Digital Photography: How do we quantify Beauty?

Event details
Date | 04.10.2018 |
Hour | 17:30 › 21:00 |
Speaker | Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk, Dr. Appu Shaji, Pascal Richard, Chris Schmid |
Location | |
Category | Cultural events |
In 2017, 1.2 trillions of pictures have been taken and posted on social networks thanks to the development of digital photography integrated in smartphones.
The word “digitalization” itself leads us to think about numbers and algorithms, bringing us back to our innate urge of quantification. But, can we actually quantify Beauty? Is it possible to relate such divergent concepts?
Club Photo EPFL and Innovation Forum Lausanne invite you to the event “Digital Photography: How do we quantify beauty: the quest for meaningful Aesthetics in ongoing innovation in ” at EPFL on the 4th of October 2018.
Speakers:
- Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk, Full Professor & Director of the Images and Visual Representation Lab in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) at EPFL
- Chris Schmid, Photographer, Sony Europe Ambassador
- Appu Shaji, CEO & Chief Scientist at EyeEM-Mobius Labs GmbH
- Pascal Richard, professional Business Senior Marketing Manager at Sony Europe Limited Switzerland & Austria
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Innovation Forum Lausanne, Club Photo EPFL