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Epstein Institute Seminar Series / ISE 650 Seminar

Speaker: Ge Wang, Assistant Professor, CCRMA, Stanford University/CCO, Chief Creative Officer, Smule

Talk Title: "THE WORLD IS YOUR STAGE: SOCIAL MUSIC-MAKING ON MOBILE PHONES"

Abstract: Due to their mobility, computing power, and sheer strength in numbers, mobile phones have become much more than simply "a phone" (and mobile devices more than simply "portable computers"), 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. This presentation explores the research we are doing on mobile music at Stanford and at Smule - including mobile phone orchestras, iPhone's Ocarina, I Am T-Pain, and Magic Piano and Magic Fiddle on the iPad. We also trace their origins to laptop orchestras, programming languages for music, and an intersection of music, computer science, and the simple joy of building things together.

Biography: GE WANG, is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), and researches interactive software systems for computer music, programming languages, mobile/social music, and education at the intersection of computer science and music. Ge is the author of the ChucK audio programming language, the founding director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk), and the cofounder and director of the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO). Ge is the Co-founder, CTO, and Chief Creative Officer of Smule, and the designer of the iPhone's Ocarina and the iPad's Magic Piano.

Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - Room 105

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum