Intersecting art and technology.

IIE Solutions,  June, 2001  by Elliott, Monica

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Arguably, art and engineering are unusual bedfellows. But that is not an argument one can make with acclaimed artist Ken Goldberg. As associate professor of industrial engineering and operations research, and electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California at Berkeley he mixes paint and scientific pedagogy with astonishing success.

It makes sense that the son of an engineer father and a painter mother who are both teachers would turn out this way. Growing up in a household that emphasized building model rockets and go-carts along with visits to the ...

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