EvoEco Software Evaluation

EvoEco is an experimental piece of software for the creation of abstract images using simple virtual drawing creatures. It is being created at Monash University.

We are currently conducting a survey evaluating this new piece of software. This involves using the system to create a piece of electronic art, then answering a short questionnaire regarding your experience. The data from this study will be used to evaluate our system, and to study how people, in general, interact with electronic art software.

The data from this evaluation and questionnaire will be completely anonymous: at no point in time will we know your identity, nor will we make any attempt to discover it. You may withdraw from the study at any time, up until you fill out and submit the questionnaire; Since the survey is anonymous, once you have submitted your questionnaire, we will be unable to remove the results from our database. Submitting the questionnaire will be taken to mean that you agree to be a part of our study. We will retain the results of this study indefinitely, and might reuse the data in future studies for comparisons with other interactive software.

If you are over eighteen years of age, your help is greatly appreciated. To begin, click the Start EvoEco button below. The entire process should take less than fifteen minutes.

Some EvoEco image samples.

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Thank you for agreeing to help evaluate our software! We hope you enjoy the experience.




The EvoEco software and this survey were created by Drs. Taras Kowaliw, Alan Dorin, and Jon McCormack at the Centre for Electronic Media Art at Monash University in Australia. If you have any questions, or if you would like to be informed when results of this study are available, please contact Dr. Kowaliw directly:
Tel: +61 3 9905 8471, Email: kowaliw@infotech.monash.edu.au.

Should you have any complaint concerning the manner in which this research (EvoEco, Ref. No. CF09/2592 - 2009001485) is conducted, please do not hesitate to contact the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (MUHREC) at the following address:
Executive Officer, Human Research Ethics, Building 3E, Research Office, Monash University VIC 3800, Australia.
Tel: +61 3 9905 2052, Fax: +61 3 9905 3831.