Todd Carter, is widely respected as a creative visionary and leader in the digital assets, photography and linked open data community, with over 20 years experience in working with photo archives, libraries and information technology systems. Todd is the CEO and Co-founder of Tagasauris, a meta-data curation platform. Todd will discuss his views on the role that visual resources play in the information technology landscape of the future. Todd's talk will focus on improving media annotation with open sourced anthologies, linked open data, semantics, machines and crowd sourced human computation.
The 2012 Legacy Lecture is made possible through generous donations made in memory of Nancy Schuller.
Amy Herman is the President and Founder of The Art of Perception (www.artfulperception.com) which is a professional development program that teaches medical, legal, and law enforcement professionals to enhance their observation, perception, and communication skills by learning to analyze works of art. As an attorney and art historian, Ms. Herman has developed this innovative program using practical experience from both disciplines. The Art of Perception was originally designed for medical students when Ms. Herman was the Head of Education at The Frick Collection and she subsequently adapted the program for a wide range of law enforcement agencies including the New York Police Department, the FBI, the Department of Justice, the Peace Corps, and the Secret Service. She conducts her sessions in museums around the country as well as in secured training centers. In her presentation, Ms. Herman will discuss the applicability and relevance of visual literacy across the professional spectrum and how the analysis and perception of works of art has afforded the participants in her program a new and innovative way to refresh their sense of inquiry and reconsider the skills necessary for professional success.
