[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | August 1, 2009

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August 1, 2009

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EVENTS

LEONARDO @ SIGGRAPH 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Join members of the Leonardo community at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New  
Orleans, LA, for the Leonardo/SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Reception and Special  
Issue Release Reception (Tuesday, August 4, 2009) and the Leonardo  
Town Hall / Birds of a Feather Session (Thursday, August 6, 2009).  
Find out more

NEXT LASER: AUGUST 12, 2009, SETI INSTITUTE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science  
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), August 12, 2009 at the SETI Institute in  
Mountain View, CA for feature presentations by David Stork (Ricoh  
Innovations) "When Computers Look at Art: Rigorous Image Analysis in  
Humanistic Studies of the Visual Arts"; Darlene Lim (NASA) "Learning  
by Doing: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Scientific Training of Moon and  
Mars Bound Astronauts"; Irene Chien (Berkeley Center for Innovation)  
"Embodied Gaming from Dance Dance Revolution and Wii to Biofeedback  
Gaming"; and Laura Granka (Stanford University and Google) "Applying  
Ethnography to Search". Find out more

COMMUNITY

LEONARDO EDUCATION FORUM AT ISEA 2009
BELFAST, IRELAND
Join Andrea Polli, Nina Czegledy, Daniella Reimann and members of the  
Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) at the 15th International Symposium on  
Electronic Art (ISEA), August 29, 2009 in Belfast, Ireland. Topics  
for discussions will include "The Role of Research in Media Art &  
Science & Technology," "The Role of Curricula: Mapping the Terrain"  
and "The Role of Institutions: Institutional / Organizational." Find  
out more

PUBLICATIONS

NOW AVAILABLE: LEONARDO 42:4, SPECIAL SIGGRAPH ISSUE
This special issue of Leonardo, produced in collaboration with the  
world-renowned, annual SIGGRAPH Conference, presents the peer- 
reviewed SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Papers and documents the projects on  
exhibit in the BioLogic gallery at the SIGGRAPH 2009 Conference in  
New Orleans, LA, August 3-7, 2009. Find out more

MEMBERS

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL ART PROGRAM JOINS LEONARDO  
AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
The Master Program in Technology and Digital Art is organized by the  
University of Minho, one of the recognized top universities in  
Portugal, with the participation of faculty from the schools of  
Architecture, Communication Sciences, Engineering, Psychology and  
Education. It approaches technology as a tool for artistic  
expression, exploring new concepts for interactive experiences. This  
master program bridges engineering, design and artistic processes  
from conceptualization through prototyping to the implementation  
stage. It is oriented towards individuals with an artistic or  
technological background aiming at acquiring a different point of  
view on their creative process. It provides hands-on experience  
through the development of projects during the semester, working  
closely with the teaching staff. Seminars, exhibitions, and other  
opportunities are organized for the students to exhibit their work.  
Find out more

OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PROJECT "MATH GOES ART" BY HERBERT W. FRANKE
Computer artist and physicist Prof. Dr. Herbert W. Franke, senior  
fellow of the ZIB in Berlin, launched a research project called "math  
goes art." The Konrad-Zuse-Institut für Informationstechnik Berlin  
(ZIB) is a German research institute working in the field of  
information technology. In this project, a virtual three dimensional  
world will be set up on the Internet for presentations and  
experiments in the field of mathematics and art. The platform used  
for this project is "active worlds." The so called "Z-Galaxy" will be  
opened to the public at the end of 2009. Find out more

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