Innovation at the Art Science Interface
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in englischer SpracheThis panel discussion will explore how creativity and innovation come into play when artists and scientists or engineers are placed together in unfamiliar environments. Particular attention will be given to the intersection of art, science and technology in the Silicon Valley as well as in Cambridge, England.
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Bronac FERRAN
Writer, Curator and Researcher, Creative Exchange Programme, Royal College of Art, London
| since 2007 | Director of boundaryobject.org, an independent research and development agency |
| Until 2007 Director of Interdisciplinary Arts, Arts Council England | |
| Served on international media arts prize juries including Ars Electronica, Linz 2010 and 2011, and Transmediale, Berlin 2009 | |
| Visiting Research Associate at Darwin College Cambridge |
Piero SCARUFFI
Scientist and Author; Head, Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) Program, San Francisco
| Studies of Mathematics, University of Torino | |
| 1983 | Relocated to California to work on Arpanet/Internet and object-oriented technologies, Olivetti Advanced Technology Center (ATC), Cupertino |
| Developed an e-mail system for a Unix-like operating system | |
| 1984 | Worked on the first implementation of Smalltalk for a PC |
| 1985 | Founded Olivetti's Artificial Intelligence Center |
| lectured on Artificial Intelligence in Italy, South America and the USA; visiting scholar at Harvard and Stanford University | |
| 2008 | Start of the the Leonardo Art Science Evenings (LASERs) |
Ph.D. Curtis FRANK
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs, W.M. Keck Senior Professor in Engineering, Stanford School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford
| 1972 | PhD, University of Illinois |
| Academic Appointments: | |
| -Professor, Chemical Engineering | |
| -Professor (By courtesy), Materials Science and Engineering | |
| -Professor (By courtesy), Chemistry | |
| -Member, Bio-X |
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