Seminar Type: Invited Speakers
Title: From Artificial Intelligence to Interactive Arts
Start Time: 08/13/2012 - 14:00
End Time: 08/13/2012 - 15:00
Location: ICT 516
Speaker: Philippe Pasquier
Abstract:
As Minsky stated in 1963, artificial intelligence is the science of making “machines do things that would require intelligence if done by [humans]”. Moving beyond strictly intelligent or rational tasks, computational creativity or metacreation is a new field devoted to endow machines with creative behavior. In a first part, scientific research projects conducted in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems (MAS) will be introduced. In a second part, some recent realizations in interactive and generative arts will exemplify the idea of metacreation and form the ground for further discussions.
Biography:Philippe Pasquier is Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts and Technology. His scientific research focuses on the development of models and tools for endowing machines with autonomous, intelligent or creative behavior. His contributions to artificial intelligence ranges from theoretical research in artificial agent theories to applied artistic research in computational creativity and generative art.
Web Sites:
More on Philippe: http://www.sfu.ca/pasquier/
MAMAS laboratory: http://www.metacreation.net
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