EMAIL & URL :

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~aland/

POSTAL ADDRESS :

Associate Professor Alan Dorin

Clayton School of Information Technology
bldg 63, Monash Univeristy, Clayton
Wellington Rd,
Clayton 3800
Australia

telephone: +61 3 9 905 3576 (bus)
fax: +61 3 9 905 5146 (bus)

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Bachelor Science (Applied Mathematics)
  Faculty of Science, Monash University 1991
  
• Bachelor Computer Science (Honours I)
  Dept. Comp. Sci., Faculty of Comp. & Info. Tech., Monash University 1992
  
• Post. Grad. Dip. Animation & Interactive Multimedia
  Faculty of Art & Design, Dept. Communication, Centre for Animation / Interactive Multimedia, R.M.I.T. 1995
  
• PhD Computer Science
  "The Philosophy & Implementation of Physically-Based Visual Models of Artificial Life"
  School of Computer Science & Software Engineering,
  Faculty of Computing & Information Technology,
  Monash University, 1999

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS :

Artificial Life, Biological Modelling, Digital Evolution, Virtual Ecosystems
Autopoiesis, Emergence, Self Organization
Generative & Interactive Art
Digital Cinema, Procedural & Behavioural Animation
Computer-Music Composition & Sound Synthesis
History and Philosophy of Art, Science and Technology
Virtual Environments, Computer-Human Interfaces
Visualisation, Cartography & Visual Design

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT :

• Animaland
  Animator, Artist, Programmer, Noise-Maker, Researcher, Developer
• Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
  Associate Professor in Artificial Life, electronic-media art, ecological modelling
• Centre for Electronic Media Art (CEMA)
  Co-director
  

PREVIOUS POSITIONS INCLUDE :

• Telstra Australia, Directory Services
• Next Wave Festival Inc.
• Pacific Access Interactive Media Services
• RMIT Advanced Computer Graphics Center
• Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Monash University
• Advanced Telecommunications Research Laboratory (ATR), Kyoto, Japan (2000-2001)
• Institute for Advanced Media Arts & Sciences (IAMAS), Gifu, Japan (2002)
• School of Innovative Design visiting researcher (Chalmers Univ), Goteborg, Sweden (2005)

SELECTED EVENTS ORGANIZED/CHAIRED :

• Next Wave Festival, ARTECH Symposium, 1996
• First Iteration, First International Conference on Generative Systems in the Electronic Arts, Australia 1999
• Second Iteration, Second International Conference on Generative Systems in the Electronic Arts, Australia 2001
• 8th European Conference on Artificial Life, Visualisation in Artificial Life (tutorial chair), England, 2005
• Australian Conference on Artificial Life IV, Chair of the Art Track, Dec. Australia, 2009