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Ph.D. Thesis (Defended 4/2/2014)

Hamilton, R., Perceptually Coherent Mapping Schemata for Virtual Space and Musical Method, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University., 2014 :: .pdf

Book Chapters

Hamilton, R., "Musical Sonification of Avatar Physiologies, Virtual Flight and Gesture," Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR) Journal, Springer-Verlag, 2014. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Maps and Legends: Designing FPS-based Interfaces for Multi-User Composition, Improvisation and Interactive Performance," Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval 2007 Journal, Springer-Verlag, 2008. :: .pdf

Journal Articles

Hamilton, R., Caceres, J, Nanou, C., Platz. C, "Multi-modal musical environments for mixed-reality performance", Journal for Multimodal User Interfaces (JMUI), Vol. 4, pp. 147-156, Springer-Verlag, 2011. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., Smith, J., Wang, G., "Social Composition: Musical Data Systems for Expressive Mobile Music", Leonardo Music Journal, volume 21, 2011. :: .pdf

Overholt, D., Berdahl, E., Hamilton, R., "Advancements in Actuated Musical Instruments," Organised Sound, volume 16, issue 02, pp. 154-165, 2011. :: .pdf

Conference Papers and Presentations

Hamilton, R., "Designing Game-Centric Academic Curricula for Procedural Audio and Music" In Proceedings of the AES 56th International Conference: Audio for Games, London, UK, 2015. :: Forthcoming

Hamilton, R., "The Procedural Sound and Music of ECHO::Canyon" In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, Athens, Greece, 2014. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Musical Sonification of Avatar Physiologies, Virtual Flight and Gesture" In Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR), Marseille, France, 2013. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Sonifying Game-Space Choreographies with UDKOSC" In Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 2013. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "UDKOSC: An Immersive Musical Environment" In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, Huddersfield, UK, 2011. :: .pdf

Wang, G. Oh, J., Salazar, S., Hamilton, R., "World Stage: A Crowdsourcing Paradigm for Social/Mobile Music" In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, Huddersfield, UK, 2011. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., C. Nanou, "For Jean-Claude: [re]Presenting Duet for One Pianist" In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2009. :: .pdf

Wang, G., Bryan, N., Oh, J., Hamilton, R., "Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLORK)" In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2009. :: .pdf

Wang, G., Essl, G., Smith, J., Salazar, S., Cook, P.R., Hamilton, R., Fiebrink, R. Berger, J., Zhu, D., Ljungstrom, M., Berry, A., Wu, J., Kirk, T., Berger, E., Segal, J. "Smule = Sonic Media: An Intersection of the Mobile, Musical, and Social" In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. Montreal, August 16-21, 2009. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Building Interactive Networked Musical Environments Using q3osc" In Proceedings of the AES 35th International Conference, London, UK, 2009. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "q3osc: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Game" In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, Belfast, Ireland, 2008. :: .pdf
(winner: 2008 ICMA Best Presentation Award)

Caceres, J., R. Hamilton, D. Iyer, C. Chafe, G. Wang, "China on the Edge: Explorations in Network-based Performance" In Proceedings of ARTECH 2008, 4th International Conference on Digital Arts, 7- 8 November, Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, 2008. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Maps and Legends: FPS-based Interfaces for Composition and Immersive Performance," In Proceedings of the 2007 International Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Back to the Sea: A Software Realization of Dexter Morrill's Sea Songs" In Proceedings of the 2007 International Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Bioinformatic Response Data as a Compositional Driver," In Proceedings of the 2006 International Computer Music Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2006. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Bioinformatic Feedback: performer bio-data as a driver for real-time composition," In Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference, IRCAM, Paris, France, 2006. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "The jChing: an Algorithmic Java-Based Compositional System," In Proceedings of the 2005 International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2005. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Rolling the jChing: a Java-based Stochastic Compositional System," In Proceedings of the third annual Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, pp. 33-36, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2005. :: .pdf

Conference Presentations - Abstract Only

Hamilton, R., "Procedural Music, Virtual Choreographies and Avatar Physiologies," Presented at GDC 2014, Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 2014. :: link

Hamilton, R., "Multi-modal musical environments for mixed-reality performance," Presented at DAFx-11 Satellite Workshop in "Versatile Sound Models for Interaction in Audio-Graphic Virtual Environments: Control of Audio-graphic Sound Synthsis," Ircam, Paris, France, 2011. :: .pdf

Hamilton, R., "Maps and Legends: an FPS-based Interface for Composition and Improvisation," Presented at the 2007 SEAMUS Conference, Ames, Iowa, USA 2007.

Hamilton, R., "The Polarized Composer: Addressing the Conflict of Musical Upbringings of Today's Young Composers," In Proceedings of the third annual Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, p. 10, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2005. :: .pdf

Patents

Hamilton, R., Kruge, N. and Wang, G. (2012) United States Patent Application 20130180385, Synthetic multi-string musical instrument with score coded performance effect cues and/or chord sounding gesture capture :: link

Hamilton, R., Chaudhary, A., Lazier, A., and Smith, J. (2012) United States Patent Application, Synthetic musical instrument with performance-and/or skill-adaptive score tempo