Association
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).
Constitution & Working Practices
The ACC works according to:
ACC Bodies
The bodies of ACC are: the ACC Chair, the General Assembly, the Steering Committee, the Supervisory Board and the Advisory Board.
The ACC Chair
Chair: Dan Ventura
The Chair is assisted by:
- Secretary: João M. Cunha
- Treasurer: Diarmuid P. O’Donoghue
- Webmaster: Luís Espírito Santo
- Publicity: Joana Rovira Martins
General Assembly Board
- Chair: Pablo Gervás
- Secretary: Kazjon Grace
Steering Committee
- Chair: Dan Ventura, Brigham Young University, USA
- Member: Anna Kantosalo, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Member: Carlos León, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
- Member: Diarmuid P. O’Donoghue, Maynooth University, Ireland
- Member: João M. Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Member: Maya Ackerman, Santa Clara University, USA
- Member: Michael Cook, Queen Mary University of London, UK
- Member: Pablo Gervás, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
- Member: Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
The ACC Steering Committee also acts as the Steering Committee for ICCC.
Supervisory Board
- Chair: Amílcar Cardoso
- Member: Maya Ackerman
- Member: Rafael Pérez y Pérez
Advisory Board
- Chair: Pablo Gervás, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
- Member: Simon Colton, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- Member: Mary Lou Maher, College of Computing and Informatics, UNC Charlotte, USA
- Member: Nick Montfort, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Member: Rob Saunders, Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
- Member: Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Autonomous Metropolitan University, México
CC Task Force
In 2019, the ACC formed the Computational Creativity 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.
Previous Executive Committees
2011-2014
- Chair: Geraint Wiggins
- Treasurer: Graeme Ritchie
- Secretary: Alison Pease
- Web Master: Rob Saunders
2014-2015
- Interim Chair: Rafael Pérez y Pérez
- Treasurer: Graeme Ritchie
- Web Master: Rob Saunders
2015-2019 (official registration of the ACC)
- Elected chair: Rafael Pérez y Pérez
- Treasurer: Amílcar Cardoso
- Publicity Chair and Web Master: Carlos León
- Secretary: Dan Ventura
2019-2023
- Chair: Tony Veale
- Treasurer: Amílcar Cardoso
- Secretary: Dan Ventura
- Webmaster: João M. Cunha
- Publicity: Christian Guckelsberger
- Diversity Officer: Anna Kantosalo
General Assembly Board
- Chair: Geraint Wiggins
- Secretary: Carlos León
Supervisory Board
- Chair: Mary Lou Maher
- Member: Kaz Grace
- Member: Anna Jordanous