Dr. Ge Wang |
Ge is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University, at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University and a BS in Computer Science from Duke University. Ge is the creator and chief architect of the ChucK audio programming language, and is the founding director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) and of the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO). |
Spencer Salazar |
Spencer was previously with MOTO Development Group. Spencer received a BS in Computer Science from Princeton University, and assisted Ge and the Princeton Sound Lab with the development of the ChucK audio programming language. Spencer is the author of the miniAudicle, a graphical environment for ChucK. |
Arnaud Berry |
Arnaud was co-founder of Eovia Corp where he developed the award winning and easy to use 3D modeling, animation and rendering software called Carrara. Arnaud received a MS in mathematics and computer science from the ENSEEIHT engineering school in Toulouse, France. |
David Cowan |
David studied computer science and math at Harvard, and joined Bessemer Venture Partners in 1992. David co-founded Verisign in 1995, and led the venture rounds in about 20 other startups that have gone public. David likes tennis, chess, scrabble, singing, and playing Ocarina with his kids. |
Mattias Ljungström |
Mattias was previously assistant professor in Game Design and Advanced Media at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Mattias received an MS in Computer Science and Engineering from the Université Paris-Dauphine in Paris, France as well as the University of Linköping in Linköping, Sweden. |
Tony Ventrice |
Tony has been designing games for mobile phones since they were just an afterthought to ringtones. He received a BS in Computer Science at USC but, through years of practice, has developed the lack of attention span and disregard for help-text necessary to identify with the average consumer. |
Dr. Perry Cook |
Perry is a Professor of Computer Science, jointly in Music, at Princeton University, where he runs the Princeton Sound Lab. A recognized expert in computer audio, Perry co-developed ChucK with Ge (and others) at Princeton. Perry is also the co-founder of PLOrk (the Princeton Laptop Orchestra). Perry received his PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Music from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. |
Tricia Heath |
Tricia loves art and creative design and really really loves Pocket God. |
David Zhu |
David was previously an associate at Morgan Stanley where he oversaw their mobile computing technology development. David received a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University. |
Jeff Smith |
Jeff is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Music at Stanford University. He previously received a BS in Computer Science at Stanford University. In between Stanford and Stanford, Jeff co-founded and ran an email security software company which he took public on the Nasdaq and grew to $50M in sales before stepping down as CEO. Jeff is the co-author of sixteen patents in the field of email security. |
The Mule (aka Turner Kirk) |
The Mule received his MA in Music, Science, and Technology from Stanford University and CCRMA, and his BS in Music Engineering Technology from the University of Miami. |
Rebecca Fiebrink |
Rebecca is a PhD student in Computer Science at Princeton University, where she studies music information retrieval and computer music performance. A classically trained flutist as well as a software nerd, she holds a BA in Music and a BS in Computer Science Engineering from The Ohio State University and an MA in Music Technology from McGill University. |
Jim Mackraz |
Jim has a long history of delivering innovative "Version 1.0" software and services to market, in a variety of areas. He directed development of The Sims, was VP of Engineering at DoDots, and in recent years has built and launched high-profile mobile services for Openwave Systems, Hewlett-Packard/Snapfish and Hutchison 3G. Jim studied Mathematics at Michigan, Stanford and Princeton. |
Dr. Jonathan Berger |
Jonathan is a Professor of Music at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). Jonathan received a DMA in Music Composition from Stanford University, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Jonathan’s compositions can be heard on Sony Classical, Harmonia Mundi, and other labels. |
Chris Hollenbeck |
Chris is a partner at Granite Ventures where he invests in all manner of software companies. He received a degree in American Studies from Stanford, and once ran for 7 days across the Moroccan Sahara. |
Jillian Segal |
Jillian is a freelance copywriter. Previously she was a marketing director at Staples in Framingham, MA. She received her MBA from Harvard University and her AB in history from Princeton University. Jillian is learning to play the guitar. |
Elon Berger |
Elon is a Divemaster with 13 years of diving experience. He plays the bass and is learning to play the Persian setar. He's currently pursuing a degree in Political Science at San Jose State University with a minor in knitting. |
Rob Hamilton |
Rob is a PhD candidate at Stanford University's CCRMA specializing in the interactions between musical form and software-based control systems. With a background in musical composition and software engineering, Rob holds a BA in Music and Cognitive Science from Dartmouth College, an MM in Computer Music Composition from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and an MA in Music, Science and Technology from Stanford University. Rob is the author of q3osc, a game-based musical environment. |
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