Sandeep Marwah honored Jeff
Burke with the life membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian
Academy of Film And Television during his visit to AAFT at Noida Film City.
Jeff Burke is assistant dean, technology
and innovation at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT)
Burke is a three-time UCLA alumnus (B.S., M.S.,
Electrical Engineering; M.F.A., Film, Television and Digital Media) who has
produced, managed, programmed and designed experimental performances, short
films, new genre art installations and new facility construction
internationally for more than 15 years.
“Burke has
been a faculty member since 2001 and today, in addition to his role developing
technology and innovation strategy at UCLA TFT, is co-PI and application team
lead for the Named Data Networking project, a multi-campus effort supported by
the National Science Foundation (NSF) and an international 25-member consortium
to develop a future Internet architecture,” informed Sandeep Marwah President
of Marwah Studios.
In 2004, Burke co-founded UCLA TFT’s Center for
Research in Engineering, Media and Performance, a collaboration with the Henry
Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, which combines research,
artistic production and community engagement. At REMAP, Burke’s research has
been supported by the NSF and NEA, Intel, Cisco, Google, Trust for Mutual
Understanding and the MacArthur Foundation, among others he received a
three-year Google Focused Award on the “Future of Storytelling,” for work that
will explore the intersection of storytelling and coding through research and
production of original, interdisciplinary digital media works at UCLA TFT.
