Nick Montfort on a new interactive fiction system that draws on narrative theory and computational linguistics to allow the transformation of the narrating.
Let's talk about what it means to start reading code differently, as cultural objects and statements. Let's raise the questions that need to be raised.
Co-authors will discuss the nature of their collaboration facilitated by structured conversations and writing done online and in person.
How to think with computation, how computation and media interact, and how computing is part of culture.
"A knitting pattern is actually a more or less complex algorithm with the difference being that the output is directly wearable like 3D printing."
Nick Montfort will lead participants in exploring computer programs through modification and as they start learning the fundamentals of programming
Nick Montfort is Professor of Digital Media at Comparative Media Studies/Writing. He develops computational poetry and art and has participated in dozens of literary and academic collaborations.
Prof. Marina Bers will describe current research on a pedagogical approach for early childhood computer science education called “Coding as Another Language”.
