About
The International Association for Computational Creativity (ACC) is a non-profit organisation, whose mission is the advancement of Computational Creativity as a discipline and a technology.

The ACC aims to promote the scientific study of human and machine creativity via computational means by fostering research in CC and public engagement with the societal issues surrounding CC technologies. A key responsibility of the ACC is the management of the annual International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC). The ACC works according to two main documents:


ACC Bodies

The bodies of ACC are: the ACC Chair, the General Assembly, the Steering Committee, the Supervisory Board and the Advisory Board.

ACC Chair: Dan Ventura
Secretary: João M. Cunha
Treasurer: Diarmuid P. O’Donoghue
Webmaster: Luís Espírito Santo
Publicity: Joana Rovira Martins

Steering Committee

The ACC Steering Committee also acts as the Steering Committee for ICCC.

General Assembly Board
Supervisory Board

CC Task Force

A working group to support the field of CC and its researchers by providing a robust pipeline for strengthening community unity and productivity. (Read more)

View Previous Executive Committees


Association Members
  • Alison Pease, University of Dundee, UK
  • Amílcar Cardoso, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Anna Aurora Kantosalo, Haaga-Heua University of Appuled Sciences / University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Anna Jordanous, University of Kent, UK
  • Ashok K. Goel, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  • Brad Spendlove, Randolph College, USA
  • Carlos León, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
  • Caterina Moruzzi, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Christian Guckelsberger, Aalto University, Finland
  • Dan Brown, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Dan Ventura, Brigham Young University, USA
  • Diarmuid O’Donoghue, Maynooth University, Ireland
  • Geraint Wiggins, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  • Hannu Toivonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • James Morgan, San José State University, USA
  • João Miguel Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Kazjon Grace, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Luis Espirito Santo, Universidade de Coimbra / Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Portugal / Belgium
  • Maria Hedblom, Jönköping University, Sweden
  • Maria Teresa Llano, University of Sussex, UK
  • Mary Lou Maher, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Maya Ackerman, WaveAI, USA
  • Mike Cook, King’s College London, UK
  • Nick Monfort, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Pablo Gervás, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
  • Paul Bodily, Idaho State University, USA
  • Pedro Martins, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Universidad Autónoma Metropoultana, Mexico
  • Rob Saunders, Leiden University, Netherlands
  • Simon Colton, Queen Mary University of London, UK
  • Tony Veale, University College Dubuln, Ireland

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