SeeMore is a project that melds Art and Engineering to distill abstract concepts in computing into a tangible experience that informs viewers that computational thinking does not exclusively exist within the preverbal “black box”. This kinetic sculpture showcases the inherent beauty of parallel algorithms through the correlating movements of an animatronic 256-node Raspberry Pi computer cluster.
Collaborators
Sam Blanchard
Principal Investigator, Visual Art
Rob Redfearn BFA Studio Art, Virginia Tech 2015
Jud Froelich BFA Studio Art, Virginia Tech 2016
Brennan Young BFA Studio Art, Virginia Tech 2017
Michelle Will BFA Studio Art, Virginia Tech 2014
Tamar Peterson MFA Creative Technologies, Virginia Tech 2015
David Mills MFA Creative Technologies, Virginia Tech 2016
George Hardebeck MFA Creative Technologies, Virginia Tech 2017
Kirk Cameron, PhD
Principal Investigator, Computer Science
Bo Li PhD Candidate Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Sergio Bernales MS Computer Science, Virginia Tech 2015
John Mooring BS Computer Science, Virginia Tech 2014
Timmy Meyer BS Computer Science, Virginia Tech 2015
Kelsey Farenholtz BS Computer Science, Virginia Tech 2016
Publications
Li, Bo, John Mooring, Sam Blanchard, Aditya Johri, Melinda Leko, and Kirk W. Cameron. "SeeMore: A kinetic parallel computer sculpture for educating broad audiences on parallel computation." Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.jpdc.2017.01.017.
Chowdhury, Bushra, Sam Blanchard, Kirk Cameron, and Aditya Johri. "SeeMore: An Interactive Kinetic Sculpture Designed to Teach Parallel Computational Thinking." 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, 2015. doi:10.18260/p.24697.
Blanchard, Sam, and Kirk Cameron. "SeeMore." Leonardo 47, no. 4 (2014): 414-15. doi:10.1162/leon_a_00855.
Bibliography
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Haray, Dan, prod. "SeeMore, Art Gallery Contributor." In SCOOP. August 21, 2014.
Gerht, Katie, writer. "The Inherent Beauty of Parallel Computing." Directed by J. Scott Parker. Virginia Tech Public Relations. May 4, 2014.
Upton, Liz. "SeeMore for World Maker Faire 2015." Raspberry Pi. September 18, 2015. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/seemore-for-world-maker-faire-2015/.
Patel, Neel V. "Meet SeeMore, a 256-node Computer Cluster." Inverse. September 28, 2015. https://www.inverse.com/article/6542-meet-seemore-maker-faire-s-256-node-computer-cluster.
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