Presenter
Barbara Mones
Biography
Biography
Barbara Mones has been working to develop innovative applications in the area of computer graphics, animation and narrative, immersive technologies in academia and industry for over thirty years. She has worked at the University of Washington in Seattle since 1999 in the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering where she is a Teaching Professor, Creative Director of the Animation Research Labs ( ARL) and Director of the Reality Lab Studio. She has also served on the faculty of the Digital and Experimental Arts ( DXARTS) at UW.
She has professional experience in both academia and industry. She teaches a series of team based animation production courses designed as a hybrid of academia/industry working methods that culminate in a completed short film each year. Many of these films have garnered national and international awards. Working in the animation industry, she designed and implemented training programs in the areas of digital modeling, animation, technical direction and 3D paint systems at PDI/DreamWorks and Industrial Light & Magic. She received an Erskine Fellowship from Canterbury University in New Zealand to work at the Human Interface Technology ( HITLab) lab there.
At UW, she leads interdisciplinary research and production teams in the areas of facial expression and the design of XR curriculum along with the production of narrative experiences. For 10 years, she was a tenured Associate Professor and the Founding Director of the Visual Information Technologies MA/MFA Program, a course of study in multimedia, computer graphics and animation at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Barbara worked for the White House and National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Al Gore's GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Program, a project whose mission was to connect children from over the world through the internet to study satellite imagery and learn about the ecological impact of soil and water use. For this she was presented with a NASA Group Achievement award. She holds a BFA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a post-graduate certificate in animation from Sheridan College. She continues to be a practicing sculptor and exhibit her work nationally and internationally
Barbara Mones has been working to develop innovative applications in the area of computer graphics, animation and narrative, immersive technologies in academia and industry for over thirty years. She has worked at the University of Washington in Seattle since 1999 in the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering where she is a Teaching Professor, Creative Director of the Animation Research Labs ( ARL) and Director of the Reality Lab Studio. She has also served on the faculty of the Digital and Experimental Arts ( DXARTS) at UW.
She has professional experience in both academia and industry. She teaches a series of team based animation production courses designed as a hybrid of academia/industry working methods that culminate in a completed short film each year. Many of these films have garnered national and international awards. Working in the animation industry, she designed and implemented training programs in the areas of digital modeling, animation, technical direction and 3D paint systems at PDI/DreamWorks and Industrial Light & Magic. She received an Erskine Fellowship from Canterbury University in New Zealand to work at the Human Interface Technology ( HITLab) lab there.
At UW, she leads interdisciplinary research and production teams in the areas of facial expression and the design of XR curriculum along with the production of narrative experiences. For 10 years, she was a tenured Associate Professor and the Founding Director of the Visual Information Technologies MA/MFA Program, a course of study in multimedia, computer graphics and animation at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Barbara worked for the White House and National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Al Gore's GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Program, a project whose mission was to connect children from over the world through the internet to study satellite imagery and learn about the ecological impact of soil and water use. For this she was presented with a NASA Group Achievement award. She holds a BFA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a post-graduate certificate in animation from Sheridan College. She continues to be a practicing sculptor and exhibit her work nationally and internationally
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