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Daniel Chávez Heras

Dr Daniel Chávez Heras

Lecturer in Digital Culture and Creative Computing

Biography

Daniel specialises in the algorithmic production and analysis of visual culture. His research combines advanced technical practice in creative and scientific computing, including applied machine learning technologies, with critical frameworks in the history and theories of cinema, television, and photography.

In tandem with his academic work, Daniel has international experience in creative industries and the cultural sector; he was a digital manager for the British Council in Mexico; founded an international short film and digital art festivalthat took place entirely online; and collaborated with the BBC to create “the world’s first broadcast AI-TV programme”. He was senior research fellow at the Cultural Analytics Open Lab in Estonia, and is now part of the Creative AI Lab, in partnership with the Serpentine Gallery in London.

Research interests and PhD supervision

  • Visual Culture + Creative Computing
  • Generative approaches in computational humanities
  • Critical technical practice with a focus on machine vision and aesthetically sensitive algorithms
  • Interdisciplinary design and making cultures
  • Computational Film and moving image studies

Daniel welcomes PhD applications related to the above, ideally from applicants with interdisciplinary backgrounds and strong technical skills across the arts and sciences.

Teaching

Daniel teaches in the areas of digital culture, computational humanities, and interdisciplinary design.

Research

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Computational Humanities Research Group

Computational Humanities research group

ISSA_web_2_Daniel Chavez Heras
Intelligent Systems for Screen Archives (ISSA)

ISSA aims to develop critical and technical exploration of AI in the screen sector, focusing on moving image archives in the UK.

Project status: Starting

News

BFI National Lottery Fund supports King's project exploring AI for screen archives

BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund awards £192,500 to a King’s project to explore how AI technologies could be used to unlock potential with...

An expert working on restoration and conservation at the BFI National Archive.

Digital Futures Institute announces four Institute Fellowship projects for 2024-25

Four interdisciplinary projects awarded Institute Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2024-25 cohort, each of which is led by a pair of...

Four images in a rectangle of Professor Btihaj Ajana, Dr Daniel Chávez Heras, Dr Jonathan Gray and Dr Dan Nicolau

New publication explores the intersection between cinema and artificial intelligence

In his new book, Dr. Daniel Chávez Heras investigates the entanglements between the history and theories of cinema and the technologies of computer vision, an...

Man wearing classes in a check shirt looking directly at the camera

'Inspirational, informative and thought-provoking': King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

King’s opened its doors to the public to explore the latest AI developments at this five-day festival.

AI Festival AI Panel Auditorium 2

The Creative AI Lab

Read about King's work how AI is used in creative fields, as featured in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial exhibition.

MegaFace Creative AI Adam Harvey

Events

22May

Cinema and Machine Vision

An event where the science and technologies of artificial intelligence meet the arts and theories of cinema.

Please note: this event has passed.

26Mar

SESSION 4: Attention and AI

Please join us for the fourth session of the Attention Reading Group organised by the Centre for Attention Studies at King’s College London.

Please note: this event has passed.

06Jul

High-dimensional cinema

Discover how Artificial Intelligence and related technologies are reshaping the production and understanding of audiovisual culture.

Please note: this event has passed.

27Jan

Creative AI: Theory and Practice

Creative AI Lab host a one-day symposium on Creative AI supported by the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Please note: this event has passed.

Research

Screenshot 2022-12-14 at 11.06.05
Computational Humanities Research Group

Computational Humanities research group

ISSA_web_2_Daniel Chavez Heras
Intelligent Systems for Screen Archives (ISSA)

ISSA aims to develop critical and technical exploration of AI in the screen sector, focusing on moving image archives in the UK.

Project status: Starting

News

BFI National Lottery Fund supports King's project exploring AI for screen archives

BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund awards £192,500 to a King’s project to explore how AI technologies could be used to unlock potential with...

An expert working on restoration and conservation at the BFI National Archive.

Digital Futures Institute announces four Institute Fellowship projects for 2024-25

Four interdisciplinary projects awarded Institute Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2024-25 cohort, each of which is led by a pair of...

Four images in a rectangle of Professor Btihaj Ajana, Dr Daniel Chávez Heras, Dr Jonathan Gray and Dr Dan Nicolau

New publication explores the intersection between cinema and artificial intelligence

In his new book, Dr. Daniel Chávez Heras investigates the entanglements between the history and theories of cinema and the technologies of computer vision, an...

Man wearing classes in a check shirt looking directly at the camera

'Inspirational, informative and thought-provoking': King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

King’s opened its doors to the public to explore the latest AI developments at this five-day festival.

AI Festival AI Panel Auditorium 2

The Creative AI Lab

Read about King's work how AI is used in creative fields, as featured in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial exhibition.

MegaFace Creative AI Adam Harvey

Events

22May

Cinema and Machine Vision

An event where the science and technologies of artificial intelligence meet the arts and theories of cinema.

Please note: this event has passed.

26Mar

SESSION 4: Attention and AI

Please join us for the fourth session of the Attention Reading Group organised by the Centre for Attention Studies at King’s College London.

Please note: this event has passed.

06Jul

High-dimensional cinema

Discover how Artificial Intelligence and related technologies are reshaping the production and understanding of audiovisual culture.

Please note: this event has passed.

27Jan

Creative AI: Theory and Practice

Creative AI Lab host a one-day symposium on Creative AI supported by the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Please note: this event has passed.