, E. M. Smith and D. M. Nicholson, “Assessing Virtual Rehabilitation with Biophysical Metrics,” Virtual Rehabilitation 2007, Venice, Italy, September 27-29, 2007, Poster.
    • Y. Zhang and C. E. Hughes, “Model-Guided Luminance Range Enhancement in Mixed Reality,” International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR) 2007, Montreal, August 22-24, 2007, 1160-1171.
    • J. Konttinen, S. Pattanaik and C. E. Hughes, “Image-Space Particle Emission,” SIGGRAPH 2007, San Diego, August 6-9, 2007, Poster.
    • S. M. Fiore, G. W. Harrison, C. E. Hughes and E. E. Rutström, “Virtual Experiments and Environmental Policy,” Frontiers of Environmental Economics, Washington, February 2007.
    • L. Dieker, M. Hynes, C. B. Stapleton and C. E. Hughes, “Virtual Classrooms: STAR Simulator,” New Learning Technologies 2007, Orlando, FL, February 2007.
    • C. M. Fidopiastis, C. B. Stapleton, J.D. Whiteside, C. E. Hughes, S. M. Fiore, G. A. Martin, J. P. Rolland and E. M. Smith, ”Human Experience Modeler; Context-Driven Cognitive Retraining to Facilitate Transfer of Learning,” International Brain Conference, January 19-21, 2007, Poster.
    • S. Szumlanski, A. S. Wu and C. E. Hughes, “Conflict Resolution and a Framework for Collaborative Interactive Evolution.” Twenty-First National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-06), Boston, MA, July 16-20, 2006, 512-517.
    • C. B. Stapleton, E. Smith and C. E. Hughes, “The Art of Nurturing Citizen Scientists through Mixed Reality,” ISMAR 2005, Vienna, Austria, October 5-8, 2005, 2-11 (Invited)
    • C. M. Fidopiastis, C. B. Stapleton, J. D. Whiteside, C. E. Hughes, S. M. Fiore, G. A. Martin, J. P. Rolland and E. M. Smith, “Human Experience Modeler: Context Driven Cognitive Retraining and Narrative Threads,” 4th International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation (IWVR2005), Catalina Island, CA, September 19-21, 2005, 120-134.
    • C. E. Hughes and C. B. Stapleton, “The Shared Imagination: Creative Collaboration in Augmented Virtuality,” HCI International 2005, Las Vegas, NV, July 22-27, 2005.
    • S. R. Szumlanski, A. S. Wu and C. E. Hughes, “Collaborative Interactive Evolution,” Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, Washington DC, USA, June 25 - 29, 2005, H. Beyer, Ed. GECCO '05, ACM Press, New York, NY, 2199-2200. [Poster]
    • DanZhou Liu and C. E. Hughes, “Deducing Behaviors from Primitive Movement Attributes,” SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 28 - April 1, 2005, 180-189.
    • M. O’Connor and C. E. Hughes, “Authoring and Delivering Mixed Reality Experiences,” Proceedings of 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interface Advances in Modeling and Simulation (SIMCHI’05), New Orleans, January 23-27, 2005, 33-39.
    • D. E. Hughes, S. Vogelpohl and C. E. Hughes, “Designing a System for Effective Use of Immersive Audio in Mixed Reality,” Proceedings of 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interface Advances in Modeling and Simulation (SIMCHI’05), New Orleans, January 23-27, 2005, 51-57.
    • C. B. Stapleton and C. E. Hughes, “Mixed Reality and Experiential Movie Trailers: Combining Emotions and Immersion to Innovate Entertainment Marketing,” Proceedings of 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interface Advances in Modeling and Simulation (SIMCHI’05), New Orleans, January 23-27, 2005, 40-48.

    Active Grants

    • National Science Foundation, STTR Phase II: Developing a Mixed Reality Rehabilitation System, (UCF PIs: C. E. Hughes, E. Smith), joint with Virtual Reality Medical Center, 2008-2010.
    • RDECOM via IST, MR MOUT Revitalization, (PIs: E. Smith, C. E. Hughes, D. Mapes, D. Hughes), 2008-2009.
    • I4/UCF, Match to STTR Phase I: Developing a Mixed Reality Rehabilitation System, (PIs: C. E. Hughes, E. Smith), joint with Virtual Reality Medical Center, 2007-2008.
    • National Science Foundation, Water's Journey through the Everglades, (PIs: E. Smith, C. E. Hughes, L. Walters, K. Kitalong, M. Johnson), 2007-2010.
    • UCF Presidential Major Equipment, Match to Water's Journey through the Everglades, (PIs: J. LaViola, C. E. Hughes, E. Smith), 2007-2008.
    • National Endowment for the Humanities, Come Back to the Fair, (PIs: L. Walters, C. E. Hughes, K. Kitalong), 2007-2008.
    • National Science Foundation, DRU: Cognition in Natural Environments: Using Simulated Scenarios in Complex Decision Making Experiments, (PIs: G. Harrison, S. Fiore, C. E. Hughes, E. Rutstrom, E. Salas), 2006-2009.
    • ARI via NAVAIR, Virtual Technologies and Environments (VIRTE) for Advanced Research on Agents and Teams, (PIs: D. Nicholson, S. Burke, S. Fiore, C. E. Hughes, G. Martin, J. Rolland, E. Salas, E. Smith), 2006-2009.

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