MAT 595M Seminar Series

Time: Tuesdays 5:30-7:00 pm

Location: Engineering Science Building, room 2001

Administrative Contact: Sölen DiCicco - solenk (at) gmail.com

This is a seminar in media arts and technology. The seminar will consist of talks by experts in various areas of media arts, multimedia systems, media technology, and related areas of research and practice. There will be a mix of speakers, from UCSB and from outside, with a variety of backgrounds, including computer science, engineering, art, and music. Occasionally we will schedule discussion or brainstorming sessions instead of a talk.

All Media Arts and Technology students are strongly encouraged to attend this seminar.

Spring 2012 Schedule

Drawing the Line

April 3, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Speaker: Jean-Pierre Hébert, Independent Artist
Please note that this event will take place at *ESB 1001*

Novel Visualizations and Interactions for Social Networks Exploration

April 10, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Speaker:Nathalie Riche, Researcher, Microsoft
Please note that this event will take place at *ESB 1001*

The Stack and the Accident: On the Volumetric Geopolitics of Planetary Computation

April 17, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Speaker:Benjamin Bratton, Associate Professor of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego

Functional Programming Tools for Computer Music Applications

April 24, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Speaker: Albert Gräf, Professor, Computer Music, Institute of Musicology, Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) in Mainz, Germany

Body Traversed by Biotechnology and Art

May 1, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Speaker: Polona Tratnik, Artist, Postdoc, University of California, Santa Cruz

Life in a Liminal World

May 8, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Speaker: Rebecca Allen, Professor, Design | Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles

See This Sound | Hear This Image

May 15, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Speakers:
George Legrady, Professor, Media Arts and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Josh Dickinson, Student, Media Arts and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ryan McGee, Student, Media Arts and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Performing New Media: Collaboration and Distributed Dramaturgy

May 22, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Speaker: Chi-wang Yang, Independent Artist, Cloud Eye Control

Data Interpretations from the Seismic Field

June 5, 2012 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Speakers:
D.V. Rogers, Seismic Artist
Ryan McGee, PhD Student, University of California, Santa Barbara