Tomás Laurenzo is an artist, designer, researcher and computer engineer from Uruguay.

He has a rich experience working in both public and private sectors, working or having worked for many companies and institutions from Uruguay, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Mexico and the USA.

He is Associate Professor of the Computer Science dept. of the University of Uruguay, where he works, since 2001, in the areas of new media art, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, and video games. He is, also, Researcher at the National Academy of Research of Uruguay (ANII).

He has performed academic activities in other foreign and local institutions including Microsoft Research, Carnegie Mellon University of USA, INRIA Institute of France, the ALFA academic network of the European Union, ORT and IUAS Universities of Uruguay and Uruguay's Ministry of Education, among others.

He has publications in the areas of New Media Art, HCI and mobile robotics; his artworks and performances have been shown both in Uruguay and in foreign countries.

He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UDELAR/PEDECIBA (done under the direction of Dr. Alvaro Cassinelly, University of Tokyo, Dr. Franco Robledo, UDELAR). It can be read here.

photo: Angela Barnett