• Brooklyn Experimental Media Center

    The BxmC is the research center for digital media at NYU-Poly, and provides the physical classrooms, labs, and research facilities for the Integrated Digital Media program.

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  • Creative Curriculum

    Advanced courses in Human-Computer Interactivity, Mobile Application Development, Augmented Reality, and other current topics are offered.

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  • Integrated Digital Media

    We offer both a Bachelors of Science (BS) and Master of Science (MS) degree in Integrated Digital Media at NYU-Poly.

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MISSION STATEMENT

The Brooklyn Experimental Media Center (BxmC) provides an interdisciplinary environment for media research at NYU-Poly, partnering faculty and students from the Integrated Digital Media program with collaborators from NYU-Poly, NYU, CUSP, New York City, and beyond. Our research combines experimental practices in media arts and engineering, constantly modifying industry-standard technologies and creating new ones.

The academic programs in Integrated Digital Media at NYU-Poly consist of both Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees that look at the field of digital media in a holistic way, as a spectrum of practices that runs the gamut from interaction design to performing arts research to photography, video, sound, and 3-D graphics, to games and human-computer interfaces. Our students are artists, engineers, and entrepreneurs working in extraordinarily fluid industries that reward the creative, the thoughtful, the technical, and the innovative.

In addition to our academic programs, the BxmC serves as a connector for students to find internships and jobs in the field of Digital Media. Students work with faculty on BxmC research projects or are connected directly with professionals in NYC.  The BxmC has a close relationship with the NYU Poly Small Business Incubator to provide students with opportunities for internships and start-up development in the ever-growing NY tech-start up scene.

Integrated Digital Media

We offer both a Bachelors of Science (BS) and Master of Science (MS) degree in Integrated Digital Media at NYU-Poly, under the department of Technology, Culture, and Society. An accelerated 5-year BS/MS degree is also offered.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

The Bachelors of Science degree in Integrated Digital Media offers a 4-year curriculum that looks at the spectrum of digital media practices as used in creative and engineering fields. We offer core courses in media studies, interaction and visual design, and software development. Electives are primarily drawn from studio production seminars in Web Design, Digital Cinema, Digital Photography, Game Design, Sound, and 3D Graphics. Advanced courses in Human-Computer Interactivity, Mobile Application Development, Augmented Reality, and other current topics are offered. Students also take courses in other NYU-Poly engineering departments (Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering), as well as at NYU in departments such as Music Technology (Steinhardt) and Interactive Telecommunications (Tisch). Students are expected to produce professional quality studio work in an experimental practice environment, and are encouraged to participate in BxmC interdisciplinary research. All students are required to create a Senior Project / Thesis that brings together their holistic skills in digital media to create a creative portfolio, an entrepreneurship-oriented business plan, or a research project around the creative applications of media technology. Learn more here.

MASTER OF SCIENCE

The Masters of Science degree in Integrated Digital Media is a 3-semester program that combines high-end production classes in media with research-grade investigation of new tools, techniques, and practices. Students take graduate-level coursework in media studies, media law, and media organization, as well as graduate level production classes in Web Design, Digital Cinema, Digital Photography, Game Design, Sound, and 3D Graphics. Graduate level special topics courses in HCI, Mobile Application Development, Augmented Reality, and other current topics are offered. Students also take courses in other NYU-Poly engineering departments (Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering), as well as at NYU in departments such as Music Technology (Steinhardt) and Interactive Telecommunications (Tisch). Graduate Students in IDM participate fully in research initiatives at the Brooklyn Experimental Media Center (BxmC) and in our partnered initiatives with other programs and schools at NYU-Poly, CUSP, and NYU. Students are expected to produce professional quality studio work in an experimental practice environment, and create a Thesis that brings together their creative and technical skills in digital media to create a fully realized research project around the creative applications of media technology. Learn more here.

BROOKLYN EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA CENTER

The Brooklyn Experimental Media Center (BxmC) is the research center for digital media at NYU-Poly, and provides the physical classrooms, labs, and research facilities for the Integrated Digital Media program.

We perform research that is implicitly interdisciplinary and outward-facing, working with departments and programs from NYU-Poly, CUSP, and NYU in partnership with outside organizations ranging from city agencies to performing arts centers to non-profit organizations. Our goals in research are to combine the best of experimental practices in the creative and scientific community to create synergistic areas of inquiry that look at media as a creative practice in an engineering context.Beginning in the Fall of 2013, we will be co-located in the MAGNET @ NYU Facility along with academic programs and research labs from Tisch, Steinhardt, the Courant Institute, and CUSP.Some of the BxmC projects can be found here.

Projects

A selection of recent work from our students as well as research from the BxmC.

EYES IN THE SKY: BxmC Faculty Research Project

A living vision of Earth

Flying Cow

An interactive flash game that involves a cow that flies.

I Ching Kinetic LED Installation

This is an art installation designed by Natalie Peng, a student of the IDM Department. The six octagon frames were made of acrylic, and LED strips were stuck to both sides of each frame. LED strips on each frame changed their brightness according to an Arduino program.

The Walk Ons

This is a video documentary for Phillip Wedo, Local musician and Bass guitarist in The Walk Ons.

Reactor

This installation discovers discourses hidden in vast static image collections. Through an audio-visual synthesis of imagery, it aims to generate new discussions that are encoded in pictures. Driven by the interactions of an audience, a spectator is at once the composer and the observer.

NYU WayFarer

This wayfinder is a navigation tool that leverages geo-located information in real world space. It provides a media rich experience that takes one through the NYU campus, indoors and out, utilizing both the virtual and the physical.

Feng Shui in Minecraft

The video game called Minecraft has been hybridized with the addition of Feng Shui. Participants are guided by the principles of an ancient Chinese tradition to auspiciously build environments in order to maintain their luck during gameplay.

People

The Integrated Digital Media program at NYU-Poly has an all-star faculty of artists, technologists and hackers with decades of professional media practice in New York City. Our institutional partners from within and throughout the University provide a core network for current students and alumni, who go on to advance digital media as a creative and technical community in New York City, nationally, and worldwide.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Prospective Students for our degree programs are encouraged to apply through the NYU-Poly Admissions website.

The Bachelor of Science program in Integrated Digital Media is a 4-year undergraduate degree conferred by the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. Requirements for admission are standard across the Institute and are available through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The Master of Science program in Integrated Digital Media is a 3-semester graduate degree conferred by the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. Students are required to submit their undergraduate transcript, resumé, letters of recommendation, and personal statement, along with a portfolio of their creative, design, or technical work in digital media. Prospective students must also submit to an admissions interview, either in person or via the Internet. International Students are expected to complete a TOEFL/IELTS examination and a Certification of Finances.Students applying to the graduate program in IDM are not required to take the GRE. More information can be found at the Office of Graduate Admissions. Students interested in knowing more about us, our programs, and our research are encouraged to attend upcoming Open Houses, our Public Programs&lt or contact us for more information.

 

Graduate Admissions accept applications year round on a rolling basis.
Graduate application requirements:

-Online application + $75 application fee

-Transcripts from all previously attended institutions

-Letters of Recommendation (minimum of 2)

-Personal Statement

-Resumé/CV

-Portfolio of Creative Work ( As PDF or Website)

-TOEFL or IELTS Scores – (For international applicants only) (School code: 2668)

-Certification of Finances – For international applicants only

**No GRE is Required for the Graduate IDM Application

-Interview (Skype or In Person). Applicants are required to have an interview with faculty and admin

 

All graduate applications need to be submitted through the NYU Poly Office of Graduate Admissions.

Contact the IDM Coordinator Andres Pang-Becker if you have any questions: apang@duke.poly.edu

FACILITIES

Our new state of the art facilities will open in the Fall of 2013 as part of the Media and Games Network (MAGNET) at NYU.

Housed in downtown Brooklyn, the BxmC will be co-locating with partners from the Tisch School of the Arts, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP).The new studio like tech space will feature  labs, multi-media classrooms, student exhibition space, a black box theatre, an audio studio and mixing booth, an equipment checkout room, physical computing workspace, a large lecture room, human computer interaction labs, and collaborative work spaces for students to grow and experiment.  Gensler Architects, NYU Facilites Management,and all of the departments involved have been working hard to make this space the hub for the next generation of technology at NYU.

MAGNET

New IDM facilities at MAGNET

New IDM facilities at MAGNET

New IDM facilities at MAGNET

news

NYU Poly and the BxmC to host the MTA and AT&T App Quest Hackathon

New York’s MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) and AT&T are teaming up to kick off this year’s MTA App Quest with a weekend hackathon powered by NYU Poly and ChallengePost! RSVP at Eventbrite Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, May 5, … Continued

NYU Poly IDM to host Different Games Conference

Different Games  is a two-day conference on diversity and inclusiveness in digital games, hosted April 26-27, 2013 at NYU’s Poly.  

JOB OPENING: Academic Advisor of Integrated Digital Media

The Digital Media Research Academic Advisor will assist the Director in the administration and coordination of activities in the Integrated Digital Media academic program. S/he will advise students enrolled in IDM courses, and will support IDM faculty and students.  The … Continued

BxmC Launches a New Website

BxmC announces the launch of bxmc.poly.edu our new website! The site was a collaboration between IDM faculty, students and alumni. Thanks for all the hard work!

Contact

Brooklyn eXperimental Media Center
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Six MetroTech Center
2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201

 
Contact: Andres Pang-Becker
Academic Coordinator, Digital Media
PHONE:(718) 260-3693
EMAIL:apang@duke.poly.edu
LOCATION:RH 209

 

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