Silo City/Rigidized Metals: the Design Studio and the Willow Trellis (630 Ohio Street, Buffalo, NY 14203)
SCHEDULE
11:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Design Studio
- Christina Milletti, Interim Director, UB Humanities Institute
11:15 AM | Session 1 | Willow Trellis
AfroRithms from the Future: After the Game
- Ahmed Best, Co-Founder, AfroRithm Futures Group and Adjunct Professor, USC School of Dramatic Arts
- Lonny J Avi Brooks, Co-Founder, AfroRithm Futures Group and Professor of Strategic Communication, California State University East Bay
- moderated by Dalia Antonia Caraballo Muller, Associate Professor, UB, with featured guest players from the night before.
12:30 PM | Break
12:45 PM | Session 2
AI: from automation to animation | Willow Trellis
- Karthik Dantu, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, UB
- Mark Gallimore with Tyler Kron Piatek, Center for Online Learning & Innovation, Canisius College
- Mike Jones, Director of Animation, Daemen University
Artificial Limits? Moving Beyond Popular AI Narratives | Design Studio
- Marc Böhlen, Professor, Media Study, UB
- Andrew Lison, Assistant Professor, Media Study, UB
- Steve Petersen, Associate Professor, Philosophy, Niagara University
2:00 PM | Break
2:15 PM | Session 3
Voice and AI | Willow Trellis
- Ho Eui Holly Bewlay, Associate Professor, Music, SUNY Buffalo State
- Chris Heffner, Assistant Professor, Communicative Disorders and Sciences, UB
- Jeff Higginbotham, Professor, Communicative Disorders and Sciences and Director, Communication and Assistive Device Laboratory, UB
AI, Data, and Justice | Design Studio
- Clairissa Breen, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, SUNY Buffalo State
- Atri Rudra, Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UB
- Melanie Sage, Senior Researcher, Meta
3:30pm | Day 1 Closing Performance | Willow Trellis
- Jonathan Golove, Associate Professor, Music and Director, Morris Center for 21st Century Music, UB presents “Neo-Future is Now: New Works for Theremin Cello”
Buffalo Humanities Festival 