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PUBLICATIONS
2025
Utz, V. (2025). Responsible Data Stewardship: Generative AI and the Digital Waste Problem. ArXiv:2505.21720 [Preprint]
2024
Yalcin, O.N., Utz, V. & DiPaola, S. (2024). Empathy through Aesthetics: Using AI Stylization for Visual Anonymization of Interview Videos. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2024. EmpathiCH Workshop (Empathy-Centric Design: Scrutinizing Empathy Beyond the Individual), doi.org/10.1145/3661790.3661803 [Conference Paper]
2023
Utz, V. & DiPaola, S. (2023). Digital Overconsumption and Waste: A Closer Look at the Impacts of Generative AI. Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2023. Ethical Considerations in Creative Applications of Computer Vision (EC3V) Workshop, doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.18894 [Conference Paper]
Utz, V. & DiPaola, S. (2023). Climate Implications of Diffusion-based Generative Visual AI Systems and their Mass Adoption. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Creativity, pp.264-272, doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.18892 [Conference Paper]
2021
Utz, V. & DiPaola, S. (2021). Exploring the Application of AI-generated Artworks for the Study of Aesthetic Processing. Proceedings of the IEEE Fourth international Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (MIPR2021), pp.393-398, doi.org/10.1109/MIPR51284.2021.00073 [Conference Paper]
2020
Utz, V. & DiPaola, S. (2020). Using an AI Creativity System to Explore how Aesthetic Experiences are Processed along the Brain’s Perceptual Neural Pathways. Cognitive Systems Research, 59, pp. 63-72, doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2019.09.012 [Journal Paper]
Utz, V. & DiPaola, S. (2020). Aesthetic Judgments, Movement Perception and the Neural Architectures of the Visual System, Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the BICA Society, pp. 538-546, doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25719-4_70 [Conference Paper]
Stein, T., Utz, V. & van Opstal, F. (2020). Unconscious semantic priming from pictures under backward masking and continuous flash suppression. Consciousness and Cognition, 78, 102864, doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.102864 [Journal Paper]
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2024
Utz, V. (2024, November 26). Research in Human-Centered Generative AI [Poster Presentation]. SFU VINCI - Shaping the Future with AI: Innovations in Visual & Interactive Computing. Vancouver, Canada
2023
Utz, V. (2023, June 22). Diffusion-based Visual Generative Systems & their Climate Impact [Conference Talk]. International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC) 2023. Waterloo, Canada
Utz, V. (2023, June 18). Digital Overconsumption & Waste: A Closer Look at Generative AI [Poster Presentation]. Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2023. Ethical Considerations in Creative Applications of Computer Vision (EC3V) Workshop. Vancouver, Canada
2021
Utz, V. (2021, September 01). Computational Creativity (CC) Systems and their Application in Empirical Aesthetics [Poster Presentation]. International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) 2021 Congress. London, United Kingdom
Utz, V. (2021, September 10). Exploring the Application of AI-Art for the Study of Aesthetic Processing [Conference Talk]. IEEE 4th International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval (IEEE MIPR) 2021. AIArt21 Workshop. Tokyo, Japan
2020
Utz, V. (2019, August 17). Aesthetic Judgments, Movement Perception and the Neural Architecture of the Visual System [Conference Presentation]. Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) 2019 Conference. Seattle, WA, United States
Utz, V. & DiPaola, S. (2020). Using an AI creativity system to explore how aesthetic experiences are processed along the brain’s perceptual neural pathways. Cognitive Systems Research, 59, pp.63-72 [Journal Paper]
Stein, T., Utz, V. & van Opstal, F. (2020). Unconscious semantic priming from pictures under backward masking and continuous flash suppression. Consciousness & Cognition, 78: 102864 [Journal Paper. ArXiv link]
2019
Utz, V. (2019, August 17). Aesthetic Judgments, Movement Perception and the Neural Architecture of the Visual System [Conference Presentation]. Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) 2019 Conference. Seattle, WA, United States
2019
van Maanen, L., van der Mijn, R., van Beurden, M. H. P. H., Roijendik, L. M. M., Kingma, B. R. M., Miletic, S., & van Rijn, H. (2019). Core body temperature speeds up temporal processing and choice behavior under deadlines. Scientific Reports, 9, 10053. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46073-3
2018
Shakeri, H., Nixon, M. & DiPaola, S. (2018). Saliency-Based Artistic Abstraction With Deep Learning and Regression Trees. Electronic Imaging. https://doi.org/10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2017.61.6.060402