Program: 6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking. 7:00-7:25: Luther Thie on "TBA" abstractRead more 7:25-7:50: Jennifer Dionne (Stanford Univ) on "" abstractRead more 7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your work as a teaser so that those who are interested can seek you out during social time following the event. 8:10-8:35: Jesse Houlding on "TBA" abstractRead more 8:35-9:00: Vijaya Nagarajan (USF) on "Embedded Mathematics in Women's Ritual Art abstractRead more Designs in southern India" 9:00pm-9:30pm: Discussions, networking You can mingle with the speakers and the audience Bios: Jennifer Dionne is Jesse Houlding is Vijaya Nagarajan is Piero Scaruffi is a cognitive scientist who has lectured in three continents and published several books on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, the latest one being "The Nature of Consciousness" (2006). He pioneered Internet applications in the early 1980s and the use of the World-Wide Web for cultural purposes in the mid 1990s. His poetry has been awarded several national prizes in Italy and the USA. His latest book of poems and meditations is "Synthesis" (2009). As a music historian, he has published ten books, the latest ones being "A History of Rock and Dance Music" (2009) and "A History of Jazz Music" (2007). His latest book of history is "A History of Silicon Valley" (2011). He has also written extensively about cinema, literature and the visual arts. Luther Thie is an interaction designer, researcher and artist. He has presented his work at technology conferences, and in art galleries and museums in the US and Europe. He was a spotlight speaker at the Computer Human Interaction conference (CHI 2005) and the Emerging Artist award winner at Zero1/ISEA 2006. He has had exhibitions internationally at Van Abbe Museum and STRP Festival of Art and Technology in The Netherlands and Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Italy. Recently, he had a solo show at ProArts Oakland and has been included in multiple group shows in California galleries and alternative spaces including 21 Grand, Berkeley Center for New Media, New Langton Arts, Off-Space, San Diego State University, SF Camerawork, Shoshana Wayne, Southern Exposure, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, and The Lab. His writing has appeared in Leonardo Journal of Art, Science and Technology and his artwork has been reviewed in various publications including ArtNews, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sculpture, SF Bay Guardian and SF Weekly. In 2008, Luther was artist-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts and Montalvo Arts Center. He has an MFA in sculpture from SF State University and an MA in interaction design from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. Address and directions: University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street SF, CA 94117 Room: TBA See the campus map and directions

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