NATHANIEL BOBBITT
ANIMATION| CD-ROM|PROJECTS (Portfolio)
|GLASS-VIDEO SYSTEM|TOUCH INTERFACES (Innovation)
VISUAL PARADIGMS | SPATIAL INDEXING (Research)
Expertise:New Media Development , Multimedia Production (WWW, CD-ROM)
Specialization: Animation & Lighting, Information Visualization, Interactive Multimedia
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CLIENT PROGRAMMING INTERNET |
JAVA, JAVASCRIPT |
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WEB ADMINISTRATION |
CGI, FORMS |
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WEBMASTER & WEB DESIGN
- MULTIMEDIA/DESKTOP PUBLISHING
- INTERACTIVE INTERFACE
- PROGRAMMING/CAPTURE (GUI): HAPTIC AND EYE-HAND MOTOR
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JAVA, JAVASCRIPT (DHTML)
NETSCAPE/EXPLORER |
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DATABASE & LAN ADMINISTRATION |
MAC, APPLETALK, ETHERNET |
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CLIENT/SERVER (INTERNET) |
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RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS
Developed a technique which naturally lowers the flute by two octaves. This technique hybridizes the flute resulting in a variety of beating spectral and phantom vocal traits. Currently this technique is being used in the development of Visual Feedback and Haptic (Tactile) Sensitive Interfaces. Development of New Mouse Sensitive Interfaces. Development of Zoom-In Visualization Animation and Mapping techniques (Demos Available: 2-D, 3-D, and Digital Videos)
Production and Post-Production Innovations [Demos Available]:
Spatial Indexing and Cross-Reference Indexing Technique
2-D Zoom-In Technique with 3-D
Pull Animation Interface
FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
1999
Grief-Ascent Stills New Media Installation Hult Center (Eugene,OR)
Funded Oregon Commission of the Arts
1998
Interactive Grief Processing
Minneapolis Science Museum
Lecture: Aiming and Sensorimotor Interface
Simon Fraser University (Canada) School of Kinesiology
TV/New Media Motion Sensing Project
Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada)
1996
Qualitative Reasoning/AI Spatial Inference
U. of Texas Computer Science Dept.
Motion Tracking Sensor Lab Research
Visit Arizona State University
Seminar: "Performer Vision & Physical Modeling "
National Superior Conservatory (France)
Special Focus Residency Multimedia
Banff Centre for Arts Banff (Canada)
1995
Research Fellow (Faculty)
Studio for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University
Demo Real Time Interactive Audiovisual 5th Biennial Art-Technology Symposium
Connecticut College
Computer Music Real Time Granular Processing Project
Milan, Italy
Lecture: Sensory Processing & Interactive Media
U. Milan Computer Science Dept. Milan, Italy
1994
Artist in Residence: Studio for Creative Inquiry. Carnegie Mellon University
- PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
1999 "Invencao '99: Inventing the Next Millenium" Brazil
1998 Out of the Box Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
1995 2nd Conf. on Acoustic and Musical Research Ferrara, Italy
1995 ISIS-Symmetry Conference Washington DC
1994 National Flute Association Annual Convention
1994 McGill University Graduate Music Society (Canada)
1994 College Music Society Northeastern Regional Meeting
1994 14th Small Computer Arts Network Conf.Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA.
1993 Spanish Selection at the UNESCO Tribunal for Computer Music
EMPLOYMENT
1999 McKenzie River Land Trust Eugene, Oregon
Digital Video Production, Geographic Visualizations, and 3-D Animation related with McKenzie River Watershed and related Forest/Land Use data.
1998 Lane Arts Council Eugene, Oregon
Panelist for Public Art Grant- Evaluated artistic merit for Art Commissions.
1997-98 Lane Community College Eugene, Oregon
Administration and Support of several Multimedia Lab Areas: a 10 Unit LAN Multimedia Lab with dedicated: Video/Audio, 2 Unit Advanced Digital Video Editing, and 3 IBM Workstations. Administrative duties: Networking the Multimedia Lab (Appletalk, Ethernet), supervised departmental software inventory (100 IBM/MAC Software Licenses) of utilities, visual, audio, upgrade and installation of software.
Support media production students in the use of an extensive assortment of applications related with: Multimedia, 3-D Computer Graphics, Digital Imaging, and Interactive Authoring. Digital Video compression formats (CODECS), digital capture of VHS, SVHS, Beta video formats, Animation Production and Editing: Interactive Light Studies, Light Simulation, Ray Tracing, Fly-Throughs.
Vice President of Lane Community College invited me to serve on a Hiring Committee for the Manager of Public Safety. This position is responsible for the Physical Plant and Personal Security of Student, Faculty, Staff, and Visitors on the various campuses of the College.
1997 Lane Community College Eugene, Oregon
Multimedia Instructor- Introduction to New Media Literacy to minority students at the secondary and post-secondary levels of education.
1989-1991 Acker, Capozzi, & Petersen Rutherford, New Jersey
Marketing Project Director- Implemented national marketing surveys which were conducted by over 100 field market-survey companies. These surveyors gathered data for trended sales of ethnic groups for major cigarette manufacturers. Supervision of a staff of data entry personal and database were primary responsibilities of my position. Prior to sending the client’s monthly Trended Sales Report I edited and corrected monthly reports using a customized database.
MULTIMEDIA RESEARCH
Human Vision and Sensorimotor Aiming
Eye-Hand: Motion Capture
LANGUAGES
Bilignual Fluency/Translator Spanish Reading French,Italian
EDUCATION
1992 State University of New York (Buffalo) Computer Music
1988 Darmstadt, Germany 33rd International New Music Course.
1977 USN Training Center Radar Operations School Great Lakes, Illinois.
1970-1974 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania BA Music.
Publications and Technical Writings
1997 Summary Materials for an Innovative Visual System
SUMMARY OF WEB PROJECTS
1999
Interface Development Spatial Indexing
1998
Survey of Visual Paradigms for New Media (LEA) MIT-Press
1998 "Casting a Shadow: New Media Residency" Web-Hypermedia Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada)
1998 3-D Computer Animation: Interactive Lighting (Explosion, Ray Tracing, Reflective Surfaces)
1998 Tutorials on Multimedia Database; Navigable Movies: 3-D Web Environments & Frame Traversal; Pixelation Color Processing RGB & CYMK Screen Patterning, Moire Patterns, Mosaics
1995 Imagemaking: Performer Sensory Resources. Proceedings Biennial Symposium on Art and Technology.
1993 XL (Letters on Xenakis). Postmodern Culture Journal, Vol. 3 No. 3. Oxford University Press.
1980-1989 (Manuscript) Ideas Received: Spanish Elements of Ezra Pound’s Poetic Theory.
1985-1993 (Manuscript) Dynamic Tension: Flute Acoustics. (Chapter Summary Available).
References Available upon Request