Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
Upcoming Events
Gadi Sassoon: Multiverse
Date:
Wed, 01/23/2019 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
Gadi Sassoon performs Multiverse in a multichannel setup at CCRMA.
FREE
Open to the Public
Odeya Nini: A Solo Voice
Date:
Thu, 01/24/2019 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
Evolving over the last seven years, A Solo Voice, composed and performed by Odeya Nini, is an investigation of resonance, extended vocal techniques, performance, and pure expression, exploring the relationship between mind and body and the various landscapes it can yield. The work is a series of malleable compositions and improvisations that include field recordings and theatrical elements, aiming to dissociate the voice from its traditional attributes and create a new logic of song that is not only heard but seen through movement and action.
FREE
Open to the Public
Narayan Sankaran on Decoding Music & Speech from M/EEG activity
Date:
Fri, 01/25/2019 - 10:30am - 1:55pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
I’m happy to introduce Narayan Sankaran, new to the Bay Area, who has been doing a lot of work on measuring how our brains respond to speech and music. Most importantly he is looking at how the brain distinguishes different tones and phonemes. This has been done with single-unit recordings and perhaps ECoG, but it is novel to do this with EEG. And then how do these signals get turned into meaning? Very cool work.
Who: Narayan Sankaran(UCSF)
What: Decoding Music & Speech from M/EEG activity
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
Laetitia Sonami: Ideas & Machines
Date:
Tue, 01/22/2019 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Guest Lecture 
Laetitia Sonami, composer, sound installation artist and technologist, discusses her forty yearlong musical trajectories and encounters and questions her abilities to think out of the machine.
Sonami studied with Eliane Radigue, Robert Ashley, David Behrman and Joel Chadabe - She moved from France to the United States in the late seventies to pursue her interest in electronic music, away from the more conservative French institutions of the time.
FREE
Open to the Public
Faust Fest: a One Day Faust Workshop
Date:
Sat, 01/19/2019 - 9:30am - 5:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Classroom
Event Type:
Other 
FREE
Open to the Public
Clarence Barlow: Piano and electroacoustic works | Chryssie Nanou, piano
Date:
Fri, 01/18/2019 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
Pre-concert lecture at 5:30pm: Before the concert, Mr. Barlow will give a talk about Five Dodecaphonic Pieces, a series of 12-channel electroacoustic pieces realized in 2016 and 2017. He will also briefly talk about Approximating Pi and Four ISIS Studies, electroacoustic pieces from 2003-2008. These works will be presented in the concert.
FREE
Open to the Public
Clarence Barlow: Recent electroacoustic pieces
Date:
Fri, 01/18/2019 - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Guest Lecture 
FREE
Open to the Public
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Recent News
ARTFUL DESIGN — A new (comic) book by Ge Wang!
What is the nature of design, and the meaning it holds in human life? What does it mean to design well -- to design ethically? How can the shaping of technology reflect our values as human beings? These are the questions addressed in Ge Wang's new book, ARTFUL DESIGN (check it out: https://artful.design/).
Technology that Knows What You're Feeling: TED2018 Talk Featuring Dr. Poppy Crum
Very interesting talk by Poppy Crum:
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.
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.
CCRMA's SLOrk Featured in Wired Magazine
The Aural Magic of Stanford's Laptop Orchestra
CCRMA: Award-winning Faculty!
Please join us in contratulating Dr. Poppy Crum upon receiving two recent awards! Her work on tech industry standards, particularly focusing on improving hearing aid technology, and her leadership as a women in the tech world have been recognized by the Consumer Technology Association and the Advanced Imaging Society. Links to articles are below.
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
LISTEN: 1,200 Years of Earth’s Climate, Transformed into Sound
Science podcast featuring work by our fearless leader, Chris Chafe:
"When you sonify data, you experience time in a way you can’t when you look at a chart." Hal Gordon, Graduate student
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