Presenter

Dana Plepys is an associate director with the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago responsible for unit research administration, operations and business affairs. Her contribution to EVL also includes project management for technology transfer activities to industry and affiliated laboratories, oversight for the development of tools, techniques, and systems for advanced visualization applications, and media production documenting EVL's research. Since 1993, Plepys has been editor of the SIGGRAPH Video Review (SVR), one of the world’s most widely circulated and comprehensive video-based publications showcasing the latest concepts in computer graphics and interactive techniques. She has produced over 190 issues of the SVR, and is actively involved in the preservation of the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival historical archive.