2017 Bridges Conference Short Film Festival
Robert Woodley
Filmmakers
Robert Woodley
Programmer
None
Chicago, IL
Statement
I don't feel I've achieved understanding of a mathematical concept until I have coded an implementation of it. When programming a visual rendering of the mathematical entity, it is impossible to gloss over poorly understood areas, each nuance must be completely elaborated. Recently I have been working with spherical photos and videos and have found that this media allows one to easily build intuitive explorations of the field of Complex Analysis. Previous work has repurposed the artifacts of PCA-based face detection algorithms. I've also built some educational STEAM applications and believe strongly in the possibility of interactive simulations as a road to intuitive understanding.