Meetup Yin-Gemis; A meetup about women in tech, and the lack thereof

Date12 October Time20:00 LocationHof van Cartesius, Vlampijpstraat 94, 3534 AR Utrecht Eventhttps://fb.me/e/10e6W3t9x Price€5,- regular / €3,50 student Ticketsccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111117329

As of 2021, the tech industry continues to be a highly male-dominated environment. Although more and more women are employed in the industry, there’s still only a small portion of tech-related jobs performed by women. This significant lack of diversity in the industry can lead to products and services that are not inclusive for society. In the meetup on October 12th, we will be giving the floor to artists and researchers investigating this problem and turning their insights into impactful experiences and art projects to achieve a more diverse and inclusive tech-industry. The meetup borrows its name from one of these projects. More info: https://fb.me/e/10e6W3t9x
Tickets: ccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111117329

Programme: Yin-Gemis Meetup Speakers

Talk "Yin-Gemis" by Julia Luteijn and Rhied Al-Othmani About The project Yin-Gemis is a collaboration between artist Julia Luteijn and researcher and lecturer Rhied Al-Othmani, bringing attention to the gender gap and bias in the tech industry by presenting an AI-generated, universal narrative of women’s experiences and stories. The narrative will be visualized using virtual reality, in which you get to experience the highlights of the interviews. During the meetup, Julia and Rhied will be sharing their insights and taking feedback to enrichen the project.
Talk "The Sexist Radio" by Esther Bouma About The second project presented during the meet-up will be The Sexist Radio by Esther Bouma. Inspired by her own personal experience, Esther collected an abundance of sexist comments that she received for being a woman working with technology. The comments repeated by the radio verbalize the prejudice people have of a woman’s competence in the tech-industry.

Gaudeamus

Dates11 + 12 September LocationDe Nijverheid PartnersGaudeamus, Creative Coding Utrecht and NL_CLd SponsorsCreative Europe, the Dutch Performing Arts Fund & Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

Gaudeamus, Creative Coding Utrecht and NL_CL present ALG0MA5: a concert in which you see digital creativity enriching the practice of composers, instrument builders and musicians with new possibilities. Brazilian composer and hardware hacker Rafaele Andrade shows the versatility of her hybrid instrument KNURL; a hybrid cello with 16 strings made of durable material and built-in electronic components. Thanks to the electronics the audience can influence the sounds of the instrument live during the concert. Musicians and artists Jonathan Reus, Sabrina Verhage and Anne Veinberg & Felipe Ignacio Noriega on the CodeKlavier will give a demonstration of this. The programme is framed by three performances by live coders from Barcelona, ​​Karlsruhe and Ljublijana who belong to the European collaborative project On-The-Fly.

Cultuurterras Weekender w. Uncloud, Modulation. & CCU

Dates4 + 5 September LocationDe Nijverheid PartnersUncloud,Modulation, CCU, De Nijverheid SponsorsGemeente Utrecht, Pictoright Fund & Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

The first weekend of September, Uncloud Festival, Modulation., and CCU join forces for a two day programme filled with electronic music and immersive performances at Cultuurterras De Nijverheid. On Saturday September 4th, we will have a selection of amazing artists performing experimental electronic music mixed with theatre and audio-visual performances by Bakah, Bodyscan 223, Diogo Carriço, Timo Hoogland, and Skander Jaïbi & Jaco Schilp. On Sunday afternoon, there will be a live painting in creation while we enjoy the chill- and spacy vibes of Ambient and Drone music by Dubberdink & Cathy Daniëls, Allert Aalderes, and Skander Jaïbi, priming us for a Modulation concert at night with Jerome Mardga, Dennis Weijers, and Mieke van Dam. So join us during Cultuurterras #8 for immersive performances and mesmerizing mellow tunes! Tickets will be sold at the door.

AI HACKING: Adversarial Attacks - Meetup & Workshop

Dates26 + 27 august LocationDe Havenloods, Ruimte31 - de Tussenruimte Partners€7,50 / €5,- student Meetup€7,50 / €5,- student Meetup + workshop€10,- / €6,- student Ticketsdrive.creativecodingutrecht.nl/.../

August 26 and 27, CCU organizes a meet-up and workshop about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its weakness to ‘Adversarial Attacks’. During an adversarial attack, the AI vision is misled by adding visual noise to images, leading to malfunctions in the system. During the meet-up, we will be joined by experts in the field to talk aboutt. During the workshop led by Javier Lloret Pardo, we will have an introduction to Adversarial Attacks applied to images and we will explore code examples that implement different adversarial techniques. This workshop will also propose a space for dialogue and discussion around the subject.