Ge Wang

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Ge Wang
王戈 (Wáng Gē)
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Ge Wang
Born (1977-11-02) November 2, 1977 (age 47)
Beijing, China
Other namesGary
Alma mater
Known for
Scientific career
Fields
  • Computer Music
  • Musical Interaction Design
  • Mobile Music
  • CS+Music Education
Institutions
Thesis The ChucK Audio Programming Language  (2008)
Doctoral advisor Perry R. Cook
Website ccrma.stanford.edu/~ge/

Ge Wang (born November 2, 1977) is a Chinese-American professor, musician, computer scientist, designer, and author. He is best known for inventing the ChucK audio programming language [1] and for being the co-founder, chief technology officer (CTO), and chief creative officer (CCO) of Smule, a company making iPhone and iPad music apps. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Career

Wang is also known for creating the Princeton Laptop Orchestra and later founded Stanford Laptop Orchestra, [2] [3] as well as the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra. [4] [8]

He is the designer of the Ocarina [9] and Magic Piano iPhone apps. He is currently an associate professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). [2] [4]

Book

He is the author of Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MusiComic Manifesto), [10] a book on design and technology, art and life, created entirely in the format of a photo comic book, published by Stanford University Press in 2018.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Wang, Ge (2008). The ChucK Audio Programming Language: A Strongly-timed and On-the-fly Environ/mentality (Ph.D.). Princeton University.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ge Wang: The iPhone's Music Man – IEEE Spectrum". IEEE. September 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Greenemeier, Larry. "Is That Ocarina Music Coming from Your iPhone?". Scientific American. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 Cain, Claire (December 9, 2009). "From Pocket to Stage, Music in the Key of iPhone". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ Walker, Rob (November 23, 2011). "The Machine That Makes You Musical". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ Graham, Jefferson (November 10, 2010). "Smule adds Magic Fiddle to its Ocarina and Magic Piano apps". USA Today. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ Laptop maestro makes music apt for the iPhone, The Sydney Morning Herald
  8. ↑ "Stanford Laptop Orchestra makes music with Macs – SFGate". Articles.sfgate.com. June 1, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  9. ↑ Wang, Ge (2014). "Ocarina: Designing the iPhone's Magic Flute". Computer Music Journal. 38 (2): 8–21. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.566.5805 . doi:10.1162/COMJ_a_00236. S2CID   14050437.
  10. ↑ Wang, Ge (2018). Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MusiComic Manifesto). Stanford University Press. p. 488. ISBN   978-1-5036-0052-2.


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