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About Ruth G. West

Affiliations
University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts & Design and xRez Art+Science Lab, Center for Research in Computing, _Director and Professor
The Arts University of California, Los Angeles Design/Media Arts
National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research
University of California, San Diego, UCSD Center for Research
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Website
http://viewingspace.com/
Bio

SIGGRAPH 2024

Ruth West is an artist and professor at University of North Texas cross-appointed in Design and Computer Science, and director of the XREZ Art + Science Lab.

Her work expands the potentials of immersive technologies to create new contexts and forms of engagement, and to connect us cross-culturally and cross-generationally. She creates multi-modal, social and collaborative data-driven extended reality (XR) interactive experiences. Ruth’s prior affiliations include UCSD National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing and Cedars-Sinai Health System. Her work has been published in journals including SPIE/IS&T Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, MIT Leonardo journal, American Journal of Human Genetics, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and presented internationally at venues including MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, FILE 09 Sao Paulo, SIGGRAPH, WIRED Magazine’s NextFest.

SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions

Conference Contributions

Experiences
ACM SIGGRAPH: AI, Art and Social Justice: Understanding and Addressing Bias, Representation and Inclusive Practices in the Development of AI Systems
SIGGRAPH 2020
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
AI in the Arts and Design: Evolution of 'Artistic Intelligence' or Rupture?
SIGGRAPH 2019
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Leonardo Meeting
SIGGRAPH 2017
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
2013 Studio: West_Collaborative Rephotography
Collaborative Rephotography
SIGGRAPH 2013
[Labs-Studio]
Contributor(s):
2005 West: Ecce Homology
Ecce Homology
SIGGRAPH 2005
[Emerging Technologies]
Contributor(s):
Entry #: 04
Courses Organized
“Mathematical Optimization in Computer Graphics” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Warp: Differentiable Spatial Computing for Python” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Bayesian Statistics: A Practical Introduction for Computer Graphics” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Advanced Practices in Optimizing Motion Capture Pipelines for Games and VFX” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“An Introduction to Quantum Computing” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Demystifying Color in Your Digital Media and Data Visualizations” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Introduction to Generative Machine Learning” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Visualizing the Invisible Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Virtual Human Design: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of GenAI – Part 1” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Introduction to Real-Time Ray Tracing” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Virtual Human Design: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of GenAI – Part 2” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games, Part I” by Iwanicki, Taylor, Cao and Tatarchuk
“Diffusion Models for Visual Content Generation” by Mitra, Cohen-Or, Ceylan, Guerrero, Huang, et al. …
“Troubleshooting and Cleanup Techniques for 3D Printing” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Advances in Real Time Audio Rendering — Part 1” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“USD in Production” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Advances in Real Time Audio Rendering — Part 2” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Fractal World Building: Infinitely Engaging Experience Design at Meow Wolf” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“More Than Killmonger Locs: A Style Guide for Black Hair (in Computer Graphics)” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Shader Writing in Open Shading Language” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“An Introduction to the Fourier Transform” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Beyond Life and Death: Exploring Digital Legacy With Spatial Media, Emerging Technologies, and Evolving Ethics” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Generative Models for Visual Content Editing and Creation” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Moving Mobile Graphics” Chaired by Ruth G. West
“Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games, Part II” by Vance, Apers, Roughton, Benyoub, Dupuy, et al. …

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