Press
Media coverage and mentions
2023 (6 mentions)
ALCF team wins Best Paper Award at ISAV 2023 Workshop
ALCF News Center
A team led by researchers at the ALCF was recognized with the Best Paper Award for 'Scaling Computational Fluid Dynamics: In Situ Visualization of NekRS using SENSEI' at the 2023 …
ALCF team wins first place and best workflow at 2023 IEEE SciVis Contest
ALCF News Center
Researchers from the ALCF, the University of St. Thomas, and UIC won first place and best workflow at the IEEE 2023 SciVis Contest for their multi-platform scientific visualization …
Summer interns gain hands-on experience with Argonne supercomputers
ALCF News Center
Iowa State University student James Morrissette collaborated with ALCF computer scientist Victor Mateevitsi, his former project mentor from Argonne's ACT-SO program. Morrissette's …
Readying Aurora exascale supercomputer to assist in the battle against cancer
ALCF News Center
Dr. Amanda Randles expressed enormous thanks to researchers at ANL, including Victor Mateevitsi, for their work on the HARVEY cancer simulation project using Aurora's capabilities …
High school students working with Argonne and Fermilab qualify for the NAACP's academic olympics
ALCF News Center
'Actively participating in shaping the future of science is an integral part of our laboratory mission and our ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation of scientists,' said …
Diversifying Argonne's high performance computing workforce
ALCF News Center
Victor Mateevitsi is highlighted as a key contributor to the Exascale Computing Project's Broadening Participation Initiative, working alongside colleagues to diversify Argonne's …
2021 (8 mentions)
Argonne-mentored students take home gold in STEM Olympics
ANL News Center
This year, 22 high school students mentored by volunteers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory competed in the DuPage County Afro-Academic, …
Can artificial intelligence help scientists spot gravitational waves?
SPACE.com
Scientists hunting for elusive gravitational waves across the universe may be able to supercharge their discoveries with a new tool: artificial intelligence. Gravitational waves …
Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves
Illinois News Live
Scientific visualization of numerical relativity simulations explaining the collision of two black holes consistent with the merger of black hole binaries GW170814. The simulation …
УЧЕНЫЕ ИЩУТ ГРАВИТАЦИОННЫЕ ВОЛНЫ С ПОМОЩЬЮ ИСКУССТВЕННОГО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТА
Научная Россия
Исследователи из Аргоннской национальной лаборатории Министерства энергетики США (DOE), Чикагского университета, Иллинойского университета, NVIDIA и IBM разработали новую …
Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Gravitational Waves – Orders of Magnitude Faster
SciTechDaily
When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), they sent a ripple through the scientific …
Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Gravitational Waves – Orders of Magnitude Faster
SciTechDaily
When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), they sent a ripple through the scientific …
Supercomputers Power AI-Enabled Detection of Gravitational Waves
HPCwire
When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), they sent a ripple through the scientific …
Scientists use artificial intelligence to detect gravitational waves
EurekAlert!
When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), they sent a ripple through the scientific …
2019 (5 mentions)
'Wired to Wear' opens at MSI
Hyde Park Herald
A new exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry lets visitors grasp the hands-on and present possibilities of wearable technologies and think of the spectacular possibilities …
Real-life Iron Man opens Museum of Science and Industry ‘Wired to Wear’ exhibit
Chicago Sun Times
From afar, Richard Browning — dressed in snug, all-black attire and with smoke billowing near his feet — resembled a mime standing over a smoldering fire. Then the scream of four …
First-Ever Exhibit Dedicated To The Future Of Wearable Technology Opens At Chicago's Museum Of Science And Industry
PR Newswire
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) announces the opening of Wired to Wear, the first-ever exhibit dedicated to the future of wearable technology. The 8,000 square …
Museum of Science & Industry opening first-ever wearable fashion exhibit
Crain's Business Magazine
Self-lacing sneakers, a jet suit that can travel 30 miles an hour and a headdress that uses brain waves to change color are among the 100 or so wearable fashion pieces on exhibit …
UIC alumnus Victor Mateevitsi’s SpiderSense jacket included in MSI’s Wired to Wear™ exhibition
UIC Computer Science Department News
A jet suit that can travel more than 30 miles per hour and ascend to 12,000 feet. Self-lacing sneakers. And a jacket that allows its wearer to navigate by using vibrations to alert …
2016 (3 mentions)
Chicago and Catalyze launch mHUB, a new home for upstart manufacturers
Chicago Tribune
The city of Chicago is launching a new hub for manufacturers, and maker haven Catalyze Chicago will be at its heart. Catalyze has been working with World Business Chicago for about …
Can a Spider-Man-inspired jacket help the blind get around Chicago?
Chicago Tribune
The vibrations are gentle at first, like a text coming through to a pocketed phone. But the intensity increases — almost like the hair rising on the back of your neck when …
Student’s SpiderSense featured on Discovery Science
UIC News
A device that can help the blind see and save the lives of firefighters, police officers and soldiers. That’s how UIC doctoral student Victor Mateevitsi pitched an invention that …
2015 (8 mentions)
Cientistas querem experiência compartilhada para a realidade virtual e aumentada
Canaltech
A realidade virtual e a aumentada estão cada vez mais perto de nós. Projetos como o Oculus Rift e o PlayStation VR já têm data para chegar às lojas e o ambicioso HoloLens segue …
Microsoft lab working on multiperson augmented reality
CNET
If augmented reality could be a shared experience, it could change the way we will use the technology. Something along these lines is currently in development at a Microsoft …
Microsoft Researchers Are Working on Multi-Person Virtual Reality
MIT Technology Review
Augmented or mixed reality, which renders virtual images in a view of the real world, can be spectacular to experience. But it may be even more fun when you bring a friend. …
The gadgets that give you SUPERPOWERS: Spiderman-style gloves, lenses with super sight and Iron Man suits become a reality
Daily Mail
The technology to transform yourself into your favourite superhero is quickly becoming a reality - thankfully without the outlandish Lycra wardrobe. From gloves that let you scale …
Innovation U: Celebrating the City's Entrepreneurial Pipeline
ChicagoInno
Last night, Chicagoans gathered in The Kerryman’s buzzing bar space, tinged with the luck of the Irish, to enjoy some draft beer, finger food and on the most united front: …
And the Oscar goes to … Larry Hornbeck
UIC News
UIC graduate student Victor Mateevitsi left the Electronic Visualization Lab behind recently to hobnob in Hollywood with celebrities like Larry Hornbeck and David W. Gray. Never …
Innovation U: Introducing Chicago Inno's Next Meetup, Presented by the CIE
ChicagoInno
During a UIC human augmentics class Victor Mateevitsi, Brad Haggadone and Brian Kunzer were asked to do one thing: Make something that can see the invisible. What developed was …
Get your SpiderSense tingling
How It Works — Issue 72
2014 (12 mentions)
Software expands on 'what you see is what you get'
CAP Today
New software that allows pathologists to share and compare multiple images, including whole slide images, on a single display at the same time could take collaboration to a new …
Are Your Spidey Senses Tingling? This Wearable Tech Lets You Sense When Obstacles Are Near
ChicagoInno
There’s wearable tech, and then there’s the device a team of University of Illinois at Chicago PHD students have created that’s capable of a lot more than surfing the web and …
EVL's SpiderSense suit grabs National Geographic's attention
UIC News
Brightening the eyes of kids and superhero fans alike, the SpiderSense suit created in UIC’s Electronic Visualization Lab is highlighted in a National Geographic Kids book. The …
20 in their 20s
Crain's Chicago Business
Handed a $500 budget for a class project at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Victor Mateevitsi did something his teammates on his amateur hockey team would be proud of: He …
Seeing future of technology in Google Glass
UIC News
Smartphones, smart watches and now smart glasses? That’s right, Google Glass is the latest innovation in smartwear that transforms the way we communicate. Google Glass is …
Deze science fictions werden realiteit in 2013
NewsMonkey
Spider-man is ‘maar’ een tekenfilmfiguurtje? Not so fast. Met zeven ultrasonische sensoren kan een persoon detecteren wat zijn richting uitkomt nog voor hij het kan zien of horen, …
Software expands on 'what you see is what you get
CAP Today — Vol. 28, No. 11
Augmented Human – Spidersense
Technologist — Edition 1, English Version
20 in their 20s
Crain's Chicago Business — Vol. 37, No. 18
EVL's SpiderSense suit grabs attention of National Geographic
UIC News — Vol. 34 No 6
Seeing future of technology in test of Google Glass
UIC News — Vol. 33 No. 20
National Geographic Kids – Weird But True!
Ripped from the Headlines. – Set your "Spidey Sense" tingling. page 56. National Geographic Children's Books. ISBN: 978-1-4263-1514-5
2013 (52 mentions)
21 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2013
BuzzFeed
Seven different ultrasonic sensors wired to detect nearby objects exert pressure on tiny robotic arms sewn into the "spider sense" suit made by Victor Mateevitsi. When the sensors …
Middle-school kids create a virtual future in 3-D
UIC News
For anyone interested in computers, the Electronic Visualization Laboratory seems like Wonderland, with incredible computing power, walls covered in video displays, and CAVE2, the …
Computer science students among 'Fifty for Future'
UIC News
Imagine a world where a firefighter could enter a smoke-filled house and find the doors and windows. Picture an app that teaches astronomy to third-graders. Look forward to an …
Colour-changing clothes could make tech fashionable
New Scientist
You can choose your clothes, but can you control them? A new line of clothing that incorporates tiny, flexible LEDs right into jackets and dresses could be the first fully …
Academy Science and Technology Council Names 2013 Interns
Deadline
The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected five students to participate in its 2013 summer internship program, with …
Virtual reality display lets fire crews see in blaze
New Scientist
When firefighters enter a burning building, they usually go in blind. Smoke often shrouds their view and it can be hard to know exactly where they are, or where the fire is. A …
UIC computer science student interns at Pixar
UIC News
Victor Mateevitsi is taking his imagination to Pixar Animation Studios. Mateevitsi’s SpiderSense, a suit that allows users to sense — without seeing — obstacles around them, …
虚拟现实技术将实现有限空间创建"无限迷宫"
Sohu.com
据国外媒体报道，一项新的虚拟现实（VR）系统将可以实现“想象”中的情形。测试人员佩戴一个VR头盔，当他在现实房间里环绕走动时，该设备将追踪测试者的身体与头部移动方位，从而引导他在一个无穷尽的虚拟空间里行走。虚拟世界中的房间与走廊都是随着佩戴者所处现实空间大小而自动生成的，就像巨型视频游戏一样无穷无尽，这将使测试人员永远不会两次进入同一个地方。
With student invention, not seeing is believing
UIC News
The minds at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory have brought another science fiction fantasy to life with their latest invention, “SpiderSense.” Originally named NinjaVision, …
Virtual reality creates infinite maze in a single roomu
New Scientist
STEP into the labyrinth. Imagine physically wandering through the many rooms and corridors of an endless maze, never seeing the same place twice – but without actually leaving your …
Superhero Science: UIC Students Build 'SpiderSense' Suit
Helix Magazine
Have you ever wanted superpowers? Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago have built a suit mimicking Spider-Man’s “SpiderSense” by using sensory receptors to “feel” …
Scientists (finally) build Spider-Man suit with 'SpiderSense'
The Globe and Mail
It's the invention of which comics nerds have always dreamed. A team of scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago has created an extrasensory suit inspired by the Marvel …
Superhero Science: UIC Students Build 'SpiderSense' Suit
ACM Tech News
University of Illinois at Chicago computer science, communication, and bioengineering students say they have created a suit equipped with sensory receptors that enable a wearer to …
SpiderSense suit delivers superhuman perception
New Atlas
In the Spider-Man comics and movies, the famous hero's "Spider Sense" warns him of incoming danger, which proves to be just as important a superpower as slinging webs and climbing …
Augmented Human: Technik für die Sinne
Stuttgarter Zeitung
Ausgewählte Forscher aus aller Welt stellen in Stuttgart Technologien vor, die dem Menschen zu neuen Fähigkeiten verhelfen sollen. Was manchmal wirkt wie Science-Fiction ist doch …
Quân đội Mỹ sẽ phát triển trang phục "Giác quan thứ sáu"?
An ninh Thủ đô
Victor Mateevitsi, nghiên cứu sinh tiến sĩ thuộc Đại học Illinois, Chicago đang phát triển một bộ trang phục “Giác quan thứ sáu” có thể mặc được. Anh đặt tên cho dự án này là …
SpiderSense: a Suit That Gives Man a 'Spider Sense'
Engineering.com
“My spider sense is tingling!” Thanks to Peter Parker, we all know that means impending danger. Inspired by Spider Man’s famous 6th sense, students at the University of Illinois …
Un traje permite recrear el sentido arácnido de Spider-Man
Europa Press
El estadounidense Victor Mateevitsi ha creado un traje que reproduce el sentido arácnido de Spider-Man. El sueño de convertirse en un superhéroe parece estar cada vez más de la …
Researcher develops Spidey-sense suit
Military.com
A researcher is working on a suit that could give a soldier Spidey-sense that Spider-Man enjoys. That's right, the ability to sense approaching objects without looking at or …
Feel like Spidey in a real-life spider-sense suit
CNET
If Peter Parker's spider-sense ranks high on your list of coveted superpowers, you may experience a strange tingling sensation at news of a suit that alerts the wearer to the …
Científicos elaboran un traje que recrea el 'sentido arácnido'
Europa Press
Investigadores de la Universidad de Illinois (Estados Unidos) han elaborado un traje que recrea el 'sentido arácnido', es decir, permite detectar objetos o personas acercándose en …
Sztuczny "zmysł pająka"
WP Facet
Znany z komiksów o Spider-Manie zmysł pozwalający unikać zagrożeń doczekał się technicznej realizacji - informuje "New Scientist". Prawdziwe pająki mają bardzo czuły zmysł dotyku - …
Spider-Man Physics: How Real Is the Superhero?
Wired Magazine
Victor Mateevitsi, a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has built a suit that alerts its wearer to approaching humans. Called SpiderSense, the suit uses a …
High-tech Spider-Man suit gives you real-life 'spidey sense'
Mother Nature Network
Scientist Victor Mateevitsi of the University of Illinois in Chicago has invented every comic book fan's ultimate fantasy: a body suit that grants its wearer the powers of …
We can all be Peter Parker: New suit gives wearer 'SpiderSense'
Digital Trends
As all comic fans know, what makes Spider-Man successful at this superhero schtick is because he’s known for more than the whole sticking-to-walls thing he’s named after. No, it’s …
SpiderSense-pak laat je je omgeving voelen
Bright.nl
Het SpiderSense pak is geïnspireerd op Spider-Man die een tinteling voelt als een hij wordt bedreigd wordt door gevaar, bijvoorbeeld als iemand hem wil slaan. De superheld kan …
Απόκτησε τις υπερδυνάμεις του Spiderman… φορώντας τη στολή του
Star.gr
Δεν κάνεις απλά τον παιδικό σου ήρωα, πραγματικό αλλά αποκτάς τις υπερφυσικές του δυνάμεις… μέσα από μια στολή! Αυτή είναι η δημιουργία του απόφοιτου ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών από …
Enfin une vraie combinaison de super-hérosa
Ubergizmo
Qui veut avoir des super-pouvoirs ? Tout le monde ! Hélas, se faire mordre par une araignée radioactive n’est pas franchement une solution. Heureusement, la technologie fait …
Kräfte wie Spider-Man: Ganzkörperanzug verleiht Spinnen
Ubergizmo
„SpiderSense“, so der passende Name des Anzugs. Er verfügt nicht nur über Mikrofone, sondern auch über Mini-Roboterarme. Die pieksen euch in die Haut, um euch in die Richtung des …
You Can Be A Real Superhero With This Spider-Sense Robot Suit
Gizmodo
Who doesn't want real-life superpowers? Unfortunately, getting yourself bitten by some kind of radioactive spider isn't really the best way to go about it. But thankfully, tech is …
Scientists create 'Spider-Man' suit that gives wearers superhero's 'spider sense'
New York Daily News
With great science projects come great sense perception. A young science whiz — not unlike Peter Parker himself — created a true marvel with his suit, called SpiderSense, which he …
Η στολή του Spiderman που σε κάνει… spiderman!
Gazzetta.gr
Ο Victor Mateevitsi από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Ιλινόις κατάφερε και δημιούργησε τη στολή με ονομασία SpiderSense, η οποία ενσωματώνει ρομποτικούς βραχίονες με μικρόφωνα τα οποία …
This Suit Gives You A Real Life Spider-Sense
Forbes
In the comics, when Peter Parker was bitten by the radioactive spider that made him Spider-Man, he gained superpowers that gave him the speed, strength, and agility of a spider. …
SpiderSense ultrasound suit gives wearers a sixth sense
The Verge
New wearable technology under development at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) offers users a sixth sense, allowing them to feel when objects are approaching their …
You Can Be a Real Superhero With This Crazy Spider-Sense Robot Suit
Gizmodo
Who doesn't want real-life superpowers? Unfortunately, getting yourself bitten by some kind of radioactive spider isn't really the best way to go about it. But thankfully, tech is …
SpiderSense ultrasonic radar suit lets you know when danger is near
Engadget
Know that feeling when someone wanders too far into your personal space? The University of Illinois' Victor Mateevitsi does, which is why he'd built a suit that does the job to a …
Amazing SpiderSense Suit Lets You "Feel" Nearby Objects
TechnoBuffalo
Victor Mateevitsi has built a suit that's so responsive users can "feel" nearby objects. In fact, the "SpiderSense" suit is so sensitive it elicits a tingling sensation in its …
Wearable display meets blindfold test for sensing danger
Phys.org
Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago have developed a special set of body modules that provide wearers with extra-sensory perception as to who or what is nearby. …
Un nou pas spre omul bionic: costumul care ne transformă în omul 2013 păianjen
Adevarul
Un cercetător de la Universitatea Illinois din Chicago a reuşit să construiască prototipul unui costum care ar putea să ne tranforme în două moduri: câştigăm câte puţin din …
Örümcek Hisleri Gerçek Oluyor
Haberler.com
Amerika'daki Illinois Universitesi bünyesinde bulunan Victor Mateevitsi bir süredir üzerinde çalıştığı projeyi neredeyse tamamladı ve Spider-Man (Örümcek Adam)'ın meşhur yeteneğini …
Body Suit Gives You Real-Life 'Spidey Sense'
Mashable
When it comes to recreating Spider-Man’s superpowers, those silly string-blasting, wrist-mounted “web shooter” toys are mere child’s play, at least compared to what Victor …
Grad Student Creates His Own Working Spider-Man Suit
The Mary Sue
Who says you have to get bitten by a radioactive spider to get the power of Spider-Man? One student has used technology to acquire a spidey-sense. Victor Mateevitsi is a a computer …
The suit that gives you 'Spidey Sense' just like Spider-Man by tingling when there is impeding danger
Daily Mail
An incredible suit gives anyone the 'Spidey Sense' felt by Peter Parker to alert him to any imminent threat. Just like Spider-Man, anyone who wears the suit can benefit from 360 …
Spidey-Sense Suit Tingles When Someone Gets Too Close
New Scientist
FOR Peter Parker, it was a tingling sensation that alerted him to an imminent threat. Now anyone can pretend to be Spider-Man by simply donning a suit that lets you feel how close …
Virtual reality apprenticeships
UIC News — Cover page. Vol. 32 No 13
Technology's faces of the future
UIC News — Cover page. Vol. 32 No. 12
Take 'em on, Spidey!
Popular Mechanics (ZAF) — Vol. 11 No. 9
With student invention, not seeing is believing
UIC News — Cover page. Vol. 31 No. 27
Virtual Reality creates infinite maze in a single room
New Scientist — Vol. 217, No. 2911
Technik fur die Sinne
Stuttgarter Zeitung (DE) — No. 58
Quotable
UIC News — Vol. 31. No. 22
Spidey-Sense Suit Tingles When Someone Gets Too Close
New Scientist — Vol. 217. No. 2905
2012 (2 mentions)
Chicago computer scientists develop tools to help ecologists in Kenya
Medill Reports Chicago
A group of computational ecology students at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) recently traveled to the Mpala Research Center in Kenya to conduct experiments using …
Chicago virtual reality lab home to futuristic health class
Medill Reports Chicago
Futuristic health care is being conceptualized at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. EVL uses technology that may be applied to …