Research Colloquium at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology in Surrey presents

Maria Lantin

Wednesday February 14, 2007 at 1:30 pm

Room 14-400, SFU Surrey Campus, 14th floor Central City Tower

Maria Lantin

Title: Love Bytes - How I learned to relax and love the bytes

Abstract:

She will speak on (in no particular order):

• how a computer scientists ends up in the art community,
• the confusion of the fusion of art + science,
• ways of collaborating and sharing spaces,
• current interests, trends, works
• the Intersections Digital Studios and its current activities

Bio:

Maria Lantin is the Director of the Intersections Digital Studio, a new research space at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Prior to coming to Emily Carr, Dr. Lantin led the Visualization Lab within the Advanced Research Technology (ART) Labs at The Banff Centre.She was granted her PhD in Computing Science by Simon Fraser University (SFU) in 1999. Alternating between academia and industry for a number of years, she has worked as a senior developer at Mainframe Entertainment, an assistant professor at the Technical University of British Columbia (now SFU), and the Director of Research at IDELIX Software Inc.

In her role of Director of the Intersections Digital Studio, Maria is helping create an inspiring and welcoming environment for interdisciplinary research at the Emily Carr Insitute. She also

continues her collaborative visualization practice in the domains of quantum information science, human conversation and virtual reality.

Maria Lantin website