Microsoft researcher set to discuss innovative solutions to global issues at QF lecture
ASTA Roseway, principal research designer at Microsoft Research’s Urban Innovation Initiative, will be the presenter at the next edition of irginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in atar’s ( CUarts atar) Crossing Boundaries Lecture Series. The lecture will be held online on October 20 (Tuesday) at 7.30pm.
In her talk, Roseway will discuss the application of design for innovative solutions and her collaborative efforts to bring researchers, engineers, chemists and government policy makers together to study and address pressing global concerns, such as urban air pollution and climate change.
Though she works as a research designer at Microsoft Research, Roseway refers to herself as a fusionist’, or someone who works between disciplines and fields, using design. Her focus lies primarily on building the next wave of emerging solutions that will help address concerns pertaining to the environment, emotional health, social consciousness and sustainability.
In the past, she has created projects such as talking plants, interactive or smart tattoos, wearable light therapy, living architecture, air quality experience and ecological sensing. Each of these experimentation was a collaborative model designed to generate a vision of a more positive and inclusive future.
She is also a strong advocate of diversity and inclusiveness across cultures and helped establish Microsoft’s first ever Artist in Residence programme. The pioneering programme an intersection between art and technology enables artists to work with computer scientists. Some of these collaborations have been showcased at venues such as Ars Electronica, SXSW, CES and Biofabricate in New York City.
Roseway co-founded Digigirlz, one of Microsoft’s longest running diversity programmes that aims to educate and inspire high school girls about the tech industry. She is a Parsons School of Design alumni.
For over a decade, CUarts
atar has enhanced atar’s art and design scene through its Crossing Boundaries lecture series. The series offers the public a chance to interact with and be inspired by world-class designers who through the application of design thinking across multiple disciplines present their perspectives on innovative solutions to global concerns.
For more information on Crossing Boundaries lecture series, please visit qatar.vcu.edu