Warren Sack

Warren Sack is a Professor in the Film & Digital Media Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He holds affiliate faculty positions across multiple departments and programs, including the Digital Arts & New Media (DANM) Program, Computational Media, History of Consciousness, and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). His research focuses on media theory, software studies, and the intersections of technology with humanities and social sciences. Sack has held visiting roles at institutions like Télécom ParisTech, Sciences Po, and Columbia University.

• Education: PhD in Media Arts and Sciences (MIT, 2000), SM (MIT, 1994), BA in Computer Science and Psychology (Yale, 1985).

His research interests span media theory, history and philosophy of science, software design, and digital studies. Sack has received notable awards such as the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship (2012–2013) and multiple fellowships from the Paris Institute for Advanced Study. He has led grants totaling over $1 million, including projects on deliberative software, open government, and computational visualization.

Publications include The Software Arts (MIT Press, 2019) and influential articles on topics like peer review of scientific testimony, open-source software collaboration, and digital democracy. His artwork, such as Agonistics: A Language Game, explores the intersection of software and social interaction.

• Key Grants: NSF grants for deliberation interfaces and immersive visualization systems, UCSC grants for online education and digital archives.
• Labs/Teams: Core faculty in the Center for Computational Experience and former director of the DANM Program.