From: rsantiag@nsf.gov (Robert Santiago)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: EVENT: NSF Informal Workshop on VR, January 28 (this Thursday)
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:19:00 GMT
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Dear Participants:

Thanks for all the overwhelming response that you have sent.  Indeed,
it is important for many of us with VR projects and those of us trying
to get projects going to communicate with each other.  Before I go on
though I have to express some important points that must be stressed
about this informal workshop.

The first of these is the fact that it is very informal and is
intended to be an information gathering and communication meeting.
Secondly, and more importantly, this is NOT an official NSF activity.
Rather, NSF has graciously donated the use of its conference space.  A
group of program officers from the education directorate are
interested in current VR projects and in promoting communication among
VR and education.  Dr. Herb Wylen, a program officer in Research
Evaluation and Dissemination, was the sponsor of this workshop.

Finally, I myself am not a program officer nor do I represent the
interests of NSF.  There will be program officers there who are
interested in gathering information.  In fact Dr. Y. T. Chien, the
Division Director of Information Robotics and Information Systems,
will address the workshop at 11:30 in order to inform all of us about
the current status of the Federal Coordinating Committee on Science,
Education and Technology's High Performance Computing and
Communications Committee on Virtual Reality. as well as to provide
contact information for many of the government agencies who are
interested in VR projects.

In spite of the tedious facts it is the general feeling that this will
be an overwhelmingly important meeting.  This message is followed by a
list of most of the persons who have RSVPed for the workshop.  The
list is in no particular order and most probably represents the order
in which the RSVPs piled up on my desk.  It is an incomplete list and
I expect a few more than listed to show up.  I look forward to meeting
all of you and having a very productive session.

Sincerely,

Roberto A. Santiago


Joe Psotka
Army Research Institute
Washington, DC

Eben Gay
ERG Engineering
Southboro, MA

Barabara Hattal
Computer Graphics Coordinator
George Mason University

Mark Rosenburg
MATH Project
Michigan State University

Youngser Park
Student
George Washington University

William Wallace
Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Steven Feiner
Department of Computer Science
Columbia University

Carl Loeffler
Telecommunications and Virtual Reality
STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Carnegie Mellon University

Russell Kirsch
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Washington, DC

Larry Scadden
National Science Foundation
Human Resource Development

Sandy Ressler
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Washington, DC

Pat Lorch
National Science Foundation
Undergraduate Education

Rudy Darken
Naval Research Lab
George Washington University

Robert Campanell
Producer, "CYBERIA"
George Washington University

Ronald Mourant
Professor of Industrial Engineering
Northeastern University

Susan Chipman
Program Manager for Cognitive Science
Office of Naval Research

Raad Alhamdan
Student
George Washington Univeresity

Catherine Plaisant
Human Computer Interaction Lab
University of Maryland

Howard Kaplan

Mike Almquist

Judy Vance
Mechanical Engineering Department
Iowa State University

Robert Cudihee
Concetual Visualization Institute
Sacred Heart University

Ted Gutswa
Conceptual Visualization Institute
Sacred Heart University

Herb Wylen
National Science Foundation
Research Evaluation and Dissemination

Howard Moncarz
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Washington, DC

Bruce Terciane
D.C. Heath Publisher
Massachusetts

David Prior
MIT Press
PRESENCE

Marc M. Sebrechts
Department of Psychology
The Catholic University of America

Herb Taylor
David Sarnoff Research Center

Mitchell Ross
HFSI

Michael Oliver
National Science Foundation
Statewide Systemic Initiative

Peirce Hammond
National Science Foundation
Statewide Sytemic Initiative

Dan VanBellingham
National Science Foundation
Networking Communications Research and Infrastructure

David Staudt
National Science Foundation
Networking Communications Research and Infrastructure

Don Ely
National Science Foundation
Research Evaluation and Dissemination

Carrie Heeter
Michigan State University
Director of CommTech Lab

Michael Haney
National Science Foundation
Teacher Enhancement


[MODERATOR'S NOTE: I've asked Robert to post a summary of the meeting
here at its conclusion, but hope that othe participants will also do
so.  It would be appreciated by many if attendees at other official
meetings, including those not in the United States, would put memos on
this newsgroup.  It's the only way to build a global community and
movement.  Thanks, Robert.  -- Bob Jacobson]