ATEC Professor to Serve on Jury for International Mobile Gaming Awards
The UT Dallas, Arts and Technology (ATEC) program has entered into a partnership with the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA). The ATEC partnership with IMGA seeks to showcase the use of “serious games” on mobile platforms. An international jury will be meeting in Marseille, France to select the winners from among over 1,000 entries. ATEC faculty member Dr. Monica Evans will be serving on the international jury as part of the partnership. ATEC student Peter Wonica has been working with the … Read more
ATEC to Industry: Network with Industry Professionals and Alums
ATEC to Industry will feature a panel discussion and networking with industry professionals and ATEC alumni. Pizza will be provided. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28 from 6-7:30 pm in Residence Hall North, 2nd floor Multipurpose Room. Panel Discuss Samantha Bratton, 2D/3D Artist at Game Circus Steven Strobel, Technical Artist at Gearbox Chris Oliver, 3D Animator at Realpage Ricardo Orellana, 3D Generalist at Janimation Jenni Leder, Art Director/User Interface Designer at Bottle Rocket Apps Robert Reynolds, 3D Generalist at Element X Creative Desmond Blair, Project Manager … Read more
ATEC/EMAC Showcase
The time has come once again for students in the EMAC and ATEC program to have the opportunity to present projects they have been working on to their peers and professors at the ATEC/EMAC Showcase. The showcase will be held in the Clark Conference Center on April 11, 2013 at 6:00 pm Submissions are due by March 11, 2013. Fill out this submission form which is required for entry and then submit your work to \\ATEC01\Showcase\ in ZIP format. Suggested … Read more
ATEC faculty member to perform at the 2nd Annual Network Music Festival
ATEC faculty member Scot Gresham-Lancaster has been invited to headline the 2nd Annual Network Music Festival in Birmingham, UK on Feb. 22nd as a member of the computer music network ensemble The Hub. From the festival’s press release: The Hub considered by many to be the inventors of network music – making a rare visit to the UK. This legendary band first started wiring computers together for live performance in the 1980s and remain a seminal influence for computer music … Read more
Call for Papers: Arts, Humanities and Complex Networks
ATEC Professors Max Schich and Roger Malina are pleased to announce a call for papers for the Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks at Netsci2013. This symposium will take place in Copenhagen at DTU, Technical University of Denmark on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Submission For submission instructions please visit artshumanities.netsci2013.net. Deadline for submission is March 31, 2013. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by April 8, 2013. Abstract This symposium will bring together pioneering work in the overlap of arts, humanities, network research, … Read more
Indie Gaming Finds A Home in North Texas
Arts and Technology Ph.D. candidate Bobby Frye and ATEC faculty Kyle Kondas were featured on local radio station KERA for their work on Tiny Thumbs, a new organization looking to build up awareness for the indie game scene and showcase some of the best talent out there through pop-up arcades/art shows. Read the entire article on Art and Seek.
Q&A with Tommy Tallarico
Join Tommy Tallarico of Video Games Live for a question-and-answer session Friday, Jan. 25 at 4:30 p.m. in the Jonsson Performance Hall. Tommy is a composer for games, co-creator of Video Games Live, and world record holder for most video games worked on. Tony will be here the day before Video Games Live to talk about the show, his experiences, the video game industry. and answer you questions. About Tommy Tallarico As one of the most successful video game composers in history, Tommy has … Read more
Sculpting a Nano “World”
How many earths can fit on the end of a pin? If your using IBM Zurich’s newest nano-fabrication tool apparently about a hundred . Or close to a thousand if you prefer your scale comparisons to a grain of rice. Using a heated atomic scale silicon probe, scientists at IBM have created a precise method for etching and even sculpting materials on the nanoscale. More information can be found on this project at Technology Review, and for more information on how art … Read more
ATEC CONNECT: A meeting space for the ATEC/EMAC graduate community
ATEC.CONNECT is a biweekly meeting in ATEC conference room where faculty and graduate students (and sometimes guests) gather together to discuss current topics and their current work/research. These meetings are held to brainstorm, solve problems, and share resources among the community. All faculty and ATEC/EMAC graduate students are welcome. In Spring 2013 ATEC.CONNECT meets every other Fridays from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the ATEC Conference Room. The first gathering is scheduled for February 8. For more information, please visit the website at atecconnect.wordpress.com and join … Read more
Student Motivated by Leadershape Experience
This summer EMAC senior Joe Posada-Triana was selected to attend a national session of the LeaderShape Institute. A seven day immersive leadership training for students, LeaderShape focuses on empowering leaders “to create a just, caring, thriving world”. Joe’s attendance at LeaderShape was the culmination of his year long experience as a NASPA Undergraduate Fellow, a mentoring program for students looking to gain experience and knowledge in the field of higher education and student affairs.http://www.naspa.org/programs/nufp/ Part of the LeaderShape Institute is … Read more
