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North Sea Screen Partners at NEoN 2010

11/11/2010 - 12/11/2010

Town/City: Dundee
Country: Scotland
Web: www.northeastofnorth.com/

As part of the North East Of North (NEoN) festival 2010, North Sea Screen Partners members Dundee City Council and TayScreen will host a networking event and a talk and master class by Oscar-winning graphics, animation and multimedia expert Professor Ken Perlin.

Thursday 11th November
Networking Event 6pm - 8pm
Come and meet people within the digital industries. Discuss issues and make contacts with your peers. This event will allow people to develop knowledge and skills, raise your business profile and create new business opportunities. This event is then followed by a screening of The People Vs George Lucas at 8pm at Dundee Contemporary Arts (tickets for the screening can be purchased separately from DCA box office).

Friday 12th November
Talk/Masterclass – ‘Beyond animation: The future of believable interactive characters’
Talk from Oscar winning graphics, animation and multimedia expert Professor Ken Perlin, NYU
University of Abertay Dundee, Main Lecture Theatre 10:15am – 11:00am
Masterclass with Ken Perlin
University of Abertay Dundee, Centre for Excellence
2:00pm-3:00pm / 3:15pm-4:15 pm

Ken Perlin is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at New York University. He is the founding director of the Media Research Laboratory and also directed the NYU Center for Advanced Technology. Ken’s research interests include graphics, animation, user interfaces, science education and multimedia.

His accolades include an Academy Award (Oscar) for Technical Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his noise and turbulence procedural texturing techniques, which are widely used in feature films and television, as well as the TrapCode award for achievement in computer graphics research, the New York City Mayor’s award for excellence in Science and Technology. He also received the Sokol award for outstanding Science faculty at NYU, and a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation.

Famously he worked on the visual effects for the cult classic TRON, the sequel of which, TRON: Legacy, will be released shortly after his visit, once again starring Jeff Bridges and taking visual effects to a new level, as TRON did when first released in 1982.
He has previously spoken at FuturePlay where he showcased software that models emotions and then maps them on to faces. This technology has been used to help teach autistic children how to read emotion. Ken has also talked at the Microsoft Faculty summit, VIEW, AIIDE, GCDSE, and the Darklight Festival. He has also been a featured artist at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Ken is a great speaker, funny and engaging. You do not want to miss this.
To register for the Talk and Masterclass please email: anna@northseascreen.eu or call +44 (0) 1382 434912

Registration is free, but people wishing to attend need to register.

This talk is part of the NEoN (North East Of North) Digital Arts Festival