Founding Director听Mark Amerika听was recently appointed a CU Professor of Distinction. In January 2018,听Professor Amerika published his tenth听book,听谤别尘颈虫迟丑别肠辞苍迟别虫迟听(Routledge). Last fall, The British Computer Arts Society, in conjunction with Ravensbourne and Birbeck universities, sponsored the听Beyond GRAMMATRON: 20 Years into the Future听international symposium celebrating the 20-year anniversary of Amerika's groundbreaking work of net art,听GRAMMATRON.
Lori Emerson听delivered a keynote lecture titled "The Undersea Life of Other Networks" at the Format Matters Conference hosted by the Institut f眉r Film, Theater und empirische听Kulturwissenschaft at Johannes Gutenberg-Universit盲t Mainz in December 2017. An Interview with Emerson, titled "Media Archeology Lab:听 Experimentation, Tinkering, Probing. Lori Emerson in conversation with Piotr Marecki," was also published in the Polish journal听Przegl膮d Kulturoznawczy听(Fall 2017).