Deputy Co-Director of Transdisciplinary Strategy & Innovation

Thanks to more than a decade of experience working in the realm of film entertainment (ranging from film festival management to independent film production) and in the entrepreneurial world (in the tech, non-profit, and media sectors), Garcia Topete's research and practice cover and converge in three main areas under the broader scopes of Art-Science and Experimental Publishing of the ArtSciLab: transdisciplinary intelligence, innovation and collaboration theory, filmmaking research, and public engagement design.

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UX Researcher

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Project Manager

Lauren Bernal is a graduate from the Bachelor of Science program in Psychology at the University of Texas at Dallas. During her academic career at UT Dallas, she has Research Assisted Dr. Walter J. Dowling’s Music Perception &amp; Cognition Lab as well as Dr. Karen Prager’s Couples Daily Lives Lab. During an independent study, she investigated positive affect induced by musical tempos in the fall of 2018. Over the summer of 2018, she interned for UT Southwestern’s Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care where she researched Cognitive Impairments Influenced by Parental Relationships in Major Depressive Disorder.

In addition to research, she has been President of the Sigma Kappa Delta English Honors Society and founder of Eastfield’s Outdoor Club. She is also a member of Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology, Phi Theta Kappa, National Honors Society, and The National Society of Leadership and Success.

She began her journey with the ArtSciLab as Dr. Kathryn Evans’ Research Assistant during the implementation of <a href="https://cdash.atec.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CDASH</a> curriculum at UT Dallas in spring 2019. Her other projects: Art-Based Learning for Business (ABLB), eSport Therapy (ET) in collaboration with Mavs Gaming, and Tale of Two Thinking Systems (ToTTS).

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Alumnus

Michael Hart is a summer intern in the ArtSci Lab. He is currently studying Computer Science at The University of North Texas. His interest is in Video Game Design and Video Game Development. He has started working in the lab since May 2019 and has been involved with the Mavs Gaming collaboration.

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Director

Roger F. Malina is a space scientist and astronomer, with a specialty in extreme and ultraviolet astronomy, space instrumentation and optics. He served as director of the Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence and was NASA Principal Investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Satellite project at the University of California, Berkeley.

He is also a publisher and editor in the new emerging research fields that connect the sciences and engineering to the arts, design and humanities. Since 1982, he has served as Executive Editor of the Leonardo Publications at MIT Press. He founded, and serves on the board of two nonprofits, ISAST in San Francisco and OLATS in Paris, which advocate and document the work of artists involved in contemporary science and technology.

He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Art and Technology and Professor of Physics, at the University of Texas at Dallas and Directeur de Recherche for the CNRS in France. He serves as the Associate Director of ATEC, and founded the ArtSciLab in the ATEC program fall 2013.

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Machine Learning Researcher and AI/ML Lead

Thouseef Syed is a graduate student pursuing his MS in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience specialising in Computational modeling and Intelligent Systems. He’s a researcher in computational linguistics and deep natural language processing, and has recently published an IEEE paper which focused on prediction of Mutual funds using cascaded Support Vector Machine (SVM) models.

He is currently developing a virtual interactive lab assistant called BESSO which essentially provides an academic, research and admin support to the distinguished members of the lab. Over the past, he is mentored several students in hackathons in the field of Internet of things (IoT) and data analytics. He invests his free time in developing a deep learning approach to facial perception using computer vision that could potentially enhance the current technologies.

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This E-Sport Cyberathlete Development project launched by the University of Texas at Dallas’ ArtSciLab aims to contribute to design one of the first new sports of the 21 st  century.

Managing Editor

Chaz is interested in alternative modes of scholarship and publishing. As a PhD student in the ArtSciLab, he is designing experiments that tease out new ways of knowledge production, curation and dissemination.

Chaz Lilly

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Experimental Publishing and Curation Assistant

Maisha is an Applied Cognition and Neuroscience Graduate student at UT Dallas where she works for Dr. Basak’s Lifespan Neuroscience and Cognition lab. She’s passionate about writing and talking about behavior, cognition, and tech. She hopes to use her blended background in research and writing as well as her work at the ArtSciLab to help further science communication among diverse audiences.

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Culture and AI

CNMAT Visiting Researcher, Scot Gresham-Lancaster is a composer, performer, instrument builder, and educator. He is a Research Scientist at the ArtSci Lab @ UT Dallas. The focus of his research is in the sonification of data sets in tight relationships with visualizations, (multimodal representations). As a member of the HUB, he is an early pioneer of networked computer music and has developed many "cellphone operas". He has created a series of co-located international Internet performances and worked developing audio for several games and interactive products. He is an expert in educational technology. CV

Scot Gresham-Lancaster produces a series of podcasts for the Creative Disturbance podcast aggregate. His series is called "Sound and Data" and focuses on the use of sonification for Art, Science, and the Art/Science boundary. https://creativedisturbance.org/channel/sound-data/

He was a student of Roy Harris, Darius Milhaud, John Chowning, Robert Ashley, Terry Riley, "Blue" Gene Tyrany, David Cope among others. He has been a composer in residence at Mills College. STEIM and the Djerassi Artist Residency Program. He has toured and recorded with the HUB, Alvin Curran, ROVA saxophone quartet. He has performed the music of Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, David Tudor. 

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Emerging Technology , AI and Policy Advisor

Sharath Chandra Ram (Sharathchandra Ramakrishnan) is an applied cognitive scientist with a focus on developing machine listening and auditory interfaces using state-of-the-art AI models and algorithms. Previously as a cognitive neuroscience researcher, he studied networks of multimodal and audio cognition in sound and language processing, and is currently applying these learnings to understand how humans and animals perceive sound. As licensed amateur radio broadcaster and listener (callsign: VU3HPA), he is interested in communication theory and its science, extends his art-science practice with the sound and signals in wireless spectrum, and often tries to tie his writings and work to the realms of information policy , media governance and access to knowledge frameworks. He has been a Faculty at the Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology and has worked along with the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) community at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore, India, prior to which he specialised in AI and interactive virtual environments at the University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics.

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Data-Stethoscope

A collaboration of artists, designers, and neuroscientists, Data Stethoscope is a multimodal data sonification and visualization of function MRI brain scans of individuals 20 to 80 years old. The desktop application allows this brain data to be explored sonically. This project, funded by DARPA, gives neuroscientists a way to “hear” how connections change in the aging brain.

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A virtual interactive lab assistant for the ArtSciLab.

Research Coordinator

Paulina Antoinette grew up both in Mexico and in the US, and is currently working towards her MS in Economics at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is interested in breaking down cultural barriers and working towards bettering the welfare of society, whilst creating a more inclusive world both socially and economically. During her free time, she is an avid cook, yogi, and rock climber.

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Researching how researchers and expert practitioners work together in inter- and trans-disciplinary contexts in order to tackle complex problems with creative solutions, ranging from the environment, to new ways of learning, to technology and society.

Managing Software Engineer

Aahlad “Al” Madireddy is a Full Stack Engineer and Software Engineering Manager who works with almost all the teams in the lab to create compelling websites and software for their research projects.

Al believes in the importance of creating software that is not only functional but intuitive, beautiful, and compelling for the user. He believes that the point of contact between the user and the software, whether it be a website or a command line interface, is one of the most important aspects of a software product, and puts a lot of care into making it great.

He works at the ArtSciLab during the school year, and interns during the summers. He has interned at Toyota Connected and the New York Times, and plans to continue that exploration of software, technology, and design after college. He currently works with technologies such as React, Node.js, Go, PHP, and Python in his projects, and plans to learn and explore more. In addition to being a software engineer, Al is also a photographer and calligrapher in his free time.

Al is currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science as a National Merit Scholar from the University of Texas at Dallas, planning on graduating in 2021.

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Junior Sound Designer

Gyu Tae (Andrew) Oh is studying Design and Production in the school of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communications (ATEC) at University of Texas at Dallas. He is currently working on the Creative Disturbance project as a Senior Sound Designer / Production Improvement Lead.

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I recently graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas specializing in Arts and Technology(ATEC) with a keen interest in UI/UX design, information architecture, graphic design, product design, and photography. I currently work as a UI/UX designer at the ArtSciLab (artscilab.utdallas.edu) at The University of Texas at Dallas. I was in charge of designing and improving the user interface and user experience on the ARTECA (arteca.mit.edu) platform in collaboration with MIT Press &amp; Leonardo Journal. In addition, in my master thesis project, I designed an application, ArtSide (kuoweilee.com/artside), enhancing the connection between cities and citizenship, that demonstrates my knowledge about interaction design, user experience, and information architecture.

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Alumna

Yusra Khan

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Deputy Co-Director of Performative Research

Yvan Tina is the Deputy Co-Director of Performative Research of the ArtSciLab and a PhD candidate at the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication at UT Dallas. Yvan holds a PhD in performance studies from Aix-Marseille University, in France. His dissertation focuses on the notion of theatrically and how it is affected by the use of artificial life in performance art and installation. Additionally, he is in charge of developing the Virtual Africa platform which seek to promote the encounters between the arts and the technosciences in Africa and within the African diaspora.

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Aadhavan Sibi Mathivanan is an Electrical Engineering Graduate Student at The University of Texas at Dallas where he concentrates on RF and Microwave systems engineering, circuit design and measurement. He is passionate about music production, audio mixing & mastering, and putting his signal processing background to good use as a part of the Creative Disturbance team.

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UX Designer

Madison Larmeu is an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Dallas pursuing the Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) degree. Her ambition is to become a User Experience (UX) designer to create better communication between people and the devices of today and tomorrow. She has a passion for improving the lives of others and hopes that one day her work might improve the world for better.

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Senior Sound Designer & Content Editor

Oskar Olsson is a senior member of the production team at Creative Disturbance in the Art-Sci Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas. His interests lie in experimental publishing, audio-for-video, and foley production for film.

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Designer

Jacob is an undergraduate student at the school of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communications at UT Dallas. He is focusing on product + graphic design and emerging technology. His personal research interests include anthropology, human behavior, mathematics, and phenomenology.

Jacobs interest in product design started in high school when he started a longboard company with his twin brother. Jacob worked with his brother designing and building custom longboards out of their garage.

Currently, Jacob is working on Creative Disturbance as a UX researcher and designer.

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UX/UI Researcher and Designer

Nicholas Lormand is studying 3D animation at the University of Texas at Dallas, aiming to graduate with an undergraduate degree in Arts and Technology and a minor in Computer Science. His focus is on tool development and rigging for animation. His other interests include UX/UI research and design, service design, web development, and graphic design. He is passionate about cartoons, music, esports, and his dog-like cat.

As a UX/UI researcher and designer of the lab, he researches into the user base of Creative Disturbance to design a more usable site. Researching consists of reading, conducting usability tests and interviews on users, and inspecting competing companies. His goal is to redesign the site to automate processes for all users and to strengthen the communication between the Creative Disturbance team and the content producers.

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Sound Designer & Graphic Designer

Monica is a graphic designer, illustrator, and sound editor living in Dallas, Texas.

She currently attends the University of Texas at Dallas, pursuing a BA in Design and Production with a focus on sound production and editing. In her free time, Monica likes to care for cacti, and study classical and jazz guitar.

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Creative Disturbance is an international and multilingual podcast platform that facilitates collaboration between individuals in art, science, and technology communities. It was created in 2014 by the ArtSciLab of the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication of UT Dallas, with the support of The MIT Press and Leonardo/ISAST. It is primarily run by UT Dallas students, with oversight and assistance from faculty.

Director of Design

Cassini Nazir is a designer of conversations, curriculum, and interfaces. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication at UT Dallas where he teaches classes in interaction design. He is also Director of Design and Research for the ArtSciLab, a transdisciplinary research lab helping the arts, science, and technology communities by pursuing initiatives of societal urgency and cultural timeliness.

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Veronica Liu

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SEAD Exemplars

A collection of multidisciplinary exemplars of science, engineering, art, design, and humanities.

My work focuses on designing and developing platforms for experimental publishing.

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ARTECA

ARTECA is a digital space that supports scholarly materials that explore the intersection of arts, humanities, science, and technology. The portal serves as a virtual art-science community resource and critical content provider for scholarly and experimental publications, including gray literature.

Leonardo eBook Series

A publication project that collaborated between MIT Press, Leonardo, and the lab to publish and create a digital webspace for books by artists, scientists, researchers and scholars that present innovative discourse on the convergence of art, science and technology. Envisioned as a catalyst for enterprise, research and creative and scholarly experimentation, the series enables diverse intellectual communities to explore common grounds of expertise.

Ritwik Kaikini is a sound designer, musician and artist studying Arts and Technology at University of Texas at Dallas. After graduating with a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from BMS College of Engineering in India , he completed the Film Appreciation Course at FTII (Film and Television Institute of India). While working in radio advertising at Shankh Studios, Mumbai, India (Lingo India Pvt Ltd), his interests eventually coalesced into the multidisciplinary world of cinema, arts and sciences. He is presently involved in music, sound design, film, art-science, phenomenology and philosophy of sound. Presently, he works as an Art-Science Communicator for ArtSciLab and a Producer for Creative Disturbance, a multi-lingual podcast initiative for the arts and sciences hosted by the ArtSciLab at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is also an active proponent of sound art practice at LabSynthE, under the direction of Dr. Frank Dufour and Xtine Burrough. LabSynthE is a laboratory of experimental attention combining new media, sound art and poetry.

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Research Associate

Dr. Lee is a Research Associate at the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology. Dr. Lee has a Ph.D. in science education, an M.S. in applied cognitive science, M.A.s in science education and in emerging media and communication. She has global experiences of K-12 science education and of teaching undergraduate science.

Her research interests include interdisciplinary approach in STEM education, understanding of nature of science, views on science, technology, and society (STS) in science education, and cognitive process in STEM learning. Dr. Lee recently completed the NSF funded engineering education study, “Engineering Ethics as an Expert-Guided and Socially Situated Activity,” which explored multi-layered ethics understanding of engineering students through cognitive ethnography.

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Kathryn Evans, Ph.D., is a singer, conductor, director, producer and researcher in arts and science. Dr. Evans was the Associate Dean for the Arts of the School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas from 1995 to 2010. Dr. Evans holds M. A. degrees in Mathematics and in Music and a Ph.D. in Art and Technology, with an emphasis on arts education in the 21st century. She is a member of the Art-Sci Lab in the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication, under the direction of Dr. Roger Malina, conducting research in music and science education. Her doctoral dissertation “ Does musical study enhance academic skills in undergraduate non-music majors?” studied skills transfer for music study to academic skills in STEM subjects. Her current project CDASH (Curriculum Development in Arts, Science and Humanities) explores the current state of cross-disciplinary curriculum at the college and high school level. She is currently developing curriculum for a music and science minor at UT Dallas, including her course “Music, Science and Technology” which will serve as the core course for the minor.

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Anderson is in the Aesthetics Ph.D. program in Arts and Humanities. She holds an MFA in Painting from UMASS, Amherst, 1983, where she began painting outsized abstract paintings. From there, she had several exhibits and solo shows. Then in 2014, she earned an MA in Archaeology from Leiden University in The Netherlands. Concentrating on the Prehistory of Northwest Europe and the Middle East, she wrote her thesis on the petroglyphs of the Geghama Mountains in Armenia. She completed research on Neolithic and Chalcolithic pottery in 2009 and 2010. In 2015, she worked on a large Late Bronze Age rescue cemetery site. It was shown primarily in Europe since 2008 and in 2012 was chosen to participate in the 8th Biennale in Gyumri, Armenia with an installation entitled "Wings for the Women of Armenia". She has shown work in artist-in-residencies for ten years, and her work appears in publications from The Netherlands, Latvia, and Germany.

Anderson is scheduled for exhibits in Europe for the summer of 2020. She is also an editor for EXARC, the Dutch Experimental Archaeology Journal and serves as an assistant editor for ARAMAZD, the Armenian Journal of Archeology. Her upcoming dissertation will center on the public land art project Connemara, here in North Texas.

Linda Anderson

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Curriculum Development in the Arts, Science, and Humanities

Projects

Esport Cyberathlete Development

Experimental Publishing and Curation

Data Stethoscope

Besso

HERMES

Creative Disturbance

SEAD Exemplars

ARTECA

Leonardo eBook Series

MicroLux Chants

Meta Life Web Companion

CDASH