New Arbitrage Opportunities for Image Search: Metaphors, Game Metadata, Common Sense

Submitted by Ray Uzwyshyn on Jun 16, 2009, 12:24 PM
A new opportunity for image search is presented by leveraging emergent image retrieval paradigms (Google Image Labeler) with New Interface Possiblities (Cool Iris) for the next stage of Image Search: http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-09/JunJul09_Uzwyshyn.pdf 

HASTAC Conference notes: Rebecca Allen, "Global Interfaces, Intimate Interfaces and the Interface between Art and Technology"

Submitted by Steve Burnett on Apr 21, 2007, 10:00 AM
Rebecca Allen spoke on "Global Interfaces, Intimate Interfaces and the Interface between Art and Technology" after dinner at HASTAC Friday evening.

HASTAC Conference notes: Innerspace and Interface session (Friday 2:30pm)

Submitted by Steve Burnett on Apr 20, 2007, 06:03 PM
Innerspace and Interface: Affect and representation are crucial to digital history, music, and dance.

HASTAC Conference notes: Theorizing Interface session (Friday 10:15am)

Submitted by Steve Burnett on Apr 20, 2007, 05:58 PM
Notes from the session "Theorizing Interface: Metaphors help us comprehend how digitality weaves, binds, encloses, bridges, spans, and navigates across technologies, spaces, and disciplines (from genomics to urban planning)".

Voices from the Future: Virtual Reality Patents and Interviews for HASTAC

Submitted by hhalpin on Apr 09, 2007, 02:44 PM

I have to admit that when I first came to Duke I was a bit overwhelmed with the concept of "interface." It is very difficult to say precisely what "interface" is. Interface is always the Janus-faced border, yet at the same time enunciating the very division of the border, for at the interface that which was previously disparate mixes, combines, becomes one. How does one understand, much less visualize, such metaphysics? With video interviews with digital pioneers and 3-d patent visualizations, of course!

Chocolate, Incense, Gagaku, Hiccup Music, Paper Airplanes, and other forms of Interaffectivity

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Mar 27, 2007, 09:57 AM
David Liu, a doctoral student in Religion at Duke, led our Interface Seminar on his theory of interaffectibility and took all of us on a beautiful journey from the pre-Socratics to paper airplanes.

Folksonomy, Peirce, AI, and Collective Intelligence plus Interfaces

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Mar 08, 2007, 08:19 AM
If we are comfortable living on the long tail of folksonomies, do we need formal tagging taxonomies to power the future semantic web? And what is the comfort level of customization (v. consensus) in collective (representation of) our intelligence?

REGISTER NOW----WHILE IT LASTS!

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Feb 19, 2007, 05:17 PM

Hi, everyone--

 

We're being slammed with inquiries about the conference. If you are interested in joining us, you better register NOW! The full conference program is on the website (you can click from the homepage). From the first block on the left side of the homepage, you c

Interface Seminar: Neuroartist Extraordinaire

Submitted by hhalpin on Feb 04, 2007, 03:05 PM
Bill Seaman is the head of Digital Media at RISD, and luckily he's coming over at the invitation of Kristine Stiles to speak to the Interface Seminar. Seaman's main interests lie along the intersection of digital media, electrochemical computing, and artificial intelligence: an eclectic and productive combination.