Digital Curve, an initiative by the Centre for Learning Futures, aims to bring the power of computation and digital technology to bear on all aspects of teaching, learning, and research. The initiative houses the Digital Lab, a dedicated space for students to work on digital technology and new media projects.

Digital Curve Lab

The Digital Curve Lab works on projects at the intersection of immersive media visualisation, technologies, visual analytics, aesthetics, and cultural (big) data. With the availability of tools, software, and equipment, the Lab will provide an opportunity for students to explore and experiment with digital technology to learn new skills to create innovative projects. The Lab will develop projects in the following thematic areas:

  • Interactive archives and emergent narratives focused on new modes of knowledge creation from digital cultural archives through immersive visualisation and interactive narrative.
  • Image science, visual computing, and data curation of new documentation technologies to objects, places and people, pioneering solutions for the acquisition of high resolution and high fidelity data.
  • Immersive visualisation and pedagogy for VR, AR, gamification, and advanced computer graphics.

The Initiative provides the following services to the faculty and students:

  • Consultation: The Lab will offer one-on-one and small group consultations for students and Faculty who would like advice and recommendations on digital tools, designing digital outputs for projects and courses. 
  • Digital Curve Archive: The archive will hold data and media collection developed during projects for access by the University community.
  • Graduate Internships and Capstone Collaboration: The Lab will facilitate collaborative projects with digital media outputs for students doing Graduate Internships and Capstone projects.

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Illustrated Science

COM211 Science Communication using Digital Media is a unique, interdisciplinary course offered at Ahmedabad University. The course trains students to bridge the gap between complex scientific concepts, and popular understanding of science through explanatory science illustrations created using digital tools and software. As a part of the course, students engage in the several activities during the semester. ​Through a combination of creative assignments, readings, listening to podcasts, and field trips, this course exposes students to multiple approaches and perspectives on understanding and communicating science for lay audiences. ​Illustrated Science Magazine chronicles the semester-long efforts of the students from the Science Communication using Digital Media course at Ahmedabad University. Join us in celebrating the dedication of these emerging science communicators and illustrators from across different disciplines as they contribute to the ongoing dialogues in Science.

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Creative Coding

A repository of projects developed using p5.js, a JavaScript library designed to make coding intuitive for artists, designers, and creative thinkers. Students learn foundational programming concepts—such as loops, conditionals, functions, and object-oriented design—while building interactive visuals from scratch with the help of Generative AI. The projects range from animated data visualisations and interactive storytelling pieces to generative art and rule-based simulations created as part of the Interactive Media and Visualisation course.

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Digital Exhibition

Explore a collection of student projects created as part of the Interactive Media and Visualisation course. Through hands-on exercises, students used digital tools to build interactive timelines, graphs, network maps, non-linear stories, 360° walkthroughs, websites, and visual dashboards. These projects showcase how visualisation and interactivity can powerfully communicate ideas in both peer-to-peer and public contexts through digital exhibitions.

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BIOME: Exploring Survival, Adaptation and Coexistence Through Interactive Media

Biome explores the heterogeneity and dynamic relationships that define the survival of species in both natural and urban environments. From a street dog navigating urban landscapes to futuristic simulations of ecological collapse, this exhibition delves into the complexities of survival, adaptation, and coexistence. Through board games, interactive media, digital simulations, and quiz – Biome invites you to reflect on the intricate systems that sustain life on Earth and the roles we play in shaping them.

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Arboretum Explorer

The movement of plants is often barely perceptible to the human eye, which leads many of us to assume that the plant world is fixed and inert. What are the dynamics of the bio community at the macro and micro scale? The Digital Exhibit explores different ways to give voice to the ecosystem of the Arboretum and brings to life the slow and subtle movements of trees and surrounding ecology. The project aims to create an interactive digital biodiversity map and develop an ongoing database resource of campus biodiversity.