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CHARLES E. HUGHES
ceh@eecs.ucf.edu
Professor, 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 (Fall 2008)

On Sabbatical (e-mail me)

Resume

Detailed CV

Research Interests

Mixed and Virtual Reality
Distributed Interactive Simulation
Models of Parallel and Distributed Computation
Recent Publications of MCL and Graphics Group

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

Nick Beato
Emiko Charbonneau (joint with Joe LaViola)
Elena Erbiceanu
Jared Johnson (joint with Erik Reinhard)
Sameer Joshi
Juliet Norton
Sebastian Risi
Sandy Vanderbleek
Yiyan “Lucy” Xiong

Teaching Interests

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

Recent Publications (2005-present)

Journals:

L. Dieker, M. Hynes, C. E. Hughes and E. Smith, “Implications of Mixed Reality and Simulation Technologies on Special Education and Teacher Preparation,” Focus on Exceptional Children, In Press.
S. M. Fiore, G. W. Harrison, C. E. Hughes and E. Rutström, “Virtual Experiments and Environmental Policy,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, In Press.
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:

L. C. Walters, C. E. Hughes and E. Smith, “Come Back to the Fair,” 14^th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM) ‘08, Limassol, Cyprus, October 20-26,2008, In Press.
C. Fidopiastis and C. E. Hughes, “Use of Psychophysiological Measures in Virtual Rehabilitation,” Virtual Rehabilitation 2008, August 25-27, 2008. Tutorial.
C. M. Fidopiastis, D. M. Nicholson, C. E. Hughes and E. M. Smith, “Developing Baseline Assessments for Virtual Rehabilitation Environments,” 4^th 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,” 4^th 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), 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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