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Leonardo Electronic Directory
Linda Candy
| Linda Candy Creativity & Cognition Studios Email: linda@lindacandy.com Web site: www.lindacandy.com |
Dr. Linda Candy is a researcher in practice-led methods for studying creativity in the arts and sciences. She writes articles about the creative process, collaborative work, the role of computer support and the methodologies for investigating these areas of research and published widely on these subjects. She has a first degree in English and French, University of Adelaide, an Masters in Computer Aided Learning and a doctorate in Computer Science from Loughborough University, UK. She is an associate of the Creativity and Cognition Research Studios, University of Technology, Sydney where she supervises practice-based PhD programs and advises artists and researchers on the evaluation of interactive art installations. She is a co-founder of the Creativity and Cognition conference series and active in promoting awareness about creativity support environments in the arts, computing and design communities. She is an editor for Knowledge Based Systems Journal, a board member of Behaviour and Information Technology journal and currently is guest editor for forthcoming special issues of Leonardo, Design Studies and the International Journal of Human Computer Interaction. She was formerly principal scientist for COSTART: 'Studies of Computer Support for Creative Work: Artists and Technologists in Collaboration' a ground breaking project which investigated the role of collaboration between artists and technologists funded by the main science research council of the UK.
http://research.it.uts.edu.au/creative/COSTART/ Creativity and Cognition Studios: www.creativityandcognition.com Practice-Based Research Guide: http://www.creativityandcognition.com/content/category/10/56/131/ | |
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