Workshop

WebXR is a protocol that allows VR headsets to load 3D applications inside a Web browser. In this series, students will study techniques to build, distribute, and market VR applications. HTML/CSS/JS knowledge is strongly recommended, but any student willing to do quick tutorials and read guides is welcome to apply.

In this series, students will study techniques in shader code and GPU accelerated computing. While a math or coding background is recommended, any student willing to learn or explore is welcome to apply.

In this series, students will study techniques in shader code and GPU accelerated computing. While a math or coding background is recommended, any student willing to learn or explore is welcome to apply.

In this series, students will study techniques in shader code and GPU accelerated computing. While a math or coding background is recommended, any student willing to learn or explore is welcome to apply.

After a discussion of AI augmented data collection approaches and origins of privacy rights, students will implement their own object recognition and data collection system on a Raspberry Pi, a portable and powerful miniature computer.

After a discussion of microcontrollers and hardware prototyping, students will learn the basics of programmatically using sensors, lights, and actuators using Arduino, a programmable microcontroller.

After a discussion of algorithmic art and computational design, students will procedurally generate art with p5js, and consider ways of using techniques for games, manufacturing, and other media.

After a discussion about approaches and use cases of 3D printing, students will learn the basics of 3D modeling and learn how to use the Ahmanson Lab’s 3D printing resources.

According to the LA Times, homelessness was up by 12 percent over last year in the county and up 16 percent in the City of Los Angeles.  That puts L.A. County’s homeless population at 58,936 and the city’s at 36,300. Last year, citizens passed measures that funded, among other strategies, intensive data collection among the homeless population.  How might insights garnered from large datasets be productive in addressing and ameliorating the myriad challenges and factors surrounding the homelessness crisis in our city? Does turning to data collecting strengthen or...

“As long as the grass shall grow and rivers flow, you can have your land.” 

These were the empty promises issued by the United States government to Indigenous peoples as they were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands during the 19th century. 

 

“Protect Sacred Places.”

These words inform the political actions of present day Indigenous leaders to reclaim and protect their rightful, sacred lands.

 

For our second session in the 4Ps series, we are thrilled to have Angela Mooney D’Arcy, (Juaneno Band of Mission Indians...