Anne Morgan Spalter

Brown University, Box 1910

Department of Computer Science

Providence RI 02912

 

ams@cs.brown.edu

http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/ams/

 

Education

·        B.A. Brown University, mathematics, visual art (honors), and a literature-based Independent Concentration (honors), Providence, RI (1987)

·        M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, painting (honors), Providence, RI (1992)

 

Work Experience

·        Adjunct Lecturer, Brown University, Department of Computer Science, (2004-present)

·        Visual Computing Researcher, Brown University, Department of Computer Science, (2004-present)

·        Outreach Coordinator and Artist-in-Residence, NSF Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, Brown University (1995 to 2004)

·        Adjunct Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Studies (1991-94)

·        Adjunct Lecturer, Brown University, Department of Visual Art (1992-94)

·        Adjunct Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Master of Art Teaching (1992-93)

 

Recent Articles

  • Spalter, Anne Morgan, and Tenneson, Dana K. The Graphics Teaching Tool, ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Proceedings, Education Program, (2006).
  • Meier, Barbara, Spalter, Anne Morgan, and Karelitz, David, Interactive Color Palette Tools, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Volume 24, No. 3, (2004).[pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan, Will There Be Computer Art in the Year 2020? ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Proceedings, Electronic Art and Animation Catalog, (2003). [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan, and van Dam, Andries. Problems with Using Components in Educational Software, [an expanded version of the SIGGRAPH 2002 paper of the same name]. Computers and Graphics, V. 27, pp. 329-337, (2003).
  • Henry Fuchs, Andries van Dam, Sascha Becker, Loring Holden, Adrian Ilie, Kok-Lim Low, Anne Morgan Spalter, Ruigang Yang, and Greg Welch, Immersive Electronic Books for Teaching Surgical Procedures, in Proceedings of CREST Symposium, ICAT 2002, Susumu Tachi, editor. Ohmsha, IOS Press, (2003). [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan. Problems with Using Components in Educational Software, ACM SIGGRAPH 2002, Proceedings, Conference Abstracts and Applications, (2002). [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan, CyberWork, RISD VIEWS, (Fall 2001). [pdf]
  • Laleuf, Jean R. and Spalter, Anne Morgan, A Component Repository for Learning Objects: A Progress Report, Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, (June 2001). [pdf]
  • van Dam, Andries, Forsberg, Andy S., Laidlaw, David L., LaViola Jr., Joseph J., and Simpson, Rosemary M., Side bar section in Immersive VR for Scientific Visualization, A Progress Report, . IEEE Computer Graphics and Application November/December 2000, pp.26-52 (side bar on p. 30). [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan and Simpson, Rosemary Michelle, Considering a Full Range of Teaching Techniques for Use in Interactive Educational Software: A Practical Guide and Brainstorming Session, Proceedings of IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) 2000. [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan, Stone, Philip A., Meier, Barb J., Miller, Timothy S., and Simpson, Rosemary Michelle. Interaction in an IVR Museum of Color: Constructivism Meets Virtual Reality, [an expanded version of the SIGGRAPH 2000 IVR Museum Paper], Leonardo, Vol. 35, Issue 1, February 2002. [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan, Stone, Philip A., Meier, Barb J., Miller, Timothy S., and Simpson, Rosemary Michelle. Interaction in an IVR Museum of Color. ACM SIGGRAPH 2000, Proceedings, Conference Abstracts and Applications, and accepted for an upcoming issue of Leonardo, MIT Press, (2000). [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan and Simpson, Rosemary Michelle. Integrating Interactive Computer-Based Learning Experiences Into Established Curricula. Proceedings of ACM Information Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) 2000, pp. 116-119. [pdf]
  • Spalter, Anne Morgan and Simpson, Rosemary Michelle. Reusable Hypertext Structures for Distance and JIT Learning. Proceedings of ACM Hypertext 2000, pp. 29-38, (2000).. [pdf]
  • Simpson, Rosemary Michelle, Spalter, Anne Morgan, and van Dam, Andries. Exploratories: An Educational Strategy for the 21st Century. ACM SIGGRAPH 1999, Proceedings, Conference Abstracts and Applications, pp. 43-45, (1999). [pdf]

 

Book

·        Spalter, Anne Morgan, The Computer in the Visual Arts, Addison-Wesley, 1999.

 

Professional Activities

·        Reviewer, SIGGRAPH 2006 Art Show

·        Member, Editorial Advisory Board, CG Educational Materials Source (CGEMS), (2004 to present).

·        Panelist/presenter in SIGGRAPH 2004 Education Forum, "The Technological Imperative in Art and Design Education," (2004).

·        Member, Advisory Board, Digital Learning Interactive (now iLrn), Medford, MA, (2000-2002).

·        Member of committee to fund grants to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference, held September 14-16, (2000).

·        SIGGRAPH 99 Course #31, "Why Does it Do That? 10 Mysteries of Computer Artmaking Revealed", Notes published by ACM SIGGRAPH, (1999).

·        SIGGRAPH 99 Electronic Schoolhouse Playground exhibit, "The Color Playground," a series of exploratories teaching color theory.

·        Moderator for NSF Virtual Workshop, Research Foundations for Improving the Representation of Women in the Information Technology Workforce (9/27/99 to10/5/99). [pdf]

·        IEEE FIE (Frontiers in Education) 1996, "A Summer Workshop in 3D Computer Graphics and The World Wide Web," (1996) [pdf]

·        College Art Association (CAA) Intellectual Property Rights Committee (1995-1997).

·        Founder, CAA SIG for Computers in the Visual Arts (SIG-CIVA), (1995).

 

Grants

·        Co-PI of NSF Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Grant “Computation by Design.”

·        Co-PI of NSF Advanced Technology Education (ATE) grant, “Digital Visual Literacy.”

·        Grant from Sun Microsystems for continuing work on Java-based education software, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006.

·        Co-PI of NSF National Science Digital Library grant #1078520, "A Component Repository and Environment for Creating of Teaching Environments (CREATE)", September 2000 - September 2002.

·        PI of grants from Adobe Systems, Inc., "Accessible Color I and II," 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, respectively.

 

Recent Invited Talks

  • Harvard University, Initiative in Innovative Computer lecture series, “Digital Visual Literacy,” February 2006
  • Public lecture and master class at Richmond University, Visual Thinking/Visual Computing, Richmond Virginia, November 2004
  • Lecture in RISD Interior Architecture Program, Digital Color, Providence, RI, April 2004.
  • Keynote talk, Visual Literacy Association, Modeling and Visualization Literacy: The Role of Computer Graphics, Newport, RI, October 2003.
  • Keynote talk, MITC Digital Images Symposium, DePauw University, The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction, Greencastle, IN, August 2003.
  • The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Anderson Consulting Digital Arts and Science Lecture Series, The Computer in the Visual Arts, 2000.
  • Brown University, Providence, RI, Points on the Compass program, "Interdisciplinary Investigations: Computer Art & Science," January 2000.
  • Brown University, Providence, RI, The Artemis Project, Computers and Art, July 2000.
  • Carnegie Mellon HCI Seminar Series, New Interaction Techniques for Color Selection, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2000.
  • Johnson and Wales University, Providence, RI, The Computer in the Visual Arts, Evolution or Revolution? November 1999.
  • Richmond University, Richmond, VA, The Computer in the Visual Arts, Evolution or Revolution? October 1999.

 

Book Reviews

  • WebMaster #9, Andres Sanchez, July 2001.
  • Brown Alumni Monthly, Richard P. Morin, "Pixels and Paint", March/April 2000.
  • Digital Creativity, Stuart Mealing, January 2000.
  • HOW Now/Technology, September 1999.
  • MIT Technology Review, Wade Roush, September and October, 1999, Vol 102, No. 5
  • SIAM News, Philip J. Davis, "From Computer Graphics Toward Computer Art", July 1999.
  • USA TODAY Online, "A techie's offline summer pleasure ... " July 1999.
  • Art2u.com, an interview (This was also published in hard copy in the Oct 1999 issue of the California Printmaker.) July 1999.
  • CGI Magazine, March 1999.
  • Art Tech Review Guide, February, 1999.
  • New York Times, William Safire, "Office Pool" column, December 1999.

 

 

Art Shows/Art Published

  • Art of the Digital Age, Bruce Wands (forthcoming), profile and images, 2006.
  • SIGGRAPH 2003 Art Show, two pieces in group show, San Diego, 2003.
  • RISD VIEWS, Artist Profile, Fall 2001.
  • Colville Place Gallery, 1 Colville Place, London, England, 1998. One piece in group show.
  • The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park and the Computer Museums, Lincoln and Boston MA. Three works in "The Computer in the Studio", 1994.
  • By Virtue of Excellence: Rhode Island Women Artists, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI, 1994. Three works included.
  • Still Images/Moving Pictures: An Exhibition of Works by the Faculties of the Department of Visual Art and The Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Modern Culture and Media at Brown University, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI, 1994. Two works included.
  • Grayscale Highway, List Building, Brown University, 1993. One-person show.
  • A Modern Landscape. Billboard in downtown Providence, RI, 1993-1996.
  • SIGGRAPH 1992 Art Show, two pieces in juried show, Chicago, 1992.