Charles E. Hughes, Ph.D.

Joint Faculty
Pegasus Professor, Computer Science
Co-Director, SREAL

Lab:

Synthetic Reality Laboratory (SREAL)

Office:
Partnership 3: 109

Contact:
407-882-1344
Charles.Hughes@ucf.edu

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Charles Hughes is Pegasus Professor of Computer Science in the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. He is also Professor of Digital Media, an Affiliated Faculty member in Text & Technology, a member of the Modeling & Simulation Graduate Program faculty, and co-director of the university's Synthetic Reality Laboratory (SREAL). He has held prior faculty positions at Penn State and the University of Tennessee. He has been PI or co-PI on over $20M in grants, is author or co-author of over 200 refereed research publications and is one of the co-inventors of the patented TeachLivE paradigm and technology. Dr. Hughes holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Penn State University and a B.A. in Mathematics from Northeastern University.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Council, 1972
Ph.D., Computer Science, Penn State University, 1970
M.S., Computer Science, Penn State University, 1968
B.A., Mathematics, Northeastern University, 1966

Appointments

Co-Director, Synthetic Reality Lab, IST, UCF
TeachLivE Principal: TeachLivE
Co-Director, Center for Research in Education Simulation Technology (CREST)
Co-Lead, Learning Science Faculty Cluster
Member, Disability, Aging & Technology Cluster
Affiliate Faculty, Computational Imaging Laboratory

Highlights

Publications

Ali, K*, Shah, S.*, & Hughes, C. E. (2023). In the Wild Affect Analysis of Children with ASD using Heart Rate. Sensors, 23(14):6572. DOI: 10.3390/s23146572

Taliaferro, L. A., Westers, N. J., Matsumiya , B., Ingraham, K., Muehlenkamp , J. J., & Hughes, C. E. (2023). Improving Capacity to Identify, Assess, and Manage Adolescents Engaging in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Using Patient Avatars. Medical Teacher. 1-7. DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2216861

Shah, S.*, Ali, K.*, Dieker, L., & Hughes, C. E. (2023). WAVE: A Web-Based Platform for Delivering Knowledge-Driven Virtual Experiences. IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications EEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 43(3), 54-60, 1 May-June 2023, DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2023.3260599.

Wang, D.*, Wang, P.*, Liu, K.*, Zhou, Y., Hughes, C. E., & Fu, Y. (2023). Reinforced Imitative Graph Learning for Mobile User Profiling. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 1-13. DOI: 10.1109/TKDE.2023.3270238

Ren, W.*, Wang, P.*, Li, X., Hughes, C.E., & Fu, Y. (2022). Semi-supervised Drifted Stream Learning with Short Lookback. The 28th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 1504–1513. Acceptance Rate: 14.9%

Hughes, C. E., Dieker, L., A., Glavey, E., Hines, R., Wilkins, I., Ingraham, K., Bukaty, C., Ali, K.*, Shah, S.*, Murphy, J.*, & Taylor, M. (2022). RAISE: Robotics & AI to Improve STEM and Social Skills for Elementary School Students. Frontiers in Virtual Reality: Virtual Reality and Human Behaviors, DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2022.968315. 10.3389/frvir.2022.968312

Kent, J. A.*, & Hughes, C. E. (2022). Law Enforcement Training using Simulation for Locally Customized Encounters. Frontiers in Virtual Reality: Technologies for Virtual Reality, DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2022.960146

Hayes, A*., Hughes, C. E., & Bailenson, J. (2022). Identifying and Coding Behavioral Indicators of Social Presence with a Social Presence Behavioral Coding System. Frontiers in Virtual Reality: Virtual Reality and Human Behaviors, 3, DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2022.773448

* indicates current or former student

Patents and Trademarks

Lisa Dieker, Charles Hughes, Michael Hynes, DebriefScapeÔ, Downloadable computer software for processing therapeutic and educational instruction video session annotation files,” 5/4/2013. Trademark, UCF listed as owner.
Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles E. Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower, Taylor Bousfield, “Sensory Determinative Audio Rendering,” US Patent No. 11.600,190. Awarded March 7, 2023; Filed August 12, 2022. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles E. Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower, Taylor Bousfield, “Therapeutic Simulator System for Stress Disorders,” US Patent No. 11.600,189. Awarded March 7, 2023; Filed August 15, 2022. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles E. Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower, Taylor Bousfield, “Physiologic Responsive Rendering of Computer Simulation,” US Patent No. 11,282,403 B2. Awarded March 22, 2022; Filed August 19, 2020. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles E. Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower, Taylor Bousfield, “Simulation Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder,” US Patent No. 11.600,188. Awarded March 7, 2023; Filed August 15, 2022. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles E. Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower, Taylor Bousfield, “Adaptive Simulation Rendering on Sensory Load,” US Patent No. 11,450,220. Awarded September 22, 2022; Filed February 14, 2022. Assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

Active Grants

US Department of Education, Enhancing the Impact of Modeling and Simulation Education for the 21st Century Workforce, $1,443,690 (33% credit=$480,749), (PI: R. Azevedo, G. Bochenek. C. E. Hughes). 12/31/2021-12/31/2024.

National Science Foundation via University of Texas at El Paso, BPC-AE: An Extended CAHSI Alliance to Broaden Participation in Graduate Studies, $139,483 (33% credit=$44,871), (PI: G. Leavens, C. E. Hughes). 11/30/2021-11/29/2025.

National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: CCRI: Planning: InfraStructure for Photorealistic Image and Environment Synthesis (I-SPIES), $77,922 (10% credit=$7.792), (PI: Ryan McMahan, C. E. Hughes, Lori Walters). 10/01/2021-09/30/2023.

US Department of Education, DebriefScape™ Suite: Personalized Dashboard and Open Education Resources for STEM Coaches to Support Special Education Teachers, $2,481,403 (25% credit=$612,351), (PI: L. Dieker, R. Hines, C. E. Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez). 10/01/2021-09/30/2026.

National Science Foundation, EAGER: SaTC-EDU: Improving Cybersecurity Education for Adolescents with Autism Through Automated Augmented Self-Monitoring Applications, $315,987 (62.5% credit=$197,492), (PI: C. E. Hughes, L. Dieker). 05/01/2021-04/30/2024.

US Department of Education via UCP of Central Florida, PROJECT RAISE: Robots and Artificial Intelligence to Improve Social Skills for Elementary Students, $997,746 (33% credit=$332,230), (PI: Lisa Dieker, R. Hines, C. E. Hughes). 01/01/2021-12/31/2025.

National Science Foundation, Simulated Practice: Using Socially-Responsive Avatars to Prepare STEM GTAs for Student-Centered Instruction, $700,009 (30% credit=$210,003), (PI: J. Chini, C. E. Hughes, E Saitta). 11/15/2017-10/31/2023.

Research Interests:

Affective Computing
Human-Centered Computing
Mixed Reality
Theory of Computation
Virtual Learning Environments

Areas of Expertise:

Augmented Reality (AR)
Mixed Reality
Virtual Reality (VR)

Application Areas:

Academics
Defense
Education
Healthcare