SciArtLab
SciArtLab is a working group within the Department of Knowledge Technologies at the Jožef Stefan Institute. It is a platform for applied research, collaboration, education, and the production of projects at the intersection of science and art.
The SciArtLab possesses the capacity for training artificial intelligence models, development of virtual reality models and humanoid robot applications and related research, rapid prototyping, and education. Our scientific ambitions are focused on continuing cutting edge research and applications within our current areas of operation: computational creativity, artificial cognition, and artificial intelligence with applications in the field of robotics.
Many parallels can be drawn between science and art – the desire to contribute to the welfare of humanity, the drive to be creative and to express inherent capabilities, and a shared sense of an inner mission and curiosity. Both scientists and artists strive to see the world in new ways, to understand, and communicate this vision.
Mission
The focus of SciArtLab is on the development of projects at the intersection of science and art involving research on artificial intelligence agents, artificial neural networks, digital sound, data visualisation and sonification, generative software, and properties of emerging technologies.
The aim of SciArtLab is to broaden the knowledge regarding generative systems and their applications to the fields of augmented and virtual reality and robotics. Art projects that address topics such as health care, ecology, humanisation of technology, and technological education are in development. Through the research of various aspects of interfaces and software, we are developing projects involving haptic, visual, sonic, and linguistic interaction with artificial agents.
Management
The scientific and educational operations are supervised by Dr. Vid Podpečan, acting as the scientific head of the group. Prof. Dr. Nada Lavrač, head of the Department of Knowledge Technologies, is the scientific advisor. The art perspective including collaboration and dissemination is managed by the artistic head of the group, new media artist Dr. Tatjana Vujinović Kušej. The financial management is handled by the Department of Knowledge Technologies.
Location
The SciArtLab is located within Technology Park Ljubljana, Teslova ulica (street) 30, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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SciArtLab
SciArtLab je skupina znotraj Oddelka za tehnologije znanja na Institutu Jožef Stefan. Je platforma za uporabno raziskovanje, sodelovanje, izobraževanje in produkcijo projektov na stičišču znanosti in umetnosti.
SciArtLab lahko usposablja modele umetne inteligence, razvija modele in aplikacije virtualne resničnosti ter raziskuje na področju humanoidne robotike, kot tudi hitrega ustvarjanja prototipov in izobraževanja. Želimo nadaljevati z vrhunskim raziskovalnim delom in apliciranjem izsledkov le tega na naša aktualna področja delovanja: računalniško ustvarjalnost, umetno kognicijo in umetno inteligenco z aplikacijami na področju robotike.
Med znanostjo in umetnostjo lahko potegnemo veliko vzporednic – željo po prispevanju k blaginji človeštva, prizadevanju za ustvarjalnost in izražanju lastnih sposobnosti ter skupnega občutka notranjega poslanstva in radovednosti. Tako znanstveniki kot umetniki si prizadevamo, da bi svet razumeli in to vizijo posredovali naprej.
Misija
SciArtLab se osredotoča na razvoj projektov na presečišču umetnosti in znanosti, ki vključujejo raziskave o agentih umetne inteligence, umetnih nevronskih mrežah, digitalnem zvoku, vizualizaciji in sonifikaciji podatkov, generativni programski opremi in lastnostih novih tehnologij. Cilj je spoznati najnovejše trende pri gradnji generativnih sistemov in jih uporabiti na področjih razširjene in virtualne resničnosti ter robotike. Razvijamo umetniške projekte, ki obravnavajo teme, kot so zdravstveno varstvo, ekologija, humanizacija tehnologije in tehnološko izobraževanje. Z izgradnjo vmesnikov in programske opreme delamo na haptični, vizualni, zvočni in jezikovni interakciji z umetnimi agenti.
Upravljanje
Znanstvene in pedagoške dejavnosti nadzoruje dr. Vid Podpečan, v vlogi znanstvenega vodje skupine. Dr. Nada Lavrač, vodja Oddelka za tehnologije znanja, je znanstveni svetovalec. Umetniško perspektivo, ki vključuje sodelovanje in razširjanje, vodi umetniški vodja skupine, novomedijska umetnica dr. Tatjana Vujinović Kušej. Finančno upravljanje opravlja Oddelek za tehnologije znanja.
Lokacija
SciArtLab se nahaja v Tehnološkem parku Ljubljana, Teslova ulica 30, Ljubljana, Slovenija.