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Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
Professor and Dean
KatepalliSreenivasanholdsprofessorshipsintheDepartmentofPhysicsaswellastheCourantInstituteofMathematicalSciences,andistheEugeneKleinerProfessorforInnovationintheDepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringatNYU.HeisalsoUniversityProfessorinNYU,atitleconferreduponscholarswhosework
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isinterdisciplinaryandreflectsexceptionalbreadth.
SreenivasanarrivedatNYUaftertenuresatYale,wherehespentmorethan20yearsandheldmultipleendowedprofessorshipsandchairmanships;theUniversityofMaryland,whereheledtheInstituteforPhysicalScienceandTechnology;andtheInternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysicsinTrieste,Italy,whereheservedasdirectorandheld(andcontinuestohold)theAbdusSalamProfessorship.HehasalsobeenavisitingprofessoratCaltech,CambridgeUniversity,RockefellerUniversity,andtheInstituteforAdvancedStudyatPrinceton,amongotherinstitutions.
Sreenivasan’sresearchinterestsincludefluidmechanicsandturbulence,nonlinearandnonequilibriumphenomena,cryogenicheliumandstellarphysics.
HehasbeenelectedtotheU.S.NationalAcademyofSciences,U.S.NationalAcademyofEngineering,AmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,IndianAcademyofSciences,IndianNationalScienceAcademy,IndianNationalAcademyofEngineering,AcademyofSciencesfortheDevelopingWorld(TWAS),AccademiadeiLinceiinRome,andAfricanAcademyofSciences,amongothersuchgroups,andhismanyhonorsincludetheGuggenheimFellowship,OttoLaporteMemorialAwardandDwightNicholsonMedaloftheAmericanPhysicalSociety,UNESCOMedalforPromotingInternationalScientificCooperationandWorldPeacefromtheWorldHeritageCentre,andtheAwardforScientificCooperationoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,etc.
Sreenivasan’sresearchinterestsincludefluidmechanicsandturbulence,nonlinearandnonequilibriumphenomena,cryogenicheliumandstellarphysics.
HehasbeenelectedtotheU.S.NationalAcademyofSciences,U.S.NationalAcademyofEngineering,AmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,IndianAcademyofSciences,IndianNationalScienceAcademy,IndianNationalAcademyofEngineering,AcademyofSciencesfortheDevelopingWorld(TWAS),AccademiadeiLinceiinRome,andAfricanAcademyofSciences,amongothersuchgroups,andhismanyhonorsincludetheGuggenheimFellowship,OttoLaporteMemorialAwardandDwightNicholsonMedaloftheAmericanPhysicalSociety,UNESCOMedalforPromotingInternationalScientificCooperationandWorldPeacefromtheWorldHeritageCentre,andtheAwardforScientificCooperationoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,etc.
Denis Pelli
Professor
Training:
BAinAppliedMathatHarvardUniversity.PhDinPhysiologyatCambridgeUniversity.PostdoconpsychophysicsofreadingwithGordonLeggeatU ...
Minnesota.
Honors:
OpticalSocietyofAmericaLeadershipAward/NewFocusPrize(2000),citing:“Throughleadershipinvisualscience,Dr.Pellihasbenefitedartists,scholarsandthevisuallyimpaired.Hisworkhasmadesignificantcontributionsthathavetranscendedbothinterdisciplinaryandinternationalboundaries.”VisitingFellowCommoneratTrinityCollege,CambridgeUniversity(2011-2012).OberdorferLowVisionAward(2016),ARVO(AssociationforResearchinVisionandOphthalmology).Googlescholarlists20,000citations.
Honors:
OpticalSocietyofAmericaLeadershipAward/NewFocusPrize(2000),citing:“Throughleadershipinvisualscience,Dr.Pellihasbenefitedartists,scholarsandthevisuallyimpaired.Hisworkhasmadesignificantcontributionsthathavetranscendedbothinterdisciplinaryandinternationalboundaries.”VisitingFellowCommoneratTrinityCollege,CambridgeUniversity(2011-2012).OberdorferLowVisionAward(2016),ARVO(AssociationforResearchinVisionandOphthalmology).Googlescholarlists20,000citations.
Dana Karwas
Artist and Lecturer
Danaisaresearch-basedartistworkingwithdigitalimagery,sculpture,installation,andpainting.Herresearchexploresthehuman(andpost-human)relationshiptotheenvironmentbycollidingspeculativearchitecturewithempiricalobservation.Thisisdrivenbyherloveoftheironicinarchitecture—includingintentionalandunintentionalzoomorphicstructures,herfearof
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stormsandtheocean—andherfascinationobservingandbeinginaconstantstateofmotion.Herprocessisdrivenbyvisceralinterpretationsofaphenomena(scientific,natural,culturalorunknown)throughdigitalandanalogprocesses.
DanaalsoservedasMediaDirectorofMayaLin’sfifthandfinalmemorial,WhatisMissing?,providingcreativeandoperationalexecutiononthisworld-wide,on-goingprojectregardingclimatechangeandendangeredspecies.Shecontinuestobeon-goingadvisoronthememorial.
Sheisafull-timelecturerofIntegratedDigitalMediaintheDepartmentofTechnology,CultureandSocietyatNewYorkUniversity.DanahasalsotaughtatNYU’sITP,NYU’sCourantInstituteofMathematicalSciences,atColumbiaUniversity’sGraduateSchoolofArchitecturePlanningandPreservation,andatHarvestworksdigitalmediacenterinNYC.
Dana’sworkhasbeenshownacrossgalleries,museumsandfestivalsincluding:theFederationofCanadianArtists’FederationGallery;TheCaracasContemporaryArtMuseum;TheLondonFestivalofArchitecture;TheMuseumoftheMovingImage;TheChelseaArtMuseum;ExitArt;andTheDUMBOArtsFestival.
DanaholdsaBachelorofArchitecturefromtheSchoolofArchitecture,Design,andPlanningattheUniversityofKansas.ShehasaMastersfromTheInteractiveTelecommunicationsProgram(ITP)atNYU’sTischSchooloftheArts.
DanaalsoservedasMediaDirectorofMayaLin’sfifthandfinalmemorial,WhatisMissing?,providingcreativeandoperationalexecutiononthisworld-wide,on-goingprojectregardingclimatechangeandendangeredspecies.Shecontinuestobeon-goingadvisoronthememorial.
Sheisafull-timelecturerofIntegratedDigitalMediaintheDepartmentofTechnology,CultureandSocietyatNewYorkUniversity.DanahasalsotaughtatNYU’sITP,NYU’sCourantInstituteofMathematicalSciences,atColumbiaUniversity’sGraduateSchoolofArchitecturePlanningandPreservation,andatHarvestworksdigitalmediacenterinNYC.
Dana’sworkhasbeenshownacrossgalleries,museumsandfestivalsincluding:theFederationofCanadianArtists’FederationGallery;TheCaracasContemporaryArtMuseum;TheLondonFestivalofArchitecture;TheMuseumoftheMovingImage;TheChelseaArtMuseum;ExitArt;andTheDUMBOArtsFestival.
DanaholdsaBachelorofArchitecturefromtheSchoolofArchitecture,Design,andPlanningattheUniversityofKansas.ShehasaMastersfromTheInteractiveTelecommunicationsProgram(ITP)atNYU’sTischSchooloftheArts.
Enrico Fonda
Postdoc
EnricoFondaisaPostdoctoralResearcherfromItalyintheDepartmentofPhysicsattheNewYorkUniversity.HehasamasterintheoreticalphysicsandaPhDinfluiddynamicsfromtheUniversityofTrieste,andheworkedasresearcherattheUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark.Heis
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interestedincryogenicfluidmechanicsinclassicalandquantumfluids,flowvisualization,machinelearning,fluiddynamicsdemonstrationsandtheintersectionsbetweenartandscience.
Luke DuBois
Artist and Professor
R.LukeDuBoisisacomposer,artist,andperformerwhoexploresthetemporal,verbal,andvisualstructuresofculturalandpersonalephemera.HeholdsadoctorateinmusiccompositionfromColumbiaUniversity,andhaslecturedandtaughtworldwideoninteractivesoundandvideoperformance.Hehascollaboratedoninteractiveperformance,
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installation,andmusicproductionworkwithmanyartistsandorganizationsincludingToniDove,ToddReynolds,JamieJewett,BoraYoon,MichaelJoaquinGrey,MatthewRitchie,ElliottSharp,MichaelGordon,MayaLin,BangonaCan,Engine27,Harvestworks,andLEMUR,andwasthedirectorofthePrincetonLaptopOrchestraforits2007season.
Stemmingfromhisinvestigationsof“time-lapsephonography,”hisworkisasonicandencyclopedicrelativetotime-lapsephotography.Justasalongcameraexposurefusesmotionintoasingleimage,hisprojectsrevealtheaveragesonority,visuallanguage,andvocabularyinmusic,film,text,orculturalinformation.Exhibitionsofhisworkinclude:theInsitutValenciàd’ArtModern,Spain;HausderelektronischenKünste,Switzerland;2008DemocraticNationalConvention,Denver;WeismanArtMuseum,Minneapolis;SanJoseMuseumofArt;NationalConstitutionCenter,Philadelphia;ClevelandMuseumofContemporaryArt;DaelimContemporaryArtMuseum,Seoul;2007SundanceFilmFestival;theSydneyFilmFestival;theSmithsonianAmericanArtMuseum;PROSPECT.2NewOrleans;andtheAspenInstitute.DuBois’workandwritinghasappearedinprintandonlineintheNewYorkTimes,NationalGeographic,andEsquireMagazine,andhewasaninvitedspeakeratthe2016TEDConference.Amajorsurveyofhiswork,NOW,receiveditspremiereattheRinglingMuseumofArtin2014,withacataloguepublishedbyScalaArt&HeritagePublishers.
Anactivevisualandmusicalcollaborator,DuBoisistheco-authorofJitter,asoftwaresuiteforthereal-timemanipulationofmatrixdatadevelopedbySanFrancisco-basedsoftwarecompanyCycling’74.Heappearsonnearlytwenty-fivealbumsbothindividuallyandaspartoftheavant-gardeelectronicgroupTheFreightElevatorQuartet.HecurrentlyperformsaspartofBioluminescence,aduowithvocalistLesleyFlaniganthatexploresthemodalityofthehumanvoice,andinFairUse,atriowithZachLaytonandMatthewOstrowski,thatlooksatouracceleratingculturethroughelecronicperformanceandremixingofcinema.
DuBoishaslivedforthelasttwenty-threeyearsinNewYorkCity.HeisthedirectoroftheBrooklynExperimentalMediaCenterattheNYUTandonSchoolofEngineering,andisontheBoardofDirectorsoftheISSUEProjectRoomandEyebeam.HisrecordsareavailableonCaipirinha/Sire,LiquidSky,C74,andCantaloupeMusic.HisartworkisrepresentedbybitformsgalleryinNewYorkCity.
Stemmingfromhisinvestigationsof“time-lapsephonography,”hisworkisasonicandencyclopedicrelativetotime-lapsephotography.Justasalongcameraexposurefusesmotionintoasingleimage,hisprojectsrevealtheaveragesonority,visuallanguage,andvocabularyinmusic,film,text,orculturalinformation.Exhibitionsofhisworkinclude:theInsitutValenciàd’ArtModern,Spain;HausderelektronischenKünste,Switzerland;2008DemocraticNationalConvention,Denver;WeismanArtMuseum,Minneapolis;SanJoseMuseumofArt;NationalConstitutionCenter,Philadelphia;ClevelandMuseumofContemporaryArt;DaelimContemporaryArtMuseum,Seoul;2007SundanceFilmFestival;theSydneyFilmFestival;theSmithsonianAmericanArtMuseum;PROSPECT.2NewOrleans;andtheAspenInstitute.DuBois’workandwritinghasappearedinprintandonlineintheNewYorkTimes,NationalGeographic,andEsquireMagazine,andhewasaninvitedspeakeratthe2016TEDConference.Amajorsurveyofhiswork,NOW,receiveditspremiereattheRinglingMuseumofArtin2014,withacataloguepublishedbyScalaArt&HeritagePublishers.
Anactivevisualandmusicalcollaborator,DuBoisistheco-authorofJitter,asoftwaresuiteforthereal-timemanipulationofmatrixdatadevelopedbySanFrancisco-basedsoftwarecompanyCycling’74.Heappearsonnearlytwenty-fivealbumsbothindividuallyandaspartoftheavant-gardeelectronicgroupTheFreightElevatorQuartet.HecurrentlyperformsaspartofBioluminescence,aduowithvocalistLesleyFlaniganthatexploresthemodalityofthehumanvoice,andinFairUse,atriowithZachLaytonandMatthewOstrowski,thatlooksatouracceleratingculturethroughelecronicperformanceandremixingofcinema.
DuBoishaslivedforthelasttwenty-threeyearsinNewYorkCity.HeisthedirectoroftheBrooklynExperimentalMediaCenterattheNYUTandonSchoolofEngineering,andisontheBoardofDirectorsoftheISSUEProjectRoomandEyebeam.HisrecordsareavailableonCaipirinha/Sire,LiquidSky,C74,andCantaloupeMusic.HisartworkisrepresentedbybitformsgalleryinNewYorkCity.