PARTNER
The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)
at the University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, USA.
http://www.evl.uic.edu

PRODUCER
F.A.B.R.I.CATORS
Architects of Culture - Fabricators of Ideas, Italy
http:// www.fabricat.com

COLLABORATOR for Exhibit in Florence
University of Florence, Italy
MICC (Media Integration and Communication Center),
Master in Multimedia,
University of Florence http://www.unifi.it/
Master in Multimedia http://www.mastermultimedia.unifi.it/
Media Integration Communication Center http://www.micc.unifi.it/

The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)
at the University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC, USA.
http://www.evl.uic.edu

A graduate research laboratory specialized in virtual reality and real-time interactive computer graphics; it is a joint effort of UIC's College of Engineering and School of Art and Design, and represents the oldest formal collaboration between engineering and art in the country offering graduate MS, Ph.D. and MFA degrees. Having received worldwide recognition for developing the CAVE® and ImmersaDesk® virtual-reality systems.
EVL's current research focuses is tele-immersion. Related research interests include scientific visualization, network performance, new methodologies for informal science and engineering education, paradigms for information display, distributed computing, sonification, human/computer interfaces, every citizen interfaces, and abstract math visualization.

EVL has substantial computing facilities: two CAVEs, six ImmersaDesks, many workstations, servers, and PC clusters and excellent network connectivity to premier Midwest research institutions, the Federal networks, Abilene, and, via STAR TAP (SM) and StarLight(SM), to our international partners at speeds from 1-10 Gigabits per second.

Through the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE) funded projects, EVL has excellent access to supercomputing facilities at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and Argonne National Laboratory. The virtual reality and advanced networking research, collaborations, and outreach programs at EVL are made possible by major funding from NSF and DOE. In addition, EVL also receives funding from the State of Illinois, Microsoft Research, General Motors Research, and Pacific Interface on behalf of NTT Optical Network Systems Laboratory in Japan.

The 3D models of Chicago Virtual environment have been accomplished in part by the students of the course AD406, spring 2002. Eleni Kostis (MFA student in EVL) has improved and optimized in part some of these 3D models.

F.A.B.R.I.CATORS
Architects of Culture - Fabricators of Ideas, Italy
http:// www.fabricat.com

An interdisciplinary group concerned with the integration of Technology+Communication+Art +Design, specialized in VR applications, simulations, interactive installations and digital media. F.A.B.R.I.CATORS operates in the field of the architecture, design, art and culture.

University of Florence, Italy
MICC (Media Integration and Communication Center),
Master in Multimedia,
University of Florence http://www.unifi.it/
Master in Multimedia http://www.mastermultimedia.unifi.it/
Media Integration Communication Center http://www.micc.unifi.it/

The Media Integration and Communication Center is a Top Level International Research and Development Center established at the University of Florence in 2001 by MIUR, the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research. MICC develops research and innovation transfer activities on Communication Technology, Imaging Technology, Advanced Man-Machine Interaction as well as Law and Regulations for IT.

The Master in Multimedia is a graduate programme of the University of Florence, on the subjects of multimedia content design and interaction and on Internet engineering. The master is organized in cooperation with RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian television company, the Tuscany Media Library, Cisco Systems, IBM and Motorola. The study programmes are respectively on Content Design that aims at the integration of the Humanities with technological issues, and on Internet Engineering, centred on networking development and management solutions.

Project Team
Leader: Prof. Alberto Del Bimbo
Coordinator: Barbara Iraci
Scientific and Technical Staff: Jurgen Assfalg, Alessandro Valli, Francesca Bonfiglio, Kapil Arora

Prof. Alberto Del Bimbo is Professor at the Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica at the Faculty of Engineering. His research interests are on Image Databases, Pattern Recognition and Advanced Man-Machine Interaction. He is the Deputy Rector for Research and Innovation Transfer at the University of Florence. He is also the Director of the Master in Multimedia and Member of the Scientific Board of the Media Integration and Communication Center.