ATLAS Institute is a place where artists write code and robots read body language; where the norm is the unexpected and creativity is currency. We wear many hats—artist, engineer, technologist, humanitarian, designer—and together we form a lively interdisciplinary research and learning community driven by insatiable curiosity and a little mischief.
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Graduation numbers multiply eightfold as popularity of TAM major soars
Twenty-four BS TAM students graduated this spring—eight times the number who walked one year ago.
Triple major Emma Wu is ready for a little down time
Emma Wu is graduating on time having completed three majors in three different colleges, a minor and working two jobs.
ATLAS Expo 2018
Join us on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 to view more than 100 student projects in game design, wearable technology, machine learning, robotics, AR/VR, audio processing, UI/UX, physical computing and much more.
ATLAS Instructor Christopher Carruth wins award for outstanding teaching
He is enthusiastic, knowledgeable, amusing, respectful and he cares, say students of ATLAS Institute Instructor Christopher Carruth, who earlier this week was awarded a 2018 Marinus Smith Award for outstanding teaching.
Michael Theodore’s “The (Art) Machines are Coming” part of CU Boulder Next
The director of ATLAS Institute’s Center for Media Arts and Performance travels to Washington D.C. to discuss the special relationship artists have with technology.
Augmented Reality Enhances Robot Collaboration
IRON Lab researchers were awarded best paper and runner-up best paper in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction’s Design category, paving the way for more seamless integration of robots in modern life.
An interview with Joel Swanson
After returning from an artist's residency in Banff, ATLAS Assistant Professor Joel Swanson spoke to Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum about his work and his remarkable recent success. He also shared advice for other aspiring artists.
Q&A with ATLAS Instructor Danny Rankin
Instructor Danny Rankin discusses his research, classes and more in an interview with CU Connections.