Carmen Mac Williams

Grassroots Arts and Research (GAR) non-commercial, scientific research organization was founded in Cologne in 2009 and is a spin-off of the Academy of Media Arts (KHM). GAR is a non-profit organization with the corporate purpose: scientific media research. Building on the pioneering role of the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in scientific research in the field of the fusion of technology, art and interactive media, GAR has since its foundation collaborated in European research projects such as the European projects FI-Content, FI-Content Next, FI-Content 3, Helios to explore scientific methods and concepts for interactive technologies. Since 2019, GAR research has focused on interactive AI media technology and has carried out the European research projects AI4EU, AI4Media and the EIC Pathfinder project (basic research project) CAROUSEL with the specific focus “AI for Extended Social Interaction” (https://www.carouseldancing.org/)..) In CAROUSEL, GAR has created virtual world for extended social interactive dancing with the help of AI. We are now developing a demonstrator for AI driven physiotherapy to create a health tech start-up. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)