{"662301":{"#nid":"662301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Blowin\u0027 in the Wind","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EAs music distribution technology shifted from analog vinyl records to digital compact discs (CDs) and then to streaming files, the sound quality took a substantial hit \u0026ndash; along with the monetary value of the musical consumer product.\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, as the vinyl format is enjoying a comeback, materials scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have worked with a team of artists and recording engineers to boost the quality of analog music reproduction through a new surface coating that both improves sound quality and prevents wear. The patented technology led to the creation of a one-of-a-kind Bob Dylan record that recently brought $1.8 million at a \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.christies.com\/features\/an-ionic-original-recording-of-blowin-in-the-wind-12353-3.aspx\u0022\u003EChristie\u0026rsquo;s auction\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EA First for a New Generation of Discs\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe studio recording of Dylan\u0026rsquo;s 1963 classic \u0026ldquo;Blowin\u0026rsquo; in the Wind\u0026rdquo; is the first of a new generation of unique archival records with spectacular sound quality and the capacity for a thousand plays (or more) without deterioration. For musician and producer T Bone Burnett, the goal of the effort was to provide musical artists with a new medium \u0026ndash; and an opportunity to set the value of their work themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Recording artists have had the value of what we do determined for us under the shorter and shorter-term technologies of mass production and distribution by organizations, governments, distributors, streamers, and others, but we have not had a way to find the value of an individual work of art,\u0026rdquo; said Burnett, a long-time Dylan collaborator who played guitar on the recording. \u0026ldquo;If we are able to help establish a music space in the fine arts through the making of these archival discs, musicians will be able to find real value for their work.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ENanometer-Scale Coatings Improve Quality\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new record format, which Burnett has dubbed an \u0026ldquo;Ionic Original,\u0026rdquo; was made possible by a unique coating of sapphire and quartz applied to a layer of nitrocellulose on an aluminum disc. The coating was developed with help from GTRI materials scientists Jud Ready and Brent Wagner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We helped them develop a way to put a hard oxide coating on top of the nitrocellulose lacquer to protect it during play,\u0026rdquo; said Ready, a GTRI principal research engineer and deputy director of \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/materials\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Institute for Materials\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;That includes silica (SiO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E), better known as quartz, and alumina (Al\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003EO\u003Csub\u003E3\u003C\/sub\u003E), which is known as sapphire. With other ingredients and variables, it\u0026rsquo;s a gradient designed to produce the best sound quality and resist the wear that would otherwise happen to the nitrocellulose acetate.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA hard coating is needed because the stylus \u0026ldquo;needle\u0026rdquo; used to play the record on a conventional turntable can be made of diamond, which is even harder than quartz or sapphire. Playing a traditional vinyl record causes abrasion in the much softer grooves where the music is stored, causing wear that degrades the sound quality over time and also creates annoying pops and noise \u0026ndash; issues that led to adoption of compact discs which are played with a non-contact optical reader.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EThe Analog Advantage\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut digital formats \u0026ndash; CDs and streaming files \u0026ndash; provide listeners a digitally sampled version of the original analog sound rather than more fully reproducing what was created by the musicians. Though most consumers won\u0026rsquo;t notice, the difference can be heard \u0026ndash; which helps account for the renaissance of analog records.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Analog music travels in actual waves \u0026ndash; not sampled and simulated \u0026ndash; and sounds more resonant, deeper, and truer,\u0026rdquo; Burnett explained. \u0026ldquo;Analog records more atmosphere. It is closer to the human. An Ionic Original is the equivalent of a painting, hand-made and retouched by the artist. A digital stream is the equivalent of seeing a copy of a photograph of a painting.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003ESubjecting the Research to the Turntable Test\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2013, Ready and Wagner worked with Burnett and recording engineer Barak Moffitt to develop the coating technique, which was patented. The patent is now owned by Ionic Recording Company LLC, which bought it from Georgia Tech. Separate from the original work that led to the patent, Ready more recently worked as a private consultant with Ionic to support refining the new process and identifying a company that could coat the record.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The issues were in the thin film coatings \u0026ndash; the time, the density of the coating, the ratio between the two elements \u0026ndash; and the pre-cleaning process before the coating was put down,\u0026rdquo; Ready explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAhead of the quartz-sapphire coating process, production of the record proceeded much like any other analog record. Dylan recorded the song in 2021; it was mixed in Los Angeles and Nashville, and finally mastered in Memphis by Jeff Powell, one of the world\u0026rsquo;s top vinyl cutting experts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When an artist like Bob Dylan, a producer like T Bone Burnett and a recording engineer like Mike Piersante went into a project like this, they knew the desired result was a pristine vinyl master lacquer that would go through the Ionic coating process and sound as good or better than any vinyl record ever made even after 1,000 plays,\u0026rdquo; said Powell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral 10-inch-diameter discs were made and compared by Piersante, who graded them all on a scale of zero to 10. The best one was sent to Virginia-based Blue Ridge Optics for application of the thin-film coating. After that, the disc flew by private jet to California, where it was analyzed acoustically and presented to the media. Finally, it went on to London for the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.christies.com\/features\/an-ionic-original-recording-of-blowin-in-the-wind-12353-3.aspx\u0022\u003EChristie\u0026rsquo;s auction\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EAn Eye-Opening Experience for a Materials Engineer\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReady\u0026rsquo;s bread-and-butter research involves thin-film coatings, but this is his first foray into the entertainment industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We would normally put these down for optical coatings and to protect microelectronic devices,\u0026rdquo; Ready explained. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a hundred nanometers or so of silica and alumina \u0026ndash; a nanometer is a billionth of a meter \u0026ndash; to create the scratch-resistant coating. At GTRI, we apply these coatings with a commercial-scale tool that is commonly used to put anti-reflective coatings on eyeglasses and on equipment used in space.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking as a consultant, Ready visited Burnett\u0026rsquo;s studio to compare the sound of the same song played from magnetic tape, vinyl, CD and finally, streaming files.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The amount of resolution that goes away is incredible,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Whole instruments disappear. You could hear the faintest of different sounds on the tape and vinyl \u0026ndash; but they were gone. There are ways that the CD recording is taking the sinusoidal analog waves and breaking them into lots of little rectangles. No matter how skinny you make the rectangle, you are always going to be losing some sound or adding noise.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u0026ldquo;Blowin\u0026rsquo; in the Wind\u0026rdquo; Could Make New Waves\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2021 Bob Dylan recording of \u0026ldquo;Blowin\u0026rsquo; in the Wind\u0026rdquo; was just the second ever to be made in the studio. Written by the artist in 1962 and released on \u003Cem\u003EThe Freewheelin\u0026rsquo; Bob Dylan\u003C\/em\u003E in 1963, it is a protest song that asks a series of questions about peace, war, and freedom. The song has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and, in 2004, was ranked 14th on \u003Cem\u003ERolling Stone\u003C\/em\u003E magazine\u0026#39;s list of the \u0026quot;500 Greatest Songs of All Time.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u0026rsquo;s next for the process? Burnett believes the technique may generate interest among music archivists who may want to store recordings protected from wear. He promises there will be more one-of-a-kind records, including \u0026ldquo;several\u0026rdquo; additional Dylan cuts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are speaking with interested people about private sales, and with other artists about making further Ionic discs,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Perhaps there will be other auctions. We remain open to seeing where this path leads.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWriter:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGTRI Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia USA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csub\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout GTRI\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).\u202fFounded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,800 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $700 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.\u202fGTRI\u0026#39;s renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, the state, and industry. 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And he\u0026rsquo;s coming to a music venue near you.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut he\u0026rsquo;s not like any performer you\u0026rsquo;ve ever seen. He\u0026rsquo;s not even human.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/linktr.ee\/shimontherobot\u0022\u003EShimon, the marimba-playing robot\u003C\/a\u003E, has learned some new skills: He sings, he dances a little, he writes lyrics, he can even compose some melodies. Now he\u0026rsquo;s taking them on the road in a concert tour to support \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1A8PV4DcPEL1vsecaSgPu8?si=eChY5IiXRAKXFInWub1XVw\u0022\u003Ea new album\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; just like any other musician.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new album will have eight to 10 songs Shimon wrote with his creator, Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/node\/31\u0022\u003EProfessor Gil Weinberg\u003C\/a\u003E. It will drop on Spotify later this spring.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Shimon has been reborn as a singer-songwriter,\u0026rdquo; Weinberg said. \u0026ldquo;Now we collaborate between humans and robots to make songs together.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E[\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1A8PV4DcPEL1vsecaSgPu8?si=eChY5IiXRAKXFInWub1XVw\u0022\u003EListen to Shimon\u0026#39;s first single, \u0026quot;Into Your Mind\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg will start with a theme \u0026mdash; say, space \u0026mdash; and Shimon will write lyrics around the theme. Weinberg puts them together and composes melodies to fit them. Shimon can also generate some melodies for Weinberg to use as he puts together a song. Then, with a band of human musicians, Shimon will play the songs and sing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I always wanted to write songs, but I just can\u0026rsquo;t write lyrics. I\u0026#39;m a jazz player,\u0026rdquo; Weinberg said. \u0026ldquo;This is the first time that I actually wrote a song, because I had inspiration: I had Shimon writing lyrics for me.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg and his students have trained Shimon on datasets of 50,000 lyrics from jazz, prog rock, and hip-hop. Then Shimon uses deep learning, a class of machine learning algorithms, to generate his own words.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are lots of systems that use deep learning, but lyrics are different,\u0026rdquo; said Richard Savery, a third-year Ph.D. student who has been working with Shimon over the past year on his songwriting. \u0026ldquo;The way semantic meaning moves through lyrics is different. Also, rhyme and rhythm are obviously super important for lyrics, but that isn\u0026#39;t as present in other text generators. So, we use deep learning to generate lyrics, but it\u0026#39;s also combined with semantic knowledge.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESavery offered this example of how it might work: \u0026ldquo;You\u0026#39;ll get a word like \u0026lsquo;storm,\u0026rsquo; and then it\u0026#39;ll generate a whole bunch of related words, like \u0026lsquo;rain.\u0026rsquo; It creates a loop of generating lots of material, deciding what\u0026#39;s good, and then generating more based on that.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen Shimon sings these songs, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1A8PV4DcPEL1vsecaSgPu8?si=eChY5IiXRAKXFInWub1XVw\u0022\u003Ehe really does sing\u003C\/a\u003E, with a unique voice created by collaborators at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. They used machine learning to develop the voice and trained it on hundreds of songs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with his new skills \u0026mdash; all developed in Weinberg\u0026rsquo;s lab \u0026mdash; Shimon has some new hardware, too, that changes how he plays and moves on stage. To be clear, he\u0026rsquo;s still mostly stationary, but he has a mouth, new eyebrows, and new head movements designed to help convey emotion and interact with his bandmates. He also has new \u0026ldquo;hands,\u0026rdquo; that have totally changed how he plays the marimba.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Shimon plays much faster \u0026mdash; about 25 to 30 hertz at the maximum \u0026mdash; and also much more expressively, playing from a soft dynamic range to a strong dynamic range,\u0026rdquo; said Ph.D. student Ning Yang, who designed all-new motors and hardware for Shimon. \u0026ldquo;That also allows [Shimon] to do choreography during the music being played.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, Shimon can count in at the beginning of songs to cue the band, and sometimes he\u0026rsquo;ll wave his mallets around in time to the music. New brushless DC motors mean he has a much greater range of motion and control of that motion. Yang accomplished that by bringing his engineering knowledge and musical background together to create human-inspired gestures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s actually a very, very good example at Georgia Tech that we can actually combine tech and arts together to create something that\u0026#39;s brand new,\u0026rdquo; Yang said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe worked closely with fellow Ph.D. student Lisa Zahray, who created a new suite of gestures for the robot \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;including how he uses those new eyebrows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have to think about his role at each time during the song and what he should be doing,\u0026rdquo; Zahray said. \u0026ldquo;We also want to make sure he\u0026#39;s interacting with the other musicians around him to give that feel that he\u0026#39;s performing with people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat partnership with people is key for Weinberg. Teaching Shimon new skills isn\u0026rsquo;t about replacing musicians, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We will need musicians, and there will be more musicians that will be able to do more and new music because robots will help them, will generate ideas, will help them broaden the way they think about music and play music,\u0026rdquo; Weinberg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShimon, Weinberg, and the entire band are building a touring schedule now with the goal of taking their unique blend of robot- and human-created music to more people. Weinberg said he hopes those shows will prove to be more than a novelty act.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think we have reached a level where I expect the audience to just enjoy the music for music\u0026rsquo;s sake,\u0026rdquo; Weinberg said. \u0026ldquo;This is music that humans, by themselves, wouldn\u0026#39;t have written. I want the audience to think, \u0026lsquo;There\u0026#39;s something unique about this song, and I want to go back and listen to it, even if I don\u0026#39;t look at the robot.\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EShimon was originally developed with support from the National Science Foundation Cyber-Human Systems program, grants No. 0713269, and 1017169.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Marimba-Playing Robot Composes Lyrics and Melodies With Human Collaborators"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe marimba-playing robot Shimon uses deep learning to compose lyrics and melodies with human collaborators and a synthesized voice to sing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The marimba-playing robot Shimon uses deep learning to compose lyrics and melodies with human collaborators and a synthesized voice to sing."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2020-02-25 16:41:39","changed_gmt":"2020-04-23 20:03:10","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632942":{"id":"632942","type":"image","title":"Shimon Singing","body":null,"created":"1582660168","gmt_created":"2020-02-25 19:49:28","changed":"1582660168","gmt_changed":"2020-02-25 19:49:28","alt":"Closeup of Shimon\u0027s new facial features, includng a mouth, eyes, and eyebrows.","file":{"fid":"240829","name":"Shimon-Sings-Closeup-h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shimon-Sings-Closeup-h.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shimon-Sings-Closeup-h.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":127589,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Shimon-Sings-Closeup-h.jpg?itok=cT5c2tdK"}},"632943":{"id":"632943","type":"image","title":"Shimon and the Band","body":null,"created":"1582660267","gmt_created":"2020-02-25 19:51:07","changed":"1582660267","gmt_changed":"2020-02-25 19:51:07","alt":"Musical robot Shimon plays with human musicians on one of his new songs.","file":{"fid":"240831","name":"Shimon-Sings-Full-Band-h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shimon-Sings-Full-Band-h.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Shimon-Sings-Full-Band-h.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":203122,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Shimon-Sings-Full-Band-h.jpg?itok=5dPAZkSd"}}},"media_ids":["632942","632943"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1A8PV4DcPEL1vsecaSgPu8?si=eChY5IiXRAKXFInWub1XVw","title":"\u0022Into Your Mind\u0022 - Shimon\u0027s first single"},{"url":"https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/node\/31","title":"Gil Weinberg"},{"url":"https:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"url":"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/shimontherobot","title":"Connect with Shimon"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/videos\/robot-music","title":"Freethink Raps with Shimon"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1939","name":"Gil Weinberg"},{"id":"169304","name":"Shimon"},{"id":"1936","name":"Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"1180","name":"Music"},{"id":"11422","name":"Robotic Musicianship"},{"id":"135161","name":"robot musicians"},{"id":"116461","name":"musicians"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"9167","name":"machine learning"},{"id":"109581","name":"deep learning"},{"id":"184081","name":"lyrics"},{"id":"167424","name":"songwriter"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404.894.6016\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"633229":{"#nid":"633229","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Music Technologists Find Inspiration, Community at Guthman","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen you make music with technology, said David Zicarelli, the CEO of Cycling\u0026rsquo;74, it can change your life.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZicarelli might be biased: his lifelong career is music technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the 1980s, he\u0026rsquo;s worked on interactive composition technology. \u0026ldquo;I think the intersection of music and technology and creativity is a really cool problem, just something that is endlessly interesting to think about.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut there\u0026rsquo;s also something incredibly practical about it, he said. \u0026ldquo;Instead of spending your entire life learning to play a very difficult instrument, you can participate in and make music more readily with technology.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the concept of music technology is fairly well-grasped by the modern world, Zicarelli said, as an industry he and his peers aren\u0026rsquo;t as easy to pin down.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Music Technology is a big space. There\u0026rsquo;s not one community. In my experience, there are a lot of different communities that tend to focus around a particular tool or approach,\u0026rdquo; he said. Often they meet each other at large events like Moogfest or the Ableton Conference, focused on creativity or learning new technical skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/Guthman2020\/Dashboarddemo?:display_count=y\u0026amp;:origin=viz_share_link\u0026amp;:showVizHome=no\u0022\u003EThey also come to the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Georgia Tech, for demonstrations in performance and technology innovation.\u003C\/a\u003E This year, Zicarelli will judge the contest as well as cohost the Music, Art, and Technology Fair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I was fortunate enough to attend [the Guthman Competition] a few years ago, and I still remember and am actively inspired by what I saw,\u0026rdquo; he said, \u0026ldquo;in terms of this amazing variety of creative approaches.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Competition does two important things for music technologists, Zicarelli said. One, it shows that the invention of an instrument is a valid form of creative expression. And two, it provides an opportunity to observe emerging technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For example, Roli came and demonstrated the Seaboard a few years ago at Guthman, and now you can buy that product and have it in your house.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EThe Intersection of Music Technology and \u0026hellip; Everything\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an assistant professor for the Georgia Tech School of Music and a researcher in the Center for Music Technology, Grace Leslie\u0026rsquo;s work often includes human computer interface, electrical engineering, experimental psychology, and acoustics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s a lot of different things that music technology can be,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;We professors who have labs in the Center are kind of like a Venn diagram. We do work that\u0026rsquo;s at the intersection of music technology and other things.\u0026rdquo; Leslie runs the Brain Lab, where she and her graduate students develop brain-music interfaces and other physiological sensor systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ways in which this year\u0026rsquo;s Guthman Competition instruments cross over into other areas of study and design are especially compelling, she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This year we have a lot of really exciting instruments that are designed as assistive technologies,\u0026rdquo; Leslie said, \u0026ldquo;to help encourage and inspire people to make music, when traditional musical instruments might not be accessible to them physically.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It really broadens our horizon [as music technologists] in terms of what musical instruments are, and the kind of innovations that they\u0026rsquo;re able to bring to our lives. Innovation doesn\u0026rsquo;t just have to be about creativity and newness or novelty. It can also be about helping people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEven the Guthman Competition\u0026rsquo;s setting \u0026mdash; hosted by a Georgia Tech school with a uniquely rigorous music technology program \u0026mdash; is valuable for music technologists in terms of sharing ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause music technologists are used to sharing ideas in academic settings and in music venues, Leslie strives to teach her students how to communicate their work to a broader community. She fosters concerts that blend technological demonstrations with compelling musical performances. As an electronic music composer and improviser, Leslie maintains a brain-body performance practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EInfluencing the Next Generation of Music Technologists\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the Guthman Competition festivities, this year the School of Music, Cycling \u0026rsquo;74, and the Atlanta Science Festival are teaming up with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/calendar\/steam-workshops-session-7\u0022\u003Efor a GoSTEAM workshop. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDesigned for the middle school audience, the workshop will take place prior to the Fair. Students will learn how to use Cycling \u0026lsquo;74\u0026rsquo;s Max\/MSP software to create music. Sabrina Grossman, the science education program director for CEISMC, will help run the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s so many opportunities with this intersection of music technology and art,\u0026rdquo; Grossman said. \u0026ldquo;I think a lot of times, students don\u0026rsquo;t even know this exists.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;[My colleague] has a great quote. When people ask her, \u0026lsquo;How did you become an engineer?\u0026rsquo;, she says, \u0026lsquo;Well, my dad told me I couldn\u0026rsquo;t major in music.\u0026rsquo;,\u0026rdquo; Grossman said. \u0026ldquo;Ten, fifteen years ago, there weren\u0026rsquo;t many music technology programs in schools.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut through increasingly national reach of programs like EarSketch, students with strong music preferences can envision broader career options, Grossman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I definitely think that it allows them to think outside the box about music and outside the box of what their future could be in music or computer science.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn its 12th year, musical instrument competition showcases the newest and most innovative ideas in music.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In its 12th year, musical instrument competition showcases the newest and most innovative ideas in music."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2020-03-03 18:27:36","changed_gmt":"2020-03-03 19:33:06","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633243":{"id":"633243","type":"image","title":"Music Technology Class with Grace Leslie","body":null,"created":"1583263301","gmt_created":"2020-03-03 19:21:41","changed":"1583263301","gmt_changed":"2020-03-03 19:21:41","alt":"Grace Leslie, left, works with students on a human feedback music technology project.","file":{"fid":"240942","name":"feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":293181,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg?itok=NyJtFnZk"}},"633242":{"id":"633242","type":"image","title":"Guthman Finalists Map 2020","body":null,"created":"1583263209","gmt_created":"2020-03-03 19:20:09","changed":"1583263209","gmt_changed":"2020-03-03 19:20:09","alt":"World map showing where Guthman Competition finalists came from in 2015 through 2020.","file":{"fid":"240941","name":"2020.guthman.contestants.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020.guthman.contestants.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020.guthman.contestants.png","mime":"image\/png","size":678997,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2020.guthman.contestants.png?itok=zZsEUNBH"}}},"media_ids":["633243","633242"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/Guthman2020\/Dashboarddemo?:display_count=y\u0026:origin=viz_share_link\u0026:showVizHome=no","title":"Explore the Guthman Competition"},{"url":"https:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/guthman-instruments","title":"2020 Guthman Competition Finalists"},{"url":"https:\/\/scienceatl.z2systems.com\/np\/clients\/scienceatl\/eventRegistration.jsp?event=131","title":"Tickets - Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"url":"https:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/","title":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"url":"https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Music"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8847","name":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"id":"1179","name":"Guthman Competition"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnn Hoevel\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404.385.0693\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ann.hoevel@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"603355":{"#nid":"603355","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Invention Disrupts Music Effects Market ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJeremy Leff taught himself how to play the guitar about five years ago. Like many guitarists he uses pedals, electronic or digital devices that let musicians alter how their instrument sounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut Leff, a fourth-year mechanical engineering major, was frustrated with what he saw on the market. The existing effects were rigid and if he wanted a new sound effect he had to buy a new pedal.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What I wanted was the freedom to customize my sounds, and I wanted that variety without having to spend a ton of money,\u0026rdquo; said Leff, who is from Honolulu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe teamed up with Dallas Condra, a fourth-year mechanical engineering major, and Vanya Padmanabhan, a fourth-year industrial design major, and together they started a company called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pedalcreator.com\/\u0022\u003EPedalCreator\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir first product, disruption, is one of six devices competing for this year\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s annual invention competition. The winner will be announced March 14.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDisruption, they said, is an affordable guitar effects pedal that gives musicians the freedom to create distortion sounds. The patent-pending device is fully analog and customizable.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir pedal system\u0026rsquo;s design includes a modular base -- smaller than a TV remote \u0026ndash; built to house two cartridges. One is a tone cartridge and the other is a distortion cartridge and they work together to create a desired sound. The cartridges can be switched out to change the effect. They have already developed six swappable cartridge options.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore entering InVenture, they participated in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, a series of entrepreneurship programs for undergraduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow much of the circuitry work is done in the apartment shared by Leff and Condra. They store parts and tools on an open shelf in their kitchen. Other shelves hold canned goods and cereal.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team went through several iterations to create the clean cartridge system design, said Padmanabhan, who is from Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessional musicians are trying out the device and offering feedback. The company is accepting pre-orders and they plan to attend the National Association of Music Merchants gathering this summer in Nashville.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The InVenture Prize validates what we\u0026rsquo;re doing and shows us that we\u0026rsquo;re on the right track,\u0026rdquo; said Condra, who is from Knoxville. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re ready for that next step.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInVenture Prize finalist PedalCreator provides guitarists with affordable, customizable sound effects. The team is one of six finalists and the winner will be announced March 14.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"InVenture Prize finalist PedalCreator provides guitarists with affordable, customizable sound effects. 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This device gives soccer players the flexibility of practicing alone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInventors (all mechanical engineering majors): Siu Lun Chan, Ming Him Ko, Zhifeng Su, and Timothy Woo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETEQ\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ECharging\u003C\/strong\u003E: A power management system for electric vehicle chargers. The technology and design reduces cost, increases efficiency and provides greater accessibility for charging electric vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInventors: Dorrier Coleman, computer engineering; Mitchell Kelman, computer science; Joshua Lieberman, mechanical engineering; and Isaac Wittenstein, mechanical engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETruePani\u003C\/strong\u003E: A passive antimicrobial cup and storage water device that kills harmful microbes in drinking water. 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Or running your fingers over a futuristic-looking networked accordion designed with a unique layout of programmable keys. What about cracking open what appears to be a simple wooden cube to hack the electronic circuits inside and create your own sounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese inventions are among the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E20 semi-finalists\u003C\/a\u003E competing in an annual competition to find the next generation of music instruments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, seeks to find the world\u2019s best new ideas in musical instrument design, engineering and musicianship. Entries represent a dozen countries and expand our assumed notion of what constitutes an instrument and the sounds it can produce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis year we have seen a tremendous variety of high-quality submissions \u2013 from beautifully designed acoustic instruments to sophisticated electronic instruments utilizing wearable, mobile and robotic technologies,\u201d said Gil Weinberg, director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe center, the School of Music, and the College of Architecture sponsor the competition. Contestants compete for $10,000 in prizes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn its seventh year, the competition has established itself as the place to go for those who want to get a glimpse of the future of musical performance and expression,\u201d Weinberg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring this year\u0027s competition organizers will honor Richard Guthman, who recently passed away. Guthman, who graduated from Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech in 1956 with a degree in industrial engineering, founded the\u0026nbsp;Margaret Guthman Keyboard Competition in 1988 as a tribute to his wife. The event evolved into the current musical instrument competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJudging the 20 semi-finalists are: DJ Hurricane, a producer and rapper who is best known for his work with the Beastie Boys; Graham Marsh, a Grammy award-winning producer, mixer and engineer who has worked with Ludacris, Bruno Mars and CeeLo Green; and Joe Paradiso, a physicist who designs electronic music synthesizers and directs the MIT Media Lab\u2019s Responsive Environments Group.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd for the first time, the competition will also include a student challenge. Over 70 Georgia Tech students registered to participate in the Guthman Musical Instrument Design Challenge, sponsored by synthesizer maker Moog and the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts. Student winners will receive cash and in-kind prizes valued at more than $6,000. Participants will also get the chance to present their invention during the main Guthman Competition event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJudges for the Student Design Challenge are: Michael Adams, CEO of Moog Music; Aaron Lanterman, a Georgia Tech professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering who specializes in digital signal processing; and Lee Lerner, a research scientist with the Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe main Guthman Competition will be held February 19\u0026nbsp;and 20 at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building on campus. The finals will be held February 20 from 7:00 \u2013 9:00 pm on campus and are free and open to the public. The finals will also be live streamed. More information about the contest and live streaming can be found at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition selects 2015 semi-finalists, adds a new category for student inventors"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, seeks to find the world\u2019s best new ideas in musical instrument design, engineering and musicianship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Inventions expand our assumed notion of what constitutes an instrument and the sounds it can produce."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2015-01-12 12:41:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:46","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"329631":{"id":"329631","type":"image","title":"Guthman logo","body":null,"created":"1449245090","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:04:50","changed":"1475895041","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:41","alt":"Guthman logo","file":{"fid":"201829","name":"guthman_big_photo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/guthman_big_photo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/guthman_big_photo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37586,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/guthman_big_photo.jpg?itok=l604E9EL"}}},"media_ids":["329631"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/","title":"Competition Submission Site"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wlc-G5B_xC8","title":"Innovating the Field of Music"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"8847","name":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"id":"167096","name":"school of music"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"69751":{"#nid":"69751","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mini Maker Faire Celebrates DIY on Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpinning off an idea from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/makezine.com\/\u0022\u003EMAKE Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/oreilly.com\/\u0022\u003EO\u2019Reilly Media\u003C\/a\u003E,\na mechanical engineering student will bring the first Atlanta Mini Maker Faire\nto Georgia Tech\u2019s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event \u2014 which\ncalls itself \u201ca celebration of all things DIY\u201d \u2014 will feature the skills and creations\nof a variety of makers from the region, including blacksmithing, kinetic\nsculptures, robots and 3D printers. About 50 makers will be in attendance with\ntheir wares, including many from the Tech community. This smaller version of\nlarger Maker Faires that have been held in Detroit, New York and California gives\nthe event its \u201cmini\u201d moniker.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI thought Atlanta would be a great place for a Mini Maker\nFaire because there haven\u2019t really been any in the South before, and I know the\nSouth is filled with just as many makers and crafters as the rest of the\ncountry,\u201d said Eric Weinhoffer, the ME student organizing the event. \u201cGeorgia\nTech is an extremely good location to host an event like this, thanks to the\ntechnological advancements that come out of the Institute every year. The\nschool itself is an inspiration to makers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event is free to attend and will welcome students,\nfaculty, staff and guests in the Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex (MRDC)\nparking lot, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=69229\u0022\u003ESaturday, Sept. 10\u003C\/a\u003E, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Most makers will be\nexhibiting their work, but some will have creations for sale as well. To learn\nmore about the makers who will be in attendance, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.makerfaireatl.com\/Atlanta_Mini_Maker_Faire\/Home.html\u0022\u003EAtlanta Mini Maker\nFaire website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe first Atlanta Mini Maker Faire will take place on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The first Atlanta Mini Maker Faire will take place on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-09-01 08:55:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:05","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69230":{"id":"69230","type":"image","title":"Atlanta Mini Maker Faire Logo","body":null,"created":"1449177239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:59","changed":"1475894606","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:26","alt":"Atlanta Mini Maker Faire Logo","file":{"fid":"192738","name":"atlanta_minimf.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atlanta_minimf_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atlanta_minimf_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":48446,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/atlanta_minimf_0.jpeg?itok=jRq6kXZd"}}},"media_ids":["69230"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.makerfaireatl.com\/Atlanta_Mini_Maker_Faire\/Home.html","title":"Atlanta Mini Maker Faire"},{"url":"internal:\/!\/AtlMakerFaire","title":"Atlanta Mini Maker Faire on Twitter"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14181","name":"ammf"},{"id":"13945","name":"atlanta mini maker faire"},{"id":"541","name":"Mechanical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:eweinhoffer@gmail.com\u0022\u003EEric Weinhoffer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EAtlanta Mini Maker Faire\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ECommunications and Marketing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"378881":{"#nid":"378881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hackathon helps students invent musical instruments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA distorted commotion of sounds filled the room. Electronic scratches, drum beats and eerie echoes flowed from the musical instruments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout 50 Georgia Tech students hammered, drilled and plucked strings as they raced to put the finishing touches on the devices they created.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe students participated in the inaugural Guthman Musical Instrument Design Challenge, sponsored by synthesizer maker Moog and the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts. The event added a student component to this week\u2019s annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.guthman.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMargaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition\u003C\/a\u003E, which seeks to find the world\u2019s best new ideas in musical instrument design, engineering and musicianship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was important for us to expand the focus of the Guthman Competition toward our own campus and our own students,\u201d said Gil Weinberg, director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. \u201cA student challenge, combined with an opportunity for students to present their inventions as part of the competition, seemed like the perfect way to do that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents spent about a month designing their musical creations and added the electronic elements Sunday during an eight-hour hackathon. Each of the 15 teams received sensors, Arduino boards and Moog Werkstatt kits to hack, manipulate and add to the base instrument.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaja Raman, a master\u2019s student in music technology, belonged to a three-member team that created the \u201cVCG\u201d instrument, which looks like a guitar but incorporates a breath controller that functions similarly to woodwind instruments. To play it, a musician breathes into a tube attached to the instrument\u2019s body and runs his fingers along ribbon sensors placed along the guitar neck.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe wanted to create something that was truly playable and fun,\u201d Raman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team succeeded and won the first place prize of $1,500.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was blown away by what the students created in a short period of time,\u201d said Michael Adams, CEO of Moog Music and one of the judges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe other judges were: Aaron Lanterman, a Georgia Tech professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering who specializes in digital signal processing; and Lee Lerner, a research scientist with the Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll 15 teams will present their instruments this Friday during the main Guthman Competition. That contest will be held Thursday and Friday at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore the hackathon students spent hours designing their instruments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome constructed instruments using 3D printing, welding and other methods found in Georgia Tech\u2019s Invention Studio, a student-run design-build-play space that offers students access to cutting-edge machines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther students scavenged dumpsters, yards and attics to turn found items into instruments. One team used part of an abandoned bike. Another group added sensors, an accelerometer and Bluetooth technology to a clear beach ball.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome instruments resembled a Frankenstein assembly of parts. But that was part of the charm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of work went into the design,\u201d said Collin Garnett, a second-year architecture major. \u201cThis was probably one of my favorite projects.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Inaugural Guthman Musical Instrument Design Challenge was sponsored by Moog and the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAbout 50 Georgia Tech students competed in the first ever Guthman Musical Instrument Design Challenge, sponsored by synthesizer maker Moog and the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts. 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More than 500 students signed up for this year\u2019s contest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Once again we were impressed with what\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;students invent to solve some of the problems facing society,\u0022\u0026nbsp;said Chris Reaves, director of Undergraduate Research and Student Innovation, and one of InVenture\u2019s organizers.\u0026nbsp;\u0022InVenture is part of the changing culture at Georgia Tech where our students are becoming entrepreneurs.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s finalists are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEqip\u003C\/strong\u003E: Eqip is a website marketplace that allows musicians to experiment with expensive audio tools before committing to a purchase. Team members are Shehmeer Jiwani and Adam Szaruga, both computer science majors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFlame Tech Grill Defender\u003C\/strong\u003E: Flame Tech is a safety device for gas grills that alerts users when gas levels become dangerous. Team members are Alex Roe, a computer science major; Scott Schroer, a mechanical engineering major; and Will Sweet, a business administration major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaplit\u003C\/strong\u003E: Haplit is an interactive device for teaching Braille to those who were born blind or are living with degenerative diseases. Team members are Philip Bale, a computer science major; Megan Fechter, a business administration major; and Chandler Matz, a computer engineering major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOculoStaple\u003C\/strong\u003E: The OculoStaple is a medical device to safely treat ptosis, drooping of the upper eyelid. The team members \u2014 Jacquelyn Borinski, Mohamad Ali Najia and Drew Padilla \u2014 are all biomedical engineering majors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQuantaBrew\u003C\/strong\u003E: The QuantaBrew is an airtight container that dispenses a set amount of coffee grounds each pour, simplifying the process of making coffee every morning. The inventor is Jack Breen, a mechanical engineering major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShortweb\u003C\/strong\u003E: Shortweb aims to improve the way we access information on the Internet by allowing people to highlight and save text on any webpage and share that information with others. Team members are Ricardo De Andrade, who is majoring in industrial engineering and computer science; and Miguel Oller, a mechanical engineering major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe winning team earns $20,000 and the second-place team receives $10,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth the first- and second-place finishers will receive free US patent filings by Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Technology Licensing and a spot in Georgia Tech\u2019s startup accelerator program, Flashpoint.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA $5,000 People\u2019s Choice Award will go to the fans\u2019 favorite invention. Voting will be by text messaging during the finale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe finale will take place April 1 at the Ferst Center for the Arts on campus. Tickets are free and can be requested \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/tickets\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event will also be aired on Georgia Public Broadcasting.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Winners will be announced during April 1 finale"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The InVenture Prize encourages and supports undergraduate students\u2019 interest in invention, innovation and entrepreneurship."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2015-02-18 14:49:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:42","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"47390":{"id":"47390","type":"image","title":"InVenture Prize Logo","body":null,"created":"1449175107","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:38:27","changed":"1475894442","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:42","alt":"InVenture Prize Logo","file":{"fid":"190117","name":"tne92353.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tne92353.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tne92353.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19079,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tne92353.jpg?itok=WmZDFLr7"}}},"media_ids":["47390"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/","title":"The InVenture Prize web site"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"167441","name":"student research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72558":{"#nid":"72558","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Composing Music For the Next Generation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech professor and composer Jason Freeman is bringing his musical passion to the Internet and letting his audiences shape the music they\u0027ll hear in performance.  The Graph Theory Project is an online interface that enables users to choose their own path through a solo violin piece composed by  Freeman.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Basically, what people are doing is choosing their own adventure; they are finding their own path through this piece of music,\u0022 said Freeman. \u0022There are a lot of different fragments of music and different ways you can connect them together. I composed the piece intuitively. I decided what all the fragments were going to be and all the different ways they could connect together.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe online user is then able to choose among two or three options in between each fragment of music.  Their choice directly impacts the direction of the composition.  At the end of each night, the software produces a new version of the musical score that reflects the audience\u0027s choices made online.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman says the solo violin piece will then be played in live concerts to give the audiences a more interactive experience.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Graph Theory Project forces the audience to make choices and engage in the process of making music,\u0022 said Freeman.  \u0022Some of the greatest musical experiences that I\u0027ve had were creating music, not just listening to it.  I can\u0027t write a piece that expresses that joy unless it shares it.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman says that he was inspired to create a piece that would allow people to engage in music even if they didn\u0027t have a traditional music background.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is hard for people to talk about music in abstract terms using layman\u0027s language,\u0022 Freeman said.  \u0022I had an idea of a virtual composer residency.  Instead of sitting everyone down in a room and saying that I want a piece that is loud, fast, slow, soft. There is a visual interface on the Web that structures people\u0027s input.  It gives them choices that are defined. They are not defined in language, they are defined through things they can click on and move around.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman suggests that technology and a good graphic design make this a successful project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Technology is an interface through which we can connect people,\u0022 said Freeman.  \u0022It allows people to be musically creative without needing to know how to play a traditional instrument.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Graph Theory Project, which was commissioned by the Turbulence Internet art group and supported with a grant from the Greenwall Foundation, is available via the Web at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/turbulence.org\/Works\/graphtheory\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/turbulence.org\/Works\/graphtheory\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/turbulence.org\/Works\/graphtheory\/\u003C\/a\u003E .  Freeman is already planning several concert performances, including two in Atlanta this winter. For an updated list of concerts, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.jasonfreeman.net\u0022 title=\u0022www.jasonfreeman.net\u0022\u003Ewww.jasonfreeman.net\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Jason Freeman creates a unique interface for audiences to shape the music they\u0027ll hear in performance"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech professor and composer Jason Freeman is bringing his musical passion to the Internet and letting his audiences shape the music they\u0027ll hear in performance.  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But when audiences in the back row were able to hear music and voices with amazing clarity (well before any theater had the luxury of a sound system), the Greeks must have known that they had done something very right because they made many attempts to duplicate Epidaurus\u0027 design, but never with the same success.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have pinpointed the elusive factor that makes the ancient amphitheater an acoustic marvel. It\u0027s not the slope, or the wind - it\u0027s the seats. The rows of limestone seats at Epidaurus form an efficient acoustics filter that hushes low-frequency background noises like the murmur of a crowd and reflects the high-frequency noises of the performers on stage off the seats and back toward the seated audience member, carrying an actor\u0027s voice all the way to the back rows of the theater. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, done by acoustician and ultrasonics expert Nico Declercq, an assistant professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Georgia Tech Lorraine in France, and Cindy Dekeyser, an engineer who is fascinated by the history of ancient Greece, appears in the April issue of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile many experts speculated on the possible causes for Epidaurus\u0027 acoustics, few guessed that the seats themselves were the secret of its acoustics success. There were theories that the site\u0027s wind - which blows primarily from the stage to the audience - was the cause, while others credited masks that may have acted as primitive loudspeakers or the rhythm of Greek speech. Other more technical theories took into account the slope of the seat rows.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen Declercq set out to solve the acoustic mystery, he too had the wrong idea about how Epidaurus carries performance sounds so well. He suspected that the corrugated, or ridged, material of the theater\u0027s limestone structure was acting as a filter for sound waves at certain frequencies, but he didn\u0027t anticipate how well it was controlling background noise.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When I first tackled this problem, I thought that the effect of the splendid acoustics was due to surface waves climbing the theater with almost no damping,\u0022 Declercq said. \u0022While the voices of the performers were being carried, I didn\u0027t anticipate that the low frequencies of speech were also filtered out to some extent.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut as Declercq\u0027s team experimented with ultrasonic waves and numerical simulations of the theater\u0027s acoustics, they discovered that frequencies up to 500 Hz were held back while frequencies above 500 Hz were allowed to ring out. The corrugated surface of the seats was creating an effect similar to the ridged acoustics padding on walls or insulation in a parking garage.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, how did the audience hear the lower frequencies of an actor\u0027s voice if they were being suppressed with other background low frequencies? There\u0027s a simple answer, said Declercq. The human brain is capable of reconstructing the missing frequencies through a phenomenon called virtual pitch. Virtual pitch helps us appreciate the incomplete sound coming from small loudspeakers (in a laptop or a telephone), even though the low (bass) frequencies aren\u0027t generated by a small speaker.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Greeks\u0027 misunderstanding about the role the limestone seats played in Epidaurus\u0027 acoustics likely kept them from being able to duplicate the effect. Later theaters included different bench and seat materials, including wood, which may have played a large role in the gradual abandonment of Epidaurus\u0027 design over the years by the Greeks and Romans, Declercq said.\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The theater at Epidaurus has been known for centuries as an acoustic marvel that allowed spectators to hear in the back row - without the aid of modern microphones or sound systems. Georgia Tech researchers have discovered that Epidaurus\u0027 limestone seats created a sophisticated acoustic filter that carried instruments and voices all the way to the back of the theater.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Theater\u0027s limestone seats formed acoustic filter"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2007-04-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72239":{"id":"72239","type":"image","title":"Theater at Epidaurus","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72239"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/fac_staff\/ac_fac\/academic.faculty\/Declercq_Nico.html","title":"Nico Declercq"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/","title":"George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2446","name":"acoustic filter"},{"id":"2440","name":"acoustics"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"541","name":"Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"2443","name":"Nico Declercq"},{"id":"168904","name":"sound"},{"id":"2441","name":"theater at Epidaurus"},{"id":"2442","name":"theatre at Epidaurus"},{"id":"2444","name":"Woodfruff School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72259":{"#nid":"72259","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Mourns Loss of Dean Galloway","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech campus and community are mourning the loss of College of Architecture Dean Thomas Galloway, who passed away Sunday, March 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am deeply saddened by this news,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough.  \u0022Tom Galloway was my dear friend and respected colleague.  His profound dedication to his students and his unique contributions to the Institute are a remarkable legacy in the true tradition of Georgia Tech\u0027s outstanding leaders.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGalloway came to Georgia Tech in 1992 from the College of Design at Iowa State University, where he served as dean and professor from 1985 to 1992.  He also held faculty and administrative appointments at the University of Rhode Island and the University of Kansas.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his tenure as dean, he was instrumental in shaping the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech in light of profound transformation. Under Galloway\u0027s leadership, the College realized many changes and milestones.  In 1993, the college established a new partnership for its Paris Study Abroad Program with the Ecole Nationale Superieure d\u0027Architecture de Paris LaVillette and established the Shenyang Program at Shenyang Technological University in China.  In recent years, he extended Georgia Tech\u0027s relationship with the United Arab Emirates, chairing a team that reviewed a new College of Engineering and Design at the University of Abu Dhabi and served as an urban planning consultant to the Sheik.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGalloway focused his efforts to redefine the mission of the College, strengthen its academic programs, integrate research programs with academic instruction and fully engage the College with the expanded academic, research and service missions of the Institute.  The initiation of the Common First Year, the creation of two endowed chairs-the Harry West Chair for Quality Growth and Regional Development and the Thomas W. Ventulett III Distinguished Chair in Architectural Design-and the increase in the number of Ph.D. students are all a testament to his leadership and commitment to interdisciplinary education and research.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Dean Galloway was a true champion for the College of Architecture,\u0022 said Thomas W. Ventulett III, friend of the Galloway family, Georgia Tech alumnus (1957, College of Architecture) and chairman emeritus of the College of Architecture Development Council, Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback \u0026amp; Associates, Atlanta.  \u0022His relentless work ethic and gift for recognizing and attracting talent enabled him to leave a profound legacy at Georgia Tech and in the larger community.  Tom created an environment at the College of Architecture that enabled his talented faculty and staff to flourish.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVentulett continued, \u0022Tom was a wonderful communicator who was able to unite people on campus and throughout the built-environment professions.  He was a civic-minded person who truly cared about Georgia Tech, Midtown and Atlanta as a whole.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of Galloway\u0027s most recent academic and professional honors include a listing among the \u002730 Leaders Who Bridge Practice and Education\u0027 in America\u0027s Best Architecture and Design Schools, published in the 2005 edition of  Design Intelligence, and as a Lexus Leader of the Arts by Public Broadcasting Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETom Galloway was a loving husband, father and friend with an infectious smile and humble spirit.  He is survived by his wife and best friend of 40 years, Sharon Perry Galloway, their children-Stacy and Derek Haywood, Rick and Shannon Galloway, and Kelly and Adam Eby-and grandchildren Thomas Galloway, Cara Galloway, Max Galloway, and Kace Galloway.  He is preceded in death by his parents, the Reverends Ruth (Jones) and Roy Galloway.  He is also survived by his beloved sisters and brothers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe family has planned a memorial service for Friday, March 16, at 10:00 a.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts on the Georgia Tech campus.  A reception will follow at the College of Architecture Atrium, West Architecture Building, 247 Fourth Street.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to the Dean Thomas D. Galloway Memorial Fund for the College of Architecture in care of the Georgia Tech Foundation. Gifts of remembrance should be made out to the Georgia Tech Foundation, with the name of the fund on the memo line, or with an accompanying note and sent to:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Foundation, Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n760 Spring Street, N.W., Suite 400\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, Georgia 30308\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Dean Galloway was a true champion for the College of Architecture"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech campus and community are mourning the loss of College of Architecture Dean Thomas Galloway, who passed away Sunday, March 11.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Memorial service will be held at Ferst Center"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-03-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72260":{"id":"72260","type":"image","title":"College of Architecture Dean Thomas Galloway","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"},"72261":{"id":"72261","type":"image","title":"College of Architecture Dean Thomas Galloway","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72260","72261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/news\/story.php?id=1303","title":"In Memory of Dean Galloway"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"2078","name":"dean"},{"id":"2455","name":"Death"},{"id":"616","name":"Galloway"},{"id":"1060","name":"obituary"},{"id":"1871","name":"thomas"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72283":{"#nid":"72283","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Host Music Technology Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture Dean\u0027s Symposium on the Changing Nature of Practice will focus on the emerging developments in music technology that promise to revolutionize musical performance, composition, analysis, and education.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This symposium focuses on music technology, and the College of Architecture Music Department just introduced Tech\u0027s first degree program in music,\u0022 said Dean Thomas Galloway, College of Architecture.  \u0022The symposium helps us roll out our master\u0027s degree in music technology and demonstrates to the arts community throughout Georgia and beyond that music is alive and well at Georgia Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium, which will be held March 3, 2007, will highlight three areas of interest in each session. The morning will begin with a session entitled \u0027Technology Meets Tradition: The Impact of Technology on Music Education\u0027.  The second session discusses \u0027Cognition and Analysis: The \u0022Why\u0022 of Music\u0027. The third session,\u0027Making Music and Performance,\u0027 will follow lunch. The final session of the day will focus on the relationship between \u0027Music and Architecture\u0027.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Dean\u0027s Symposium is a wonderful event with a number of substantive outcomes,\u0022 said Frank Clark, director of the Music Department. \u0022Each year the event brings hundreds of visitors to the Tech campus, produces meaningful scholarship, generates debate, adds to our visibility and credibility, and celebrates the diversity and richness of the Georgia Tech College of Architecture.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOrganizers are expecting a wide array of attendees, including several from other Georgia universities. Presenters include Georgia Tech professors Parag Chordia, Athanassios Economou, Jason Freeman, Ronald Lewcock, Jerry Ulrich, Bruce Walker, Gil Weinberg, and Music Department Director Frank Clark. Other presenters include David Huron, The Ohio State University; George Lewis, Columbia University; Henry Panion III, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Thomas Rudolph, director of music at School District of Haverford Township (PA); Pierre Ruhe, music critic for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Jessica Peek Sherwood, Sonic Generator (flutist).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese scholars and practitioners will discuss ideas and demonstrate developments in areas ranging from new interfaces for musical expression and algorithmic composition to music information retrieval, music networks, and machine musicianship.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture has a unique relationship with its Music Department, and together they are forging a new future for Georgia Tech and music. So what\u0027s the future of Tech\u0027s music program?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That\u0027s a question we ask every day and there are so many answers: new degree programs, new classes, new ensembles, groundbreaking research, innovative instruments, new modes of expression, and new partnerships combining music, architecture, computing, engineering, science and math,\u0022 said Clark. \u0022The future of music at Tech is ours to write, and I sincerely hope that it will be an Institute-wide composition.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium is jointly sponsored by the Georgia Tech College of Architecture and the College of Architecture Alumni Committee and is organized by the College and its Music Department.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Annual College of Architecture symposium to discuss music technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture Dean\u0027s Symposium on the Changing Nature of Practice will focus on the emerging developments in music technology that promise to revolutionize musical performance, composition, analysis, and education.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dean\u0027s Symposium to discuss music technology"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-03-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72284":{"id":"72284","type":"image","title":"Gil Weinberg, Director of Music Technology at Geor","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72284"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/symposium\/","title":"College of Architecture Dean\\\u0027s Symposium"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"2078","name":"dean"},{"id":"1934","name":"Frank Clark"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1939","name":"Gil Weinberg"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"},{"id":"1180","name":"Music"},{"id":"167061","name":"symposium"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"},{"id":"2468","name":"Tom Galloway"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70379":{"#nid":"70379","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Music Technology Alumni Using Their Degrees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech Alumni are taking their experience in music technology and combining it with their entrepreneurial spirit to create and sell synthesizers, sequencers and other musical and robotic devices. Scott Driscoll and Travis Thatcher are both musicians, but it is how they are combining their music and technology talents that has them in business together.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThatcher, a designer, has created everything from modulators to synthesizers to sequencers, to use in his own performances. Although he has never had the time to perfect a design to take it to market, Driscoll, a fellow music technology classmate, had just the entrepreneurial spirit necessary to take Thatcher\u0027s creations to the marketplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Basically I\u0027ve created a business to help designers like Travis develop their devices, finish them and sell them,\u0022 said Driscoll. \u0022Today\u0027s technology has made everything more accessible to everyone. All of our designs are completely open source. Some customers may only want the raw materials so they can put the devices together themselves, while others will want the completed piece assembled for them.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This works out for both of us because I wouldn\u0027t have the time to enhance the instruments that I\u0027ve created,\u0022 said Thatcher. \u0022I am able to put the finishing touches on many devices that I may never have the time to complete otherwise.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two music technology alumni say the Georgia Tech Music Technology program is a big reason for their success and continued interest in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We were exposed to a whole new direction that you could take with music and technology,\u0022 said Driscoll. \u0022The fact that you could combine these two in an artistic path. For me it was like, oh, I get to be a creative engineer.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDriscoll and Thatcher say business is good right now and they plan on releasing new devices down the road. You can find more information about their musical creation at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/curiousinventor.com\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/curiousinventor.com\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/curiousinventor.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech Alumni are taking their experience in music technology and combining it with their entrepreneurial spirit to create and sell synthesizers, sequencers and other musical and robotic devices.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two Music Technology alumni creating more than just music."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-11-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:20","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70380":{"id":"70380","type":"image","title":"Travis Thatcher and Scott Discoll","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38"}},"media_ids":["70380"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/curiousinventor.com\/","title":"Curious Inventor"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1928","name":"devices"},{"id":"1178","name":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"170773","name":"Scott Discoll"},{"id":"1926","name":"Travis Thatcher"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"71959":{"#nid":"71959","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Band Prepares for Centennial Celebration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECelebrating 100 years of musical tradition, Georgia Tech\u0027s band will march in the 2008 Macy\u0027s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.  Band members will be raising money to support their trip throughout the next year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Macy\u0027s Parade will be the most fitting way for the band to celebrate our centennial anniversary in front of 50 million viewers, as well as an opportunity for the students to shine as ambassadors for the Institute,\u0022 said Associate Director of Bands, Chris Moore. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Anyone who has been a part of the band or who has experienced the energy, entertainment and enthusiasm the band brings to the Tech community and the city of Atlanta understands what a treasure we have,\u0022 said Assistant Director, Donny Allen.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full marching band, concert band and symphonic band will all participate in the New York trip. \u0022We are planning a large-scale concert and gala for our alumni, fans, locals and tourists in one of the major concert halls in New York City,\u0022 said Dr. Andrea Strauss, Director of Bands.  \u0022We hope students get a strong sense of pride in representing the Institute and a feeling of satisfaction knowing they reach so many people through their talents and hard work.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 1,100 Tech students sing, play or study music each semester. They come from every major on campus, and from many nations around the world. Music ensembles provide a challenging academic and aesthetic experience for the Georgia Tech student. Directors believe that band members will have a unique opportunity while at Tech for the 2008 academic year in celebration of the band\u0027s anniversary.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe band hopes to raise $500,000 to cover the cost of the trip.  The funds will cover the cost of the traveling party\u0027s air, hotel and food expenses, as well as concert hall rental. Band Directors hope this is the first of many high-profile opportunities to share their music programs with the Tech community\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech\u0027s band will mark 100 years in 2008"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Celebrating 100 years of musical tradition, Georgia Tech\u0027s band will march in the 2008 Macy\u0027s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.  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