Creativity Technology Today


11:30 am – 2 pm Thursday, March 19, 2015

NEW PATHWAYS TO CS | DIGITAL ARTS AND CODING  | HIGH PERFORMANCE MICROROBOTICS | DEMOCRATIZING ELECTRONICS

4-frame2.350Join us for dynamic talks by four emerging leaders working in the field of creative technologies, including live coding in audiovisual performance, pop-up paper robot design, DIY electronics and interactive computing platforms that enable young people to shape their digital environments.

Hailing from across the US, all four speakers focus on technologies that facilitate creativity, whether in music, robots, electronic devices, or software systems and social networks.

When: 11:30 – 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 19 2015
Where: Roser ATLAS Building, Cofrin Auditorium (ATLS 100)

Symposium Schedule

11:30 – 11:55 am      “Learning CS Through Design and Engineering of Networked Tangible Devices,” Ben Shapiro, Department of Computer Science (Laboratory for Playful Computation), Tufts University

12:00 – 12:25 pm      “Live Coding for Algoraves, Education, and Virtual Reality Environments,” Charlie Roberts, Allosphere Research Group, University of California, Santa Barbara

12:30 – 12:55 pm      “Informal Robotics: Democratizing Access to High Performance Robots Through the Synergy of New ‘Maker’ Technologies and Design Automation Tools,” Dan Aukes, Microrobotics Lab and Wyss Institute, Harvard University

1:00 – 1:25 pm          “Democratizing Electronics: Accessibility and Meaning in Technological Making,” David Mellis, Media Lab (Lifelong Kindergarten Lab and High-Low Tech), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1:30 – 2:00 pm          Refreshments and conversation