Mission
The Center for Expressive Technologies creates, uses and studies technologies that enable human expression and enhance human values.
Vision
The Center for Expressive Technologies will be a leader and hub in a global movement to create a new kind of innovation, which mobilizes creative technology to generate collective benefit.
Objectives
(a) Support our teachers/scholars in novel, engaging,
trans-disciplinary research and creative projects at the intersection of technology and human expression.
(b) Utilize expressive technologies to promote an active research culture in the College of Liberal Arts and beyond at Cal Poly by providing institutional support for research that crosses departmental and college boundaries.
Empower students through unique co-curricular and curricular learning opportunities that involve creating and using new digital and visual technologies; participating in the world of research; working with companies and communities and ultimately preparing students for impactful careers in the new interdisciplinary tech fields.
(a) Partner with community members to promote access and exposure to advanced creative technologies and related to higher education, and ensure community values guide technological developments.
(b) Help companies and entrepreneurs that share our vision reach their technical goals while also achieving equitable outcomes.