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Jesse Allison , is an innovator in sonic art technology, thought, and practice. His work centers around the idea that computer interactivity, used wisely, can produce new and engaging forms of art. He is the coordinator of the LSU Experimental Music & Digital Media program in the School of Music and chaired the 2015 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression in Baton Rouge. As a member of the Center for Computation & Technology’s Cultural Computing focus area, he performs research into ways that technology can expand what is possible in the arts. Research and invention interests focus on computer interactivity in performance, distributed music systems, mobile music, interactive sonic art installations, hybrid worlds, and artworks that can be experienced via multiple modalities. Recent performances/exhibits/interventions include the Pixilerations Festival, NIME, Siggraph, Techfest Mumbai, ICMC, Boston Cyberarts Festival, TedX, and SEAMUS.
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Marc Aubanel , Director of DMAE, is a 15 year veteran of video game development and has worked on multiple titles such as FIFA Soccer, Need for Speed Underground and Marvel Nemesis.

Edgar Berdahl , is an Assistant Professor at the School of Music and at the Center for Computation and Technology. He studies how new music is influenced by new technology and vice versa. Specifically, he is interested in how digital musical instruments can be enhanced using emerging technologies such as modular physics-based sound synthesis, high-performance embedded computers, and haptics. Dr. Berdahl’s music has been presented at venues such as the International Computer Music Conference, the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, the Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), CubeFest, Maker Faires in a number of cities, etc. In 2015, he served as the paper chair for the Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.
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Alison Burkley , attended LSU prior to graduating and is originally from Louisiana. Her specialty is in character modelling, ZBrush sculptures and concept art. Alison worked in Seattle for 10 years in the games industry as a character artist and character lead. She also worked on projects for Microsoft (Microsoft Store Surface & Halo Master Collection advertisements) and on an independent feature film. She was an artist on Pirates of the Burning Sea (PC), Bakugan Dimensions (PC) and Ironman 2 (DS) to name just a few of her industry credits.

Matus Dolejsi , is an alumnus of LSU’s School of Art and a current instructor for the Digital Media Arts & Engineering program. He has well over a decade of professional experience working in the film and motion graphics industries both as a solo artist and as part of production and post-production teams, engaging with clients that range from local businesses to major international players.

Dolejsi maintains a freelance practice on and off the set. Primarily an animator and compositor, he focuses on the conceptualization and creation of visual effects and their integration into live action as well as immersive environments such as games and VR/AR experiences.

On set, Dolejsi often functions as a VFX supervisor, working closely with directors of photography, camera crews, and digital information technicians to help ensure a project’s success. In post, as an artist and educator, he pursues animation, simulation, 3D modeling, shader and material design, photogrammetry, color grading, virtual camera systems, render engine optimization, and digital lighting techniques.

Xin Li , is an associate professor in School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, LSU. He leads the Geometric and Visual Computing (GVC) lab. His research focus is on geometric and visual data processing, analysis, and understanding, and their applications in computer graphics, computer vision, robotics, medical imaging, etc. For more information, please visit: lsu website

Hye Yeon Nam is a digital media artist working on interactive installations, performance video, speculative design, and experimental games. She is a PhD candidate in digital media with a minor in computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology and holds an MFA in digital media from the Rhode Island School of Design. As assistant professor at New York Institute of Technology, Nam taught undergraduate and graduate courses in multi-media tools, interactive design, and visual imaging, and as a graduate instructor at Rhode Island School of Design, she lectured on introductory computer animation and 3D animation using Maya. Nam’s art has been displayed domestically and internationally at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC; Times Square (as a runner-up for the Metropolitan Art Prize); FILE Festival in Brazil; Future Places Festival in Portugal; and Juan Media Festival in Korea. Her work was broadcast on the Discovery Channel in Canada and broadcast live on Good Day Sacramento; published in Leonardo Journal; and featured in Wired, We Make Money Not Art, Makezine, Business Insider, Slashdot, and Engadget, among other publications.

Derick Ostrenko , received his MFA in digital media from the Rhode Island School of Design. He holds joint appointments at LSU: he is the program coordinator and associate professor of digital art at the School of Art and a member of the cultural computing research group at the Center for Computation & Technology (CCT). He teaches classes in creative coding, 3D graphics, interactive installation, and video production.

Ostrenko is a media artist and creates physical and virtual systems that examine the intersections of media, culture, and technology. He employs custom hardware and software that use various interfaces such as mobile applications, brain waves, generative visualizations, video processing, animation, and games. His research focuses on pushing art and technology to reveal hidden networks between people by creating structures for innovative forms of expression and discovery.

Most recently Ostrenko has shown his work at venues including the International Symposium of Electronic Art in Albuquerque, New Mexico; New York University and the National Academy in New York City; Fountain Art Fair in Miami and the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida; Buffalo Media Resources in New York; the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana; and the NWEAMO in San Diego. In conjunction with his artistic practice, Ostrenko has worked professionally in exhibit fabrication, video production, 3D modeling, and web development.

Gabriele Piccoli , is the Edward G. Schlieder Chair of Information Sciences and a member of the Cultural Computing group at the Center for Computation and Technology at Louisiana State University (USA). He has held tenured academic positions at Cornell University (USA), the Grenoble Ecole de Management (France) and the University of Pavia (Italy).
He is a prolific and highly cited academic author and his recent research interest is on Digital Data Streams (DDS) and the opportunities they create for business value creation. He is the director of the Digital Data Streams Lab at LSU and the University of Pavia.
Prof. Piccoli’s academic, teaching and consulting interest has traditionally been in the area of Strategic Information Systems and Customer Service Systems. Much of his research is applied and he is a frequent speaker and commentator on the business value of IT and the value creation potential of new technology.
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Lance Porter directs the Social Media Analysis and Creation (SMAC) Lab in the Manship School of Mass Communication. He has focused on digital media since 1995, when he built his first commercial Web site. Before coming to LSU, Porter spent four years as executive director of digital marketing for Disney. There he oversaw the creative and digital media strategies for more than 80 films and won a Clio Award for excellence in advertising. He currently teaches digital brands, social media analysis and emerging media. His research focuses on the political and cultural effects of digital media. He has consulted on hundreds of domestic and international campaigns for Disney, Warner Brothers, and Visa. He holds a joint appointment with the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT).
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Susan Ryan , Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Art where she teaches contemporary and new media art history. She served on the Steering Committee for the LSU Laboratory for Creative Arts and Technologies which led to the creation of the Center for Computational Studies (CCT). She helped found the interdisciplinary Art/Engineering undergraduate minor at LSU entitled AVATAR. She is an authority on the cultural history of wearable technology (weartech) has lectured internationally on this subject, authoring papers and sessions at the College Art Association (CAA) and the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), and curated an exhibition entitled Social Fabrics. Her most recent publication, Garments of Paradise: Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age, a history of wearable technology art and design, was published by MIT Press in June 2014. She previously published two monographs on American painters (Marsden Hartley and Robert Indiana), with MIT Press and Yale University Press, respectively.

Ken Wesley , is an instructor in the Digital Media Arts & Engineering program at LSU. He has worked for more than 30 years in the field of computer animation and visual effects at companies such as Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Imageworks. His credits include such movies as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Star Trek, Alice in Wonderland, Star Wars, and Pirates of the Caribbean. His specialties include fluid simulations, particle simulations, scripting, lighting, Houdini, Maya, RenderMan, procedural effects, and Arnold.

Jinwei Ye , Jinwei Ye, is an assistant professor in the Division of Computer Science and Engineering at LSU. Her research interests are in the areas of computer vision, computer graphics, and computational photography. Please visit her lab website for more information.