Lecture's IaaC - MAA Winter Lecture Series: Usman Haque (Pachube) & Natalie Jeremijenko

Where: IAAC,C/ Pujades 102, Poble Nou, Barcelona
Date: Wednesday the 15th of February

Time: 19.30pm- 21.00pm

Usman Haque is the founder of Pachube.com, a real-time data infrastructure for the Internet of Things used by tens of thousands of people around the world (acquired by LogMeIn Inc in 2011). Trained as an architect, he has created responsive environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and dozens of mass-participation initiatives. His skills include the design and engineering of both physical spaces and the software and systems that bring them to life. He received the 2008 Design of the Year Award

(interactive) from the Design Museum, UK, a 2009 World Technology Award (art), a Wellcome Trust Sciart Award, a grant from the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, the Swiss Creation Prize, Belluard Bollwerk International, the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence prize and the Asia Digital Art Award Grand Prize.

Natalie Jeremijenko, named one of the most influential women in technology 2011 and one of the inaugural top young innovators by MIT Technology Review Natalie Jeremijenko directs the Environmental Health Clinic (http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/), and is an Associate Professor in the Visual Art Department, NYU and affiliated with the Computer Science Dept and Environmental Studies program. Previously she was on the Visual Arts faculty at UCSD, and Faculty of Engineering at Yale University. Recently a visiting professor at Royal College of Art in London, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Public Understanding of Science at Michigan State University. Her degrees are in biochemistry, engineering, neuroscience and History and Philosophy of Science. Jeremijenko's work was included in the Whitney Biennial 2006,1997; the Cooper Hewit Design Triennial 2006-7; in 2010 solo

(touring) exhibition at the Neuberger Museum, Connected Environments, and X, 2010 at the UTS gallery, Australia. Other recent exhibitions:

Alter Nature: Z33; EXPOSED at TATE Modern; Certified Copy, Verbeke Foundation; (Re)designing Nature, Kuenstlerhaus, Mortality, ACCA..