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This Wednesday, October 2nd at 8PM, IMGD faculty and students will be performing in a free, all-ages event downtown. At Algoraves, performers take turns creating algorithmic music and visuals. Most performances consist of *live coding*, where the music and visuals are programmed live on stage, and the source code is projected for audience members to follow. We have four IMGD faculty and affiliated faculty (myself, Gillian Smith, Scott Barton, and Rodney DuPlessis), a WPI Computational Media PhD student (Darren Cole), and guest faculty from MIT performing next Wednesday at the Worcester PopUp, right off the main square downtown. Musical robots will make an appearance, along with lots of custom software developed here at WPI.

If you’re into strange music / art—or maybe even want to dance?—come on by! Free entry, all ages very very welcome, and drinks will be available for purchase. Doors will open at 7:45.

People

Charles Roberts

Associate Professor, Computer Science

My research examines human-centered computing in digital arts practice. I designed and developed a creative coding environment for the browser, Gibber (http://gibber.cc), that I use both for educational research and audiovisual performances. Gibber is used to teach computational [...]

Gillian Smith

Professor, Computer Science

Gillian Smith, an award-winning game designer, joined WPI in 2017. Her interdisciplinary work merges technical research in AI and HCI with creative practice in textiles and games, with a view towards addressing social issues and broadening participation and perspectives on comput [...]

Rodney DuPlessis

Assistant Teaching Professor, Interactive Media & Game Development

Scott Barton

Professor,

Humanities and Arts - HUA

I compose, perform, record, mix and produce electroacoustic music; I am interested in how we can use the tools and techniques of audio production to explore new musical territory. I build mechatronic and robotic musical instruments; I am interested in how we can free electronic m [...]