Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics

James Braman is a Lecturer for the Computer and Information Sciences Department at Towson University (Towson, MD). He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Towson University and is currently a doctoral candidate in Applied Information Technology. He has been teaching courses dealing with computers and art for the past several semesters. His current research focus includes art and technology, intelligent agents, simulated emotions and education in virtual and immersive environments. Giovanni Vincenti is in charge of Research and Development at Gruppo Vincenti, a family-owned company with interests across several fields. His main areas of research include Fuzzy Mediation, Information Fusion, Emotionally-Aware Agent Frameworks and Robotics. He held several positions at Towson University, including a Lecturership with the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. He also taught courses for the Center of Applied Information Technology, also at Towson University. He is the author of many publications, and the father of the concept of Fuzzy Mediation, as applied to the field of Information Fusion. Goran Trajkovski is the Director of Product Strategy and Design for IT/Engineering at Laureate Higher Education Group, Baltimore, MD. He was the chair of the Department of Information Technologies of South University and associate professor of IT at its Savannah, GA campus. He was previously the founding director of the Cognitive Agency and Robotics Laboratory (CARoL) at Towson University, Towson, MD, USA. The virtual version of CARoL now exists in Second Life. He also taught at Towson University, West Virginia University, Parkersburg, WV, USA, and the University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia. His research focuses on cognitive and developmental robotics, and interaction and emergent phenomena in agent societies. He is an affiliate of the Institute for Interactivist Studies at Lehigh University, and a member of the organizing committee of the biannual Interactivist Summer Institutes. He has authored over 200 publications, including ten books and edited volumes. He has chaired two symposia for the Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Trajkovski is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems, published by IGI Global. His work has been funded by the NSF, the National Academies of the Sciences, and OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project). Trajkovski hold a BSc in applied informatics, MSc in mathematical and computer sciences, and PhD in computer sciences from the University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia.