[ACM-W] Seminar Talk on 10/23 by CSE alumna Rebecca Fiebrink

[Paul A. G. Sivilotti]

Most of you have probably seen this announcement already.  But,
in case you haven't, this talk by a recent alumna promises to
be interesting...

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BACK! Buckeye Alumni Creating Knowledge

The Musical Computer

Rebecca Fiebrink
Department of Computer Science
Princeton University

Oct 23 2008 3:30 pm
480 Dreese Labs
All interested parties are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served in the talk room immediately preceding the talk.

Abstract:

Can a computer be a musical instrument? What about a programming language? Can 
we teach computers to understand music the way humans do? What can we learn 
about music from the internet and Web 2.0? These questions arise from the 
dynamic intersection of music and computer science, where computers provide 
powerful new ways of understanding and creating music, and music provides 
computer science with a unique and exciting array of data and application 
domains. In this talk, I'll discuss my Ph.D. research that explores these 
questions and others, drawing on disciplines including machine learning, music 
performance, human-computer interaction, and information retrieval.

Bio:

Rebecca Fiebrink is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University, where she 
studies applications of computer science to music performance and analysis. 
She is a proud graduate of The Ohio State University, where she received a 
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering and a B.A. in Music in 2004, and she 
was granted an M.A. in Music Technology from McGill University in 2006. Her 
interests include music information retrieval, computer music performance 
technologies and practices, creating new hardware and software musical 
interfaces, and leveraging connections between arts and technology in computer 
science education and outreach. Rebecca is a flutist and an active developer 
of the ChucK music programming language. She is also an assistant director, 
performer, and composer with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, which performed 
at Carnegie Hall in April 2008 and has recently been featured in the New York 
Times, the Philadelphia Enquirer, and NPR's All Things Considered.

Host: Timothy Long



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The Ohio State University     2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210-1277
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