MAT256 Visual Processes Thru Algorithms

2006W	MAT 256 Visual Design Through Algorithms: Explorations in Visual Perception (4 units) Instructors: Jerry Gibson, George Legrady TA: Will Wolcott e-studio, Art Department, 2nd floor Tues 1pm-2pm Thurs 12pm-3pm
Course Description	team-taught course with goals to foster engineering-level research in conjunction with the experimental approach of the visual arts. Course consists of lectures, some readings, and team-based production of 3 multimedia projects that explore mathematical visual processes, interactivity and visual perception. Due to the inter-disciplinary nature of the course, students will be expected to work in small artist-engineer teams, to achieve meaningful results in both Engineering and the Arts


W1	Course Overview	Student Work
ENG JG ART GL	Filtering, sampling, digitization, and reconstruction of media Interdisciplinarity, art research, course & project goals	Visual FFT Lab

W2	Frequency Domain
ENG JG ART GL	Frequency domain representations. Nyquist Theorem Methods of visual organization, Visual Processes	Visual FFT Lab

W3	Ramdoness & Information
ENG JG ART GL	Randomness, entropy, and information;random walks Information & Art

	Keylogging Visualization Microtubules and FFTs:A connotation/denotation mix Splitting Up FFT	Visual FFT Presentation

W4	Randomness
ENG JG ART GL Reading	Autoregressive and moving average models, Markov chains, and memory Function of metaphor \| Time based models Camera tracking demo Image Processing of the Shroud of Turin	Randomness Proj

W5	Perception
ENG JG ENG JG	Perceptual distortion and models for human perception Hypothesis testing and detection theory	Randomness Proj

W6	Information, Visual Language
ENG JG ART GL	How much information is in an image? Visual language: Syntax & Semiotics

	Leveling the Color Field The Problem with Noise Dancer Position and Markov Chains	Randomness Presentation

W7	Noise
ART GL	Artistic Experimentation Process Final Project Planning	Final Proj Lab

W8	Research & Digital Media
	Final Project Planning Initial Concept Presentation	Final Proj Lab

W9 Thurs	Project Team Production / Individual Consultation Work in Progress Presentation

W10	Project Team Production / Individual Consultation

EXAM	Final Project Presentation
	Social Sonification Dance Dance Revolution and Markov Probability The Well

Links	Telematic Drum Circle Paul DeMarinis Jeff Han, NYU Media Research Lab Marie Sester Ned Kahn Luc Courchesne SSUM Matlab Demo