Workshop II: Computer Vision
Golan Levin
Carnegie Mellon University
Dates: All day, October 13 – 14
Hours (tentative): 9:30-12:30; 2-5:30
Presentation of work: October 16 (PM)
Location: University of Porto
Language: English
Registration Fee: €50 Sold out!
Summary: “Computer vision” refers to a broad collection of techniques that allow computers to make intelligent assertions about digital images and video. This workshop offers a practical introduction to using computer vision techniques to create interesting interactions in Processing, a free Java environment for arts programming. A hands-on session will ensure individual attention and learning. Topics will include: a brief review of programming in Processing; direct pixel access and image manipulation; motion detection, object tracking, blob segmentation, and face recognition. This workshop is ideal for students who have had a semester’s experience of programming in Processing, Java, or a C-like language.
Golan Levin is an artist/engineer interested in the exploration of new modes of reactive expression. His work focuses on the design of systems for the creation, manipulation and performance of simultaneous image and sound, as part of a more general inquiry into formal languages of interactivity, and of nonverbal communications protocols in cybernetic systems. Through performances, digital artifacts, and virtual environments, Levin applies creative twists to digital technologies that highlight our relationship with machines, make visible our ways of interacting with each other, and explore the intersection of abstract communication and interactivity. Levin is Director of the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry and Associate Professor of Electronic Art at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
