A story of music on the iPhone, how we got here, and where we're going

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Talk by Dr. Ge Wang, Professor of Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University
Time: October 29, 2:15pm Place: Rm.2311 (CS Wireless Seminar Room), Computer Science Building

The World is Your Stage: A story of music on the iPhone, how we got here, and where we're going

This talk as a part of the Hybrid Geographies Seminar Series is sponsored by the consortium for Digital Art, Culture, and Technology (cDACT). Ge Wang, professor of Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University will be speaking about his research in computer science and music. One of his recent claims to faim is the Ocarina app which allows you to turn your iPhone into a musical instrument and is one of Apple's All-time top 20 Apps (http://ocarina.smule.com/).

Due to their mobility, computing power, and sheer strength in numbers, mobile phones have become much more than simply "phones" or miniature laptops, increasingly serving as personal and "natural" extensions of ourselves. Therein lies, we believe, immense potential to reshape the way we think and do, and especially in how we engage one another expressively and socially. In this presentation, we explore the research we are doing at Stanford and at Smule: social/mobile music, the ChucK audio programming language, as well as laptop and mobile phone orchestras - in an intersection of music, computer science, and the simple joy of building things together.

Bio: Ge Wang is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). His research interests include interactive software systems for computer music, programming languages, mobile music, new performance ensembles (e.g., laptop orchestras and mobile phone orchestras), interfaces for human-computer interaction, and methodologies for education at the intersection of computer science and music. Ge is the author of the ChucK audio programming language. He is the founder and director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk), and of the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO). Concurrently, Ge is also the Co-founder, CTO, and Chief Creative Officer of Smule, a startup exploring interactive social music for mobile platforms, including the iPhone. He is the designer of the iPhone's Ocarina and Leaf Trombone: World Stage.