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Thursday April 19, 2012, 11:06 AM
Bicycling Resources in the Champaign-Urbana Area
Gary Cziko, Chair of Champaign County Bikes
Lorrie Pearson, President of the Prairie Cycle Club
Carl Stewart, Coordinator of the U of I Campus Bike Project
Host: David Inge
Riding a bicycle is good for you and good for the environment. Around the country, planners in a growing number of cities are working to make their streets more bike friendly. But it’s also important that riders obey the law and stay safe. We’ll address all of these issues with three guests: Gary Cziko, chair of Champaign County Bikes; Lorrie Pearson, president of the Prairie Cycle Club; and Carl Stewart, coordinator of the U of I Campus Bike Project.
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- Prairie Cycle Club
- Urbana-Champaign Bike Ride!
- Champaign County Bikes
- The Bike Project
- CU Bike to Work Day
Categories: Community • Transportation
Thursday April 19, 2012, 10:06 AM
"When Computers Look at Art: Image Analysis in Humanistic Studies of the Visual Arts"
David G. Stork, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Scientist and Research Director, Rambus Labs
Host: David Inge
You may think that your eyes will tell you everything there is to know about a work of art. But David Stork says there is much that we do not see. He is an expert on optics and the use of computers to examine images. He has used computer analysis to determine whether works attributed to particular artists were genuine. He has also added a great deal to what we know about how artists work with light, perspective and color. He'll tell us more about how computer image analysis is changing our understanding of art.
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