Ruth G. West
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of North Texas, xREZ Art+Science lab, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UCSD Center for Research, University of California, San Diego, College of Visual Arts & Design, Center for Research in Computing, _Director and Profe
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- The Arts University of California, Los Angeles Design/Media Arts
Location:
- Denton, Texas, United States of America
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Bio:
Ruth West is a creative technologist bridging big data‚ visualization‚ sonification‚ virtual and augmented‚ reality‚ 3D fabrication‚ and social and mobile media with domains such as neuroscience‚ genomics‚ astronomy‚ urban ecology‚ microbiome‚ entertainment and digital remix culture. She creates works with multiple entry points that can exist concurrently as aesthetic experiences‚ cultural interventions or entertainment and serve as the basis for artistically-impelled scientific inquiry and tools. This results in technology R&D‚ novel artworks‚ large-scale public engagement and entertainment experiences‚ new knowledge and insight‚ cross-disciplinary educational and research opportunities and industry-academic-community partnerships.
She is developing the concept and practice of DataRemix a reappropriation and recombination practice blending digital remix culture and big data to create novel associations and experiences. . Receiving both grant and industry sponsorship her work and has been presented or featured in SIGGRAPH‚ ACM / Eurographics Expressive‚ WIRED Magazine’s NextFest‚ PEROT Museum of Nature and Science‚ UCLA Fowler Museum‚ CAA‚ Ingenuity Festival Cleveland‚ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery‚ FILE 09 Sao Paulo‚ IEEE VR‚ Mobisys‚ IS&T SPIE‚ IEEE ICIP‚ the American Journal of Human Genetics‚ Genomics‚ Leonardo‚ LEA‚ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences‚ NPR’s The Connection‚ NY Times‚ Genome News Network‚ AMINIMA and Artweek.
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Artwork(s):
INSTRUMENT | One Antarctic Night
Artist(s): [West] [Johnson] [Yeh] [Thomas] [Mendelowitz] [Berg]
[SIGGRAPH 2018]
Experience(s):
Type: [BOF]
ACM SIGGRAPH: AI, Art and Social Justice: Understanding and Addressing Bias, Representation and Inclusive Practices in the Development of AI Systems
Presenter(s): [Burbano] [West] [James] [Noel] [Gaskins] [Winger-Bearskin] [Szabo]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
Type: [BOF]
AI in the Arts and Design: Evolution of 'Artistic Intelligence' or Rupture?
Presenter(s): [West] [Szabo] [Siembieda] [Huhtamo] [Atken] [Sims] [Forbes]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
Type: [Studio (SIGGRAPH Labs)]
Collaborative Rephotography
Organizer(s): [Halley] [West] [Gordon] [O’Neil-Dunne] [Pless]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
Type: [Posters]
A Guided Approach to Segmentation of Volumetric Data Presenter(s): [Holloway] [Grimm] [Sowell] [West]
Entry No.: [93]
[SIGGRAPH 2014]
Role(s):
- Art Papers Jury Member
- Art Papers Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Art Show Art Reviewer
- Art Show Artist
- Art Show Jury Member
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Presenter
- Poster Presenter
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Lab) Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Unified Jury Member