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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

Birds of a Feather

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):

Emerging Technologies

2005 West: Ecce Homology
Ecce Homology
SIGGRAPH 2005
[Emerging Technologies]
Contributor(s):
Entry #: 04

Labs-Studio

2013 Studio: West_Collaborative Rephotography
Collaborative Rephotography
SIGGRAPH 2013
[Labs-Studio]
Contributor(s):

Other Information

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