Sicat, R. KAUST Visualization Core Lab: Going Beyond Immersive Visualization in the Laboratory. 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), Daegu, Korea, Republic of, 2026, pp. 200-204, doi: 10.1109/VRW70859.2026.00043. [article]
Keywords: immersive visualization, AR, VR, CAVE, AI
Gorecki, R., Sicat, R., Polo, C.C., Kalile, T.A., Di Vincenzo, M.D., Meneau, F., Nunes, S. In Situ Ptychographic X-ray Computed Tomography of Fully Hydrated Polyamide Membranes. Langmuir 2026 42 (5), 3828-3838. [article]
Keywords: polyamide membranes, ptychographic x-ray CT, PtychoShelves, Avizo
Halimi, A., Al Ibrahim, A., Barradas-Bautista, D., Sicat, R., Afifi, A. ForamDeepSlice: A High-Accuracy Deep Learning Framework for Foraminifera Species Classification from 2D Micro-CT Slices. [arXiv]
Keywords: foraminifera classification, deep learning, transfer learning, 3D micro-CT
Teillet, T., Odobel, C., Sicat, R., Lattanzi, D., Harkat, M., Garuglieri, E., Alhazmi, R., Hachmann, K., Daffonchio, D., Sanchez-Roman, M., Vahrenkamp, V. Micritized Grains and Peloids: The Taphonomic Adventures of Carbonate Grains in Shallow Marine Settings. Understanding Carbonate Processes, Deposition, and Preservation: Breakthroughs and Challenges, SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology, January 2025. [article]
Keywords: carbonates, micritization, microbial diagenesis, taphonomy
Garcias-Bonet, N., (30 other authors including Sicat, R.), Peixoto, R. The Coral Probiotics Village: An Underwater Laboratory to Tackle the Coral Reefs Crisis, Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7, e71558, 2025. [paper]
Keywords: beneficial microorganisms for corals, coral microbiome stewardship, coral reefs restoration. microbial-based therapies, sustained environmental data observations, technology development
Chandra, V., Sicat, R., Benzoni, F., Vahrenkamp, V., Bracchi, V. A Novel Multi-scale uCT Characterization Method to Quantify Biogenic Carbonate Production, Geoscience Frontiers, Volume 15, Issue 6, 2024, 101883, ISSN 1674-9871. [paper]
Keywords: crustose coralline algae, foraminifera, uCT, image analysis, machine learning, marine carbonate factory, Avizo, Ilastik
Note: The figure on the left is the graphical abstract of the original paper.
Ishka, M.R., Sussman, H., Hu, Y., Alqahtani, M. D., Craft, E., Sicat, R., Wang, M., Yu, L., AitHaddou, R., Li, B., Drakakaki, G., Nelson, A., Pineros, M., Korte, A., Jaremko, L., Testerink, C., Tester, M., Julkowska, M. Natural Variation in Salt-induced Changes in root:shoot Ratio Reveals SR3G as a Negative Regulator of Root Suberization and Salt Resilience in Arabidopsis, 2024. [bioRxiv] [eLife]
Keywords: plant sciences, image segmentation, image analysis, Matlab
Poloneeva, D., Datta, J.D., Sicat, R., Khairova, R., Garzon-Tovar, L., Bavykina, A., Eddaaoudi, M., Gascon, J. Advancing Membrane Technology: Ordered MacroporousZIF-67 as a Filler in Mixed Matrix Membranes for Enhanced Propylene/Propane Separation, Small 2024, 2309127. [paper]
Keywords: membranes, gas separation, segmentation, 3D analysis, Avizo
Ageeli, A., Jaspe-Villanueva, A., Sicat, R., Mannuss, F., Rautek, P., Hadwiger, M. Multivariate Probabilistic Range Queries for Scalable Interactive 3D Visualization, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2022, IEEE VIS 2022. [paper]
Keywords: multivariate filter, bloom filter, C++
Sicat, R., Ibrahim, M., Ageeli, A., Mannuss, F., Rautek, P., Hadwiger, M. Real-Time Visualization of Large-Scale Geological Models with Nonlinear Feature-Preserving Levels of Detail, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2021, presented at IEEE VIS 2022. [paper]
Keywords: geological model visualization, structured hexahedral meshes, multiresolution representation, C++, Vulkan, mesh shaders
Boges, D., Agus, M., Sicat, R., Magistretti, P., Hadwiger, M., Cali, C. Virtual Reality Framework for Editing and Exploring Medial Axis Representations of Nanometric Scale Neural Structures, Computers and Graphics, Vol. 91, pages 12-24, October 2020. [paper]
Keywords: immersive visualization, virtual reality, data visualization, neuroscience
Sicat, R., Li, J., Choi, J., Cordeil, M., Jeong, W., Bach, B., Pfister, H. DXR: A Toolkit for Building Immersive Data Visualizations, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2019, IEEE Vis (InfoVis) [preprint] [paper] [video]
Keywords: visualization toolkit, immersive visualization, augmented reality, virtual reality, data visualization, Unity, C#
Bach, B., Sicat, R., Beyer, J., Cordeil, M., Pfister, H. The Hologram in My Hand: How Effective is Interactive Exploration of 3D Visualizations in Immersive Tangible Augmented Reality? IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2018, IEEE VIS (InfoVis). [preprint] [paper] [video]
Keywords: augmented reality, hololens, tangible interfaces, data visualization, user study, Unity, C#
Bach, B., Sicat, R., Pfister, H., Quigley, A. Drawing into the AR-Canvas: Designing Embedded Visualizations for Augmented Reality. Workshop on Immersive Analytics @ IEEE Vis Conference, 2017, Workshop paper. [preprint]
Keywords: augmented reality, design space, data visualization
Aboulhassan, A., Sicat, R., Baum D., Wodo, O., Hadwiger, M. Comparative Visual Analysis of Structure-Performance Relations in Complex Bulk-Heterojunction Morphologies. Proceedings of EuroVis 2017. [paper]
Keywords: t-SNE, high-dimensional data, visual analytics, D3.js
Sicat, R., Krüger, J., Möller, T., Hadwiger, M., Sparse PDF Volumes for Consistent Multi-Resolution Volume Rendering, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12) (Proceedings IEEE Scientific Visualization 2014); pp. 2417-2426, 2014 [paper] [presentation]
Keywords: multi-resolution volume rendering, probabilistic data representation, Gaussian mixture models, distributed computing, GPU, CUDA, C++
Hadwiger, M., Sicat, R., Beyer, J., Krüger, J., Möller, T., Sparse PDF Maps for Non-Linear Multi-Resolution Image Operations, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 31(6) (Proceedings ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2012), pp. 133:1-133:12, November 2012 [paper]
Keywords: gigapixel images, probabilistic image representation, matching pursuit, anti-aliasing, smoothed local histogram filters, local Laplacian filter, distributed computing, GPU, CUDA, C++
Sicat, R., Hadwiger, M., Mitra, N., Graph Abstraction for Simplified Proofreading of Slice-Based Volume Segmentation, Proceedings of Eurographics 2013 Short Papers; pp. 77-80, 2013 [paper]
Keywords: proofreading, automatic segmentation, geometry-based image editing, Avizo, C++
Hadwiger, M.; Sicat, R.; Beyer, J.; “Sparse PDF Maps for Interactive Non-Linear Image Operations on Gigapixel Images,” GPU Technology Conference, San Jose, California, March 18 - 21, 2013.
iccp_spdf-maps.pdfWe also presented our sparse PDF maps work as a poster at the International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP) 2013 at Harvard University. You can view the poster by clicking the thumbnail on the left.
Sicat, R., Tangonan, G., Guico, M., Libatique, N., Ramos, C., Siapno, M., Hapal, E. and Velasquez, K., Patient-centric Medical Database with Remote Urinalysis Test, World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering, Volume 6, pp. 250-254, 2009 [paper]
Keywords: automatic urinalysis, mobile phone computing, low-cost screening, PHP