The Viz Lab together with GRAVEL (Games Research and Virtual Environment Lab)—a group that embraces all campuses of the U of M system—Viz Lab's Games & Animation Group and the Multimedia Hub sponsored the first Games Symposiums: interdisciplinary, intercampus events, free and open to the public.
The Symposiums showcased gaming technologies and scholarship in an effort to promote and advance understanding of the important new medium of the video game. Presenters included Sandra Voelker, Electronic Arts; Danny Robashkin, Make, Animation and Visual Effects production; Pete Willemsen, UMD Computer Science-Tours of head mounted display virtual reality lab; Chris Bacigalupo and Harbor City High technology club; and Joellyn Rock, UMD Art + Design. Ira "Mimmu" Turunen, UMD Public Relations, showed her motivational and highlight tapes and talked about the process of creating an effective video. Additionally, game demos, and student and faculty game research were featured throughout the day.
2006 schedule
2007 schedule
2007 VAGS Flier (pdf - 230k)
Fall 2007
Beth Holbrook, Tom Hrabik | Biology
Foraging Behavior of Age-0 Lean Lake Trout (Salvelinus Namaycush)
Jim Allert, Scot Halverson | Computer Science
Making Tutorials for CS Classes with Adobe Captivate
Justin Rubin | Music
Virtual Instrument Sequencing
Terence Hams, Tim Craig | Biology
Modeling of Avian Foraging on Goldenrod Galls
Janice Kmetz | Art+Design
No Loser, No Weeper
Tory Olson, Donn Branstrator | Biology
Quantifying total body darkness of crustacean (invasive) zooplankton using grayscale technology
Rob Wittig | Art+Design
Weblogs and Podcasting to Support International Collaboration
Doug Dunham | Computer Science
Quantifying total body darkness of crustacean (invasive) zooplankton using grayscale technology
Joellyn Rock | Art+Design
The Making of a Mockumentary
Jean "Rudy" Perrault | Music
Restoring hope: a multimedia presentation of the people of Haiti
Fall 2006
Jefferson Campbell, Music
Live instrumental improvising and composing with Garageband, Protools and bassoon
Frank Simmons, ITSS
Keeping Your Computer Healthy
Clay Carter, Biology
Analysis of Gene Expression in Canola Flowers
Andrew Larson, Math/Stats
Visualization of Vibration for a Space Truss Structure
Paul Skalski, Communications
Game Modding
Tom Wegren, Music
"TRIUMPH" for Wind Ensemble, Piano/Synthesizer Quartet, two Alto Singers and synchronized computer graphics"
Frank Simmons, ITSS
What is Inside a Computer (Basics)
Joseph Johnson, Chemistry
Analyzing Potential Protein-Protein Interactions in Alzheimers Disease
Eun-Kyung Suh, Art+Design
Tangible memory in Virtual space
Rachel MaKarrell, Biology
Creating useful tools for learning insect anatomy
Frank Simmons, ITSS
Keeping Your Computer Healthy
Spring 2006
Frank Simmons, ITSS
Desktop Security: How to Keep your Computer Healthy
Saiyam Kohli, Computer Science
Visualizing Relations Between Concepts in WordNet
Harlan Stech, Hans Anderson, Mathematics
ECOPHYS tree modeling, Beowulf cluster and POVRAY
Fall 2005
Steve Bardolph, Art & Design
Re-imaging and Imagining the Beautiful and Sublime
Steve Sternberg, Chemical Engineering
Visualization and Animation of Contaminant Movement in Porous Media
Josh Jacobs, Graduate Student Math/Stats
Rendering Mathematical Concepts through Visual Media
Mark Harvey, Theatre
Pursuing the theatrical design attributes of both GarageBand and ProTools
Rob Wittig, Art+Design
Blending Image and Typography for Digital Scrolls
Mary Ann Marchel, Education
Assistive Technology for Children and Youth with Disabilities" production of an interactive CD
Margretta Meyer, Graduate Student Geology
Genesis of Rogen Moraine; a quantitative spatial analysis
Kristin Riker-Coleman, VDIL RA and Graduate Student in Geology
Designing Scientific Posters
Joseph Beer, Graduate Student Geology
Three-Dimensional Visualization of Late Triassic Landscape Evolution of South-Central Utah
Douglas Dunham, Computer Science
Creating a program that will print out 2-dimensional "nets" of patterned polygon faces for polyhedra of positive genus, which can be folded up and glued together, forming the whole polyhedron
James Allert, Computer Science
Visualizations of Student Learning Style Data
Allen Mensinger / Margot Bergstrom, Biology
Digitally tracking movement of an invasive, exotic fish to curtail migration into the Great Lakes
Spring 2005
Jere Mohr, Geological Sciences
Digital Imaging in Experimental Sedimentology
Steve Sternberg, Chemical Engineering
Fluent: Visualizing the flow of contaminants through soil
Bruce Reeves, ITSS
What's New With DW MX 2004
Bruce Reeves, ITSS
Pilot the Wireless Workshop
Pete Border
Using games to teach Introductory Physics
Bruce Reeves, ITSS
Copyright Issues for Faculty
Andy Breckenridge, Sandy Pederson, Lisa Fitzpatrick, VDIL
Designing Scientific Posters
Fall 2004
Joellyn Rock, Art+Design
Digital Bricolage: the Vasalisa story
Paul Siders, Chemistry
MPI on bwulf at the UMD VDIL
Robert Appleton, Art+Design
Sound, Image and Motion in Performance
Paul Kiprof, Chemistry
the oxo process
Justin Rubin, Music
Video and Audio Production for Art Installations
Kate Maurer, Composition
A Dramaturg's View: Documenting "La Traviata"
Jesse Schomberg and Nick Zlonis Sea Grant, George Host NRRI, and Rich Axler
Flash Flood for DuluthStreams.org : Modelling and Visualization of Stream Response to Rain Events in Duluth's Urban Watersheds
Yuhu Yan, Physics
Water Quality Visualization in Lake Superior Based on GIS and RS
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