XSEAD: A Community Platform For Art-Science Integration

The relation between media researchers, engineers, and artists has been a topic of discussion since the introduction of multimedia. The authors present the social-media-oriented XSEAD environment (http://xsead.org) that is designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration between the members of different groups, speed the dissemination of findings, and establish an educational environment that helps to better understand the intellectual grounds of integrative multimedia work. XSEAD is an online platform supporting networks of creativity and innovation across science, engineering, art, and design.