Federico Builes
Programmer
Twitter:
@febuiles
Website:
mheroin.com
- Federico is a programmer. He started two college careers, but never graduated. He writes code all day. “Everything started when my dad told me 'here, a hammer and a nail'. BANG BANG BANG, and minutes later there was 'something' -- neurons fired in my brain and it was clear that I lived for creating, for doing things". He's 25 years old, and he have been working on a bunch of personal projects and startups all over the world. [Photo: Federico Builes]
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Jennifer Magnolfi
Programmable Environments
Twitter:
@magnolfi
Links:
Fast Company: Jennifer Magnolfi of Herman Miller on Innovating in the Workspace
- Her work at the front end of Herman Miller Research & Development explores the effects of programmability as a driver for future business development and innovation.
She is the co-author of Always Building: the Programmable Environment, the design manifesto published by Herman Miller Creative Office in 2008. She previously served as an instructor at the Lund Institute of Technology and technical advisor to the Star Design Program, a design and research collaboration with NASA. She received a Master Degree in Architecture from Harvard. [Image: Always Building]
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Juan Guillermo Lalinde
Engineer and Mathematician
- PhD in telecommunications, mathematician and computer scientist. This will be his fourth talk at Fractal.
He is a counselor for Colciencias ETI program, coordinator of the Engineering Lab for Research and Development in Educational IT and a member of the PhD council at Eafit University.
He was researcher in residence at the IHMC, Pensacola, United States. He has received a Gold GSEC Security Certificate from the Sans Institute and he's a member of its Board of Advisors.
[Image: Julian Kücklich]
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Keiichi Matsuda
Designer and film-maker
Website:
keiichimatsuda.com
Twitter:
twitter.com/keiichiban
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He began working with video during his Masters of Architecture at the Bartlett school (UCL) as a critical tool to understand, construct and represent space. Keiichi's research examines the implications of emerging technologies for human perception and the built environment, focusing on the integration of media into everyday life. He has a multi-disciplinary approach to his work to create vibrant "hyper-real" environments where the distinctions between physical and virtual start to dissolve. [Photo: re:publica 2011]
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Paul Di Filippo
Science fiction writer
Website:
www.pauldifilippo.com
Links:
Blog: theinferior4+1
Barnes and Noble Review
Wired Magazine: Ribofunk
- American science fiction writer. He has written novels and short stories, some of them nominated to the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Philip K. Dick Award.
"(Paul Di Filippo) is just about the best writer in America, as far as I'm concerned" -- Harlan Ellison
"Paul is simply brillant..." -- Warren Ellis
"...spooky, haunting, and hilarious" -- William Gibson
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Raquel Herrera
Arts and digital communications reasearcher
Twitter:
twitter.com/newmediafix
Link:
Tempus fugit: cuando arte y tecnología encuentran a la persona equivocada
- She's a translator, professor and researcher of arts and digital communications. She's the author of the essay "Tempus fugit el relato interactivo", which was awarded with the Espais a la Crítica de Arte y Joven de Comunicación. She combines translation and e-learning teaching with her work as editor for NewMediaFix. She's a columnist for The Trendnet, and she's finishing her PhD thesis about the narratives of digital content.
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