Presenter

Daria Tsoupikova is a Professor in the School of Design and the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her creative practice bridges design of virtual reality (VR), interactive applications, data visualizations with media technologies to advance creative expression. She is a second wave VR practitioner developing VR art projects and networked multi-user exhibitions for virtual reality projection systems, such as Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE and CAVE2) for over 20 years. Recent research projects explore how creative solutions can augment virtual rehabilitation for stroke survivors, cultural heritage, interdisciplinary science, education and advance social change. Tsoupikova’s work has been exhibited and published by Springer, Leonardo, ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE VR, IEEE VIS, ISEA and funded by the NSF, NIDRR, NEA and the Department of Education.