4 February: DCLRS: Dan Ventura, 8 Feb, 4pm, 3074 Arts
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8 Feb 2013, Friday, 4pm
Room 3074, Arts Bldg, TCD (near Nassau St gate)
Art[ificial]: Computational Creativity for Communicating Intention
The question of computational creativity is as fundamental as the question
of machine intelligence. One approach to answering the question is to
attempt to build computational systems to which creativity may be
attributed. I will discuss one such system, called DARCI, that we are
developing to produce visual art that communicates intention. A major
component of the DARCI project is a method for making visuo-linguistic
associations, the goal being to map linguistic content (intention) onto
visual representation. I will discuss some of the details of DARCI's
implementation, results from studies of the system done to date that
suggest DARCI can already communicate intention in limited ways, and an
art exhibit, entitled Fitness Function, that contained human-produced
artwork for which DARCI was the sole juror. This subject should interest
both scientific and humanistic audiences, with the goals of the talk being
to introduce the field of computational creativity, to get the audience
thinking about some interesting questions and to be fun.
Bio:
Dan Ventura is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Brigham
Young University. Prior to joining the faculty at BYU, he was a member of
the Information Sciences and Technology division of the Applied Research
Laboratory and a member of the Graduate Faculty of Computer Science and
Engineering at Penn State University. Dan has also spent time in industry
as a Research Scientist with fonix corporation, working on the development
of state-of-the-art technology for large vocabulary continuous speech
recognition.
His research focuses on creating artificial intelligent systems that
incorporate robustness, adaptation and creativity in their approaches to
problem solving and incorporates neural models, machine learning
techniques, and evolutionary computation.
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The 2012/2013 DCLRS series is hosted by Trinity College with the support
of the Department of Computer Science, the Centre for Language and
Communication Studies, the Department of Germanic Studies, the School of
Irish, the Department of French, the Centre for Computing and Language
Studies and the Centre for Next Generation Localisation.
www.scss.tcd.ie/disciplines/intelligent_systems/clg/clg_web/DCLRS.html
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