Philippe Pasquier
Biography
Philippe Pasquier’s work focuses on interactive processes and generative systems. Philippe is associate professor in the School for Interactive Arts + Technology and an adjunct professor in Cognitive Science at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He is both a scientist and a multi-disciplinary artist. His contributions range from theoretical research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational creativity to applied artistic research and practice in digital art, computer music, and generative art. Philippe is the chair and investigator of the AAAI international workshops on Musical Metacreation (MUME), the MUME concerts series, the international ACM Conference on Movement and Computation (MOCO), and he was director of the Vancouver edition of the International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA2015). He has co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed contributions presented in the most rigorous scientific venues, as well as over 45 artworks and performances diffused on all five continents. Philippe's work has been funded and supported by a wide range of scientific and cultural institutions including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) the Canadian Council for the Arts (CCA), the French Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, the European Commission, the Australian Research Council, the Australian Council for the Arts amongst others.
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