Peter Beyls
Peter Beyls
Aladdin v2 nr1 (2016)
42cm x 28cm Digital Drawing
Peter Beyls
Aladdin v2 nr2 (2016)
42cm x 28cm Digital Drawing
Peter Beyls is an interdisciplinary artist working on the intersection of computer science and the arts. He is active in the global domain of Media Art as a researcher, curator, educator and practicing artist. He published extensively on various aspects of digital art. Beyls studied music at the Royal Music Conservatory Brussels, was a student at the pioneering Electronics Experimental Department, Slade School of Art, University College London and holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Plymouth, UK. He was a professor of digital culture at LUCA Brussels and visiting professor at The School of Arts, University College Ghent, Belgium and various institutions in the USA, China and Japan. Beyls was a researcher at the VUB Artificial Intelligence Lab, Brussels and CITAR (Centre for Research in Science and Technology for the Arts), UC Porto, Portugal and is currently a researcher at the Bio Lab, University College Ghent. His present research interests include machine learning in interactive music systems, big data analysis, visualization and sonification, generative autonomy in machines, aesthetic and cognitive issues in software art and experimental control structures for live performance.
