Amalia
Foka

Amalia Foka (b. Greece) is an Artificial Intelligence researcher, interdisciplinary artist, and educator who explores the intersection of computer science and art. Her work uses various artificial intelligence technologies and social media data to generate and study art. Her work has been presented and published internationally, including the Leonardo Journal (MIT Press); WRO Media Art Biennale; ISEA, EVA London, and many more. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science: Multimedia Applications for the Arts at the School of Fine Arts, University of Ioannina, Greece, where she teaches courses on creative coding, creative interactive systems, and generative AI art.  She holds a BEng in Computer Systems Engineering (1998) and an MSc in Advanced Control (1999) from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST) in the United Kingdom. She also holds a Ph.D. in Robotics (2005) from the Department of Computer Science of the University of Crete.