Aud Sissel Hoel is an Associate Professor of Visual Communication in the Department of Art and Media Studies at NTNU. She is leader of the priority research area PerFormativity at NTNU’s Faculty of Humanities, and currently she is heading the interdisciplinary research project Picturing the Brain: Perspectives of Neuroimaging (2010-2013). Sissel’s research interests revolve around science images, imaging, and technologies of vision, and branch out to questions concerning the role of symbols and tools in cognition. She has done research on the use of photography for the purposes of surveillance, control and classification of human beings and, more recently, on medical imaging and neuroimaging. In her ongoing attempts to conceptualize photography and neuroimaging, she draws on phenomenology, embodied perception and extended mind approaches, STS approaches, and contemporary philosophy of technology.

Andrew Perkis’ research interests are within the broad field of Immersive Media Technology Experiences, both developing the concept and in-depth research within Quality of Experience. He is currently investigating QoE modelling, assessment and management. Andrew was born in Norway 1961 and received his Siv.Ing and Dr. Techn. Degrees in 1985 and 1994, respectively. In 2008 he received an executive Master of Technology Management in cooperation from NTNU, NHH and NUS (Singapore). Since 1993 he has held the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Telecommunications at NTNU and as full professor since 2003. He is responsible for “Network Media Handling” within the National Centre of Excellence – Quantifiable Quality of Service in communication systems at NTNU.

Annamaria Carusi studies social and philosophical aspects of computational technologies for research in science, social science and humanities. Her recent work has focused on ethics, trust and social epistemology as applied to digital data, data sharing and re-use, computational visualisations and imaging, distributed access to medical images, and Web2.0 technologies for collaborative work. Prior to this, Annamaria conducted research on e-learning, textual studies and theory of interpretation, with specific focus on post-colonialism. She holds a Masters in Comparative Literature, and a PhD in Philosophy, and has lectured extensively in a wide range of topics: computers and society, general research skills for science and engineering students (including ethics and the responsible conducts of science), philosophy and critical theory.

Liv Hausken’s research interests are within the interdisciplinary field of Media Aesthetics, exploring the relations between technology, aesthetics (perception) and mediation. She is currently investigating the knowledge and power of scientific imaging. Liv has a doctoral degree (Dr.art.) in Media Studies from the University of Bergen and holds the position as Professor and head of the prioritized research area Media Aesthetics in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo.

Rita Elmkvist Nilsen is a PhD student in the Department of Art and Media Studies at NTNU. Her PhD project investigates digital brain atlases, focusing on the epistemological roles and capacities of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as applied in medicine and cognitive neuroscience. This includes inquiring into the practices and features that bestow these images with authority, as well as the emerging understandings of images as dynamic sites for knowledge. Rita has a dual background in visual culture studies and biology. Her master’s thesis consists of a combined semiotic and phenomenological investigation of the photographic medium. Her research interests include image theory, medical atlases, mental imagery, the epistemologic and onthologic conditions of neuroimaging technologies.

Jordi Puig is interested in the intersection between arts and technology. He studied Electronic Art in ESDI and he focused on interactive installations. He became a instructor on that field in the same university for three years. Jordi co-established a creative advertising company called Cuatic, specialized in the development of physical interaction where he acted as a director of new media technologies for two years. He won several advertising prizes in different festivals, some of them are El Sol Festival, New York Festival, Laus and Europrix. Jordi also has a career in the artistic scene, exhibiting in many countries around the world, most of the times for media arts organizations like FILE, MedialabPrado, Sonar, Baltan Laboratories, Piksel or Le Fresnoy. He worked in Ars Electronica Futurelab as a creative engineer. Also worked as a sound programmer for electroacustic concerts and theater pieces. He is currently a PhD candidate in NTNU, Norway at Q2S.