Residency Period: 01/03/2008 to 28/02/2009
Francisco Marinho holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1983), a master’s degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1997) and a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo (2004). He is currently an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He researches art and technology in the following areas: digital games, animated cinema, computer art, immersive interactive installations, multimedia, human-machine interfaces, artistic and educational applications for mobile devices. He is the leader of the research group 1maginári0: computational poetics.
COMPUTATIONAL ART: AESTHETIC VIRTUAL WORLDS BASED ON ADAPTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
The project aims to develop Computer Art applications in the form of 3D virtual worlds based on the computational modeling of autonomous, adaptive, collaborative and competitive agents. The concepts underlying the modeling of agents are researched in light of the transdisciplinary articulation of concepts coming from various fields of knowledge, such as Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life, Robotics, Biology (Ethology), Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, Pedagogy (serious games) and Philosophy (Politics and Ethics).