“Are We There Yet?” Visual Tracking of Visitors ... - Ken Goldberg

6 Acknowledgements
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The first author is grateful for the insight of Jon Barron and Dmitry Berenson,
the hard work of Hui Peng Hu, Kevin Horowitz, and Tuan Le, and the generous
support of Caitlin Marshall and Jerry and Nancy Godbehere.
Leading cultural, religious, and academic thinkers advised on the project.
Advisory Board members include Dr. Natasha Boas (Independent Curator),
Catharine Clark (Gallerist), Dr. Nathaniel Deutsch (Professor of Religion at
UC Santa Cruz), Dr. Ari Kelman (Professor, UC Davis, expert on 20th century
Jewish Culture), Rabbi Noa Kushner (founder of Nita, an innovative project
of Rodef Sholom in Marin County and author of essays and poetry), Amichai
Lau-Lavie (Founder, Executive and Artistic director of Storahtelling, and performance
artist), Dr. Perrin Meyer (Audio Engineer and Designer, Meyer Sound
Labs), Dan Schifrin (Director of Public Programs and Writer-in-Residence at the
Contemporary Jewish Museum), and Tiffany Shlain (filmmaker, artist, founder
of the Webby Awards and co-founder of the International Academy of Digital
Arts and Sciences).
Major support for this project provided by the Jim Joseph Foundation and
the Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund supported
by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine
Foundation. Additional support and hardware generously provided by Meyer
Sound Laboratories.
Special thanks to the Contemporary Jewish Museum Staff:
– Connie Wolf, Director and CEO
– James Leventhal, Deputy Director for Development
– Dan Schifrin, Director of Public Programs/Writer-in-Residence
– Maren Jones, Director of Exhibitions & Registration
– Leah Tarlen, Institutional Gifts Manager
– Dara Solomon, Curator
– Jodi Waynberg, Curatorial Associate
– Mark Edwards, AV Coordinator & IT Assistant
– Nina Sazevich, Publicist
– Josh Pieper, Preparator
– Fraidy Aber, Director of Education
Special thanks to Gil Gershoni and others who helped with the design and
development:
– Gilad Gershoni, Sound Designer & Senior System Architect
– Perrin Meyer, Audio Engineering, Meyer Sound Labs
– Amy Gershoni, Founder and Director of Strategy, Gershoni
– Dave Johnson, Senior Technologist
– John Fox, App Developer
– Kate Wendell, Project Manager, Gershoni
– Carmi Katsir, Project Manager, Gershoni
– Shauna Steinbach, Designer, Gershoni