About

Birthday:

June 7


Website/Blog/YouTube/ or Viemeo site

https://www.sophiabrueckner.com


When and how have you participated at SIGGRAPH Conferences? (exhibits, talks, panels, performance, screenings). OK if you have not participated.

SIGGRAPH 2015 - Altered Books


Are you a member of ACM SIGGRAPH?

No


Are you on a SIGGRAPH Committee?

No


Have you shown art in any SIGGRAPH Art Shows?

Yes


If you answered yes to the above question, please list year(s)

SIGGRAPH 2015 - Altered Books


Have you shown in any SIGGRAPH Animation Screenings?

No


What countries do you work in?

USA


Short Bio

Sophia Brueckner is an artist, designer, and engineer. Inseparable from computers since the age of two, she believes she is a cyborg. At Google, she designed and implemented products used by tens of millions. At RISD and the MIT Media Lab, she combined the understanding that interfaces structure thought processes with ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy to build devices for mental health. Since 2011, she has taught an internationally renowned class on sci-fi prototyping and the ethics of design/invention Now at the University of Michigan as an assistant professor, her ongoing objective is to combine her background in design and engineering with the perspective of an artist to create new technologies in the service of mental well-being.


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