William Carter, Ryerson University

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Adjunct Professor Director of Industry and Special Projects, Office of the Dean Toronto, Ontario wmcarter@torontomu.ca Office: (416) 898-2624

Bio/Research

Michael is an emerging scholar in the field of Digital Media, with an extensive twenty-four-year professional career in the 3D and 2D computer animation and visual effects (VFX) industries, in both the software and production environments. He is a 2015 Team Award recipient for the Toronto Metropo...

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Bio/Research

Michael is an emerging scholar in the field of Digital Media, with an extensive twenty-four-year professional career in the 3D and 2D computer animation and visual effects (VFX) industries, in both the software and production environments. He is a 2015 Team Award recipient for the Toronto Metropolitan University President’s Blue and Gold Award of Excellence, in the design, development, and implementation of the Master of Digital Media program.

His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Culture, both from the perspective of the enculturation of data and in the formation of pre-cultural markers within AI itself. The use of Virtual Archaeology to enhance Art and Archaeological research, as well as the deployment of robotic systems within hazardous archaeological sites. Additional research is in the DNA of 3D points within virtual objects and the representation of providence and provenance data as an actor-network.

Michael holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology (Archaeology) from Western University, a Master’s in Education from the University of Toronto, two post-graduate diplomas in Computer Graphics and Computer Animation from Sheridan College and an Honours BA in Anthropology and Visual Arts from the University of Western Ontario. Michael is currently a Getty Foundation Fellow in the Institute of Ancient Itineraries.


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