I am an Associate Researcher in the informatics Department
in the School of Information and
Computer Sciences at the University
of California, Irvine.
My current research involves expanding a framework used with
scientific modeling and simulations in a virtual world, OpenSim.
A public demonstration is accessible through OSGrid. Instructions are here.
If you would like further information, please feel free to contact me.
Conference Papers:
A. Henckel, C. Lopes 'StellarSim: A Plug-in Architecture for Scientific
Visualizations in Virtual Worlds', In Proceedings of the FAVE 2009 Meeting.
Springer. Jul. 2009
Thesis:
A. Henckel 'Constructing a methodology for automatic replication of
celestial objects and behaviors in a virtual world, OpenSim', M.S. Diploma
Thesis, University of California, Irvine. Dec. 2008
Demos / Posters / Presentations:
The Hypergrid: An Architecture for a New Web. C. Lopes, A. Henckel.
Presented at Caltech Center for Advanced Computing Seminar, Caltech,
Pasadena, CA. Jun. 2009
StellarSim: A Plug-in Architecture for Scientific Visualizations in
Virtual Worlds. A. Henckel, C. Lopes. Presented at the 2009 UC Irvine
ISR Research Forum, Irvine, CA. Jun. 2009
On Chip Highways: 2D Interconnect for Tera-scale Processors. A. Vaidya, D. Park, A. Henckel. Presented at
Research @ Intel Day, Mt. View, CA. Jun. 2009
On Chip Highways: 2D Interconnect for Tera-scale Processors. A. Vaidya, D. Park, A. Henckel. Presented at
Intel Developer Forum, San Francisco, CA. Sep. 2009
To access StellarSim:
Create an account on OSGrid.
Log into the OSGrid using the Second Life client
or the Hippo OpenSim Viewer.
Detailed instructions are here.
The loginuri for OSGrid is: "http://www.osgrid.org:8002".
Once you are logged into OSGrid, click on "Map", search for "UC Irvine", and teleport there.
Once in a UC Irvine region, click again on "Map", search for "ucigrid03.nacs.uci.edu:9000:StellarSim", and teleport there.
You will see a box with a "?" in the middle of the region.
Click on this box to receive two Heads Up Displays (HUDs) and a notecard with instructions.
Please let me know if you have any questions, problems or comments.
Please note the simulation is still in development.
Email: a m y . h e n c k e l (at) g m a i l . c o m
Mailing Address:
Amy Henckel
Department of Informatics
5029 Donald Bren Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3440