Building on the momentum established by the SEAMUS national conference that put Virginia Tech and ICAT on the national stage, in the late spring of 2015 I assembled a cross-institutional team and led ...
One of the ironies of a post-WWII society and the ensuing technological revolution is the dramatic discrepancy between the access to traditional music and to the newfound technology-mediated electroac...
In 2016 the Virginia Tech President Tim Sands and the former Virginia Tech Provost Thanassis Rikakis announced a major new initiative titled Destination Areas (DA). It is envisioned to create research...
One of my favorite use cases of the interactive systems are intelligent responsive environments. Such scenarios not only lend themselves to a seamless integration of arts and design. They also offer a...
Ever since I discovered the power of mind-body practice as a means of promoting health and well-being, I have been curious about the implications of its cross-pollination with music. My first exposure...
Raspberry Pi (RPi) Orchestra is the latest addition to L2Ork‘s hardware infrastructure. Inspired by an ongoing effort to minimize cost overhead, the initiative grew out of Maker-like pilots, i...
In preparation for Virginia Tech’s inaugural presence at SXSW 2016 expo in Austin, Texas, I was invited to serve on the University-level task force whose goals was to identify content for a gen...
In 2013, a collaborative team led by the ICAT director Dr. Ben Knapp was awarded an NSF grant for an innovative infrastructure to be embedded throughout the newly introduced Moss Arts Center. I served...