Rachel F Heaton

Assistant Professor, School of Art + Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joined
May 2024

Names

Rachel F Heaton (Preferred)
Rachel Flood Heaton

Emails

****@illinois.edu (Confirmed)
****@illinois.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Assistant Professor
School of Art + Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (illinois.edu)
2024Present
Postdoc
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (illinois.edu)
20232024
PhD student
Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (illinois.edu)
20172023
MS student
School of Art + Design, industrial Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (illinois.edu)
20142017
Undergrad student
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (illinois.edu)
19952000

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisor
Robert Wickesberg
20232023
PhD Advisor
20192023
PhD Advisor
Simona Lleras Buetti
20192023
PhD Advisor
20172020

Expertise

Visual analogy
perceptual grouping
object recognition
neural networks
computational modeling
2017Present
Design
sustainability
concepts
visual reasoning
2017Present
Digital logic design
computer architecture
19952012