Steve DiPaola
Steve DiPaola, an artist and scientist, director of the Cognitive Science Program at Simon Fraser University, leads the iVizLab (ivizlab.sfu.ca), a research lab, that strives to make computational systems bend more to the human experience by incorporating biological, cognitive and behavior knowledge models. The lab creates computation models of human ideals, such as, expression, emotion, behavior and creativity typically for the gaming, sciences, arts, and health fields. He is mostly known for his AI based computational creativity (darwinsgaze.com) and 3D facial expression systems. He moved to SFU from Stanford University and before that NYIT Computer Graphics Lab. His computer-based art has been exhibited internationally including the AIR and Tibor de Nagy galleries in NYC, Tenderpixel Gallery in London and Cambridge University’s Kings Art Centre. His art works have also been exhibited in major museums, including the Whitney Museum, the MIT Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Email: dipaola@gmail.com