Gunalan Nadarajan is an art theorist and curator who works in the intersection of art, science, and technology. He is the dean and professor of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. His publications include "Place Studies in Art, Media, Science and Technology: Historical Investigations of Computing in Art and Design" (co-edited, 2009), "The Handbook of Visual Culture" (co-edited, 2012), and over 100 book chapters, catalog essays, academic articles, and reviews. He has curated numerous international exhibitions, including DenseLocal (Mexico City, 2009) and Displacements (Beijing, 2014). He curated Documenta 11 (Kassel, Germany, 2002) and the Singapore Biennale (2006). He served as Artistic Co-Director of the Ogaki Biennale 2006 in Japan and Artistic Director of ISEA2008 (International Symposium on Electronic Art) in Singapore.

He actively engages in the development of international media arts and has served as a board member of the International Association of Electronic Arts, Virtual Art Database (Austria), Cellsbutton Festival (Indonesia), and New Media Caucus, and as a consultant for UNESCO and the Smithsonian Institution's Digital Cultural Creativity Project. Nadarajan served in various capacities on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Universities, College Art Association (2014-2018), advocating for dialogue, advocacy, and policy changes in higher education arts and design education, and was recently elected to the board of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

Gunalan Nadarajan 是一位在藝術、科學和技術交叉領域工作的藝術理論家和策展人，是密歇根大學 Penny W. Stamps 藝術與設計學院的院長和教授。他的出版物包括《藝術、媒體、科學和技術的地方研究：遺址的歷史調查和知識遷移》（合著） -編輯；2009 年），視覺文化手冊（共同編輯；2012 年）和100 多本書章節、目錄散文、學術文章和評論。他策劃了許多國際展覽，包括 DenseLocal（墨西哥城，2009）和 Displacements（北京，2014）。他是第十一屆文獻展（卡塞爾，德國，2002）和新加坡雙年展（2006）的策展人。他曾擔任2006年日本大垣雙年展的藝術聯合總監和新加坡 ISEA2008（國際電子藝術研討會）的藝術總監。 

他積極參與國際媒體藝術的發展，曾擔任國際電子藝術協會董事會成員、虛擬藝術數據庫（奧地利）、Cellsbutton Festival（印度尼西亞）、New媒體核心小組，是聯合國教科文組織和史密森學會數字文化創意項目的顧問。Nadarajan 曾在美國大學藝術協會 (2014-18 年) 的董事會中擔任各種職務，致力於促成美國高等教育藝術和設計教育的對話、倡議和政策變革，最近當選為美國大學藝術協會董事會成員。全國藝術與設計學校協會。 

Ando Hideyuki obtained his PhD from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo and worked as a researcher at the Joint Research Center for Atom Technology (JRA) and NTT Communication Science Laboratories. Since 2008, he has been a professor at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology at Osaka University. He has also been a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Information Science at Osaka University since 2020, as well as a professor of Art Science at Osaka University of Arts, focusing on research topics such as "interface using human sensory illusions", "virtual reality", "sensation-perception-movement interface", and "Wellbeing information science and technology".

安藤英由樹為東京大學資訊工程研究所博士，並在理化學研究所 JRA、NTT  communication 科學基礎研究所擔任研究員。自2008年起任職大阪大學研究所資訊學研究科教授，2020年起擔任大阪大學研究所資訊科學研究科約聘教授、大阪藝術大學藝術系藝術科學科教授，主要從事「利用人類的感官錯覺製造的介面」、「虛擬實境」、「感覺−知覺−運動介面」、「促進 Wellbeing 資訊科學技術」等研究。

In this talk, Dr Hooman Samani will introduce the concept of “Creative Robotics” as his new book. Creative Robotics invites you on a captivating journey through the world of robotics, art, creativity, and the human imagination. It is a call to embrace innovation, collaboration, and responsible creativity in shaping the future of this field where art meets robotics.

Dr Hooman Samani is a creative roboticist specialising in AI-Driven Social Service Robotics. He is the Course Leader of Creative Robotics at the University of the Arts London, UK. He has published several books on emerging fields of robotics: Creative Robotics, Robotics for Pandemics, Cognitive Robotics, and Lovotics: Loving Robots. His pioneering work in robotics has been featured in international media outlets such as Discovery Channel, New Scientist, Wired, BBC and CNN.

在這場演講中，胡曼·薩馬尼博士將介紹他的新書《創意機器人學》中的“創意機器人”概念。《創意機器人學》帶領讀者進入機器人、藝術、創意和人類想像力的世界，讓人著迷。這是一個呼籲在藝術與機器人相遇的領域中擁抱創新、合作和負責任創意，共同塑造未來的書籍。

胡曼·薩馬尼博士是一位專注於AI驅動社會服務機器人的創意機器人學家。他是英國倫敦藝術大學創意機器人學課程的課程主任。他出版了多本關於新興機器人領域的書籍，包括《創意機器人學》、《應對疫情的機器人學》、《認知機器人學》和《愛情機器人學》。他在機器人領域的開拓性工作曾獲得國際媒體的報導，包括Discovery Channel、New Scientist、Wired、BBC和CNN等媒體。