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• “Occlusion-Free Conformal Lensing for Spatiotemporal Visualization in 3D Urban Analytics” accepted to IEEE VR!February 7, 2026
  Our paper “Occlusion-Free Conformal Lensing for Spatiotemporal Visualization in 3D Urban Analytics” has been accepted to IEEE VR 2026 (TVCG track)! The conference will take place in Daegu, Korea in March 2026. This work presents the design of an immersive lens visualization to support time-varying building data analysis by mitigating self-occlusion… Read more: “Occlusion-Free Conformal Lensing for Spatiotemporal Visualization in 3D Urban Analytics” accepted to IEEE VR!
• ‘A Neural Field-Based Approach for View Computation & Data Exploration in 3D Urban Environments’ accepted to TVCG!February 7, 2026
  In our new paper, “A Neural Field-Based Approach for View Computation & Data Exploration in 3D Urban Environments,” recently accepted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) and led by UIC PhD student Stefan Cobeli, we introduce a neural field-based, view-driven method that encodes environments into an implicit… Read more: ‘A Neural Field-Based Approach for View Computation & Data Exploration in 3D Urban Environments’ accepted to TVCG!
• Three papers accepted at IEEE VIS 2025!August 12, 2025
  Happy to share that our group has had three full papers accepted at IEEE VIS 2025! Urbanite, led by UIC PhD candidate Gustavo Moreira, introduces a framework for human–AI collaboration in urban visual analytics, using a dataflow-based model that lets users specify intent at multiple levels, aligning specification, process, and… Read more: Three papers accepted at IEEE VIS 2025!
• Our work featured on UIC TodayAugust 24, 2024
  The past decade has seen a flood of data about cities, information with the potential to make communities cleaner, healthier and more livable.  University of Illinois Chicago scientists will play a key role in realizing that potential through a new computing platform they are building for researchers and the public… Read more: Our work featured on UIC Today
• OSCUR funded by the National Science Foundation!August 24, 2024
  The Open-Source Cyberinfrastructure for Urban Computing Research (OSCUR) will create a cohesive ecosystem of tools and resources designed to transform city data into actionable knowledge. This multi-institutional collaboration is supported by a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, with $1.75 million allocated to UIC. The project includes researchers… Read more: OSCUR funded by the National Science Foundation!
• “Assessing the Landscape of Toolkits, Frameworks, and Authoring Tools for Urban Visual Analytics Systems” accepted to Computers & Graphics!August 24, 2024
  In this paper, we have reviewed 135 works to assess the extent to which current open-source toolkits, frameworks, and authoring tools can effectively support the development of components tailored to urban visual analytics, identifying strengths and limitations in addressing the unique challenges posed by urban data. The paper can be… Read more: “Assessing the Landscape of Toolkits, Frameworks, and Authoring Tools for Urban Visual Analytics Systems” accepted to Computers & Graphics!

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