Creative Computer Group 

Part of "Artificial Neural Network and Adaptive System Lab" - ("RNASA LAB Redes de Neuronas Artificiales y Sistemas Adaptativos" in Spanish) - UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA

News
People
Topics of Research
Projects
Publications
Software Development
Equipment
Contact
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News

• 10/5/2002 NEW Number of Leonardo April 2002 with Special Section about "genetic algorithms in art and music"
• 13/5/2002Project Hybrid Society in EVONET: Development of Social, Adaptive, and Creative Systems: Hybrid Society
• 13/5/2002 New Working GRoup about Evolutionary Computation in Art and Music Proposal in Evonet

People

      Researches

•     Antonino Santos del Riego (Phd)
•     Juan Jesús Romero Cardalda ( Phd)  
•     Alberto Jaspe Villanueva
•     Jose Luis Rodríguez Carballal

Students

• Jose Carlos Da Silva (5º)
• Jose Manuel García (5º)
• Juan Antonio Tuñas Núñez  (5º)
• Jose Enrique García Manziñeiras (3º)
• Damian García Correa (3º)
• Bárbara (3º)
• Roberto Sampayo Fernández (3º)

Topics of Research

    Hybrid Society
    Artificial Creativity
    Musical Composition
    Evolutionary Computation
    Artificial Neural Networks
    Artificial Life
    Real Time Battle

Projects

• Proyect of  Universidade da Coruña: “cooperative system, based on Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life, to creative domains" ("Sistema cooperativo, basado en Computación Evolutiva y Vida Artificial, para entornos creativos" in Spanish). Director: Antonino Santos del Riego. Duration: 1 year. 2001.

Publications

International Journal

•  “Genetic Algorithms in Visual Art and Music.” In LEONARDO (MIT PRESS). ISSN 0024094X. Publication date:  February  2002. Vol(35) : 2.

•  “Application Framework to Build Computer Evolutionary Systems in Music” LEONARDO (MIT PRESS). ISSN 0024094X. Publication date:  August 2002. Vol(35): 4.

Chapters in International Books

• “Evolutionary Computation System for Musical Composition” en “Mathematics and Computers in Modern Science”. ISBN 960-8052-23-8. World Scientific and Engineering Society Press. 2000.pp 97-102

• “Sonido Virtual” (páginas 285 a 314) del Libro “Realidad Virtual y Visualización Avanzada” publicado en la Colección “Informática” de la Fundación Alfredo Brañas. Santiago de Compostela, 1997. (ISBN 84-88051-68-9).  (In Spanish)

International Conferences (Oral Presentation)

•  “Adaptive Aspects of Rhytmic Composition: Genetic Music” Gecco’99 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference- 1999) . Orlando. July 1999. Organized bt AAAI. Edited in: "Procedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference- 1999. Volumen 2. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers- San Francisco-1999 (ISBN: 1-55860-611-4).

•  "Musical Adaptive Systems" Gecco’99 (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference- 1999) . Orlando. July 1999. Organized by AAAI. Edited in "Procedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference- Workshop Program 1999. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers- San Francisco-1999 (ISBN: 1-55860-611-4).

•   “Genetic Music Compositor” CEC’99 (Congress of Evolutionary Computation 1999). Washington. July 1999. Organized by IEEE Neural Networks Council. Edited in: "Procedings of the 1999 Congress of Evolutionary Computation" Published by IEEE 1999.(ISBN: 0-7803-5536-9).

•  “Artificial Music Composer” Generative Art ‘99. Milán. December 1999. 1st Oral presentation with Videoconference system in the University of A Coruña. Proceedings en Prensa.

•  “Interactive Connectionist System for Rhythmic” September 1996. Hong Kong. ICONIP’96. Organized by ACM, IEEE, Sun, Silicon Graphics. 1996. Hong Kong. Published in: “Progress in Neural Information Processing.”  (Pags 1108-1111) Editorial Springer. 1996  (ISBN 981-3083-05-0).

International Conferences (Poster Presentation)

•  “Connectionist System for Music Interpretation” IJCNN’99 (International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 1999).  Washington. July 1999. Organized by IEEE Neural Networks Coucil and International Neural Network Society (INNS). Published in CD-ROM in "Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Neural Networks" (ISBN: 0-7803-5532-6) and in the Sumaries Book of the conference.

Phd Thesis (in spanish).pdf  "Metodología Evolutiva para la construcción de modelos cognitivos complejos. Exploración de la 'creatividad artificial' en composición musical".
Author : Juan Jesús Romero Cardalda.
Directors: Antonino Santos del Riego and Alejandro Pazos Sierra

Equipment

    Rooms

• Seminary 4.2- Faculty of Computer Science
• LAb 2.2- Faculty of Computer Science (Lab Room 1)
• Meeting Room Faculty of Computer Science

Computer Equipment

• Turing (Linux Debian and W98)
• Galileo (Win Nt)
• Leeloo (W2000)

Musical Equipment

• Yamaha DTX
• JBL Control 25

Software Developed

• Tribe (1998-99) W95-200
• webTribe (2001)
• SHTribe (2001-2002)
• Oreja (2001-2002)
• SH escenary Ver 1.0 ASP

Contact

    Email : jj@udc.es , jjrnasa@hotmail.com
    Address: Juan Romero - Facultad de Informática- Universidade da Coruña
    Phone: +34 981 167000 Ext 1359 (1302)
    Fax: +34 981 167160

Lynks

    Creative Systems Lab (University of Coimbra)