February LASER Event - Berkeley

Program (the order of the speakers might change):

• 7:00-7:25: Carlo Sequin(UC Berkeley) on "Klein bottles and Super-Bottles"Super-Bottles are topological models that can yield artistic creations...Read more
• 7:25-7:50: Andra Keay(Silicon Valley Robotics) on "Designing Good Robots"In science fiction the robots are either very good, or very bad. But in reality what are we building today, and how can we build robots that do the best things for our future?Read more
• 7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your work as a teaser so that those who are interested can seek you out during social time following the event.
• 8:10-8:35: Marjorie Schwarzeron "An Elephant in the Closet: The history of habitat dioramas"Abstract forthcomingRead more
• 8:35-9:00: Carrie Hott(Media Artist) on "Nets for the Unweighable: a Brief History of Nets"From the earliest known nets to the development of the electric grid...Read more

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• Discussions, networkingYou can mingle with the speakers and the audience