LSU student develops event-tracking system

An LSU graphic design graduate student has developed a new software program that aims to make art exhibits and conferences more efficient. Santanu Majumdar has developed Exhibition Next, along with researchers at the school’s Center for Computation & Technology. The program allows patrons at museums or galleries to touch a radio card in order to get e-mails about exhibits and displays they find interesting. “It allows you to have information about artists or displays that you personally find interesting e-mailed directly to you, without the need for huge amounts of paper or energy expended,” Majumdar says. Along with eliminating the need for paper brochures, the technology allows galleries and conferences to know what exhibits people find the most interesting. Majumdar’s technology has already been tested at the LSU Museum of Art and officials with the school’s Office of Intellectual Property are looking at the next step for Exhibition Next.