Professor Herbert Enns
Professor, Department of Architecture,
Director, Experimental Media Research Group and
Chair, Editorial Board, MOSAIC
201J Russell Building
t 204.474.6796 (office)
c 204.296.2192
f 204.474.7532
ennsh@cc.umanitoba.ca
Education
B.E.S. (Manitoba 1981)
M.ARCH. (Manitoba 1985)
MAA
MRAIC
Research
Professor Enns is the Founding Director, Experimental Media Research Group (EMRG) at the University of Manitoba. EMRG was approved by the University in October 2009 with the support of the Deans of Architecture, Arts, Engineering, Science, and Music; the Director of the School of Art, and the Section Head of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is the Chair of the Editorial Board for MOSAIC: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, edited by Dr. Dawne McCance. He is also a member of the Canada Human Resource Council (CHRC), Ottawa National Digital Media Technology Roadmap (Expert Advisory Committee), and Co-Chair (with Tomi Knuttila, University of Lapland) of the Arctic Digital Media Collaborative, a Thematic Network of the University of the Arctic.
In June 2009, he organized the Future Media session for the B.Tween 09 Interactive Digital Media Forum at the Foundation for Art and Creative Technologies (FACT), in Liverpool, UK, co-presenting with Sheldon Brown, Director, Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, UCSD.
In February 2010, Professor Enns presented the Experimental Media Research Group to the Faculty of Architecture's Partners Program members. The Manitoba Graphic Designers Association invited him to participate in their Peka Kutcha lecture series at the Park Theatre, also in February.
In March 2010, Professor Enns co-presented Digital Media Networks: Suspending Belief at the Annual Conference of the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives of California (CENIC) in Monterey, California.
Professor Enns is the University of Manitoba Lead for the Canada California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP). Members of the initiative included University of California - San Diego, University of California - Santa Barbara, University of California - Berkeley, Stanford University, McGill University, OCAD, and University of Montreal. Professor Enns is Principal Investigator in a number of research projects in development, including Rich Spatial Networks (RSN); Northern Communities Orthopaedic Surgery Management with Qualcomm Wireless Reach and the Joint Replacement Unit, Concordia Hospital. He is a Co-Investigator in the NSERC Strategic Network Grant on World Wide Wisdom (WWW+): Towards the Next Generation of the Internet. This project addresses cognitive informatics, cognitive computing, advanced communications, management of information, cognitive information systems, infocentric societies, soft computing, internal information processing, knowledge processing, and cognitive information manageability. (IBM Canada, Indus, Oracle, EMRG, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Regina, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, Ryerson University, University of Waterloo, University of New Brunswick)
Professor Enns continues his interest in video production. He screened and produced four videos in support of CLUSTER: Music and InterArts Festival, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg, March 2010:
Continuing an interest in Architecture and Design Exhibitions, Professor Enns Curated an Exhibition for the Opening of the Henry Kalen Archives, University of Manitoba Archive and Special Collections in September 2009, and a one-day exhibition, Glen Gould’s Chair, of 220 Chairs designed by University One students in his Introduction to Environmental Design course.
In the summer of 2009, he was a Visiting Artist at the Banff New Media Institute.
Director, Experimental Media Research Group and
Chair, Editorial Board, MOSAIC
201J Russell Building
t 204.474.6796 (office)
c 204.296.2192
f 204.474.7532
ennsh@cc.umanitoba.ca
Education
B.E.S. (Manitoba 1981)
M.ARCH. (Manitoba 1985)
MAA
MRAIC
Research
Professor Enns is the Founding Director, Experimental Media Research Group (EMRG) at the University of Manitoba. EMRG was approved by the University in October 2009 with the support of the Deans of Architecture, Arts, Engineering, Science, and Music; the Director of the School of Art, and the Section Head of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is the Chair of the Editorial Board for MOSAIC: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, edited by Dr. Dawne McCance. He is also a member of the Canada Human Resource Council (CHRC), Ottawa National Digital Media Technology Roadmap (Expert Advisory Committee), and Co-Chair (with Tomi Knuttila, University of Lapland) of the Arctic Digital Media Collaborative, a Thematic Network of the University of the Arctic.
In June 2009, he organized the Future Media session for the B.Tween 09 Interactive Digital Media Forum at the Foundation for Art and Creative Technologies (FACT), in Liverpool, UK, co-presenting with Sheldon Brown, Director, Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, UCSD.
In February 2010, Professor Enns presented the Experimental Media Research Group to the Faculty of Architecture's Partners Program members. The Manitoba Graphic Designers Association invited him to participate in their Peka Kutcha lecture series at the Park Theatre, also in February.
In March 2010, Professor Enns co-presented Digital Media Networks: Suspending Belief at the Annual Conference of the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives of California (CENIC) in Monterey, California.
Professor Enns is the University of Manitoba Lead for the Canada California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP). Members of the initiative included University of California - San Diego, University of California - Santa Barbara, University of California - Berkeley, Stanford University, McGill University, OCAD, and University of Montreal. Professor Enns is Principal Investigator in a number of research projects in development, including Rich Spatial Networks (RSN); Northern Communities Orthopaedic Surgery Management with Qualcomm Wireless Reach and the Joint Replacement Unit, Concordia Hospital. He is a Co-Investigator in the NSERC Strategic Network Grant on World Wide Wisdom (WWW+): Towards the Next Generation of the Internet. This project addresses cognitive informatics, cognitive computing, advanced communications, management of information, cognitive information systems, infocentric societies, soft computing, internal information processing, knowledge processing, and cognitive information manageability. (IBM Canada, Indus, Oracle, EMRG, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Regina, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, Ryerson University, University of Waterloo, University of New Brunswick)
Professor Enns continues his interest in video production. He screened and produced four videos in support of CLUSTER: Music and InterArts Festival, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg, March 2010:
- HOME: Ice-Land, a film for Ice Fog, composed by Örjan Sandred (Allen Harrington, Saxophone and Laura Loewen, Piano);
- Night Flares, a film for composer Heidi Ugrin (Byron Wood, Vibraphone, NYC);
- Metropolis, composed by Gordon Fitzell (Allen Harrington, Saxophone and Laura Loewen, Piano);
- Silhouette, video of Alan Harrington performing Orb of the Sun by Gordon Fitzell.
Continuing an interest in Architecture and Design Exhibitions, Professor Enns Curated an Exhibition for the Opening of the Henry Kalen Archives, University of Manitoba Archive and Special Collections in September 2009, and a one-day exhibition, Glen Gould’s Chair, of 220 Chairs designed by University One students in his Introduction to Environmental Design course.
In the summer of 2009, he was a Visiting Artist at the Banff New Media Institute.