Computational Compositions: Aesthetics, Materials, and Interaction Design
Mikael Wiberg
Uppsala University
Mikael Wiberg is a chaired professor in Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Informatics & Media at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also the Research Director for Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University, Sweden. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Informatics at Umeå University in 2001. His research interests span individual IT use, the emerging interaction society, empirical studies of social digitalized practices, and the philosophical fundamentals of computational materials. He is currently writing a book on Interactive Textures for Architecture and Landscaping. Over the years, he has presented his work at several international conferences including CHI, Group and TEI. He has also published his research in international journals including ToCHI – Transaction of Human Computer Interaction, and the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
Erica Reyna Robles
New York University
United States
Erica Reyna Robles is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Her research focuses on the role media technologies play in the production of space. In particular, she concentrates on material configurations that enable a sense of public, collective, or shared experience, especially through the structuring of visibility and gaze. Trained as both an experimental psychologist and a cultural historian, she employs a range of methodologies to explore the definition of media-space. She is currently writing a book about the 20th century transformation of religious architecture into highly mediated, spectacular spaces reliant on technologies like computers, glass, steel, and automobiles. Prior to her position at NYU, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in joint affiliation with the Department of Art History and the Humanities and Technology Laboratory (HUM lab) at the University of Umea, in Sweden. Robles holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Stanford University.