2014F

Instructor
Teaching Assistant



M254 Arts & Engineering/Science Research

George Legrady
Sahar Sajadieh

Experimental Visualization Lab, 2611, Elings Hall, 2nd floor
Tu-Thu: 12pm-1:50pm

Course Description:




Questions we want to address:



ClassRoom Lecture

Course Goals:




Student Work:

   The course focuses on how different disciplines approach research methodologies through visits to engineering and science labs on campus. We will trace how data collection followed by data analysis leads to discovery. Results must then be described, represented and disseminated. We will also study how this occurs through sample examples at the UCSB Featured News.

How do scientists get from analysis of data to discovery? What is the methodology and what is the process by which that happens? Do artists proceed in a similar or different way? What are the methods of representation? To what degree does aesthetics play a role in the process of scientific discovery and representation?

Classroom lectures will cover methodologies relevant to the design process

To map out the process by which data collection leads to discovery
To study the role of tools, technologies as means to discovery
To acquire methodologies by which to research and design
To consider how decisions are made by which to represent a phenomena

Student work includes attendance at lectures/lab visits; research, and development of a project based on the course theme

Course Forum where to post comments: M254 Forum
W01......10.02 Course Overview [Lecture_pdf]
Review research definitions, course overview, goals, and expected outcomes.
W02......10.07


10.09

Artistic Method [Lecture_pdf]
Vision, Freq & Wave | Site-Specific Work | Generative Art | Conceptual Art Approach

Yasamin Mostofi Mobile Sensors Lab | X-Ray Vision
W03......10.13

"Engineering the Future", Rafaello d'andrea
Corwin Pavilion Monday, October 13, 4-6pm, RSVP: Tickets
W03......10.14


Reading

10.16

Nickolay Lamm | YOUrban | P. Jellitsch
Fabian | Rodger | Kurt | Ashkay | Intae

Reflections on Differences Between Art & Science, Frank Malina

Doyle Systems Biology Lab | Frank Doyle | Circadian Rhythms | Wiki
W04......10.20
 		MAT Lecture Series: Rosanne Altstatt Silent Acousmetre
W04......10.21


10.23 		Cecilia | Sahar | George |
Intellectual Merit/Broader Impact | PDF | NSF

WeldLab: Atomic Physics

W05......10.28

10.30

   Miquel Eckstein | Vision & Image Understanding Lab

Francesco Bullo Lab

ISEA, Dubai
W06......11.03
 		MAT Lecture Series: Edward Shanken Systems of Art
W06......11.04

11.06
 		Data Visualization

Student Projects I
W07......11.11

11.13 		Holiday: Veterans Day

Student Projects II - Sahar 		Vis2014, Paris

Vis2014, Paris
W08......11.18

11.20 		Bricolage & the Engineer (levi-Strauss)(Derrida)

Urusula Damm
W09......11.25

11.27 		Thinking Spatial, Spatial Studies

Thanksgiving
W10......12.02

12.04 		Art as Research (Wilson)

Venues		  
W11......12.09
 		Final Presentations
  
W12......12.16
 		Completion of all work
 

Resources

References

  

UCSB Featured News |

The Nature of Technology, W. Brian Arthur (NYTimes review)
Ignorance: How it Drives Science, Stuart Firestein, (NYTimes Review)
Molecules that Matter | UCSC Institute of Arts & Sciences