{"id":73,"date":"2013-08-05T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.0.4:8080\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:17:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/computationalcreativity.net\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"bigger-text\">The International Association for Computational Creativity (ACC) is a non-profit organisation, whose mission is the advancement of <a href=\"http:\/\/computationalcreativity.net\/home\/about\/computational-creativity\/\">Computational Creativity<\/a> as a discipline and a technology.<\/div>\n<p>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 <a href=\"..\/conferences\">International Conference on Computational Creativity<\/a> (ICCC). The ACC works according to two main documents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/computationalcreativity.net\/documents\/ACC_Constitution_Sep-2017.pdf\">The ACC Constitution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/computationalcreativity.net\/documents\/ACC_Working_Practices_Nov2025.pdf\">The ACC Working Practices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div style=\"margin-top:30px\">\n<h5>ACC Bodies<\/h5>\n<p>The bodies of ACC are: the ACC Chair, the General Assembly, the Steering Committee, the Supervisory Board and the Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ACC Chair: <a href=\"http:\/\/axon.cs.byu.edu\/Dan\/\">Dan Ventura<\/a><br \/>\nSecretary: <a href=\"https:\/\/cdv.dei.uc.pt\/people\/joao-cunha\">Jo\u00e3o M. Cunha<\/a><br \/>\nTreasurer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.nuim.ie\/~dod\/\">Diarmuid P. O&#8217;Donoghue<\/a><br \/>\nWebmaster: <a href=\"https:\/\/cdv.dei.uc.pt\/people\/luis-espirito-santo\">Lu\u00eds Esp\u00edrito Santo<\/a><br \/>\nPublicity: <a href=\"https:\/\/cdv.dei.uc.pt\/people\/joana-rovira\">Joana Rovira Martins<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h6 id=\"sc\">Steering Committee<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: <a href=\"http:\/\/axon.cs.byu.edu\/Dan\/\">Dan Ventura<\/a>, Brigham Young University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"\">Carlos Le\u00f3n<\/a>, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.nuim.ie\/~dod\/\">Diarmuid P. O&#8217;Donoghue<\/a>, Maynooth University, Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/cdv.dei.uc.pt\/people\/joao-cunha\">Jo\u00e3o M. Cunha<\/a>, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucm.es\/itc\/pablo-gervas\">Pablo Gerv\u00e1s<\/a>, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisuc.uc.pt\/en\/people\/penousal-machado\">Penousal Machado<\/a>, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/ju.se\/personinfo.html?sign=HEDMAR&#038;lang=en\">Maria Hedblom<\/a>, University of J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping, Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.sussex.ac.uk\/p640433-maria-llano-rodriguez\">Maria Teresa Llano<\/a>, University of Sussex, UK<\/li>\n<li>Member:  <a href=\"https:\/\/cdv.dei.uc.pt\/people\/luis-espirito-santo\">Lu\u00eds Esp\u00edrito Santo<\/a>, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ACC Steering Committee also acts as the Steering Committee for <a href=\"..\/conferences\">ICCC<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Prev SC\n        \n\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/cs.uwaterloo.ca\/~browndg\/\">Dan Brown<\/a>, University of Waterloo, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h6>General Assembly Board<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: <a href=\"http:\/\/nil.fdi.ucm.es\/index.php?q=node\/92\">Pablo Gerv\u00e1s<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Secretary: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kazjon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kazjon Grace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h6>Supervisory Board<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisuc.uc.pt\/people\/show\/amilcar\">Am\u00edlcar Cardoso<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"https:\/\/maya-ackerman.com\"> Maya Ackerman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafaelperezyperez.com\/\">Rafael P\u00e9rez y P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--div>\n\n\n<h6>Advisory Board<\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nil.fdi.ucm.es\/index.php?q=node\/92\">Pablo Gerv\u00e1s<\/a>, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.ic.ac.uk\/~sgc\/\">Simon Colton<\/a>, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maryloumaher.net\/\">Mary Lou Maher<\/a>, College of Computing and Informatics, UNC Charlotte, USA<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nickm.com\/\">Nick Montfort<\/a>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universiteitleiden.nl\/en\/staffmembers\/rob-saunders?_ga=2.218733405.559993226.1572699544-2121252131.1572275905#tab-1\">Rob Saunders<\/a>, Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafaelperezyperez.com\/\">Rafael P\u00e9rez y P\u00e9rez<\/a>, Autonomous Metropolitan University, M\u00e9xico<\/li>\n\n\n        \n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maya-ackerman.com\"> Maya Ackerman<\/a>, Santa Clara University, USA<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesbyangelina.org\">Michael Cook<\/a>, Queen Mary University of London, UK<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div-->\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h6>CC Task Force<\/h6>\n<p>A working group to support the field of CC and its researchers by providing a robust pipeline for strengthening community unity and productivity. (<a href=\"http:\/\/computationalcreativity.net\/home\/cc-task-force\/\">Read more<\/a>)\n<\/div>\n<p>View <a href=\" https:\/\/computationalcreativity.net\/home\/previous-executive-committees\/\">Previous Executive Committees<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"border-bottom-color: #d1003d\">\n<div>\n<h6>Association Members<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Alison Pease, University of Dundee, UK<\/li>\n<li>Am\u00edlcar Cardoso, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Anna Aurora Kantosalo, Haaga-Heua University of Appuled Sciences \/ University of Helsinki, Finland<\/li>\n<li>Anna Jordanous, University of Kent, UK<\/li>\n<li>Ashok K. Goel, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<\/li>\n<li>Brad Spendlove, Randolph College, USA<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Le\u00f3n, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Caterina Moruzzi, University of Edinburgh, UK<\/li>\n<li>Christian Guckelsberger, Aalto University, Finland<\/li>\n<li>Dan Brown, University of Waterloo, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Dan Ventura, Brigham Young University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Diarmuid O&#8217;Donoghue, Maynooth University, Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Geraint Wiggins, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Hannu Toivonen, University of Helsinki, Finland<\/li>\n<li>Hugo Gon\u00e7alo Oliveira, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>James Morgan, San Jos\u00e9 State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Jo\u00e3o Miguel Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Kazjon Grace, University of Sydney, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Luis Espirito Santo, Universidade de Coimbra \/ Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Portugal \/ Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Maria Hedblom, J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping University, Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Maria Teresa Llano, University of Sussex, UK<\/li>\n<li>Mary Lou Maher, University of Sydney, Australia<\/li>\n<li>Maya Ackerman, WaveAI, USA<\/li>\n<li>Mike Cook, King&#8217;s College London, UK<\/li>\n<li>Nick Monfort, University of Bergen, Norway<\/li>\n<li>Pablo Gerv\u00e1s, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Paul Bodily, Idaho State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Pedro Martins, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Rafael P\u00e9rez y P\u00e9rez, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma Metropoultana, Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Rob Saunders, Leiden University, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Simon Colton, Queen Mary University of London, UK<\/li>\n<li>Tony Veale, University College Dubuln, Ireland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/computationalcreativity.net\/home\/becoming-a-member\/\">Want to become a member?<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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