paper at NAMRC conference

Anuj Gautam , Manish Raj Aryal, Sourabh Deshpande, Shailesh Padalkar, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Ming Tang, Sam Anand. IIoT-enabled Digital Twin for legacy and smart factory machines with LLM integration. 53rd SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Clemson Univ. 06/2025. The paper is also accepted in the  Journal of Manufacturing Systems  Abstract The recent advancement in Large […]

NCBDS conference

The paper “Designing the Future of Retail: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in Industrial Design and Architecture Design” has been accepted at the 40th National Conference on Begining Design Students. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. 2025 Yong-Gyun Ghim, Ming Tang, University of Cincinnati   Abstract The significance of design’s cross-disciplinary nature has increased alongside technological advancements as emerging […]

AI and Emerging Technology Symposium

Ming Tang and Mikhail Nikolaenko presented “AI-Powered Digital Humans for Enhanced Interaction in Extended Reality” at the AI and Emerging Technology Symposium, University of Cincinnati. The day-long event explored topics around AI and robotic process automation; smart campus innovation; and extended reality, virtual reality, and augmented reality. More on UC News. AI-Powered Talking Avatars for Enhanced Interaction in […]

P&G VISM

Project VISM (Virtual Interactive Simulation for Material customization) Interactive Visualization with User-Controlled, Procedural-Based, and Physical-Based Material Customization. PI. Ming Tang. Sponsor: P&G. 12/01/2024 – 5/31/2025      

Emotional Architecture in the Digital Age

Emotional Architecture in the Digital Age: Generative AI and Virtual Environments for Human-Centric Design ARCH 7036-04/ARCH5051-04.Elective Theory Seminar, SAID, DAAP, Spring 2024 Classtime: Monday. 10 am -12:50 pm.  Classroom: 4425-E, CGC Lab, DAAP building.  Faculty: Ming Tang, Professor in Architecture and Interior Design, DAAP. Director of  Extended Reality Lab. XR-Lab Gen-AI with Stable Diffusion, by Ming […]

UHP seminar 2025

ARCH 3051 Spring 2025 UHP. Extended Reality (XR) Technologies for Real-World Problem Solving Call for UC Honors Students. Ming Tang. Director, Extended Reality Lab. XR-Lab Professor, Institute for Research in Sensing (IRiS); Industry 4.0 & 5.0 Institute (I45I) School of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Design Architecture Art and Planning, University of Cincinnati Class […]

Artistic Intelligence with AI: Gallery show at Blink

I’m excited to be part of a group of UC DAAP faculty and student works exhibited at the 2024 Cincinnati Blink. The theme of the exhibition is “Artistic Intelligence with AI.” Thanks to the support from Midwestcon, DisruptionNow, DAAP, and 1819 Innovation Hub. October 18-20. Cincinnati. OH.

GRO

Virtual Reality Training on Issues of Youth Firearm Possession. PI. Tang. 8/5/2024-8/4/2025.   Funded by the God.Restoring.Order (GRO) Community, this research project will develop two VR scenarios that simulate environments designed to educate youth on applying critical skills in risky situations. Team: Ming Tang, XR-Lab, Aaron Mallory, GRO. XR-Lab students: Aayush Kumar, Mario Bermejo, Jonny Peng, […]

Redefining Space in the Age of Spatial Computing

ARCH 4001. Fall. 2024 Redefining Space in the Age of Spatial Computing  Ming Tang Professor, Registered Architect, NCARB, LEED AP, Director of Extended Reality Lab. UC Digital Futures. Leadership committee, Institute for Research in Sensing (IRiS); School of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati In the age […]

paper on XR conference

Two papers were presented and published at the 2024 International Conference on eXtended Reality. XR Salento 2024. Tang, Ming, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Evv Boerwinkle, Samuel Obafisoye, Aayush Kumar, Mohsen Rezayat, Sven Lehmann, and Tamara Lorenz. “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Traditional Training vs. Immersive Training: A Case Study of Building Safety & Emergency Training.” Paper presented at the […]

GenAI+AR Siemens

Automatic Scene Creation for Augmented Reality Work Instructions Using Generative AI. Siemens. PI. Ming Tang. co-PI: Tianyu Jiang. $25,000. UC. 4/1/2024-12/31/2024 Students: Aayush Kumar, Mikhail Nikolaenko, Dylan Hutson. Sponsor: Siemens through UC MME Industry 4.0/5.0 Institute Investigate integration of LLM Gen-AI with Hololens-based training.