Finnish YLE TV1's Prisma Studio programme presented and discussed computational creativity in its 30 minute show at prime time on 11 Feb 2015. The Discovery Research Group of the Department of Computer Science contributed to the programme in a number of ways: Professor Hannu Toivonen was interviewed, Jukka Toivanen participated in the discussion in the studio and demonstrated the Brain Poetry art installation, Anna Kantosalo had taken an interactive pedagogical poetry engine to a primary school, and additionally the programme played music automatically composed from sleep measurements.

The programme can be viewed at YLEn web site for 30 days (in Finnish).

Links:

• YLE Prisma Studio, Wed 11.2.2015 at 20-20:30: http://ohjelmaopas.yle.fi/1-2466699
• Discovery Research group: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/en/discovery
• Scientific publication on computational creativity: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/en/discovery/publications
• Artistic uses of computational creativity: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/en/discovery/works-artistic-nature