In this presentation, Aven Le Zhou will introduce his recent practical research works that conjunctively combine the concepts from interactive art and generative art with focuses on oriental culture and emerging AI technologies.
Aven Le ZHOU (b.1991, Wuhan, China) is an artist scholar who works with Interactive Media and Algorithmic Agents e.g., genetic algorithms, emergence systems, and Artificial Intelligence. His practical research interests spread in various emerging media formats. Since 2018, he has focused on utilizing generative deep learning to effectuate human-AI collaborative creativity. Aven created the first Artificial Intelligence Arts course at NYU Shanghai in 2019 as an Instructor and Resident Research Fellow (2014-2020) in the Interactive Media Arts program. He is now a PhD Researcher in Computational Media and Arts at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts and an Affiliated Fellow at the Chartered Society of Designers.