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Invited Participant at 2008 DNI OSINT Conference

Kalev was an invited participant at the 2008 United States Director of National Intelligence Open Source Intelligence Conference.

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An OSINT Study of Media Coverage of WorldCom

Just three years into the new millennium, two of the greatest symbols of American capitalism had imploded in a display of…

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Instant Messaging as a Hypermedium in the Making

The recent rise of Instant Messaging systems as a centerpiece of online communication has brought with it many questions about the…

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Opening of Columbia University's Human Rights Archive

Kalev spoke at Columbia University's Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research Conference before an audience of more than "240 scholars,…

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Invited Participant at 2007 DNI OSINT Conference

Kalev was an invited participant at the 2007 United States Director of National Intelligence Open Source Intelligence Conference.

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Office of Naval Research: Federal Funding Exploration System

Together with Alan Craig, Kalev developed this advanced platform which combines a range of open data streams on federal funding…

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Funding Location Technology for Emergency Preparedness

Kalev and Alan Craig presented at the 2006 NCSA Private Sector Program Annual Meeting on their TRECC-supported system for mass-scale…

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Apple Executive Briefing: Data Mining and Interface for the Digital Humanities

Kalev presented on "Data Mining and Interface for the Digital Humanities" at Apple Computer headquarters in Cupertino as part of…

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The Use of Data Mining Methods to Evaluate Public Interest in Carbon Sequestration

Kalev and Hannes Leetaru presented "The Use of Data Mining Methods to Evaluate Public Interest in Carbon Sequestration" at the Fifth…

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Profile of a Campus Project

My landmark 2006 study on the state of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus garnered signficant attention when the…

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Kauffman Thoughtbook 2005 Featured Student Entrepreneur

Kalev was the 2005 Kauffman Thoughtbook Featured Student Entrepreneur. Read The Full Biography.

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ICHOLS: Computational Study of Language

Kalev's collaboration with Douglas Kibbee and Alan Craig was presented at the 10th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences,…

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Kauffman Foundation: Empowering the Entrepreneur

Kalev and Alan Craig spoke at the Kauffman Foundation's headquarters on "Empowering the Entrepreneur: Bringing the Power of Information Technology…

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SPIE: Shadowlight: A Flexible Environment for Multipurpose Design and Evaluation

Kalev presented at the 2005 International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T / SPIE) on "Shadowlight: A Flexible Environment…

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ShadowLight Virtual Reality Video

This 2004 video offers a glimpse into what it was like to work in ShadowLight.  

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SIGGRAPH 2004: ShadowLight Virtual Reality Platform

Kalev presented his ShadowLight system at ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 in "ShadowLight: A Flexible Architecture for Immersive Rapid Prototyping and Design". See…

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UIHistories: Massive Digital History

My undergraduate major was computer science, but as my senior thesis I wrote the first history of the University of…