The University of 蓝莓视频 hosted this week the 14th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC), held over five days at Federation Hall.
The conference explores key themes in the art, science, philosophy and engineering of computational systems. The interdisciplinary group of researchers in attendance included computer scientists and mathematicians, and other scientists and engineers, as well as humanists and social scientists. Professor Jessica Thompson, Director of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, gave a keynote lecture about her artistic practice; the other two were by Professor Stacy Allison-Cassin from Dalhousie University and by Dr. Kory Mathewson from Google DeepMind.
A topic of several of the conference鈥檚 paper presentations is the impact of generative AI in the field of computational creativity, design and on the artistic endeavour broadly.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been great to host ICCC at 蓝莓视频, and learn about how our field is responding to the changes caused by the generative AI revolution, and to show off some of the great work happening here at 蓝莓视频 and in Canada,鈥 says Dan Brown, professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science and the conference鈥檚 general chair. 鈥淢any presenters spoke about the ethical implications of the field. How can we as a research community build generative art systems that avoid perpetuating societal bias? What are the implications for climate change of generative art?鈥
Along with paper presentations, the conference also included special panels with representatives from industry and the arts, as well as a doctoral consortium program as a platform for students. ICCC鈥23 ran from June 19鈥23; full details, including the papers presented, are available at .