Eduardo is a composer and computer scientist who has been developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for music since the early 1990s. In 1995, he obtained his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis about AI and sound design. He taught at the University of Glasgow and worked at Sony CSL Paris before becoming a Professor in Computer Music at the University of Plymouth, UK. Eduardo is known for developing brain-computer interfaces to enable people with motor impairments to make music and for his research into unconventional computing for music. He is a Scientific Advisor for Moth, an applied quantum technology startup based in London. Eduardo has composed for the BBC Concert Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta, and his opera, Lampedusa, was premiered by BBC Singers in 2019. The album Qubism, featuring pieces composed with quantum computing, was released by 52beats in 2024.

Scott is a Bay Area-based flautist, composer, music researcher, and technologist whose creative work blends his African and Okinawan American heritage with diverse genres such as jazz, hip-hop, and Afrofuturism. In 2023, Scott earned his PhD in Computer-based Music Theory and Acoustic Sciences from the Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University with a thesis on the intersection between quantum computation and jazz improvisation. Scott is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford’s School of Medicine, where he explores the neural processes underlying improvisation and studies brain wave activity in jazz musicians as they perform. His research bridges the gap between Music, Neuroscience, and technology, shedding light on the cognitive mechanisms that drive creative musical expression.

Carlos Arana is an engineer, musician, writer, and researcher holding a PhD in Engineering, specializing in the development of generative AI frameworks for music education. He pioneered the introduction of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence courses at the School of Engineering of the University of Buenos Aires. Currently, he serves as a faculty member in the online division of Berklee College of Music, where he leads the world’s first course dedicated to the application of AI in music—a curriculum he both authored and developed. Arana’s contributions extend to publishing four instructional books through leading music publishers Warner Bros. Publications and Hal Leonard. His expertise combines engineering, education, and music, highlighting his innovative work at the intersection of technology and art.

Professor Emeritus, Sorbonne University and researcher at the Institute for Research in Musicology (IReMus, UMR 8223). Composer (instrumental and electroacoustic music). Co-founder of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (annual conferences), founder of the EMSAN network (East Asian electroacoustic music). In China, recipient of the 1000 Talents in the Experts division, 2017. Distinguished professor, Shenzhen university (China). Collaborates as a member of the editorial boards of several professional journals (Organised Sound, Leonardo, Malaysian Journal of Music). Visiting Professor at the Aichi University of the Arts (Japan, 2018). Member of the Board of ICMA (International Computer Music Association, as co-director for Asia). Latest books published: Aesthetics of artificial sound. Genesis of Electronic Music, Paris: Éditions philosophiques Vrin, 2024; Computer Music in the 21st Century – History and Practice – 21世纪计算机音乐创作 — 历史与实践, Guangzhou: Sun Ya-Tsen/Zhongshan University Press, 2023. His music is published by Babelscores.

Ken taught at the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing for two decades, prior to his current position at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main area of research focuses on the practice of live network music performance (NMP) or real-time, collaborative music making over high-speed networks.  He is the creator of Artsmesh software, a comprehensive management platform for NMP. Other current projects are Co-PI for The Digital Score EU Research Council Grant 2001-2026 and development of the Netronome (networked audio latency tuner). He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Organised Sound, Cambridge University Press, and the Electroacoustic Music Studies Asian Network (EMSAN).

Georg Hajdu is a distinguished German composer, multimedia artist, and educator, renowned for his innovative contributions to contemporary music, multimedia composition, and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of music, science, and technology. Born in 1960 in Göttingen, Germany, Hajdu initially pursued studies in molecular biology and composition in Cologne, reflecting his lifelong interest in bridging scientific and artistic disciplines. He later deepened his expertise in computer music at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), completing a Ph.D. in 1994 at the University of California, Berkeley. Hajdu’s compositional output is diverse, encompassing instrumental, vocal, and electronic works. A significant highlight of his career is the opera Der Sprung – Beschreibung einer Oper, created in collaboration with librettist and filmmaker Thomas Brasch. The opera explores themes of human experience and tragedy through innovative musical and narrative structures.

Peter Van Zandt Lane composes acoustic and electroacoustic concert music that draws from an eclectic musical background, chipping away at boundaries between his classical training and experiences in a range of classical and popular musical styles. Described as “beautifully and confidently made” (American Academy of Arts and Letters), and “refreshingly relevant” (New York Times), Lane’s music often reflects critically on the subject of technology in society, incorporating electronics and technology in performance. His works for wind ensemble are widely performed by professional and collegiate bands alike. His electroacoustic ballet, HackPolitik (one of two award-winning collaborations with choreographer Kate Ladenheim) was a New York Times Critic’s Pick, receiving international press attention for exploring cyber-activism through music and dance. A recipient of the Charles Ives Fellowship, and the Music Teacher’s National Association Distinguished Composer of the Year Award, Peter is currently Professor of Music Composition at the University of Georgia.

Ali Balighi, a composer, sound designer, and sound engineer, was born in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from The University of Art in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance. A passion for composition led him to pursue a Master’s degree in Composition at Texas Tech University, where he is currently a student for a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Composition. A number of research and teaching interests align with Balighi’s academic pursuits, which include music technology, open-source software, contemporary music analysis, and music theory. His teaching experience includes positions as a sound engineer, music recording assistant, composition and music theory teacher, and positions as a cello instructor in various Iranian music institutions. Among his poetry collections are “My Loneliness Is A Hippo That Loves You” and “The Forest Was on Fire And The Snail Did Not Know Which Way to Flee.” He received a residency and a grant at The Saari Residence in Finland for his electroacoustic ensemble opera, Migration inside. In addition, he won third place in the 5th Reza Korourian Awards 2020 competition for electroacoustic composition. He won second place in the composition competition of Radio Javan (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) 2017 with his composition titled Daramad for Harp and Orchestra. Balighi’s compositions have been showcased internationally at festivals and conferences, including Sonic Matter, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Hot Air Music Festival, Tehran Contemporary Music Festival, and NoiseFloor UK Contemporary Music.

Celeste Betancur is a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), where her research explores the intersections of music, technology, and algorithmic composition. As a composer, digital artist, and live coder, her work spans a broad spectrum—from academic concert halls to underground electronic music scenes—emphasizing real-time score generation, live coding performance, and the development of interactive audiovisual systems. Her interdisciplinary practice includes the design and construction of expanded musical instruments, large-scale installations, and sculptures. Betancur’s compositions have been performed by internationally renowned ensembles such as Leimay Ensemble, Distractfold Ensemble, Cinevivo, Andamio, Iran Sanadzadeh, Niloufar Shiri, Adapter Ensemble, RGGTRN, Linea Ensemble and many others. Beyond composition and performance, Betancur is an accomplished software developer specializing in music technology. She has contributed and is actively working for the ChucK programming language development. Her performances have taken place across more than 20 countries. She has presented her research at leading international conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLC, SMC, and NIME, contributing to the ongoing dialogue at the intersection of music, computation, and artistic expression.

ERAN EGOZY, Professor of the Practice in Music Technology at MIT, is an entrepreneur, musician and technologist. He is the co-founder and chief scientist of Harmonix Music Systems which developed the video game franchises Guitar Hero and Rock Band, selling over 35 million units worldwide and generating over $1 billion in annual sales. Eran and his business partner Alex Rigopulos were named in Time Magazine’s Time 100, Fortune Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40, and USA Network’s Character Approved awards.

Eran is also an accomplished clarinetist. Hailed as “sensitive and energetic” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), he has appeared as soloist with the MIT Symphony Orchestra and as guest artist on the radio show From the Top. Eran is the clarinetist for Radius Ensemble (named Boston’s Best Classical Ensemble in 2016 by the Improper Bostonian), and has appeared with Boston area ensembles such as Emmanuel Music and A Far Cry. His teachers include Jonathan Cohler, William Wrzesien, and Tom Martin.

Eran serves on the Boards of several Boston-area non-profit organizations and mentors and invests in a number of startups in the Boston area. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Eran earned degrees in Electrical Engineering and Music from MIT, where he conducted research in music technology at the MIT Media Lab.

His current research and teaching interests are interactive music systems, music information retrieval, and multimodal musical expression and engagement. His recent projects include *12*, an audience-participation work for chamber music were audience members use their mobile to musically interact with the stage musicians, and Tutti, a massively multiplayer mobile-audience performance piece where the entire audience becomes the orchestra. Eran is currently developing ConcertCue, a program-note streaming mobile app for live classical music concerts. ConcertCue is featured in concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony, and is the recipient of a grant from the Knight Foundation.

Composer/conductor/clarinetist Evan Ziporyn’s music has taken him from Balinese temples to concert halls around the world.

He has composed for and collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, Brooklyn Rider, Maya Beiser, Ethel, Anna Sofie Von Otter, the American Composers Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Iva Bittova, Terry Riley, Don Byron, Wu Man, and Bang on a Can. In 2017, his arrangements were featured on Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War, and on Silkroad’s Grammy-winning album Sing Me Home.

Most recently, his orchestral reimagining of David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, was recently released on Islandia Music, featuring Ziporyn conducting his own Ambient Orchestra with Maya Beiser, cello soloist. Since its 2017 premiere, Ziporyn has conducted the work in Boston, Barcelona, New York Central Park Summerstage, Australia’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, Strathmore Hall, and numerous other national and international venues. 2019 also saw the world premieres of two new works, the drum concerto Impulse Control for the Bowling Green New Music Festival, and the gamelan/string hybrid Air=Water for Philadelphia’s Network for New Music. Other recent works include the collaborative immersive installation Arachnodrone/Spider’s Canvas with Christine Southworth, which premiered at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo in 2018, and The Demon in the Diagram with visual artist Matthew Ritchie and choreographer Hope Mohr.Ziporyn studied at Eastman School of Music, Yale, and UC Berkeley with Joseph Schwantner, Martin Bresnick, and Gerard Grisey. He received a Fulbright in 1987, founded Gamelan Galak Tika in 1993, and composed a series of groundbreaking compositions for gamelan and western instruments, as well as evening-length works such as 2001’s ShadowBang, 2004’s Oedipus Rex (Robert Woodruff, director), and 2009’s A House in Bali, which was featured at BAM Next Wave in October 2010. He released two albums of his orchestral works with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, featuring tabla master Sandeep Das as soloist.

From 1992-2012 he served as music director, producer, and composer/arranger for the Bang on a Can Allstars, winning Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year award in 2005. He has also recorded and toured with Paul Simon (You’re the One) and the Steve Reich Ensemble, sharing in the latter’s 1998 Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance. In 2012 he formed the Eviyan Trio with Iva Bittova and Gyan Riley, with whom he recorded two albums. He has also released numerous albums on Cantaloupe Music, New World, CRI, Airplane Ears, and other labels. Other honors include a USA Artist Fellowship, the Goddard Lieberson Prize from the American Academy, Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship, and commissions from Carnegie Hall, Kronos Quartet, Rockefeller Multi-Arts Program, and Meet the Composer. As a conductor recent appearances include LA Opera (Keeril Makan’s Persona), Hamburg Elbsphilharmonie (Julia Wolfe/Bill Morrison’s Fuel), the Barcelona Symphony, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. At MIT he is Distinguished Professor of Music, Director of the Center for Art, Science and Technology, and currently Guest Director of the MIT Symphony Orchestra.

Called “America’s most wired composer” by The Los Angeles Times and a “musical visionary” by The New York Times, Tod Machover is recognized as one of the most innovative composers active today, praised for creating music that breaks traditional artistic and cultural boundaries and for developing technologies that expand music’s potential for everyone, from celebrated virtuosi to musicians of all abilities. Machover studied with Elliott Carter and Roger Sessions at The Juilliard School and was the first Director of Musical Research at Pierre Boulez’s IRCAM in Paris. He is Academic Head of the MIT Media Lab, where he is also Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music and Media and Director of the Opera of the Future Group. Machover is also Visiting Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Tod Machover’s compositions have been commissioned and performed by many of the world’s most prestigious ensembles and soloists, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble InterContemporain, Lucerne Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Ensemble Modern, BBC Scottish Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Houston Grand Opera, Bunkamura (Tokyo), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Centre Georges Pompidou, Carnegie Hall, the Lucerne Festival, Ars Electronica, Casa da Musica (Porto), American Composers Orchestra, Tokyo String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Ying Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Matt Haimovitz, Renée Fleming, Joyce Di Donato, and many more. His work has been awarded numerous prizes and honors, by such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Fromm and Koussevitzky Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the German Culture Ministry, and the French Culture Ministry, which named him a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was the first recipient of the Arts Advocacy Award from the Kennedy Center’s National Committee of the Performing Arts in 2013, and he was honored as Musical America’s 2016 Composer of the Year.