The Institute for Electronic Arts at the School of Art and Design at Alfred University is pleased to announce an upcoming summer course in electronic media production:

Building Interactive Projects with Max/MSP/Jitter and Sensors, May 14-26, 2007

This two-week intensive course will cover basic and advanced techniques in creating interactive multimedia projects with Max/MSP/Jitter as well as building and implementing sensors and other real world interfaces. Each participant will receive a sensor building toolkit including a MAKE controller (analog/digital interface), a wiring and soldering kit, a beginners guide to electronics, a large selection of sensors, and other electronics. Some of the topics that will be covered are: real-time video effects processing, wiring, using sensors, color and motion tracking, pitch tracking, audio and data visualization, building personalized performance instruments, building stand-alone software applications, networking computers, experimental 2D and 3D animation, building interactive multi-channel video installations, interactive performance, and working with USB/MIDI controllers. For more information, please visit http://www.maxmspjitter.com