07.23 - Mimi4x @ IMIDA Workshop

Mimi4x, an interactive installation for high level structural improvisation based on Mimi, is unveiled at IMIDA 2010, an IEEE Conference on Multimedia & Expo workshop.  Alex François and Elaine Chew present the paper:

Francois, A. R. J., I. Schankler, E. Chew (2010). Mimi4x: An Interactive Audio-Visual Installation for High-Level Structural Improvisation. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME 2010), Singapore, July, 2010.

and demonstrate Mimi4x in Singapore.  The Mimi4x system is also shown in the video below with four sets of music material composed by Isaac Schankler collectively titled Airport:

The paper will be extended and included in a special issue of the International Journal of Arts and Technology.

07.23 - CCRMA Networked Music Performance Workshop

2010.07.19-23: Chandra Rajagopal attends the CCRMA Workshop on Networked Music Performance, where he explored new technologies in networked performance and experienced firsthand the challenges faced by musicians performing together over distance.

06.05 - Vicious Circles and Deadly Elements

Mimi 1.5 makes her concert debut at the People Inside Electronics concert at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena. See/hear the concert preview with Isaac Schankler at the Yamaha Disklavier. [ press release, poster ]

05.27 - Jonathan's Graduation

Jonathan Bragg graduates from Harvard University today with a degree in Computer Science. Anna Huang attend the graduation ceremony, and sends this picture from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

05.11 - ISE 575 Final Projects

Final project presentations for EE 675 / ISE 575, Topics in Engineering Approaches to Music Cognition, take place today.  The topic this year is Musical Prosody and Interpretation.  Here is a link to the list of projects and the photos.

03.08 - Mimi evolving

Mimi continues to evolve as Isaac takes it through its paces in preparation for the June concert debut.

03.08 - DREU awardees @ MuCoaCo

Jiayun Guo of the University of Washington and Katie Wolf of the University of Minnesota are among 70 out of 500 students selected for this summer's CDC/CRA-W Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU). They will be working at the MuCoaCo Lab this summer.