JoAnn Kuchera Morin
Location:
- Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
Bio:
Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Composer, Director/Chief Scientist of the AlloSphere Research Facility, Professor of Media Arts and Technology and Music at the university of California Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on creative computational systems, multi-modal content mapping, and facilities design. She created a multi-million dollar sponsored research program for the University of California and was Chief Scientist of the Program from 1998 to 2003. This lead to the building and development of the AlloSphere Research Facility located in the California NanoSystems Institute, a 30-foot diameter, 3-story metal cylinder inside an echo-free cube designed for immersive/interactive scientific/artistic investigation of multi-dimensional data sets.