Professor Donna J. Cox
Awards
Last update September 2006
· Selected as one of 40 modern-day Leonardos’s, selected from thousands prospectus http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/06/0413leonardo.html
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· Databasing the Brain: Data to Knowledge (Neuroinformatics), winner for the Best New Professional and Scholarly Publishing division (PSP) of the American Association of Publishers, February 7, 2006. “Visualization in Life Sciences” chapter by Cox. http://www.pspcentral.org/index.cfm?left=awards&page=/home/awards.cfm
· Finalist, World Technology Summit Award 2005 http://www.wtn.net/2005/summit/finalists.html
· DomeFest 2005, three works selected http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/06.09.05_NCSA_Visua.html
· SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2005, one work selected http://www.cascadesiggraph.org/ET2005.htm
· 2005 SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies Chair http://www.siggraph.org/s2005/main.php?f=cfp&p=etech
· 2003 Keynote speaker, SC 2003, 3000 attendees; http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2003/tech_plenaries.php; http://www.taborcommunications.com/hpcwire/hpcwireWWW/03/1024/106251.html
· 2002 Golden Camera, International Film and Video Festival, "Runaway Universe", HDTV NOVA/WGBH, Producer and Art Director for Scientific Visualizations
· Appointed Editorial Advisor and member of the editorial board for Leonardo Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, January 1999-present
· Distinguished Visiting Technologist, Indiana University, 1998-2001
· Elected as a voting council member of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) Applications Strategic Council, Internet 2 Commission 1998-2003
· Patent No. 6,154,723,November 28, 2000,: Virtual Reality 3D Interface System for Data Creation, Viewing and Editing, D.J Cox, R Patterson, M. Thiebaux, Ref. T96137, December 5, 1997; http://virdir.ncsa.uiuc.edu/virdir/
· Nominated for 1997 Academy Award in documentary short subject, as Associate Producer for Scientific Visualization and Art Director for "Cosmic Voyage" IMAX film, premiered August 1996. http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Stories/97Stories/CosmicAward.html
· National Research Council, elected to the Committee on Modeling and Simulation, 1995-1997.
· SIGGRAPH '93, Donna J. Cox, Technical Panel Chair, 1992-1993.
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· Elected to the Board of Directors ACM SIGGRAPH August 89-92
· University Scholars Award and Grant, from the Office of the President, UIUC 1989-90
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· Coler-Maxwell Medal for Excellence 1989 granted by the Leonardo, International Society in Arts Science and Technology