[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Join us at the next Leonardo Scientists Working Group meeting, January 14, 2008

[Leonardo/ISAST]

Leonardo/ISAST invites you to a meeting of the Leonardo Scientists 
Working Group. This event is part of the Leonardo 40th anniversary 
activities (see www.leonardo.info <http://www.leonardo.info>).

We will have a presentation by Roger Malina on "Intimate Science," a 
presentation by David Stork on "Computers Analyzing Paintings" and brief 
presentations by some of the panelists who will participate in the 
forthcoming Leonardo Day on June 3rd at the UC Berkeley Spring New Media 
Festival.

We would also like to informally discuss ideas for other events the 
working group would like to see happen in the Bay Area.

Feel free to invite relevant acquaintances.

In an effort to involve more students, we encourage you to invite one of 
your most promising students to attend.

Space is limited. Please RSVP to Piero Scaruffi: p at scaruffi.com

When: Monday, January 14, 2008, 6:30-10pm

Where: Downtown facilities of San Francisco State University
       835 Market St., between 4th and 5th Streets, 6th floor
       BART and MUNI accessible: the building is above the Powell St. 
Station

What:  Leonardo Scientists Working Group discussions and presentations

Schedule:

6:30-7:30pm - Social event

7:30-8pm - Roger Malina presents "Micro Science: Or Making Science 
Intimate" - As an astronomer, I view new telescopes as a steadily 
increasing number of senses, new interfaces to the world, that bring 
otherwise inaccessible phenomena into my intimate awareness. I will 
present a brief history of the universe informed by this perspective. 
Most people on this planet have never met a scientist nor used a 
scientific instrument. I believe that part of the cultural change needed 
to build a sustainable society involves making scientific knowledge 
acquired through instruments an intimate part of daily life. Just as the 
inability of large banks to respond to the daily needs of individuals 
led to the micro-credit movement, I argue that scientific institutions 
are unable to respond to the scientific needs of individuals, and that a 
micro-science movement is needed. I will give examples of the work of 
artists who, in my view, are exemplars of intimate science.

8-8:30pm - David Stork presents "When computers look at art: Rigorous 
image analysis in humanistic studies of the visual arts" See 
http://www.diatrope.com/stork/ComputersLookAbs.html. David Stork is 
Chief Scientist at Ricoh Innovations and Consulting Professor at 
Stanford University.

8:30-9:15pm - Presentations by some of the panelists who will 
participate in the forthcoming UC Berkeley Spring New Media Festival

9:15-10pm - Discussions and more socializing

For more information about the Leonardo Scientists Working Group, please 
visit: http://www.leonardo.info/isast/sci-workgroup.html

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