Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

Ars Informatica–Ars Electronica: Improving Sonification Aesthetics

In this paper we discuss æsthetic issues of sonifications. We posit that many sonifications have suffered from poor acoustic ecology which makes listening more difficult, thereby resulting in poorer data extraction and inference on the part of the listener. Lessons are drawn from the electro acoustic music community as we argue that it is not instructive to distinguish between sonifications and...

Vita Summary

Vita: Friedrich Wilhelm Wiener

We report on the life and work of F. Wiener, whom we confused with N. Wiener in a previous article.

Curriculum Vita of James

[1] Professor of Mathematics; University of Vermont, 1999-present. [1] Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics; Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) [on sabbatical from UVM], 1992-1993. [2] Associate Professor of Mathematics; University of Vermont, 1991-1999. [3] Assistant Professor of Mathematics; University of Vermont, 1986-1991. [4] Van Vleck Assistant Professor; University of ...

Chapter 6 through Vita

This chapter summarizes the performance of NEVEL during testing and competition. Attention is given to the design goals set forth in chapter 3. Numerous challenges encountered during testing are also discussed. The mechanical, sensor and navigation issues will be covered in order. 6.1 Mechanical Performance NEVEL's mechanical construction proved to be quite robust. The " T-Frame " was fabricate...