Charles E. Hughes Abbreviated Resume

CHARLES E. HUGHES
ceh@cs.ucf.edu
Professor, Computer Science and School of Film & Digital Media
CS Graduate Program Coordinator
Chief Scientist, Media Convergence Lab
Affiliated Faculty, Text & Technology Program
Affiliated Faculty, Graphics Laboratory

Education:

· Ph.D. (Computer Science) 1970; Penn State University, Univ. Park, PA (Jan. 1968-Dec. 1970).

· M. S. (Computer Science) 1968; Penn State University, Univ. Park, PA (Sep. 1966-Dec. 1968).

· B.A. (Mathematics) 1966; Northeastern University, Boston, MA (Sep. 1961-June 1966).

Academic Positions Held:

· University of Central Florida, Computer Science: Professor 1980 to Present. Graduate Program Coordinator 2003- ; Professor, Film & Digital Media, 2005-.

· University of Tennessee, Computer Science: Associate Professor 1974 to 1978: Professor 1978 to 1980.

· Penn State University, Computer Science: Instructor 1968 to 1971: Assistant Prof. 1972 to 1974.

Industrial Positions Held:

· National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD: NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate 1971-72.

· Advanced Research Laboratory, State College, PA: Technical Staff 1966-68.

· Radio Corporation of America, Burlington, MA: Technical Staff 1962-66.

Current Research Projects:

Mixed Reality: Real-time algorithms and tools for the creation of mixed reality experiences.
Automatic construction of models and their levels-of-detail for synthetic natural environments
Formal models for reasoning about multiple views of parallel and distributed computation
Geospatial Storytelling: Systems for capturing and delivering content based on location

Recent Publicity:

Videos on-line: http://mcl.ucf.edu/archives_videos.htm
Discovery Channel, February 2003. http://www.exn.ca/video/?video=exn20030206-mixedreality.asx
TechTV, November 2002. http://www.techtv.com/news/scitech/story/0,24195,3408776,00.html

Recent Publications:

R. Xu, S. N. Pattanaik and C. E. Hughes, “High Dynamic Range Still image encoding in JPEG2000,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, in press.
C. E. Hughes and C. B. Stapleton, “Mixed Reality in Education, Entertainment and Training: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, in press.
C. B. Stapleton, E. Smith, C. E. Hughes, "The Making of Citizen Scientists through Mixed Reality," ISMAR 2005, Vienna, Austria, October 5-8, 2005.
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.
C. E. Hughes and C. B. Stapleton, "The Shared Imagination: Creative Collaboration in Augmented Virtuality ," Proceedings of Human Computer Interfaces International 2005 (HCII'05), Las Vegas, July 23-27, 2005.
DanZhou Liu and C. E. Hughes, "Deducing Behaviors from Primitive Movement Attributes," SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 28 - April 1, 2005.
N. Adabala and C. E. Hughes, "Gridless Controllable Fire," Game Programming Gems 5, Edited by K. Pallister, Charles River Media, 2005, 539-549.
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.
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.
E. Reinhard, A. O. Akyuz, M. Colbert, M. O'Connor and C. E. Hughes, "Real-Time Color Blending of Rendered and Captured Video," Proceedings of I/ITSEC 2004, Orlando , December 6-9, 2004.
S. Malo, C. B. Stapleton and C. E. Hughes, "Going beyond Reality: Creating Extreme Multi-Modal Mixed Reality for Training Simulation," Proceedings of I/ITSEC 2004, Orlando , December 6-9, 2004.
C. E. Hughes, Erik Reinhard, J. Konttinen and S. N. Pattanaik, "Achieving Interactive-Time Realistic Illumination in Mixed reality," Proceedings of Army Science Conference (ASC) 2004, Orlando, FL, November 29-December 2, 2004.
C. E. Hughes, E. Smith, C. B. Stapleton and D. E. Hughes, "Augmenting Museum Experiences with Mixed Reality," Proceedings of KSCE 2004, St. Thomas , V.I., November 22-24, 2004
C. E. Hughes, G. Harrison, S. Fiore, E. Rutstrom, E. Smith and C. B. Stapleton, "Cognition in Natural Environments: Using Simulated Scenarios in Complex Decision Making," Proceedings of Army Science Conference (ASC) 2004, Orlando, FL, November 29-December 2, 2004.
G. A. Schiavone, P. Wahid, R. Palaniappan, J. Tracy, E. Vandoorn, P. Micikevicius, and C. E. Hughes, "Intruder Detection and Tracking using UWB Technology," Proceedings of SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. Volume 5431, 106-116, August 2004.
F. G. Hamza-Lup, C. E. Hughes and J. P. Rolland, "Distributed Consistency Maintenance Scheme for Interactive Mixed Reality Environments ," CITSA 2004, Orlando, FL, July 21-26, 2004.
C. E. Hughes and J. P. Rolland, "Hybrid Nodes with Sensors - Architecture for Interactive Distributed Mixed and Virtual Reality Environments," SCI 2004, Orlando, FL, July 18-21, 2004
R. Xu, S. N. Pattanaik and C. E. Hughes, "Real-time Rendering of Dynamic Objects in Dynamic, Low-Frequency Lighting Environments," Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2004), Geneva, Switzerland, July 7-9, 2004.
N. Adabala and C. E. Hughes, A Parametric Model for Real-Time Flickering Fire, Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2004), Geneva, Switzerland, July 7-9, 2004.
C. E. Hughes, C. B. Stapleton, P. Micikevicius, D. E. Hughes, S. Malo and M. O'Connor, "Mixed Fantasy: An Integrated System for Delivering MR Experiences," VR Usability Workshop: Designing and Evaluating VR Systems, Nottingham, England, January 22-23, 2004.
P. Micikevicius, C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, V. K. Sims and H. Smith, "Perceptual Evaluation of an Interactive Forest Walk-through," VR Usability Workshop: Designing and Evaluating VR Systems, Nottingham, England, January 22-23, 2004.
C. B. Stapleton, C. E. Hughes and J. M. Moshell, "Mixed Fantasy," ISMAR 2003, Tokyo. October 8-10, 2003.
C. B. Stapleton and C. E. Hughes, "Interactive Imagination: Tapping the Emotions through Interactive Story for Compelling Simulations," IEEE ComputerGraphics and Applications 24(5), September/October 2003.
M. L. Smith, C. E. Hughes and K. W. Burke, "The Denotational Semantics of View-Centric Reasoning," Concurrent Systems Engineering Series, Volume 61, (J.F. Broenink and G.H. Hilderink, Eds.), pp. 91-96, IOS Press, Amsterdam , 2003.
F. G. Hamza-Lup, L. D. Davis, C. E. Hughes and J. P. Rolland. "Where Digital meets Physical - Computer-based Distributed Collaborative Environments," ACM CrossRoads.
C. E. Hughes and M. L. Smith. "A Characterization of Lazy and Eager Semantic Solutions to the Linda Predicates Ambiguity Problem," Proceedings of 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'03), edited by Hamid R. Arabnia, CSREA Press, Las Vegas, 23-26 June 2003.
M. L. Smith and C. E. Hughes. "Teaching Java Concurrency to CS vs IT Students: A Matter of Emphasis," Proceedings of 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'03), edited by Hamid R. Arabnia, CSREA Press, Las Vegas, 23-26 June 2003.
C. E. Hughes and G. A. Marin, "A New Program in Information Technology," International Conference on Information Technology (ITCC 2003), pp. 2-8, Las Vegas, April 28-30, 2003.
M. L. Smith, R. J. Parsons and C. E. Hughes. "View-Centric Reasoning for Linda and Tuple Space Computation," IEE Proceedings-Software 150(2), April 2003.
C. E. Hughes, C. B. Stapleton, J. M. Moshell, P. Micikevicius, P. Garrity and P. Dumanoir, "Challenges & Opportunities Simulating Future Combat Systems via Mixed Reality," 23^rd Army Science Conference (ASC 2002), Orlando, FL, December 2-5, 2002.
C. B. Stapleton, C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, P. Micikevicius and M. Altman."Applying Mixed Reality to Entertainment," IEEE Computer 35(12), pp. 122-124, December 2002.
M. L. Smith, R. J. Parsons and C. E. Hughes. "View-Centric Reasoning about Space-Based Middleware," Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, November 18-20, 2002.
F. G. Hamza-Lup, L. D. Davis, C. E. Hughes and J. P. Rolland. "Marker Mapping Techniques for Augmented Reality Visualization," Seventeenth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS XVII), pp. 152.158, Orlando, FL, October 28-30, 2002.
D. R. E. Williams, C. E. Hughes and A. Orooji. "A Mathematical Formalism for Specifying Design Patterns," Seventeenth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS XVII), pp. 354-360, Orlando, FL, October 28-30, 2002.
V. K. Sims, J. M. Moshell, C. E. Hughes, J. E. Cotton and J. Xiao. "Recognition of Computer-Generated Trees," Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 46, Baltimore, MD, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2002.
M. L. Smith, R. J. Parsons and C. E. Hughes. "View-Centric Reasoning for Linda and Tuple Space Computation,"Concurrent Systems Engineering Series, Volume 60, (J. S. Pascoe, P. H. Welch, R. J. Loader, and V. S. Sunderam, Eds.), pp. 223-254, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2002.
C. B. Stapleton, K. Garfield, C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, P. Garrity and P. Dumanoir, "The Use of Basic Object Models (BOM) in the Virtual Backlot (VB) Development," 2002 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, FL, September 8-13, 2002.
C. E. Hughes, J. Burnett, J. M. Moshell, C. B. Stapleton and B. Mauer. "Space-based Middleware for Loosely-Coupled Distributed Systems," Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 4862, pp. 70-79; presented at ITCOM2002: Multimedia Networks and Management Systems, Boston, 29 July-2 August 2002.
M. L. Smith, R. J. Parsons and C. E. Hughes. "View-Centric Reasoning in Modern Computing Systems," Proceedings of CIC2002: 3rd International Conference on Communications in Computing, edited by Brain J. d'Auriol and Hamid R. Arabnia, CSREA Press, pp. 253-258, Las Vegas, 24-27 June 2002.
D. R. E. Williams, C. E. Hughes and A. Orooji. "Enabling Adaptive Enterprise Services Oriented Architectures with Distributed Object-Oriented Middleware," Proceedings of CIC2002: 3rd International Conference on Communications in Computing, edited by Brain J. d'Auriol and Hamid R. Arabnia, CSREA Press, pp. 242-249, Las Vegas, 24-27 June 2002.
C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell and Dean Reed, "Internet-Based Virtual Environments" in Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications ( K. M. Stanney, Ed.) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.
J. M. Moshell and C. E. Hughes, "Virtual Environments as a Tool for Academic Learning" in Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications ( K. M. Stanney, Ed.) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
V. K. Sims, J. M. Moshell, C. E. Hughes, J. E. Cotton and J. Xiao. "Salient Characteristics of Virtual Trees," Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 45, pp. 1935-1938, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 8-12, 2001.
C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, Dean Reed, Diane Chase and Arlen Chase, "The Caracol Time Travel Project" The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation 12(4), pp. 203-214, September, 2001. Also appeared in Visual 2000: 3rd International Conference on Visual Computing, Mexico City, 18-22 September 2000.
C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, Valerie Sims and Qingyi Yu , "Dynamic Computation of Levels of Detail in Complex Outdoor Environments," Visual 2000: 3rd International Conference on Visual Computing, Mexico City, 18-22 September 2000.
C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, Dean Reed, Diane Chase and Arlen Chase, " Virtual Drama as a Learning Medium: The Caracol Time Travel Project," IEEE VR2000, New Brunswick, NJ, 18-22 March 2000.
C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell and M. Pullen, "Two dimensional Shared Virtual Worlds in Middle and Elementary Schools: Lessons Learned ," Virtual Worlds and Simulation Conference, pp. 139-144, San Diego, January, 1998.
J. X. Chen, N. Lobo, C. E. Hughes and J. M. Moshell, "Real-time Fluid Simulation in a Networked Virtual Environment," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 17(3), pp. 52-61, May-June 1997.
C. E. Hughes and J. M. Moshell, "Shared Virtual Worlds for Education: The ExploreNet Experiment," ACM Multimedia 5(2), pp. 145-154, March, 1997. ( Word version)
J. Burg, S. D. Lang and C. E. Hughes , "Intelligent Backtracking in CLP(R)," Annals of Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics 17, pp. 189-212, 1996.
J. M. Moshell and C. E. Hughes, "The Virtual Academy: A Simulated Environment for Constructionist Learning," International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 8(1), pp. 95-110, 1996.

Active and Recent Grants:

Office of Naval Research DURIP (Defense University Research Instrumentation Program), Mixed Reality: Anytime, Anywhere, (PIs: C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, S. Pattanaik, C. Stapleton, H. Foroosh,) - $351,000, 2004-2005.
Army RDE Command, MOUT III: The Enhancement of MOUT Training with Mixed Reality and Theme Park Technology, (PIs: C. Stapleton, C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell) - $229,736, 2003-2004
Office of Naval Research, Research in Augmented and Virtual Environment Systems: Pervasive Computing in Augmented and Mixed Reality, (PIs: C. E. Hughes, B. Goliez, S. Teicher, W. Tomlinson) -- $221,000, 2003-2004.
Office of Naval Research, Research in Augmented and Virtual Environment Systems: Rendering, (PIs: S. N. Pattanaik, C. E. Hughes, J. P. Rolland, V. Sims, E. Reinhard) -- $196,445, 2003-2004.
Office of Naval Research, Research in Augmented and Virtual Environment Systems: Content, (PIs: C. B. Stapleton, C. E. Hughes) -- $235,734, 2003-2004.
Office of Naval Research, Research in Augmented and Virtual Environment Systems: Battlefield Augmented Reality System, (PIs: B. Goldiez, C. E. Hughes, C. B. Stapleton, K. Garfield) -- $343,779, 2003-2004.
Canon Mixed Reality Labs, Mixed Reality Infotainment, (PIs: C. Stapleton, C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell, C. Ford) - $200,000, 2003.
Silicon Graphics, OpenIR Development, (PIs: J. M.Moshell, C. E. Hughes) -- $40,000, 2003. ($60,000 with $20,000 from UCF match)
UCF Presidential Equipment Grants, Improved Tracking for Scientific and Creative Research in Mixed Reality, (PIs: C. E. Hughes, S. Pattanaik, H. Foroosh, J. M. Moshell, C. Stapleton) - $27,500, 2003
Canon Mixed Reality Labs, MR Canon IAAPA, (co-PIs: C. Stapleton, J. M. Moshell) - $199,000, 2002.
Canon Inc., Mixed Reality Tests for Nickelodeon Studios, (co-principal investigators: C. Stapleton, J. M. Moshell) -- $50,578, 2002-2002.
Army RDE Command, The Enhancement of MOUT Training with Mixed Reality and Theme Park Technology, (PIs: C. Stapleton, C. E. Hughes, J. M. Moshell) - $319,988, 2001-2003.
Army STRICOM, The Enhancement of Training in Virtual and Mixed Reality Environments with Realistic Vegetation, (co-principal investigators: J. M. Moshell, V. Sims, J. Weishampel) -- $149,789, 2002-2003.
Army STRICOM, Populating a MOUT Facility with Spatially Registered Features: The Virtual Backlot, (co-principal investigators: J. M. Moshell, C. Stapleton, A. Cortes) -- $116,000, 2002-2003.
Army STRICOM, Tracking Systems for Multiplayer Mixed Reality, (co-principal investigators: C. Stapleton, J. M. Moshell, A. Cortes) -- $75,000, 2002-2003.
Army STRICOM, Virtual Object Rendering and Registration for Mixed Reality MOUT, (co-principal investigators: J. M. Moshell, C. Stapleton, S. Pattanaik, J. Malala) -- $96,000, 2002-2003.
National Science Foundation, Augmented Reality and Interactive Distributed Physical Modeling, (co-principal investigators: Jannick Rolland and Rebecca Parsons) - $176,928, 2000-2003.
Orlando Science Center, Measure Me - An Interactive Exhibit, (co-principal investigators: J. Michael Moshell, Chris Stapleton) - $34,500, 2000-2001. ($15,000 from UCF match)
UCF Metropolitan Initiative, EarthEchoes: Reinventing Community through Technology, Story and Culture, (co-principal investigators: D. Gillette, B. Mauer, C. Stapleton, J. M. Moshell) - $10,000, 2000-2001.
UCF Metropolitan Initiative, Interactive Digital Storytelling Festival , (co-principal investigators: S. VanWagenen, J. M. Moshell, C. Stapleton, D. Gillette, B. Mauer) - $10,000, 2000-2001.