Saeed Boorboor

Visualization  ·  Immersive Analytics  ·  Augmented and Virtual Reality

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Chicago. My research seeks to design, build, and evaluate visualization systems that empower domain scientists to explore, analyze, and interact with scientific data. I particularly aim to investigate novel visualization and interaction methods across immersive technologies — from hand-held and wearable devices to large display modalities.

Prior to joining UIC, I was a Principal Research Scientist at the Center for Visual Computing, Stony Brook University. I received my Ph.D. in CS from Stony Brook University, advised by Prof. Arie E. Kaufman.

Selected Work

Research Highlights
AuxiScope teaser
IEEE ISMAR 2025

AuxiScope: Handheld Augmented Reality Tablet as an Auxiliary Display for Large-Scale Display Systems

Matthew S. Castellana, Chahat Kalsi, Saeed Boorboor, Arie E. Kaufman

PDF Demo
Explainable XR teaser
IEEE VR 2025 · TVCG

Explainable XR: Understanding User Behaviors of XR Environments using LLM-assisted Analytics Framework

Yoonsang Kim, Zainab Aamir, Mithilesh Singh, Saeed Boorboor, Klaus Mueller, Arie E. Kaufman

PDF Demo
Silo immersive display
IEEE VR 2025

Silo: Half-Gigapixel Cylindrical Stereoscopic Immersive Display

Saeed Boorboor, Doris E. Gutierrez-Rosales, Ahamed Shoaib, Chahat Kalsi, Yue Wang, Yuyang Cao, Xianfeng Gu, Arie E. Kaufman

PDF Demo
VoxAR volume rendering in AR
IEEE TVCG

VoxAR: Adaptive Visualization of Volume Rendered Objects in Optical See-Through Augmented Reality

Saeed Boorboor, Matthew S. Castellana, Yoonsang Kim, Chen Zhu-Tian, Johanna Beyer, Hanspeter Pfister, Arie E. Kaufman

DOI PDF Demo
Submerse storm surge visualization
IEEE TVCG

Submerse: Visualizing Storm Surge Flooding Simulations in Immersive Display Ecologies

Saeed Boorboor, Yoonsang Kim, Ping Hu, Josef Moses, Brian Colle, Arie E. Kaufman

DOI PDF Demo Media
NeuRegenerate neurodegeneration visualization
IEEE TVCG 2023

NeuRegenerate: A Framework for Visualizing Neurodegeneration

Saeed Boorboor, Shawn Mathew, Mala Ananth, David Talmage, Lorna W. Role, Arie E. Kaufman

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Courses

University of Illinois Chicago

Stony Brook University

  • CS 366Introduction to Virtual Reality — Spring 2024
Team

I work with the wonderful team at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL).
Students I supervise (ordered by time joined):

EVL
Ph.D. Students
Shreyas Kulkarni

Shreyas Chandrakant Kulkarni

Co-advised · Primary Advisor: Dr. Michael Papka
2025 –
LinkedIn GitHub
Hossein Fathollahian

Hossein Fathollahian

Co-advised · Primary Advisor: Dr. Liz Marai
2025 –
Website LinkedIn GitHub
Rehab Uddin Shawon

Rehab Uddin Shawon

2026 –
LinkedIn
MS Students
Riccardo Bonfanti

Riccardo Bonfanti

2025 –
Website GitHub
Interns
Marco D. Buttiglione

Marco D. Buttiglione

Fall 2026 · Ph.D. Intern
Website LinkedIn GitHub
Alumni
  • Daye Yoon Ph.D. Intern · Fall 2025