Pamela Jennings, assistant professor in the School of Computer Science's Human-Computer Interaction Institute and the School of Art in the College of Fine Arts, is the curator of a digital media art exhibition being held at the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. The exhibition is part of the Association for Computing Machinery's ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference, which takes place in Washington June 13-15, 2007. http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/.

The exhibition, titled "Speculative Data and the Creative Imaginary: shared visions between art and technology," includes the work of fifteen prominent digital media artists and researchers, including SCS Associate Professor Roger Dannenberg exhibiting "Trumpet Fanfares" and McBlare, the robotic bagpipe.

The exhibition, which will be on view from June 4 until August 24, is dedicated to former Carnegie Mellon faculty member William A. Wulf, outgoing president of the National Academy of Engineering, in recognition of his many years of support for the arts at the National Academies.

The exhibition features interactive computer installations, large format digital prints and wearable technology, representing a confluence of research and creative practices that include the visual arts, design, architecture, performance, science, technology and engineering.

ACM's Creativity & Cognition Conference series began in 1993 and has evolved into a multidisciplinary event combining research and practice. The belief is that deeper understanding of creative processes and improved support tools can make people across many disciplines and walks of life more creative more of the time.