Computational Design & Visualization Lab.

The Computational Design and Visualization Lab. (CDV) is a research laboratory of the Cognitive and Media Systems Group (CMS) of the Centre of Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra (CISUC). Created in January of 2013 the CDV Lab. is a multidisciplinary research lab that brings together Computer Scientists, Graphic Designers, New Media Artists, Mathematicians and Biologists. Our areas of expertise include: – Nature inspired computing — Genetic Programming; Evolutionary Computation; Swarm Intelligence; A-Life; – Computational Creativity — Autonomous Creative Systems; Computer Aided Creativity; – Computational Aesthetics — Aesthetic Measures; Feature Extraction; Style identification; Content Based Image Retrieval; – Computer Art and Design — Evolutionary Art and Design; Generative Art and Design; Dynamic Identities; – Information Visualization — Storytelling; Information Aesthetics; Intervention Design; Visualization of traffic, transport systems and networks; Visualization of Big Data;