Lee R Boot
Research Associate Professor
Imaging Research Center
Information Technology & Engineering 101F
Education
MFA Maryland Institute College of Art 1982
BFA Syracuse University 1979
About
I am Director of the Imaging Research Center, Affiliate Associate Professor in the Departments of Visual Arts and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering..
Research Interests
Developing new forms of visualization in order to improve how people can collaboratively model, learn and use systems thinking to address longstanding societal challenges.
Teaching Interests
Providing students with interdisciplinary, project-driven, collaborative, hands-on, problem-based learning experiences through research in our center.
Selected Classes
- Fall 2023 CMSC 499 – Independent Study in Computer Science (Ind Study)
- ART 496 – Imaging Internship (Research)
- Spring 2023 ART 496 – Imaging Internship (Research)
- ART 494 – Graduate Internship (Imaging Research Center)
Performances & Exhibits
Boot, Lee R., Rodriguez, Adan, Voos, Amelia, Damico, Danielle. “Community Context: An Arch Social Club Conversation revisits the 2015 Baltimore Uprising,”. Sponsored By: Whiting Foundation. Apr 10, 2019).
Creative Publications
Boot, Lee R., Kroll, Anna. (2021). First 4 Episodes of Kaleid. Kaleid is an ongoing podcast Start Here episode, plus episodes 1-3. Baltimore, MD: IRC, UMBC
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
Boot, Lee R. (Co-Principal), Wilson, Lucy (Principal), Stockwell, Ian (Co-Principal). “An Immersive Health Visualization Environment,” Grant (Not Funded). Sponsored By: Robert W. Johnson Foundation.
Boot, Lee R. (Principal), Bickel, Beverly A. (Supporting), Griffen, Denise (Supporting). “Art of Transformation: An Emerging Community Media Arts Project,” Grant (Not Funded). Sponsored By: National Endowment for the Arts.
Corbet, Robin H.D. (Principal), Boot, Lee R. (Co-Principal), Singer, Jonathan E (Co-Principal). “Collaborative Research: Bringing STEM Learning to Diverse Audiences Through Art and Science - Astro-Animation and Beyond,” Grant (Not Funded). Sponsored By: NSF.
Matuszek, Cynthia (Co-Principal), Engel, Donald (Principal), Olano, Thomas M. (Co-Principal), Boot, Lee (Co-Principal). “Elements: Software: HDR: An Open Source, Extensible Photogrammetry Toolkit For The Broader Community,” Grant (Not Funded). Sponsored By: NSF.
Wilson, Lucy (Principal), Boot, Lee R. (Co-Principal), Foulds, James (Co-Principal), Janeja, Vandana (Supporting), Henderson, Loren (Supporting), Stockwell, Ian (Co-Principal), Austin, Mark (Co-Principal), Xiong, Chenfeng (Supporting), Priolo, Meghan (Supporting). “PIPP Phase I: Integrating Data, Knowledge, and Expertise Through Modeling and Immersive Analytics for Equitable Pandemic Prevention,” Grant (Not Funded). Sponsored By: NSF.
Boot, Lee R. “MD New Venture Fellowship program,” Fellowship (In-Progress). Sponsored By: BW Research Park. May 8, 2023).
Boot, Lee R. (Co-Principal), Zuber, James. “Baltimore Re-Imaging Project,” Contract (Funded). Sponsored By: Lafayette College. (Jun 20, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022).
Komlodi, Anita H. (Principal), Boot, Lee R. (Co-Principal), Wilson, Lucy (Co-Principal), Stockwell, Ian (Co-Principal), Olano, Thomas M (Co-Principal). “RETTL: Collaborative Research: Learning Systems Thinking Using Immersive Visualization,” Grant (Not Funded). Sponsored By: NSF. (Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025).
Boot, Lee R. (Principal), Komlodi, Anita H. (Co-Principal), Tondreau, Amy (Co-Principal). “CIDER: Visualizing the Factors in K-12 Education Success,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: University of Maryland, Baltimore County. (Dec 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2024).
Boot, Lee R. (Co-Principal), Komlodi, Anita H (Co-Principal). “Development and Market Research for SEEe, a Human-Centered Immersive Analytics Environment for Complex Dynamic Systems,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: UMBC Office of Technology Development. (Dec 1, 2022 – Jan 8, 2024).
Intellectual Contributions
Hamidi, Foad, Dusman, Linda J., Boot, Lee R. (2025). Infinite Transformations in a Suitcase: Encountering Human-DNA Interaction through Poetry-infused Wine. 106. 1-4 TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction.
Tondreau, Amy, Komlodi, Anita H., Boot, Lee R., Rajasagi, Priya, Wikane, Erik, Nooka, Neha, Doshi, Rajmi, King, Tristan, Seidel, Kara. (2024). Virtual Reality in Teacher Preparation: Constructing Possibilities for Orienting Novice Teachers to School Communities. Philadelphia, PA: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
King, Tristan, Davis, Kyle, Saunders, B, Zuber, James Ryan., Rajasagi, Priya, Lukaszczyk, Christina, Komlodi, Anita H., Boot, Lee R. (2023). Immersive Visualization of Open Geospatial Data in Unreal Engine. Proceedings of IEEE VR 2023.
Boot, Lee R., Kroll, Anna. (2021). First 4 Episodes of Kaleid. Kaleid is an ongoing podcast Start Here episode, plus episodes 1-3. Baltimore, MD: IRC, UMBC.
Cheah, Charissa S.L., Barman, Salih, Vu, Kathy T.T., Jung, Sarah E.., Mandalapu, Varun, Masterson, Travis D., Zuber, Ryan J., Boot, Lee R.., Gong, Jiaqi. (2020). Validation of a Virtual Reality Buffet environment to assess food selection processes among emerging adults. 153 Appetite.
Research In Progress
Boot, Lee R., Bickel, Beverly A., Shewbridge, William C., Damico, Danielle, D'Andelet, Lindsay, Charney, Jason, Rodriguez, Adan, Voos, Amelia. “Art of Transformation,” (On-Going). Jan 7, 2015
Boot, Lee R., Jarzynski, Mark, Murnane, Mark. “MapTu: Software for mapping places, data, and ideas,” (On-Going). Sep 1, 2015 – Sep 30, 2019
Boot, Lee R., Wilson, Lucy, Stockwell, Ian, Jarzynski, Mark, Zuber, James Ryan. “REVLR (formerly SEEe),” (On-Going). Jan 1, 2020
Cazabon, Lynn, Boot, Lee R., Zuber, James R. “Losing Winter,” Scholarly (On-Going). Jun 1, 2020 – Jun 1, 2025
Dusman, Linda J., Hamidi, Foad, Wonneberger, Alan A., Boot, Lee R. “Infinite Transformations,” Scholarly (On-Going). Jan 15, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
Presentations
Boot, Lee R. Gallery Tour, in the virtual world of Second Life, of Lee Boot's Exhibition, Abstracts and Artifacts,. Oral Presentation. "Second Life Tour of Abstracts & Artifacts with Lee Boot," The Peale Center. (Oct 22, 2023).
Boot, Lee R. Gallery Talk, Lee Boot's Exhibition, Abstracts and Artifacts. Oral Presentation. "Gallery Talk, Lee Boot's Exhibition, Abstracts and Artifacts," The Peale Center. (Feb 2, 2023).
Boot, Lee R. (Author & Presenter), Michaels, Leah (Author & Presenter). sIREN Conference 2017: Arts and Digital Practices. Oral Presentation. "The Art of Transformation: Using Virtual Space for Cultural Organizing," Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland. (May 31, 2017).