Computational and Digital Arts Drivers: leveraging and synergizing cyberinfrastructure advances

NCSA Strategic Planning Presentation (April 20,2010)

Donna Cox, Guy Garnett, Kelly Searsmith, Robert Patterson, John Toenjes, Alex Betts, Matt Hall, Stuart Levy, AJ Christensen, Dave Semeraro, Mary Petrowicz

IACAT Creativity and Computing, eDream Institute Partners

NCSA Strategic Planning Presentation (April 20,2010)

After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well.

(Albert Einstein)

The art that is coming will give formal expression to our scientific conviction.

(Franz Marc, from Man and his Symbols, Carl Gustav Jung)

Art reflects the greatness and humanity of a culture

Grand Challenges and Objectives: Cultivate unexpected synergies between art and science

Interdisciplinary teams to solve global complex problems

Multimodal & dynamic interactive human-factors research

Embodied experiences to reinforce knowledge acquisition(visual, audio, gestural, etc)

Alternative data representations and modalities

Wireless networked interactions

Broader impact, public outreach & engagement, informal ed.

Future digital cinema and streaming content

Communicating science in dramatic and new ways to the public

Virtual distributed performances

Technology transfer into private sector & international partners

Attract high-quality students and competitive advantage

NCSA Strategic Planning Presentation (April 20,2010)

NCSA strengths:

• Cinematic scientific visualization for public outreach

• Creative and educational gaming

• Virtual worlds development

• ArtsGrid (distributed communities over high-speed networks)

• Computational music and performing arts

• KCPA and campus relationships

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• Issues building & leveraging CI:

Collaborative, distributed community and team building

Different reward systems for disciplines (exhibits vs tech pubs)

Disciplinary language differences in technology use

Education and training in use of technology

Large data streaming, storing, processing (eg.600B pixels)

• Co-opetition: CMU, Berkeley, RPI, CalIT, MIT Media Lab

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Challenges in Reaching the Objectives

CI Challenges in Reaching Objectives• CI needs reflects and leverages other scientific technology developments:

Handling of real-time data streams (bandwidth, GPU’s, etc)

Collaboration and software tools for interactions

Multimodal human computer interfaces:

data and vis tools for understanding multiple source data

Large-scale computational needs for data and vis processing

• Collaborations with technologists and domain scientists

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Funding:

• NSF CreativeIT in CISE

• Cyprus Institute: Digital Cultural Heritage

• NASA Science-Art Communication Internships

• Film and gaming industry, Creative Industries

• Commercial content producers & contracts

• GLIF, iJapan Performance Network, Cinegrid, etc.

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Reference slide

• February 02, 2010 Leading British Arts University Creates New Educational Opportunities with Isilon IQ (Arts University College at Bournemouth deploys Isilon scale-out NAS to transition its Skillset Screen and Media Academy to high-definition digital film environment)

• 03.17.09 UC San Diego and IBM Launch Center for Next-Generation Digital Media to Power Tomorrow's Virtual Worlds IBM Shared University Research Award of a System z10 Mainframe Computer Will Support New UCSD Campus Center

• Thursday, November 12, 2009 IU exhibit and workshops look to the future of scientific supercomputingThe IU booth includes an "Innovation Theatre" where a special musical performance and mini-workshops. IUPUI Professor of Music Scott Deal will present "Telematic Explorations," original telematic work synthesizing live music, dance, drama, and visual arts with Internet-based interactive processes and performance content.

NCSA Strategic Planning Presentation (April 20,2010)