Winnie Soon
Associate Professor In Art And Technology Director Of UG Art And Technology
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolWinnie Soon is an artist-researcher and Associate Professor specializing in the cultural and political dimensions of digital infrastructure, currently directing the BA Art and Technology at UCL Slade School of Fine Art. With a PhD in Information Science and over a decade of interdisciplinary practice, Winnie combines critical technical practice, aesthetic programming, and software studies to interrogate free/open source culture, digital censorship, and "minor technology." Their work spans museums, festivals, distributed networks and scholarly publishing, including co-authored books and co-editing the MIT Press Software Studies series. Winner of the Ars Electronica Golden Nica and multiple international media art awards, Winnie bridges rigorous research and award-winning creative production. Notably, they co-founded the Slade Art+Tech Research Lab and maintain active research affiliations across UK and European institutions, reflecting a sustained investment in curriculum innovation and collective, practice-led inquiry.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts, Media Cultures (Distinction), Master of Arts, Media Cultures (Distinction) at City University of Hong KongDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Information Science, Research area: Software Studies, Software/Computational Art and Culture, New Media Technologies, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Information Science, Research area: Software Studies, Software/Computational Art and Culture, New Media Technologies at Aarhus UniversitetMaster of Science - MSc, Digital Art and Technology (Distinction), Master of Science - MSc, Digital Art and Technology (Distinction) at University of Plymouth
English, Chinese, Danish
Github Skills (24)
javascript10
p5js10
html10
python9
js9
cpp9
csharp6
dotnet6
development-environment5
java5
pde5
lstm-neural-networks5
char4
lstm4
text-mining4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
AUAP/AP2018
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:840 commits, 811 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
danbz/aesthetic-programming
Jun 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:624 commits in 2 years 6 months
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