Analytic Arts Lab

The Analytic Arts Lab is a research group in the Middlebury College Computer Science Department run by Christopher Andrews. The primary thread connecting the lab's projects is a desire to support human cognition and creativity through technology. More specifically, the lab focuses on visual analytics and computational art.

Projects

  • Wild Data
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    Wild Data is a project about creating procedural creatures using data to provide the parameterization. The current focus is on creating nudibranchs using data about Vermont's climate and water ways.

  • ImageSpace
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    ImageSpace is a project exploring the use of visual analytic techniques to steer a generative art process based on genetic programming.

  • MiddGuard
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    MiddGuard is a framework for building bespoke web-based visual analytics tools. The framework provides scaffolding for connecting a collection of custom views together. A dataflow model links the front and back ends, allowing the user to easily link visualization views and backend computation modules.