Joel Ong is a media artist whose works connect scientific and artistic approaches to the environment, particularly with respect to sound and physical space. He is an Assistant Professor in Computational Arts and Director of Sensorium:The Centre for Digital Arts and Technology at York University. A serial collaborator, Professor Ong is invested in the broader scope of Art-Science collaborations and is engaged constantly in the discourses and processes that facilitate viewing these two polemical disciplines on similar ground. His current practices build on his doctoral studies in data aesthetics and social activism in the emerging environments of a post-pandemic future.