Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
COVID Policies
See CCRMA's COVID policies for 2023.
CCRMA WAVE (Wall for AudioVisual Expression) presents
Upcoming Events
Abbie from Mars
Date:
Thu, 02/23/2023 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
Ludovic Bellier - Music Decoding from ECoG
Date:
Fri, 02/24/2023 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
Encoding and decoding analysis of music perception using intracranial EEG
FREE
Open to the Public
Annette Vande Gorne: Haïkus
Date:
Fri, 02/24/2023 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
Amma Ateria: CONCUSSSSION
Date:
Thu, 03/02/2023 - 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage / CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person + Livestream
Les Atlas (UW) - Better clipping for audio spectrogram DNNs
Date:
Fri, 03/03/2023 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Seminar Room
Event Type:
Hearing Seminar 
Prof. Les Atlas, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington
FREE
Open to the Public
CCRMA's Online Classes
CCRMA currently offers several online courses to the general public:
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
Quarantine Sessions #109
Date:
Sun, 01/15/2023 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert 
A Distributed Electroacoustic Network Improvisation | Livestream
FREE
Open to the Public
Singing Voice Synthesis: towards the State of the Art | Dreamtonics Inc. from Tokyo, Japan
Date:
Wed, 01/11/2023 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Classroom [Knoll 217]
Event Type:
Guest Colloquium 
Synthesizing realistic singing voice has been the wildest dream for many music producers. Thanks to recent advances in deep learning this is finally becoming a reality, reshaping the way we think of and work with musics. In this presentation Kanru Hua, founder and chief researcher at Dreamtonics introduces to you practical applications of singing voice synthesis, followed by an in-depth exploration through the research that lead to this advancement, and an examination of challenges met in conditional generative modeling for complex distributions.
Bio:
FREE
Open to the Public
Victoria Shen: Latent Memories
Date:
Mon, 01/09/2023 (All day) - Sun, 04/02/2023 (All day)
Location:
CCRMA WAVE (Lobby)
Event Type:
Other 
The exhibition will run between January 9 - April 2 in the CCRMA Lobby. Our building is currently open only to CCRMA affiliates and their guests.
FREE
Quarantine Sessions #107
Date:
Sun, 12/18/2022 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
CCRMA LIVE
Event Type:
Concert A Distributed Electroacoustic Network Improvisation | Livestream
FREE
Open to the Public
Recent News
Hearables Will Monitor Your Brain and Body to Augment Your Life, by Poppy Crum
Poppy Crum recently published a fascinating article in IEEE's magazine Spectrum on the potential future of wearables/hearables.
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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
