Music, Computing, and Design (M:C:D)

The Music, Computing, and Design (MCD) research group, led by faculty member Ge Wang, conducts research in computer music design, including in (but not exclusive to) the following areas:

• creative design of software systems for computer music (of all types and scales)
• programming languages and interactive environments (e.g., ChucK)
• the social, human aspects of musical expression and computing
• software interfaces / interaction paradigms for composition, performance, and education
• music information retrieval
• computer-mediated performance ensembles (e.g., laptop orchestras; SLOrk)
• mobile music / social music (e.g., mobile phone orchestras, MoPhO, also see Smule)
• aesthetics of designing with technology
• education at the intersection of engineering, art, and humanities