Emil Polyak

Emil Polyak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Digital Media. He received a master’s degree in Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design from the University of New South Wales in Australia. With background in 3D animation, interactive media, and digital arts, Polyak is actively exploring intersections of science, engineering and art. His work is focusing on research informed design practice with emerging and experimental creative technologies to expand disciplinary boundaries and to create meaningful experiences. The overarching goal of his scholarship is to reimagine creative practice with the possibilities and implications of computational creativity, and to find new connections between emerging digital trends and artistic approaches to tell stories. Polyak is interested in producing experiences that are emotionally impactful and present ideas in new and surprising ways as an interplay between machines and humans. He taught at the New York University in Singapore, at Media Design School in New Zealand, and at North Carolina State University.