Making Research and Innovation Work for Smart Life

Predrag, K. Nikolic
AI

Predrag, K. Nikolic

Full Professor and Chair of the Graduate User Experience (UX) Design Program at the College For Creative Studies, United States

Dr. Predrag K. NIKOLIC is a Full Professor and Chair of the Graduate User Experience (UX) Design Program at the College For Creative Studies, Detroit, United States. He is an experimental designer, interactive media artist, and digital media expert with a PhD in Digital Media and an MBA. His research focuses on mix-experiential reality, singularity, Human-AI interaction, artificial intelligence emancipation, intelligent interfaces, robot creativity, AI aesthetics, and design for behavioral changes. He mixes immersive virtual worlds, artificial intelligence, and responsive environments to engage audiences in new interactive experiences and media perceptions.

His ongoing research project Syntropic Counterpoints had numerous exposures worldwide and artworks such as AI.R Taletorium, Aquaterrestrial Colonization, Metaphysics of the Machines, Botorikko Machine Created State, Robosophy Philosophy, In_Visible Island, Digital Lolipop. He exhibited and presented his works at Ars Electronica Festival, International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, Technarte, EmTech MIT Review Dubai, Singapore Science Center, Maison Shanghai, Hong Kong – Shenzhen Design Biennial, National Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade, National Museum of Education in Belgrade.

Dr. Predrag K. NIKOLIC has published numerous research papers in creative user experience and co-creation, artificial intelligence creativity, AI aesthetics, robot–robot interaction, design for behavior change, mix-experiential reality, multi-sensory interfaces, interactivity, and interface design. He is Editor-In-Chief for EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies Journal, European Alliance for Innovation Fellow, listed artist in Leonardo Electronic Directory, SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Member, international exhibitions curator, and serves on many conference committees.