Wu-Wei Chen
Prof. Wu-Wei Chen's areas of focus are in digital imaging, design and body aesthetics integrate into digital heritage research-digital conservation, aesthetics of cultural objects, digital sculpting, and photogrammetry of Buddhist deities in the heritage sites. The cyber-archiving of the deities at Dazu Rock Carvings further inspires his research direction of cultural heritage in the smart city initiatives: www.bodyasechoes.com.
Prof. Chen's working experiences in the broadcast industry of New York, Taipei and educator career at Hong Kong, Beijing allow him to conduct inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural conversations with professionals and academia. Also as a practitioner of Chinese calligraphy, he continually writes the regular script to connect with the ancient wisdom of Chinese intellectuals.
Research Interests
Smart Heritage and Smart City
Interactive Info-Motion Design
Phenomenology
Specialties
Digital Heritage Imaging
Digital Sculpting
Info-motion Design
In the News
Virtual Reality Helps Give China’s Past a Future (February 19, 2018 | SCMP)
数字技术让中国民众离文物“更近” (February 5 | Xinhua News)
Capturing Heritage Digitally (February 1, 2018 | NYU SH Gazette)
Imagining digital future of cultural legacy (January 31, 2018 | Shanghai Daily)
三维可视化如何用于文化遗产保护?也许以后看上海博物馆“宝藏”不用再排队了 (January 28, 2018 | Shanghai Observor)
Publications
Digital Cultural Heritage, To be published by Springer in August, 2018.
Luo, D; Chen, W.-W., Digital Buddhology, IIAS Issue 79, Spring 2018.
Body As Echoes: Cyber Archiving of Dazu Rock Carvings, ISPRS Archive, vol XLII-2/W5, 121-124 (2017).
Digital Heritage and Innovative Collaborations, ACM Digital Library, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5578-0 (2017).
Crafting for Spirituality : A Pedagogic Project for Digital Heritage, SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Workshop, Conference proceedings (2016).
Chen, W.-W.; Co-authors, 2009-2010 China Animation Industry Development Report, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, ISBN:9787535644947 (2011).
New Frontier of Digital Publishing in Creative Education, Thesis of the 1st International Conference on Publishing Industry and Publishing Education in the Digital Age (2007).
Awards, Honors, And Distinctions
“Output” German Design Yearbook award, co-designer, 2006.
China Times Awards, co-director, 2005.
Education
Ph.D , Communication University of China, 2011
M.F.A. Computer Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2001
Courses Taught
Digital Heritage
Digital Sculpting for Facial Animation
IMA Foundation Course
Interactive Motion Design
Languages
English
Putonghua
Cantonese
French (Level 1, Alliance Française)
Prof. Chen's working experiences in the broadcast industry of New York, Taipei and educator career at Hong Kong, Beijing allow him to conduct inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural conversations with professionals and academia. Also as a practitioner of Chinese calligraphy, he continually writes the regular script to connect with the ancient wisdom of Chinese intellectuals.
Research Interests
Smart Heritage and Smart City
Interactive Info-Motion Design
Phenomenology
Specialties
Digital Heritage Imaging
Digital Sculpting
Info-motion Design
In the News
Virtual Reality Helps Give China’s Past a Future (February 19, 2018 | SCMP)
数字技术让中国民众离文物“更近” (February 5 | Xinhua News)
Capturing Heritage Digitally (February 1, 2018 | NYU SH Gazette)
Imagining digital future of cultural legacy (January 31, 2018 | Shanghai Daily)
三维可视化如何用于文化遗产保护?也许以后看上海博物馆“宝藏”不用再排队了 (January 28, 2018 | Shanghai Observor)
Publications
Digital Cultural Heritage, To be published by Springer in August, 2018.
Luo, D; Chen, W.-W., Digital Buddhology, IIAS Issue 79, Spring 2018.
Body As Echoes: Cyber Archiving of Dazu Rock Carvings, ISPRS Archive, vol XLII-2/W5, 121-124 (2017).
Digital Heritage and Innovative Collaborations, ACM Digital Library, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5578-0 (2017).
Crafting for Spirituality : A Pedagogic Project for Digital Heritage, SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Workshop, Conference proceedings (2016).
Chen, W.-W.; Co-authors, 2009-2010 China Animation Industry Development Report, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, ISBN:9787535644947 (2011).
New Frontier of Digital Publishing in Creative Education, Thesis of the 1st International Conference on Publishing Industry and Publishing Education in the Digital Age (2007).
Awards, Honors, And Distinctions
“Output” German Design Yearbook award, co-designer, 2006.
China Times Awards, co-director, 2005.
Education
Ph.D , Communication University of China, 2011
M.F.A. Computer Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2001
Courses Taught
Digital Heritage
Digital Sculpting for Facial Animation
IMA Foundation Course
Interactive Motion Design
Languages
English
Putonghua
Cantonese
French (Level 1, Alliance Française)
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