Ge Wang

Ge Wang

Ge Wang Portrait

Ge Wang
Native name Ge Wang (王戈)
Born (1977-11-02)November 2, 1977
Beijing, China
Other names Gary
Fields
  • Computer Music
  • Musical Interaction Design
  • Mobile Music
  • CS+Music Education
Institutions
Alma mater
Thesis The ChucK Audio Programming Language (2008)
Doctoral advisor Perry_R._Cook
Known for
  • ChucK programming language
  • Stanford Laptop Orchestra
  • Co-founder of Smule
  • music interaction design
Website
www.gewang.com

Ge Wang is a Chinese American musician, computer scientist, and designer, known for inventing the ChucK audio programming language [1] and for being Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Creative Officer of Smule, a company making iPhone and iPad music apps. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He also helped create the Princeton Laptop Orchestra and later founded its Stanford counterpart Stanford Laptop Orchestra, [2][3] as well as the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra.[4] [8] Wang is the designer of the Ocarina [9] and Magic Piano iPhone apps. Wang is currently an assistant professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).[2][4]


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References

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


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