Philippe PasquierCA
08.22
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10:30 am_1:30 pm
Workshop
Philippe Pasquier is a scientific researcher, a multidisciplinary media artist, an educator, and a community builder. He is the director of the Metacreation Lab for Creative AI, and a Professor at Simon Fraser University's School for Interactive Arts and Technology, in Vancouver (Canada). There, he is pursuing a multidisciplinary research-creation program focused on generative systems and applied AI for creative tasks, computer-assisted creativity, and co-creative systems.
Along with the Metacreation Lab fellows, Pasquier has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed contributions presented in the most rigorous scientific venues, and honoured with 8 best paper awards. His MOOC class on Generative Art and Computational Creativity on the Kadenze platform is serving thousands. The Metacreation Lab artistic work has been shown in prominent venues on six continents, including at Ars Electronica, IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Eastern Block, Earzoom festival, several ISEA editions, MUTEK, Sydney Biennale, Vooruit, ZKM, ICST, and Akbank. Pasquier’s projects are also finding industrial applications and his music AI algorithms have reached millions through collaborations with the software industry (e.g., Steinberg, Ableton, Teenage Engineering, Elias, Microsoft, …).
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