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About Susan Reiser

Affiliations

University of North Carolina at Ashville
Vassar College

Location

Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America

Bio

SIGGRAPH 2024

Susan Reiser is a senior lecturer and the advisor to the provost at UNC Asheville. She is one of the co-founders of STEAM Studio, UNC Asheville’s 12,000 square foot making place where they emphasize human-centered design at the intersection of art and technology in projects with and for community partners. Her graphics related work has transitioned from writing computer vision applications for Duke Med School’s Electrophysiology Lab to creating data materializations with Courtney Starrett at Texas A&M’s VIVID Lab. Susan enjoys swimming and hiking ? especially hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains and on the California Coastal Trail. As SIGGRAPH 2024 General Submissions Chair, Susan manages the unified jury and reviewer experience with the goal of scheduling an engaging general submissions program for the conference.

SIGGRAPH 2023

I teach at UNC Asheville’s STEAM Studio, our 12,000 square foot making space where we emphasize human-centered design through the melding of art, computing, and engineering in projects with and for community partners. While my academic background is computer-science centric, since grad school I’ve taken a variety of art and machining classes. My graphics-related work has transitioned from writing computer vision applications for the Electrophysiology Lab at Duke Med School to creating data materializations with Courtney Starrett. After a 10-year stint in industry, I landed in academia, teaching classes in computer science and developing classes in new media at North Carolina’s public liberal arts college. I enjoy swimming and hiking – especially in the Blue Ridge Mountains and on the California Coastal Trail.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2023

Susan Reiser, senior lecturer and the advisor to the provost at UNC Asheville, has written articles published in Leonardo, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Pacing and Cardiac Electrophysiology, among others. Her data-informed work with Courtney Starrett has been exhibited at the Center for Craft, the Palmer Gallery at Vassar College, the Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz, and the City Museum of New York. Susan is one of the collaborative co-founders of STEAM Studio, Co-Chair of the ACM DEI in Computing Education Task Force, member of the ACM Education Board, and SIGGRAPH 2023 and 2024 General Submissions Chair.

SIGGRAPH ?

Susan Reiser is a Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Computer Science, New Media, and Mechatronics Engineering where her research and art involves tangible computing, data materialization, and fabrication. Over the last 20 years, she?s developed or co-developed over 25 new courses at the intersection of technology and the arts – including two Processing courses. Since its inception in 1998, she has been part of the New Media Department where she served for ten years as the program?s Associate Director. She also serves as the Associate Dean of Natural Sciences, Co-Director of the SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities) Center of Innovation South, and is one of the collaborative co-founders of UNC Asheville?s STEAM Studio, a 12,000 square foot maker space.

SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions

Conference Contributions

Experiences

Birds of a Feather

Request for Feedback on the Graphics and Interactive Techniques Knowledge Area of the Draft Computer Science Curricula 202X (CS202X)
SIGGRAPH 2022
[Birds of a Feather]
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2018 SIGGRAPH Birds of a Feather Image Not Available
SIGGRAPH Education Curriculum Sub-committee
SIGGRAPH 2018
[Birds of a Feather]
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Labs-Studio

2024 Labs: Starrett_Data Materialized An Introduction to a Creative Workflow Translating Data Into Form
Data Materialized: An Introduction to a Creative Workflow Translating Data Into Form
SIGGRAPH 2024
[Labs-Studio]
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2020 Studio: //makeMeaning
//makeMeaning: Designing Objects With a Data Materialization Workflow
SIGGRAPH 2020
[Labs-Studio]
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2018 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
A Processing Primer for Artists
SIGGRAPH 2018
[Labs-Studio]
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2017 Studio: Reiser_A Processing Primer for Artists
A Processing Primer for Artists
SIGGRAPH 2017
[Labs-Studio]
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