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Opposites attract: computational and quantitative outreach through artistic expressions

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Amy F. Szczepański,

Carolyn I. StaplesAuthors Info & Claims

XSEDE '13: Proceedings of the Conference on Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment: Gateway to Discovery

Article No.: 68, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/2484762.2484772

Published: 22 July 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Staff from the University of Tennessee's Joint institute for Computational Sciences, National Institute for Computational Sciences, and Remote Data Analysis and Visualization Center have teamed up with faculty from UT's School of Art to engage with students, the public, and the research community on a number of projects that connect the arts with the science and computing disciplines. These collaborations have led to coursework for students, videos about scientific discovery, and the production of novel, computer-mediated artwork. Both the arts and the sciences have gained from these collaborations.

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VanDeGrift T(2016)Art in theory of computationJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/3007225.300725732:1(162-168)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3007225.3007257
Rode JWeibert AMarshall AAal Kvon Rekowski TElmimouni HBooker JMase KLangheinrich MGatica-Perez DGellersen HChoudhury TYatani K(2015)From computational thinking to computational makingProceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing10.1145/2750858.2804261(239-250)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2750858.2804261

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Opposites attract: computational and quantitative outreach through artistic expressions
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XSEDE '13: Proceedings of the Conference on Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment: Gateway to Discovery

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DOI:10.1145/2484762

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VanDeGrift T(2016)Art in theory of computationJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/3007225.300725732:1(162-168)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3007225.3007257
Rode JWeibert AMarshall AAal Kvon Rekowski TElmimouni HBooker JMase KLangheinrich MGatica-Perez DGellersen HChoudhury TYatani K(2015)From computational thinking to computational makingProceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing10.1145/2750858.2804261(239-250)Online publication date: 7-Sep-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2750858.2804261

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