The Collaborative Arts Research Initiative (CARI) will host guest speaker R. Benjamin Knapp, the Director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) at Virginia Tech. Following the presentation, faculty will have an opportunity to learn more about the initiative and the CARI Faculty Fellowship application process.

All are welcome and faculty interested in applying for a fellowship are encouraged to attend this event in Maxwell Hall.
Dates for additional information sessions are as followed:

• R. Benjamin Knapp, January 29 at 12:00 p.m.
• Norah Zuniga-Shaw, February 13 at 10:00 a.m.
• Norah Zuniga-Shaw, February 13 at 3:00 p.m.

R. Benjamin Knapp is the Founding Executive Director for ICAT and Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. ICAT seeks to promote research and education at the nexus of art, design, engineering, and science. For more than 25 years, Knapp has been working to create meaningful links between human-computer interaction, universal design, and various forms of creativity. His research on human-computer interaction has focused on the development and design of user-interfaces and software that allow both composers and performers to augment the physical control of a musical instrument with direct physiological interaction.