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Undergraduate Diversity and Inclusion in Physics (UDIP) and the Society of Physics Students (SPS) are happy to announce the next two sessions of Zooming with Physics Alumni!

Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime

Speaker: Ge Wang

http://seminar.mat.ucsb.edu/

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How might the shaping of technology make our lives richer and more meaningful? This presentation (with live demos) is a journey through the design of everyday tools, musical instruments, games, and social experiences -- working at the intersection of HCI, design, art, the humanities and social science. It is a story on how we shape technology, and how technology, in turn, shapes us and our society.

Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Sciences(AWMAS) will host another online speaker series event on Friday May 1st, 2020 at 12PM (Pacific Time). 

Speaker: Anne Deane Berman

Title:  Interactive Immersive Environments Social Commentary through Narrative Design

Zoom: Email awmas.ucsb@gmail.com for login link

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Participation in computing across gender, race/ethnicity, and socio-economic status is far from equitable. This equity matters because it determines who gets to develop technology. Artistic computing environments is one lens to explore inequities that exist within the design of learning experiences. Artistic practices offer reflective processes that can enable learners to draw on their own values and cultures within the learning experience; while computing technology provides various new media for learners to express themselves. In this talk, Dr.

"Humane Design for Organizing Noises" is a virtual event by the MAT Seminar Series.

Click here to join the ZOOM lecture. 

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