David Zielinski | Scholars@Duke

David Zielinski
Analyst, IT

David J. Zielinski is currently a technology specialist for the Duke University OIT Co-Lab (2021-present). Previously the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies (2018-2020) and the DiVE Virtual Reality Lab (video) (2004-2018), under the direction of Regis Kopper (2013-2018), Ryan P. McMahan (2012), and Rachael Brady (2004-2012). He received his bachelors (2002) and masters (2004) degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he worked on a suite of virtual reality musical instruments (video) under the guidance of Bill Sherman. He is an experienced VR/AR software developer, researcher, and educator.

Current Research Interests

His current research interests include VR/AR musical instruments and Social VR. He has additional interests in audio synthesis, audio signal processing, and physical / embedded computing.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Analyst, IT, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Analyst, IT, Information Science + Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Analyst, IT, Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Contact Information

Box 104100, 300 Fuller Street, Durham, NC 27708
djzielin@duke.edu +1 919 684 2208
Website

Research
Selected Grants
- The Sandcastle Workflow: A Malleable System for Visualizing Pre-modern Maps and Views awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities 2020 - 2023
- A Virtual Sense of Place - African American Urbanism awarded by Johnson C. Smith University 2021 - 2023
- Virtual and Augmented Reality for Digital Humanities Institute (VARDHI) awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities 2017 - 2020
- Design, Prototyping and Evaluation of Next Generation Public Safety User Interfaces awarded by National Institute of Standards and Technology 2018 - 2019
- Field Deployable Optical Coherence Tomography for Triage of Ocular Trauma awarded by United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command 2012 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Liu, Sicong, Jillian M. Clements, Elayna P. Kirsch, Hrishikesh M. Rao, David J. Zielinski, Yvonne Lu, Boyla O. Mainsah, et al. “Psychophysiological Markers of Performance and Learning during Simulated Marksmanship in Immersive Virtual Reality.” J Cogn Neurosci 33, no. 7 (June 1, 2021): 1253–70. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01713.
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  - Olk, Bettina, Alina Dinu, David J. Zielinski, and Regis Kopper. “Measuring visual search and distraction in immersive virtual reality.” Royal Society Open Science 5, no. 5 (May 2018): 172331. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172331.
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  - Rao, Hrishikesh, Rajan Khanna, David Zielinski, Yvonne Lu, Jillian Clements, Nicholas Potter, M. A. Sommer, Regis Kopper, and Lawrence Appelbaum. “Sensorimotor learning during a marksmanship task in immersive virtual reality.” Frontiers in Psychology 9, no. 58 (February 6, 2018): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00058.
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  - Mehta, Rajvi, Derek Nankivil, David J. Zielinski, Gar Waterman, Brenton Keller, Alexander T. Limkakeng, Regis Kopper, Joseph A. Izatt, and Anthony N. Kuo. “Wireless, Web-Based Interactive Control of Optical Coherence Tomography with Mobile Devices.” Transl Vis Sci Technol 6, no. 1 (January 2017): 5. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.6.1.5.
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  - Zielinski, David J., Hrishikesh M. Rao, Nicholas D. Potter, Marc A. Sommer, Lawrence G. Appelbaum, and Regis Kopper. “Evaluating the Effects of Image Persistence on Dynamic Target Acquisition in Low Frame Rate Virtual Environments.” 3d User Interfaces (3dui), 2016 Ieee Symposium On, 2016.
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  - Mehta, Rajvi, Derek Nankivil, David J. Zielinski, Gar Waterman, Brenton Keller, Prakruth Adari, Regis Kopper, Joseph A. Izatt, and Anthony N. Kuo. “Remote, web-based interface control of handheld swept source OCT system for acute care settings.” Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 57 (2016).
  - Åhs, Fredrik, Philip A. Kragel, David J. Zielinski, Rachael Brady, and Kevin S. LaBar. “Medial prefrontal pathways for the contextual regulation of extinguished fear in humans.” Neuroimage 122 (November 2015): 262–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.051.
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  - Åhs, Fredrik, Joseph E. Dunsmoor, David Zielinski, and Kevin S. LaBar. “Spatial proximity amplifies valence in emotional memory and defensive approach-avoidance.” Neuropsychologia 70 (April 2015): 476–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.12.018.
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  - Zielinski, David J., Hrishikesh M. Rao, Marc A. Sommer, and Regis Kopper. “Exploring the Effects of Image Persistence in Low Frame Rate Virtual Environments.” Proceedings of the Ieee Virtual Reality Conference, 2015.
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  - Dunsmoor, Joseph E., Fredrik Ahs, David J. Zielinski, and Kevin S. LaBar. “Extinction in multiple virtual reality contexts diminishes fear reinstatement in humans.” Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 113 (September 2014): 157–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2014.02.010.
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  - Kim, Kwanguk, M Zachary Rosenthal, David J. Zielinski, and Rachael Brady. “Effects of virtual environment platforms on emotional responses.” Comput Methods Programs Biomed 113, no. 3 (March 2014): 882–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.12.024.
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  - Zielinski, D. J., R. P. McMahan, W. Lu, and S. Ferrari. “ML2VR: Providing MATLAB users an easy transition to virtual reality and immersive interactivity.” Proceedings Ieee Virtual Reality, October 7, 2013, 83–84. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2013.6549374.
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  - Zielinski, David, Regis Kopper, Ryan P. McMahan, Wenjie Lu, and Silvia Ferrari. “Intercept Tags: Enhancing Intercept-based Systems.” Virtual Reality Software and Technology, 2013 Acm Symposium On, 2013.
  - McMahan, Ryan P., Doug A. Bowman, David J. Zielinski, and Rachael B. Brady. “Evaluating display fidelity and interaction fidelity in a virtual reality game.” Ieee Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 18, no. 4 (April 2012): 626–33. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2012.43.
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  - Huff, Nicole C., Jose Alba Hernandez, Matthew E. Fecteau, David J. Zielinski, Rachael Brady, and Kevin S. Labar. “Revealing context-specific conditioned fear memories with full immersion virtual reality.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 5 (January 2011): 75. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00075.
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  - Huff, Nicole C., David J. Zeilinski, Matthew E. Fecteau, Rachael Brady, and Kevin S. LaBar. “Human fear conditioning conducted in full immersion 3-dimensional virtual reality.” Journal of Visualized Experiments : Jove, no. 42 (August 2010): 1993. https://doi.org/10.3791/1993.
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  - Block, Jeremy N., David J. Zielinski, Vincent B. Chen, Ian W. Davis, E Claire Vinson, Rachael Brady, Jane S. Richardson, and David C. Richardson. “KinImmerse: Macromolecular VR for NMR ensembles.” Source Code Biol Med 4 (February 17, 2009): 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0473-4-3.
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- Conference Papers
  - Clements, J. M., R. Kopper, D. J. Zielinski, H. Rao, M. A. Sommer, E. Kirsch, B. O. Mainsah, L. M. Collins, and L. G. Appelbaum. “Neurophysiology of Visual-Motor Learning during a Simulated Marksmanship Task in Immersive Virtual Reality.” In 25th Ieee Conference on Virtual Reality and 3d User Interfaces, Vr 2018 Proceedings, 451–58, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2018.8446068.
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  - Zielinski, D. J., D. Nankivil, and R. Kopper. “6 Degrees-of-freedom manipulation with a transparent, tangible object in world-fixed virtual reality displays.” In Proceedings Ieee Virtual Reality, 221–22, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2017.7892256.
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  - Zielinski, David J., Derek Nankivil, and Regis Kopper. “Specimen Box: A Tangible Interaction Technique for World-Fixed Virtual Reality Displays.” In 3d User Interfaces (3dui), 2017 Ieee Symposium On, 2017.
  - Zielinski, David J., Hrishikesh M. Rao, Nicholas D. Potter, Lawrence G. Appelbaum, and Regis Kopper. “Evaluating the Effects of Image Persistence on Dynamic Target Acquisition in Low Frame Rate Virtual Environments.” In 2016 Ieee Virtual Reality Posters, 2016.
  - Bennett, R., D. J. Zielinski, and R. Kopper. “Comparison of interactive environments for the archaeological exploration of 3D landscape data.” In 2014 Ieee Vis International Workshop on 3dvis, 3dvis 2014, 67–71, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/3DVis.2014.7160103.
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  - Zielinski, D. J., R. P. McMahan, S. Shokur, E. Morya, and R. Kopper. “Enabling closed-source applications for virtual reality via OpenGL intercept-based techniques.” In 2014 Ieee 7th Workshop on Software Engineering and Architectures for Realtime Interactive Systems, Searis 2014, 59–64, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEARIS.2014.7152802.
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  - Zielinski, David, Brendan Macdonald, and Regis Kopper. “Comparative Study of Input Devices for a VR Mine Simulation.” In Ieee Virtual Reality Conference Posters, 2014.
  - Kim, K., M. Z. Rosenthal, D. Zielinski, and R. Brady. “Comparison of desktop, head mounted display, and six wall fully immersive systems using a stressful task.” In Proceedings Ieee Virtual Reality, 143–44, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2012.6180922.
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  - Zielinski, D. J., R. P. McMahan, and R. B. Brady. “Shadow walking: An unencumbered locomotion technique for systems with under-floor projection.” In Proceedings Ieee Virtual Reality, 167–70, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2011.5759456.
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  - Bohrer, G., M. Longo, D. J. Zielinski, and R. Brady. “VR Visualisation as an interdisciplinary collaborative data exploration tool for large eddy simulations of biosphere-atmosphere interactions.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 5358 LNCS:856–66, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89639-5_82.
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  - Halpin, H., D. J. Zielinski, R. Brady, and G. Kelly. “Redgraph: Navigating semantic web networks using virtual reality.” In Proceedings Ieee Virtual Reality, 257–58, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2008.4480789.
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  - Halpin, H., D. J. Zielinski, R. Brady, and G. Kelly. “Exploring semantic social networks using virtual reality.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 5318 LNCS:599–614, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88564-1_38.
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Artistic Works & Non-Print Media
- Mixed Media
  - Smoking and How it Changes the Brain. Programmer. Digital Media, New Media, Video Recording. 2011
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Virtual Reality and Neuroarchaeology. 2020 - 2021 2020 - 2021

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Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Artistic Works & Non-Print Media

Mixed Media

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship