Double Exposure: Artist’s Work Shown in 2 Exhibits
ATEC Graduate Student Weaves Rich Creations of Color With Thread Gabriel Dawe, a student in the Arts and Technology (ATEC) MFA program at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been busy. He is involved in two concurrent exhibitions in Dallas: a one-man show at Guerilla Arts, Plexus No. 3, and an installation, Plexus No. 4, at the Dallas Contemporary. Both are site-specific installations made from thread. Dawe explains, “These installations are about the human need to shelter from the … Read more
Prof Explores Dynamics of Online Networking
Birds of a feather flock together in cyberspace. At least that’s what Dr. Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, assistant professor of Emerging Media and Communication at UT Dallas, has shown in a research article published in the journal First Monday. Examining an online community using social network analysis, Shen tested the social drivers that shaped the collaboration dynamics among a group of users from SourceForge, the largest open source community on the Web. Who Connects with Whom? A Social Network Analysis of an Online Open Source … Read more
UT Dallas Grad’s Photos Win Awards for Quirkiness
Photographer Carlo Zinzi only recently graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with an MFA in Arts and Technology (ATEC), but he is already making his mark on the art world with his surreal take on Americana. Zinzi, who imbues his work with a sense of humor and whimsy, was awarded the Juror’s Selection Award in Consumption, an exhibition that ran this month at The Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado. The winning image, Resort, depicts a hot … Read more
Model to Help Patients See How to Sound Out Words
Traditionally, speech-language pathologists have relied on a patient’s sense of hearing to improve speech sounds. A team of researchers from UT Dallas is hoping to change that by creating a new high-tech tool that will allow patients to use their sense of sight to visualize the movements of the mouth during speech. The Visual Speech Project is made up of researchers from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, and School of Arts and Humanities. … Read more
Guitarist Composes Music to Learn Calculus by
ATEC Project Makes Student’s Composition an Integral Part of Math Video Game Can music soothe your soul, or at least ease the pain of calculus? Eddie Healy thinks so. The doctoral humanities student has composed the score for a video game being developed by UT Dallas Arts and Technology (ATEC) students. Spearheaded by Assistant Professor Monica Evans, the game designers sought guitar music for their latest game, “The Digital Calculus Coach.” After hearing Healy play at a school concert, Evans … Read more
Game Engineering Conference is Serious Business
Game enthusiasts and industry pros will join forces this weekend when UT Dallas hosts the 2010 Game Engineering Conference. The two afternoons of events will include panel discussions by faculty members from UT Dallas, SMU and Richland College. Several presentations are planned by Gearbox Software, an independent company based in Plano that has produced Borderlands and other computer games. The event is presented by the Student Game Developers Association. The conference is free and open to the general public. The schedule of … Read more
Film Festival to Screen 3 UT Dallas Video Projects
Three films produced by students and faculty at The University of Texas at Dallas have been selected for the upcoming Dallas International Film Festival. The 2010 Dallas International Film Festival runs April 8 – 18, and three UT Dallas-made video projects have been chosen to participate April 12 in the North Texas College Showcase, featuring the best work from students of local universities. Among the selected videos are UT Dallas Arts and Technology (ATEC) Assistant Professor Todd Fechter’s animated short The Longest Moment, … Read more
Undergrad Game Design Program Rated in Top 50
The University of Texas at Dallas has been included in Princeton Review’s list of the “Top 50 Undergraduate Game Design Programs,” based on a survey of administrators at the roughly 500 institutions where students can study game design in the U.S. and Canada. UT Dallas made the list for its innovative Arts and Technology (ATEC) program. Says Dr. Dennis Kratz, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, “I am particularly pleased by this recognition of one aspect of our … Read more
UT Dallas Mobile Creation Piques Curiosity at SXSW
A social media platform for mobile devices created by Emerging Media and Communication (EMAC) students is creating buzz at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference in Austin. Placethings is one of 32 finalists in the second annual Accelerator Competition at SXSW Interactive, which has become the world’s premier emerging technology event. Placethings beat out hundreds of other companies to become a finalist. Its EMAC student creators will present before a live audience and panel of judges at SXSW on March … Read more
Recognition Technology to Transform Mobile Devices
Research Aims to Further Expand Connections Between Real and Virtual Worlds UT Dallas researchers are working with Texas Instruments Inc. and GetFugu Inc. to enable next-generation human-device interaction (HDI) technologies that merge a physical, real-world environment with virtual, computer-generated imagery on mobile devices. The $100,000 project brings together TI’s OMAP processor and WiLink connectivity technology with GetFugu’s search tool and innovative work by researchers in the UT Dallas MobileLab. When it’s all combined, users will gain quick access to information, … Read more
