1. The Creators Project Features ATLAS in silico

      Ruth West recently sat down with The Creators Project’s Katherine Gillespie to further discuss the make up of the immersive artwork, ATLAS in silico. “Swim through an Ocean of DNA Sequences Using VR” discusses where West’s inspiration came from, how the installation works, and what experiencing ATLAS is like. Read...
  2. ATLAS in silico at the Museum of Old and New Art

    ATLAS in silico, a data-driven virtual reality experience, made its Australian debut at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) as part of MOFO 2017, MONA’s 9th annual art and music festival. Located in Hobart, Tasmania MONA is one of the top ranked contemporary art museums in the world and a leading cultural...
  3. Segmentation Team Publishes at VINCI 2016

    The 3D Segmentation team presented their third paper this year, “Eliciting Tacit Expertise in 3D Volume Segmentation” at the 2016 Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI), held Sept.24-26 in Dallas, Texas. The ACM published the paper to the VINCI 2016 symposium proceedings. The paper examines manual (semi-automatic), low-level (perceptual) and...
  4. Study Abroad in Tasmania!

    The University of North Texas (UNT) and the University of Tasmania Australia (UTAS) are now connected through a General Exchange Agreement that allows each university’s students to attend courses through study abroad programs. xREZ Art + Science Lab Director Ruth West was a visiting professor at UTAS for the summer...
  5. Fall 2016 LASER Gallery

    Bonding with Bots | The Art + Science of Human-Robot Interaction xREZ Art + Science Lab is officially a designated host for the Leonardo/ISAST LASER series! xREZ Lab hosted its first LASER event on Oct. 6, 2016! The event focused on themes surrounding robotics and human-robot interaction. The inaugural LASER held at...
  6. Julienne Greer on Theatre and Social Robotics

      University of Texas at Arlington Assistant Professor Julienne Greer presented at the North Texas LASER Bonding with Bots: the Art + Science of Human-Robot Interaction on Oct. 6, 2016. Greer’s presentation “Theatre and Social Robotics: Bonding with Bots – Interdisciplinary collaborations to enhance human-robot interactions” included theatre methodologies humanizing robots, contemporary issues...
  7. Ray Baughman’s Artificial Muscles

      At the Oct. 6, 2016 North Texas LASER: Bonding with Bots: the Art + Science of Human-Robot Interaction  the Director of the University of Texas at Dallas’ NanoTech Institute, Ray Baughman, gave a specially-tailored, extemporaneous presentation to address both art and science! In his talk, Baughman explained how nano-fiber muscles are...
  8. Bonding with Bots Q & A

    Julienne Greer, Ray Baughman, and Justin Holder sit down with the Bonding with Bots LASER audience for a question and answer session. The Q&A dives deeper into the intricacies of nano-fiber muscles, the uncanny valley and the common fear of robot dependence. Watch the Q&A below! Overview of the Fall LASER:...
  9. ATLAS in silico at 9e2 Seattle

    xREZ Lab Director Ruth West, will be in Seattle this week exhibiting ATLAS in silico at the 9e2 art, science and technology festival. ATLAS is a virtual reality art piece pioneering the field of immersive analytics. 9e2 is a commemoration of the “9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering” project (1966) that...
  10. KERA’s Art&Seek Shares Spotlight on Ruth West

    Jerome Weeks, Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA, recently sat down with xREZ Art + Science Lab Director, Ruth West to talk about art + science in the North Texas area, West’s interdisciplinary work, and her journey as an artist. Read the Artist Spotlight HERE. About KERA’s Art&Seek: “Art&Seek connects you...
  11. LASER Registration Is Open!

    LASER REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! The LASER evening includes two exciting events in one night! The LASER ROUNDTABLES will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a dialogue forum led by student leaders, professors, and professionals in art, science, industry, and academia. students and attendees Please encourage your students to attend. The LASER EVENING SPEAKERS will...
  12. Ruth West Elected Leonardo Education and Art Forum Chair

      Professor Ruth West is confirmed as the 2018-2019 Chair Elect of the Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF), announced Aug. 3, 2016. LEAF is an educational art association aimed at championing art + science research and education internationally. “I genuinely feel honored that the community selected me,” West said. “I’m looking forward to...

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