Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Summer Workshops 2019 Announced!
Summer 2019 just got a whole lot cooler: our amazing lineup of computer music workshops has been announced! Check out the schedule here
There will be opportunities for financial assistance for some workshops - check specific workshop pages for more details.
Upcoming Events
Linux Audio Conference 2019 Concerts
Date:
Sat, 03/23/2019 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Date:
Sat, 03/23/2019 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Date:
Sun, 03/24/2019 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Date:
Sun, 03/24/2019 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Date:
Mon, 03/25/2019 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA Courtyard
Event Type:
Concert 
The full conference program can be found here: http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/#program
Electroacoustic music and multimedia performances by participants at the conference will be presented in five concerts:
CCRMA Stage
Saturday, March 23, 6pm and 8pm
Sunday, March 24, 6pm and 8pm
FREE
Open to the Public
Amnon Wolman: Barrier, Stop for inspection
Date:
Wed, 03/27/2019 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
Barrier, Stop for inspection was commissioned for the 2018 Warsaw Autumn Festival, and employs sounds, texts and images. The text, about the activity of remembering, was written in June 2018, and was translated to Polish by Halina Cieplińska. It appears both in English and in Polish orally and visually in fixed times during the piece. Most other materials, musical and visual, are performed and controlled during the live performance.
A memory that I create right now.
FREE
Open to the Public
Ostap Manulyak: sounds from behind the (absent) walls
Date:
Fri, 03/29/2019 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE
Open to the Public
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CCRMA's Online Classes
CCRMA currently offers several online courses:
Chris Chafe "ONLINE JAMMING AND CONCERT TECHNOLOGY"
Perry Cook and Julius Smith "PHYSICS-BASED SOUND SYNTHESIS FOR GAMES AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS"
Jay LeBoeuf "CAREERS IN MEDIA TECHNOLOGY"
Xavier Serra and Julius Smith "AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MUSIC APPLICATIONS"
Matt Wright (with David Zicarelli) "PROGRAMMING MAX: STRUCTURING INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE FOR DIGITAL ARTS"
Chris Chafe "ONLINE JAMMING AND CONCERT TECHNOLOGY"
Perry Cook and Julius Smith "PHYSICS-BASED SOUND SYNTHESIS FOR GAMES AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS"
Jay LeBoeuf "CAREERS IN MEDIA TECHNOLOGY"
Xavier Serra and Julius Smith "AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MUSIC APPLICATIONS"
Matt Wright (with David Zicarelli) "PROGRAMMING MAX: STRUCTURING INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE FOR DIGITAL ARTS"
Recent Events
Linux Audio Conference 2019 Concerts
Date:
Sat, 03/23/2019 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Date:
Sat, 03/23/2019 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Date:
Sun, 03/24/2019 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Date:
Sun, 03/24/2019 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Date:
Mon, 03/25/2019 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA Courtyard
Event Type:
Concert The full conference program can be found here: http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/#program
Electroacoustic music and multimedia performances by participants at the conference will be presented in five concerts:
CCRMA Stage
Saturday, March 23, 6pm and 8pm
Sunday, March 24, 6pm and 8pm
FREE
Open to the Public
Decoding Spatial Auditory Attention Using a Vestigial Pinna-Orienting System in Humans
Date:
Fri, 03/22/2019 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
But Daniel J. Strauss will be at CCRMA on Friday to talk about "Decoding Spatial Auditory Attention Using a Vestigial Pinna-Orienting System in Humans.” Decoding auditory perception from brain signals is certainly one of the more interesting directions for auditory research. At ARO earlier this year in Baltimore, there was some interesting research showing that movements of the eyes showed up as a movement in the ear drum. And now Daniel Strauss is visiting from the University of Saarland, and will be talking about how our pinna might reflect our listening intent. Cool!
Who: Daniel J. Strauss (Saarland University)
Open to the Public
Shelly Knotts
Date:
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
Shelly produces live-coded and network music performances and projects which explore aspects of code, data and collaboration in improvisation. Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, she performs internationally, collaborating with computers and other humans.
FREE
Open to the Public
Sounds in Space: Winter Quarter Final Concert for Music 222
Date:
Sat, 03/16/2019 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE
Open to the Public
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What happens when technology knows more about us than we do? Poppy Crum studies how we express emotions -- and she suggests the end of the poker face is near, as new tech makes it easy to see the signals that give away how we're feeling. In a talk and demo, she shows how "empathetic technology" can read physical signals like body temperature and the chemical composition of our breath to inform on our emotional state. For better or for worse. "If we recognize the power of becoming technological empaths, we get this opportunity where technology can help us bridge the emotional and cognitive divide," Crum says.
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Way to go, Poppy!
CTA Honors Five for Outstanding Contributions to Tech Industry Initiatives and Standards
Way to go, Poppy!
CTA Honors Five for Outstanding Contributions to Tech Industry Initiatives and Standards
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