Dr Stefan Müller Arisona is Professor of Computer Science at FHNW and Senior Research Fellow at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His main interests are the application of computer graphics, digital media, and human-computer interaction principles to a variety of fields such as architectural and urban modelling, digital art and entertainment, or digital media authoring. Stefan graduated in electrical engineering at ETH Zurich, completed his PhD at the University of Zurich in 2004, and was a Swiss NSF fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 2007 - 2008. More details here: http://robotized.arisona.ch

Research

Stefan Müller Arisona is interested in studying and advancing expressive and narrative interaction techniques to increase the creative and explorative potential of software instruments. Typical examples are the work on live visuals performance and live video editing; the design and implementation of the Value Lab Asia; and ongoing work on creating “playful” applications for the collaborative, interactive study of future urban scenarios, such as the Addis2050 energy scenario tool.

Awards

• 1996 – 1997: Erasmus scholarship. Carried out at Uppsala University, Uppsala Sweden
• 2007–2008: Two-year postdoctoral research fellowship for advanced researchers, awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). Carried out at University of California, Santa Barbara.
• 2012: Finalist of Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) Swiss Art Awards.

Exhibitions & Conferences

Exhibitions

1. Projections of Reality. April 15 – 20 2013. Exhibition and Smartgeometry 2013. The Bartlett, UCL, London.
2. Procedural City. March 11 – December 09 2012. Playtime – Videogame Mythologies. Maison D’Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland. Supported by the Game Culture Initiative of Pro Helvetia / Swiss Arts Council. In collaboration with Procedural Inc.
3. MetroBuzz Evolution. December 14 2011. Swissnex Singapore. With Wei Zeng.
4. MetroBuzz. September 12 – 14 2011. 1^st International Future Cities Laboratory Conference. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Installation that showcases interactive spatiotemporal visualisation of urban transportation simulation data. With Wei Zeng, Afian Anwar and Christian Schneider.
5. Virtual VJ. November 11 2011. NEoN Festival. University of Dundee, UK. Interactive installation using tracking systems to perform audio and visuals in real-time. With Steve Gibson.
6. Virtual VJ. May 08 2011. CHI’11 Workshop on the User in Flux, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancover, Canada. With Steve Gibson.
7. Fingerprint City. July 02 – 16 2010. Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China “Refurbished” version of the Ars Electronica Pixel City, with additional graphics effects and enhanced user control. In collaboration with Procedural Inc.
8. Pixel City. June 16 2009 – April 01 2012. Ars Electronica Center Exhibition, Linz, Austria Interactive procedural city that uses the visitor’s fingerprint as urban layout. In collaboration with Procedural Inc.
9. Digital Marionette. August 30 2006 – September 01 2008. Ars Electronica Center Exhibition, Linz Austria Interactive installation where visitors direct a virtual face through high-level emotions and natural speech.
10. Almost Lost with Heinrich Lüber. July 12 2006. Digital Art Weeks, Zurich, Switzerland Abstract projection mapping installation in collaboration with Swiss artist Heinrich Lüber and ETH Zurich.
11. Rip My Disk. January 27 2006. Interactive Futures, Victoria, Canada Live visuals installation and performance enhanced with off-the-shelf mobile device interaction. In cooperation with ETH Zurich and Swisscom.
12. Madame Bardot. February 03 - February 05 2003. Imagina 03, Grimaldi Forum, Monte-Carlo, Monaco Live 3D speech synthesis with integrated speech analysis components. In cooperation with ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, and Swisscom.

Keynote Addresses

1. S. Müller Arisona. 2011. Urban Visualisation Beyond 3D: Behaviour, Dynamics and Interactivity. 8th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV11), 17. August 2011, Singapore.
2. S. Müller Arisona. 2010. Designing and Implementing Computer-based Methods to Support Urban Design and Planning. Digital Art Weeks Xi’an 2010, Keynote Address at the Research Symposium on Future Cities. Xi’an, China.
3. S. Gibson and S. Müller Arisona. 2009. Sound, Vision, Synaesthesia. Keynote address and performance. Launch of the Institute for the Converging Arts and Sciences (ICAS). University of Greenwich, London, UK.

Affiliation

Professor of Computer Science at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
Senior Research Fellow at ETH Zurich
ACM member
Scientific chair and founding member of ETH Zurich’s Digital Art Weeks

Education

Dr. sc. nat.
MSc (Computer Science) Uppsala University, Sweden
MSc (Electrical Engineering) ETH Zurich