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artificial intelligence and music
Sept. 2023 - ? PhD, Oregon State University, Artificial Intelligence
- Advisor: Patrick Donnelly
2021-2023 MSc, Georgia Institute of Technology (OMSCS), Computer Science
- Specialization: Interactive Intelligence (AI + HCI-focused coursework)
2011-2015 DMA, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Music Performance (Percussion)
- Advisor: Eduardo Leandro
2008-2010 MA, Queens College, City University of New York, Music Performance (Classical Percussion)
2004-2008 BASc, University of California, Davis, Music (Percussion) and General Mathematics
2025 Nick Hwang, Derek Kwan, Robert Pond, Margaret Schedel, Mason Youngblood, Sofy Yuditskaya. "Exploring the Frontier of AI-Driven Acoustic Modeling". Journal SEAMUS 33 (1-2), 2022. (leading year reflects submission date, published in 2025)
2021 Alexandre Torres Porres, Derek Kwan, Matthew Barber. "Almost 20 years of Cyclone: past, present, and future". Revista Vortex 9 (2), 2021. https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2021.9.2.15
2021 Anne Sophie Andersen, Derek Kwan. "Grisey’s 'Talea': Musical Representation As An Interactive 3D Map". New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 2021. https://nime.pubpub.org/pub/oiwz8bb7/release/1?readingCollection=71dd0131 (app: https://derekxkwan.github.io/talea-vis/)
2020 Sofy Yuditskaya, Sophia Sun, Derek Kwan."Karaoke of Dreams: A multi-modal neural-network generated music experience". Joint Conference on AI Music Creativity (CSMC + MuMe), 2020. https://boblsturm.github.io/aimusic2020/papers/CSMC__MuMe_2020_paper_5.pdf (video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVYUmCHzzH8)
2016 Alexandre Torres Porres, Derek Kwan, Matthew Barber. "Cloning Max/MSP Objects: a Proposal for the Upgrade of Cyclone". Fifth International Pure Data Convention (PdCon), 2016. https://derekxkwan.com/res/pdcon16_cyclone-paper.pdf
2021 Karaoke of Dreams: A multi-modal neural-network generated music experience, online
- recorded virtual paper presentation with Sofy Yuditskaya and Sophia Sun for McGill Music Graduate Symposium
2020 TidalCycles Live Coding Workshop, Bombay Beach, CA
- workshop at Mars College on the TidalCycles electronic music live coding environment
2018 socketMusic: wireless, Lewiston, ME
- presentation and performance of new revision of my composition for improvised percussion, electronic sound, and mobile devices at Bates Digital Music Symposium
2017 Temporary Lecturer, Music 107A: Introduction to Electronic Music I, UC Davis
- overview of electronic music history, recording studio basics, and fixed-media composition
2023-2025 Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University EECS, Corvallis, OR
- advisor: Patrick Donnelly
2020-2021 Music and Digital Art Curator, Art Music Lit Space, online
- write content (curation and exhibition statements) for the virtual exhibition space
2013-2015 Lab Assistant and Programmer, SBU Teaching Learning Lab, Stony Brook NY
- Working under Paul St. Denis with SBU faculty on interactive digital media projects investigating novel methods of human-computer interaction and full-stack web application development for class-oriented learning tools and data visualization
2013 Audio/Video Collections Manager, SBU Music Library, Stony Brook, NY
- Archival activities for the music library’s analog and digital media
2012-2013 Graduate Assistant, SBU Computer Music Studio, Stony Brook, NY
- Live sound reinforcement and technology management for music department concerts and setting up and running a new campus recording studio
2011-2012 Graduate Assistant, SBU Contemporary Chamber Players, Stony Brook, NY
- Organization and planning of concerts and rehearsals
2010-2011 Private Instructor in Percussion (freelance), Flushing, NY
2022 Composer Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2020 Project Participant and Contributor, Art-a-Hack Dancedemic, New York, NY / online
- remote hackathon in conjunction with Battery Dance Festival
2010 Performance Fellow, Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute, North Adams, MA
2008 Performance Fellow, soundSCAPE Composer and Performance Exchange, Pavia, Italy
2007 Performance Fellow, International Marimba Festival, Salzburg, Austria
2020 Small File Media Festival, Vancouver, BC
- glitch video bombaybeach featured at online festival
2019 Music Makers Art Exhibition at Hacker Lab, Sacramento, CA
- featuring my computer-generated visual art studious overachieving, polyhealth, and catmoticon portraits alongside other visual art by musicians
2019 The Brickhouse Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- month-long curation of work alongside work by Tavarus Blackmon and Boris Allenou
2008 Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Davis
2022 Rhythm OLMITS
- an intelligent tutoring system for teaching musical rhythm performance originally developed for Georgia Tech's EdTech class (paper: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/67085)