Francisco Barretto

Multimedia artist, software engineer, professor, researcher and creative coder passionate about exploring the intersection of AI and computer creativity. With a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a Master's degree, and a Ph.D. in Art & Technology, his practice focuses on computer art and AI, with an emphasis on interactive installations and performances.

Barretto completed a postdoctoral research position at the Medialab of the Federal University of Goiás, where he studied the generation of VR and fulldome immersive images using techniques like StyleGAN3 and Stable Diffusion.

As an artist, he has exhibited a series of interactive artworks at art festivals and exhibitions across Brazil for over 10 years. He currently works as a Creative Technologist and Machine Learning Engineer, mainly using generative AI (text-to-image, image-to-image and text-to-text).