Hi, how are you? My name is Eran Hadas.
I am a poet, software developer, digital artist and researcher working at the intersection of language, creativity and computation. For more than two decades I have been creating computer-based poetry, interactive works and generative systems. I call this practice Augmented Poetry: using algorithms not simply to generate text, but to explore how humans read, write and create.
I am the author of nine books of poetry, all published in Hebrew. My projects include Tzeela Katz, a fictional poet behind a well-known literary hoax; Frankie, a documentary robot; The Electronic Curator, an AI artwork created with Eyal Gruss; Half Reading, an augmented-reality poetry book; and the lyrics-generation system behind the AI Eurovision song Blue Jeans & Bloody Tears. You can find more of this work on my AI Art page and in my career timeline, compiled with GenAI.
Alongside my artistic practice, my research focuses on computational creativity, particularly the use of large language models to assess and support divergent thinking. My recent work examines automated creativity assessment, the Alternative Uses Test, and human–AI evaluation, building on my earlier research and practice in computational literature and generative text. You can find my academic work on my publications page at Tel Aviv University and on ORCID.
I have taught computational literature, digital media, creative coding, artificial intelligence, game development and contemporary poetry at Tel Aviv University and other academic and arts institutions. At Tel Aviv University I also served as Acting Head of the Digital Media Track. In 2017 I was a Schusterman Visiting Artist at Caltech, where I taught Computational Literature, and in 2020 I was an artist-in-residence at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Please explore my career timeline, AI work, poetry and interactive works, and books and projects. You can also visit my Poetry International page.