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🎬Watering Hole (Oct. 13)

Friday, October 13

Venue: Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building, UT Dallas 
Room 1: ArtSciLab 3.209 
Room 2: ATEC 1.910  
4 pm – 6 pm

More dates throughout Fall 2023

Speakers


Haoyi Song

Marco Buongiorno Nardelli

Andrew Scott

The ArtSciLab presents a new iteration of our cross-disciplinary, round table casual discussions about intriguing topics. You will have the opportunity to share your personal interests, research topics, passions, concerns, collaboration requests, and anything else that captivates you. Faculty members, undergraduates, industry professionals, and the overall UT Dallas staff will be able to contribute their thoughts on your interests. Snacks will be provided! 

For this week’s Watering Hole, we will have:

  1. Haoyi Song, PhD student in the Visual and Performing arts, hanging “The Watering Hole Experience” oil painting in the Dean’s Suite  
  2. Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, A UNT Regents Professor, presenting “Music as a Complex Adaptive System” 
  3. Andrew Scott, Associate Professor teaching Digital Fabrication Technologies and Traditional Fine Art Practices, presenting the 3D Studio
  • Agenda:  
  • 4:00 PM – Hanging Haoyi’s painting in the Dean’s Suite  
    4:30 PM – Walk to Andrew Scott’s 3D Studio 
    5:00 PM – Marco Nardelli’s talk  

We are excited to see you there.


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Trans-Chapter Migration: Edition 4

Roger F. Malina – ORCID


Book: “Migration Theory: talking across disciplines”

4th edition, Caroline B Bretell and James F Holland. Routledge, New York, 2023 DOI 10.4324/9781003121015
by: Caroline B Bretell and James F Holland

So, I have just finished reading page 102 of this book, the middle of chapter 2 on Demography by Francois Heran.

Please do contribute a blog post of your own to be woven into the next edition of this iterative book review.

I have been very intrigued by understanding the complexity of demographics and its study. Many of the concepts and definitions have evolved over time.

On page 95 Heran discusses the “panoply of censuses and surveys’. We forget that the naming of stars and constellations didn’t reach a consensus until recently and cataloguing of objects in the sky is a panoply of sometimes contradictory findings.

About the Author:

Roger F. Malina is a space scientist and astronomer, with a specialty in extreme and ultraviolet astronomy, space instrumentation and optics. He served as director of the Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence and was NASA Principal Investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Satellite project at the University of California, Berkeley.

He is also a publisher and editor in the new emerging research fields that connect the sciences and engineering to the arts, design and humanities. Since 1982, he has served as Executive Editor of the Leonardo Publications at MIT Press. He founded, and serves on the board of two nonprofits, ISAST in San Francisco and OLATS in Paris, which advocate and document the work of artists involved in contemporary science and technology.

He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Art and Technology and Professor of Physics, at the University of Texas at Dallas and Directeur de Recherche for the CNRS in France. He serves as the Associate Director of ATEC, and founded the ArtSciLab in the ATEC program fall 2013.

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🎬Watering Hole (Oct. 6)

Friday, October 6
ATEC 3.209
4 pm – 6 pm

More dates throughout Fall 2023

Speakers


Roman Hauksson

Suvash Gupta

Jacob Hunwick

Haoyi Song

Andrew Peters

Eric Fulbright

The ArtSciLab presents a new iteration of our cross-disciplinary, round table casual discussions about intriguing topics. You will have the opportunity to share your personal interests, research topics, passions, concerns, collaboration requests, and anything else that captivates you. Faculty members, undergraduates, industry professionals, and the overall UT Dallas staff will be able to contribute their thoughts on your interests. Snacks will be provided! 

For this week’s Watering Hole, we will have:

  1. Roman Hauksson, a Computer Science Undergraduate, presenting “Extreme Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence”  
  2. Andrew Peters, a School of Arts Tech & Emrg Com Senior, presenting “Future Faith”  
  3. Eric Fulbright, an artist and empresario, presenting “Opening Doors of Delusion” 
  4. Suvash Gupta, an MFA student, presenting “Vrindavan” 
  5. Jacob Hunwick, an ATEC undergrad, presenting “ASL Focus Group” 
  6. Haoyi Song, PhD student in the Visual and Performing arts, Watercolor painting the Watering Hole experience 

We are excited to see you there.


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Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, & Technology

The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, & Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas held a historical dedication and naming ceremony outside the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building on Sept. 28. Learn more about it here.

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The Physics of Migration: Edition 3

Roger F. Malina – ORCID


Book: “Migration Theory: talking across disciplines”

4th edition, Caroline B Bretell and James F Holland. Routledge, New York, 2023 DOI 10.4324/9781003121015
by: Caroline B Bretell and James F Holland

So, I have just finished reading page 79 of this book, the chapter by Donna R. Gabaccia.

The Chapter title is 1 Historical Migration Studies: Time, Temporality and Theory

For no good reason I like the fact that this writer has a non-anglo or un-anglo name. I wonder if, I am sure there is a field of ‘name studies’. What are the most or least common names of migrants? But of course, names can mislead, just as time can. My mother’s maiden name was “Duckworth”, her nickname “Duckie”. Smile: association studies.

I found this chapter compelling, facts and ideas I wasn’t familiar with. But/and a good dose of disciplinary skepticism. The author pokes at whether dividing into time periods is a good idea, but accepts it can stimulate useful thinking.

I enjoyed the study of the history of the very concept of ‘migration’, “immigration’, emigration etc. since my own family history is heavily embodied in migration and emigration. My grandparents for Bohemia found Texas treacherous and unhospitable. They migrated from Texas back to Bohemia in 1918 when the Czech Republic was created after WW1. They then remigrated back to Texas during the great depression in Europe.

My father said he left Texas as soon as possible, because the nearest library wasn’t within bicycling range from the family home in Brenham- he moved to Caltech where the books outnumber the people. He then became a forced emigrant as a political refugee in France. Cyclical migration: I am now living in Texas.

About the Author:

Roger F. Malina is a space scientist and astronomer, with a specialty in extreme and ultraviolet astronomy, space instrumentation and optics. He served as director of the Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence and was NASA Principal Investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Satellite project at the University of California, Berkeley.

He is also a publisher and editor in the new emerging research fields that connect the sciences and engineering to the arts, design and humanities. Since 1982, he has served as Executive Editor of the Leonardo Publications at MIT Press. He founded, and serves on the board of two nonprofits, ISAST in San Francisco and OLATS in Paris, which advocate and document the work of artists involved in contemporary science and technology.

He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Art and Technology and Professor of Physics, at the University of Texas at Dallas and Directeur de Recherche for the CNRS in France. He serves as the Associate Director of ATEC, and founded the ArtSciLab in the ATEC program fall 2013.

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ArtSciLab Sonic Portraits #1

Evan:

The breaking point happened late in the evening at a fried chicken joint. Fried Nashville hot chicken that was not spicy. I leaped out of the patio seat and proclaimed I do not stay in this town any longer, I want to leave and see the world. My roommate glanced at me, unfazed. 2020 had taken its toll on every facet of our lives and I wished to travel to Nashville, Tennessee to try some authentic hot chicken. “Why stop at Nashville,” my roommate asked, “I go to Nashville every year, why stop there?” There, in the patio of a fried chicken chain, the playlist methodology was drafted.

Roger:

When Evan started this project last August 2023 it was before the start of our academic semester and there were not many people around. But every person he asked replied almost instantly: his question evolved from what is your favorite song to what music do you like to listen to at the moment. He started asking everyone who walked into the lab. Within 3 weeks there were over 60 songs in the play list and almost 400 people had listed to the channel.

About the Author:

Evan Acuna is temporary research assistance as well as Production Assistant and Lab Manager at ArtSciLab. He has recently graduated with an undergraduate in Art, Technology, and emerging communications. Evan will continue to pursue creative opportunities within the near future to build his portfolio and work to become a sustainable creative professional.

Roger F. Malina is a space scientist and astronomer, with a specialty in extreme and ultraviolet astronomy, space instrumentation and optics. He served as director of the Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence and was NASA Principal Investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Satellite project at the University of California, Berkeley.

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🎬Watering Hole (September 29)

Friday, September 29
ATEC 3.209
4 pm – 6 pm

More dates throughout Fall 2023

Speakers


Aidan Acuna
TomĂĄs GĂłmez

Haoyi Song

The ArtSciLab presents a new iteration of our cross-disciplinary, round table casual discussions about intriguing topics. You will have the opportunity to share your personal interests, research topics, passions, concerns, collaboration requests, and anything else that captivates you. Faculty members, undergraduates, industry professionals, and the overall UT Dallas staff will be able to contribute their thoughts on your interests. Snacks will be provided! 

For this week’s Watering Hole, we will have:

  1. Aidan Acuna, a Political Science Undergraduate student, presenting “The Realistic Capabilities of Artificial Intelligence in Political Campaigns” 
  2. TomĂĄs Londoño GĂłmez, Project Manager at La Salle BCN, presenting “Smart Villages Innovation Project” 
  3. Haoyi Song, PhD student in the Visual and Performing arts, oil painting the Watering Hole event.

We are excited to see you there.


Watch what happened at Watering Hole !!

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The Physics of Migration: Edition 2

Roger F. Malina – ORCID


Book: “Migration Theory: talking across disciplines”

4th edition, Caroline B Bretell and James F Holland. Routledge, New York, 2023 DOI 10.4324/9781003121015
by: Caroline B Bretell and James F Holland

So, I have just finished reading page 44 of this book, the end of the introduction.

Please do contribute a blog post of your own to be woven into the next edition of this iterative book review.

Conflict of interest statement: One of the authors is the widow of a close colleague of mine, Rick Bretell, but I believe for this review I can be intellectually but not emotionally distanced (emotional migration?).

1. Question 1: why is the subtitle of the book: “talking across the disciplines”?

Surely it should be ‘and walking across the disciplines”? I checked the table of contents. I haven’t read chapter 9 yet, but it is” The State of Migration Theory: Challenges, Interdisciplinarity and Critique’. Written by Adrian Favell.

So:

My Critique 1:

The next edition of the book should provide exemplars of applying migration theories to practices. We learned the art of “exemplars’ when Alex Topete and team were commission by the US National Science Foundation to provide evidence that STEM to STEAM was a good idea:

SEAD Exemplars:
Evidence of the Value of Transdisciplinary Projects, December 2017, DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.14097.79207. A. Topete et al.

Here are two exemplars under way in our ArtSciLab:
1. ASLIOSA
2. Business Professionals of America Weaving the Gaps between the silos at UT Dallas.

About the Author:

Roger F. Malina is a space scientist and astronomer, with a specialty in extreme and ultraviolet astronomy, space instrumentation and optics. He served as director of the Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence and was NASA Principal Investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Satellite project at the University of California, Berkeley.

He is also a publisher and editor in the new emerging research fields that connect the sciences and engineering to the arts, design and humanities. Since 1982, he has served as Executive Editor of the Leonardo Publications at MIT Press. He founded, and serves on the board of two nonprofits, ISAST in San Francisco and OLATS in Paris, which advocate and document the work of artists involved in contemporary science and technology.

He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Art and Technology and Professor of Physics, at the University of Texas at Dallas and Directeur de Recherche for the CNRS in France. He serves as the Associate Director of ATEC, and founded the ArtSciLab in the ATEC program fall 2013.

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Weaving the gaps

Join us for an evening of intellectual discussion as we intertwine creativity, innovation, and critical thinking to braid the diverse disciplines of arts and business in today’s world. We have speakers from both UT Dallas and outside companies who combine skills utilized in the arts and business fields to effectively perform jobs in interdisciplinary fields. The open discussions with these professionals will give more perspective on how both schools have unique skills that are necessary to be successful in the workforce after education.

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🎬Watering Hole (September 22)

Friday, September 22
ATEC 3.209
4 pm – 6 pm

More dates throughout Fall 2023

Speakers


Nisha Philips

Jacob Hunwick

Christine Malina-Maxwell

Haoyi Song

The ArtSciLab presents a new iteration of our cross-disciplinary, round table casual discussions about intriguing topics. You will have the opportunity to share your personal interests, research topics, passions, concerns, collaboration requests, and anything else that captivates you. Faculty members, undergraduates, industry professionals, and the overall UT Dallas staff will be able to contribute their thoughts on your interests. Snacks will be provided! 

For this week’s Watering Hole, we will have

  1. Nisha Philips, a Computer Science Masters student, presenting about ‘LLMs in marketing’
  2. Jacob Hunwick, an ATEC undergrad, presenting ‘How to Decarbonize Tailgate Barbecue’
  3. Christine Malina-Maxwell, presenting ‘A.I. | I.A.: (Artificial Intelligence | Information Artisans)’
  4. Haoyi Song, PhD student in the Visual and Performing arts, oil painting the Watering Hole event.

We are excited to see you there.


Watch what happened at Watering Hole !!