[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | February 15, 2009

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February 15, 2009

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Events

Next LASER: March 9, 2009
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a series of  
lectures and presentations on art, science and technology organized  
by Piero Scaruffi on behalf of Leonardo/ISAST. Join us for the next  
LASER at the Downtown campus of San Francisco State University in San  
Francisco, CA, with feature presentations by Wayne Vitale, Richard  
Rinehart, Irene Chien and Ruzena Bajcsy. FIND OUT MORE

Community

LABS Introduces French-language database
Leonardo Abstracts Service (LABS), consisting of the English- 
language, Spanish-language, Chinese-language and French-language  
databases, is a comprehensive collection of Ph.D., Masters and MFA  
thesis abstracts on topics in the intersection between art, science  
and technology. Individuals receiving advanced degrees in the arts  
(visual, sound, performance, text), computer sciences, the sciences  
and/or technology that in some way investigate philosophical,  
historical or critical applications of science or technology to the  
arts are invited to submit abstracts of their theses for  
consideration. The French language database, under the direction of  
Annick Bureaud, was introduced in January 2009. All those with  
completed theses in French are invited to submit abstracts of their  
PhD theses or access LABS for publication consideration in the  
database. FIND OUT MORE

Call for Proposals: The Arts in the Context of Today's Darwinian  
Theory of Evolution
Colloquium organized by MIM and in partnership with LEONARDO/Olats,  
Alphabetville and ZINC-ECM, Marseille, France, Oct 22-24 2009. Since  
its publication, Darwin's "The Origin of Species" has been widely  
debated in its cultural context. In this colloquium we wish to re- 
examine cultural activity and the arts in the context of the Theory  
of Evolution as it is understood today. We solicit proposed papers  
from scientists, artists and composers, scholars in the humanities  
and social sciences. FIND OUT MORE

Members

UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media Program Join Leonardo  
Affiliate Membership Program

The UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA Program is a  
center for the development and study of digital media and the  
cultures they help create. This intensive two-year MFA program brings  
together   faculty and students from across the academic spectrum to  
study and create interdisciplinary artistic and scholarly research.  
Students take core and elective courses in the practice and theory of  
digital media arts, and participate in collaborative research in one  
of four areas: Mechatronics, Participatory Culture, Performative  
Technologies, or Playable Media. The DANM journey culminates in the  
development of an individual or collaborative thesis project,  
premiered in our annual MFA exhibition. The MFA in Digital Arts and  
New Media qualifies graduates for a variety of art-related careers  
including university-level teaching and research. Leonardo/ISAST  
welcome UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media Program as a new  
Affiliate Member. FIND OUT MORE

UCLA Art | Sci Center + Lab Co-present the Sound + Science Symposium
The UCLA Art | Sci Center + Lab (a Leonardo Affiliate Member) and the  
University of California Digital Arts Research Network (UCDARnet)  
proudly announces the Sound + Science Symposium, a two-day event  
bringing together leading figures from a variety of disciplines to  
discuss scientific research and technological breakthroughs concerned  
with sound and their applications and implications in relation to  
questions of culture, politics, history, environment, art and music.  
The Sound + Science Symposium will take place Thursday, March 5 and  
Friday, March 6, at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)  
Auditorium and will include presentations, film screenings,  
discussions, and social gatherings. All events are free to the  
public. FIND OUT MORE

Opportunities

Call for Submissions: ACM CREATIVITY & COGNITION 2009
Everyday Creativity: Shared Languages and Collective Action. October  
27-30, 2009, Berkeley Art Museum, CA, USA. We invite submissions for:  
Full Papers, Art Exhibition, Live Performances, Demonstrations,  
Posters, Workshops, Tutorials, and Graduate Symposium. Keynotes:  
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Professor of Psychology & Management, USA;  
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Director, Allosphere Research Laboratory, USA;  
Jane Prophet, Professor of Interdisciplinary Computing, UK. All  
submissions will be peer reviewed. Printed proceedings, published by  
ACM Press, will be available at the conference and will be included  
in the ACM digital library. Submission deadline: April 24, 2009. FIND  
OUT MORE

Fulbright Scholar Program
March 1st is the opening of the Traditional Fulbright Scholar  
competition. Over 800 grants are available for lecturing, conducting  
research, or combining both in over 130 countries around the globe.  
The deadline is August 1, 2009. If you are interested in requesting  
materials, please write to scholars at cies.iie.org. For more  
information, descriptions of awards and new eligibility requirements  
consult their website. FIND OUT MORE

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