About HILAB

HILAB provides resources and information on latest developments in Hydroinformatics (HI) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their applications on many science and engineering areas. Recent application areas in our lab includes hydrology, water resources and quality, environmental engineering, disaster preparedness, recovery and response.

HILAB is established by Dr. Ibrahim Demir (team) with many collaborators from around the world. HILAB is a collaborative community platform bringing researcher and educators together to work on Hydroinformatics projects. HILAB provides a one-stop resource library on Hydroinformatics.

Contact

Office: Paul Hall, Room 204 (on campus)
   6823 St Charles Avenue
   New Orleans LA 70118

HILAB Media:
   Website  -  Twitter  -  YouTube -  GitHub

Research Areas

HILAB research interests include the following areas:

• Hydroinformatics & Environmental Information Systems
• Environmental Informatics
• Big Data Analytics
• Intelligent and Knowledge Systems in Geosciences
• Scientific Visualization & Information Communication
• Gesture Based Interaction and Motion Control
• Virtual, Augmented and Immersive Reality Applications
• Environmental Data Management and Integration
• Internet Technologies
• Distributed and Cloud Computing
• Web Design and Development
• Mobile Application Development
• Expert Systems & Soft Computing (Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic)
• Optimization Systems & Genetic Algorithms

Awards & Recognition

The following awards and recognitions are received by Director Dr. Demir or HILAB research projects:

• 2025, Michael A. Fitts Presidential Chair in Environmental Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
  Tulane University
• 2024, Elected Chair, Leadership Board
  International Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics (IAHR/IWA)
• 2023, iEMSs Fellow
  International Environmental Modelling and Software Society
• 2023, Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards
  Academic Technologies Advisory Council, University of Iowa
• 2023, Robert & Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering
  College of Engineering at the University of Iowa, University of Iowa
• 2022, Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards
  Academic Technologies Advisory Council, University of Iowa
• 2022, Distinguished Achievement in Publicly Engaged Research Award
  Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Iowa
• 2022, Early Career Faculty Excellence Award
  College of Engineering, University of Iowa
• 2021, Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards
  Academic Technologies Advisory Council, University of Iowa
• 2020, Finalist, NIST CHARIoT Challenge - Advancing First Responder Communications
  Project: A Holographic Smart Assistant for Flood Preparedness and Response (project supervisor)
• 2020, Honor Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) - "Academy Awards of the Engineering Industry"
  Project: Big Sioux River Flood Information System (project supervisor)
• 2020, People’s Choice Award, Capture Your Research – Image Competition, UIOWA
  Project: Realistic River Image Generation with Deep Learning (project supervisor)
• 2020, Recognition, United Nations World Water Development Report 2020
  Water and Climate Change, Paris, UNESCO (highlighted projects from our lab)
• 2019, Hydrologic Innovation Award, National Hydrologic Warning Council
  Project: Iowa Flood Information System, Iowa Flood Center (contributor – cyber system development)
• 2019, Preparedness, Technology and Innovation Award
  South Dakota Emergency Management Association (SDEMA)
  Project: Big Sioux River Flood Information System
• 2019, Acknowledging Excellence, Association of State Floodplain Managers
  Project: Draft Flood Hazard Outreach Program (DNR – contributor – cyber system development)
• 2019, Tom Lee State Award in Excellence in Floodplain Management
  Association of State Floodplain Managers
  Project: Iowa Bridge Sensor Project (IFC – contributor – cyber system development)
• 2018, Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award
  South Dakota Engineering Society (SDES)
  Project: Big Sioux River Flood Information System
• 2018, Recognition, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate
  Report on Alerting Tactics (highlighted projects from our lab)
• 2018, Early Career Research Excellence Award
  International Environmental Modeling and Software Society
• 2018, Product of the Year, ‘Multi-Hazard Tournament’, IWR, USACE (to the project team)
• 2018, Outreach Award, Association of State Floodplain Managers
  Project: Flood Expert – Artificial Intelligence System for Flooding (project advisor)
• 2018, Innovation Award, Scientific Visualization Challenge, US Bureau of Reclamation
• 2017, Runner-up, Top 10, AGU Data Visualization Storytelling Competition
• 2017, 2nd Place, The Weather Channel SDC Innovation Challenge, Samsung & IBM
• 2015, Outstanding Reviewer, Environmental Modeling & Software, Elsevier
• 2015, Runner-up, ESRI Data Viz App Challenge, ‘Make It Rain!’
• 2015, Excellence Award for Research, College of Engineering, University of Iowa
• 2014, Invitation, White House Innovation for Disaster Response & Recovery Demo Day
• 2014, Top 50, Information is Beautiful Awards 2014, Kantar
  Interactive Websites, ‘Iowa Flood Information System’
• 2013, Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards
  Academic Technologies Advisory Council, University of Iowa
• 2012, Award, NSF & Mozilla Foundation Ignite Challenge
  Apps for Next-Generation Networks, Winner, Developer Round 1
• 2011, Finalist, Interactive Video Games Category
  NSF International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge