LASER Santa Fe: “Seeing Sound: Visualizing Acoustics with Spatial Signal Processing”

SciArt Santa Fe and UNM College of Fine Arts present “Seeing Sound: Visualizing Acoustics with Spatial Signal Processing,” a LASER Santa Fe talk by New Mexico School for the Arts high school students Rowan Jansens, Madelyn Kingston, and Brandon Morrison, with their teachers and mentors Mohit Dubey, Stephen Guerin, and Paige Prescott. The students will discuss their work using agent-based modeling to visualize the acoustics of a room such as a concert hall or a classroom. Presented in coordination with Leonardo / ISAST (International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology), New Mexico School for the Arts, and the Supercomputing Challenge.

Date/Time: June 3 at 7 PM MST (UTC-6) Find your timezone HERE         

Location: Online, Zoom webinar. Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Registration/ more information: sciartsanta.org.  

Students Rowan Jansens, Madelyn Kingston, and Brandon Morrison and their science teacher Mohit Dubey, also a classical guitarist, won Second Place in the 31st annual Supercomputing Challenge. Combining interests and skills that integrate science and the arts is a natural fit for students at New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA.) NMSA, a four-year, public high school serving artist-scholars across New Mexico, offers a rigorous, award-winning pre-professional arts and academics program. After the academic day, NMSA provides 9-12 graders with intensive instruction in five major arts disciplines: Creative Writing & Literature, Dance, Music (Vocal, Jazz or Instrumental), Theatre, and  Visual Arts. 

The Supercomputing Challenge, a computational skills challenge for New Mexican students grades 4-12, provides budding scientists, researchers, and engineers the opportunity to learn modeling, data collection, visualization, research, and algorithms to solve “real world” problems. Sponsors provide access to supercomputers, training and mentors. Awards include scholarships and saving bonds. 

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About SciArt Santa Fe

SciArt Santa Fe, 501(c)3, creates opportunities for the powerful exchange of ideas among practitioners, students, and the general public in the arts, sciences and technology. Through public forums and workshops, we facilitate cross-disciplinary research and programming that advocates for sustainable environmental practices, local and global scientific and artistic literacy, technological equity and freedom of thought and imagination. sciartsantafe.org

About New Mexico School for the Arts

New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) is a four-year, public high school serving artist-scholars across New Mexico with a rigorous, award-winning pre-professional arts and academics program. NMSA provides ninth- through twelfth-graders with intensive, pre-professional instruction in five major arts disciplines: Creative Writing & Literature, Dance, Music, Theatre, and  Visual Arts. Arts disciplines are taught daily by master teachers and professional artists in 3-hour daily arts blocks held after the academic day. NMSA is open to all New mexican students who qualify through a blind, competitive audition and portfolio admissions process held every February.  More information: https://www.nmschoolforthearts.org/

About the Supercomputing Challenge

The Supercomputing Challenge introduces New Mexican students grades 4-12 to multidisciplinary research skills through a project-based learning framework where they develop and solve “real world” problems with measurable components from description to implementation. These budding scientists, researchers, and engineers from communities all over New Mexico have the opportunity to learn computational science skills (modeling or simulations, data collection, visualization, research, and algorithms) applicable to many STEM fields, and to compete for awards provided by federal laboratories, universities and businesses including team trophies, savings bonds and scholarships for the individuals, and computer equipment for the school. More information: https://supercomputingchallenge.org/

About Leonardo/ISAST and LASER talks

Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST) is a non-profit serving a global network of distinguished scholars, artists, scientists, researchers and thinkers through programs focused on interdisciplinary work, creative output and innovation. Leonardo began hosting a network of Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) public outreach talks around the world in 2008. LASERs take place in Zurich, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, New York City, London and Montreal, Santa Fe (via Biocultura) and other locations. For more information on LASER  go to: http://www.leonardo.info/isast/laser.html

About UNM College of Fine Arts

In addition to providing studies in art, music, theater and dance, and cinematic arts, the UNM College of Fine Arts is also a dynamic visual & performing arts center for Albuquerque. Regina Carlow, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts describes her vision for the College of Fine Arts as one that is “centered in the Pedagogy of Engagement: where fine and performing artist faculty come together with students and the community to re-imagine the function and focus of the Arts.”