Music Technology Group

Gil Weinberg is an assistant professor and the director of the music technology program at Georgia Tech. In his work Weinberg attempts to expand musical expression, creativity, and learning through technology. His research interests include new instruments for musical expression, musical networks, machine and robotic musicianship, sonification, and music education. His music has been featured in festivals and concerts such as Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, ICMC, and NIME, and with orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the National Irish Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish BBC Symphony. His interactive systems were presented in museums such as the Smithsonian Museum, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and Boston Children's Museum. Weinberg received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT. Before turning to academia, he co-founded and held a number of positions in music and media software companies in his home country Israel.

2008

Weinberg, G. “The Music Box”, in Turkle S. (Ed.) Objects in Mind: Falling for Science, Technology and Design. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. (In print)

 

Weinberg, G. “Extending the Musical Experience – From the Digital to the Physical and Back”, in Seifert W., Hyun Kim J. and Moore A. (Eds.) Paradoxes of Interactivity – Perspectives for Media Theory, Human-Computer Interaction, and Artistic Investigations. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag Press. (In print)

 

Weinberg, G. “The Beatbug – Evolution of a Musical Controller”, Digital Creativity, Taylor and Francis Press. (In print)

 

2007

Weinberg, G., Godfrey, M., Rae, A., Rhodes, J. “A Real-Time Genetic Algorithm in Human-Robot Musical Improvisation”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Press (also appears at Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2007), Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 192-195.

 

Weinberg, G. “Musical Interactions Between Humans and Machines” in Lazinica, A. (Ed.) Human-Robot Interaction. Vienna, Austria: Ars Press.

 

Weinberg, G., Driscoll S. “The Robotic Percussionist - Bringing Interactive Computer Music into the Physical World”, in Sick. A. and Lishca C. (Eds.) Machines as Agency – Artistic perspectives. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag Press, pp. 66-82.

 

Weinberg, G. “The Design of a Perceptual and Improvisational Robotic Marimba Player”, Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2007), Jeju, Korea, pp. 132-137.

 

Weinberg, G., Driscoll S. (2007) “Introducing Pitch, Melody and Harmony into Robotic Musicianship”, Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2007), New York City, NY, pp. 228-233.

 

Weinberg G., Driscoll, S. (2007) “The Interactive Robotic Percussionist: New Developments In Form, Mechanics, Perception And Interaction Design”, Proceeding of the ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction (HRI 2007), Arlington, VA. pp. 97-104.

2006

Weinberg G., Driscoll S. “Towards Robotic Musicianship” Computer Music Journal 30:4, MIT Press,  pp. 28-45 

Weinberg G., Thatcher T. “Interactive Sonification: Aesthetics, Functionality and Performance” Leonardo Music Journal 16, MIT Press. 

Weinberg G., Freeman J., Chordia P., Clark F., Moore C., Driscoll S., Thatcher T. "Georgia Tech Music Technology Group – Studio Report" Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2006), New Orleans, LA

Weinberg G., Driscoll, S., Thatcher  T. “Jam ’aa – A Percussion  Ensemble for Human and Robotic Players” ACM International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH 2006), Boston, MA. 

Weinberg G., Thatcher T. “Interactive Sonification of Neural Activity” Proceedings of the International Conference on New  Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2006), Paris, France  

Weinberg G., Driscoll S. “Robot-Human Interaction with an Anthropomorphic Percussionist” Proceedings of International ACM  Computer Human Interaction Conference (CHI 2006). Montréal, Canada,  pp. 1229 - 1232 

2005

Weinberg G. “Local Performance Networks – Musical Interdependency through Gestures and Controllers” Organized Sound, Cambridge University Press pp. 255-267. 

Weinberg G. “Voice Networks – Exploring the Human Voice as a Creative Medium for Musical Collaboration” Leonardo Music Journal, MIT Press: Vol. 15 pp.23-26.  

Weinberg G. “Interconnected Musical Networks – Towards a Theoretical  Framework” Computer Music Journal, MIT Press, Vol. 29:2, pp. 23-39. 

Weinberg G., Driscoll S., Parry M. “Haile – An Interactive Robotic  Percussionist” Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2005). Barcelona, Spain, pp. 622-625. 

Weinberg G., Driscoll S., Parry M. “Musical Interactions with a Perceptual Robotic Percussionist”  Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN  2005) Nashville, TN, pp. 456-461. 

Weinberg G., Driscoll S. “Iltur – Connecting Novices and Experts Through Collaborative Improvisation”  Proceedings of Conference on New  Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2005), Vancouver, Canada, pp. 17-22.

2004

Weinberg G., Clark F. “Georgia Tech Music Department – Studio Report” Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (ICMC  2004), Miami, Florida, pp. 119-122. 

Weinberg G. “Voice Networks – Exploring the Human Voice as a  Creative Medium for Musical Collaboration” Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2004) Miami, Florida, pp. 623-626.

2003

Weinberg G. “Playpens, Fireflies, and Squeezables – New Musical Instruments for Bridging the Thoughtful and the Joyful” Leonardo Music Journal, MIT Press: Vol. 12, pp. 43-51. 

Weinberg G. “Interconnected Musical Networks – Bringing Expression and Thoughtfulness to Collaborative Music Making”, PhD Thesis, MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA.

2002

Weinberg G. “The Aesthetics, History, and Future Challenges of Interconnected Music Networks” Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2002) Göteborg, Sweden, pp. 349-356.  

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Weinberg G., Aimi R., and Jennings, K. “The Beatbug Network – A  Rhythmic System for Interdependent Group Collaboration” Proceedings of New Instruments for Musical Expression Conference (NIME 2002) Dublin, Ireland, pp.107-111.

2001

Weinberg G., and Gan S. “The Squeezables: Toward an Expressive and Interdependent Multi-player Musical Instrument” Computer Music Journal, MIT Press: Vol. 25:2, pp.37-45.   

2000

Weinberg G., Lackner T., and Jay J. “The Musical Fireflies - Learning About Mathematical Patterns in Music Through Expression and Play” Proceedings of XII Colloquium on Musical Informatics 2000, A'quila, Italy,  pp. 146-149.  

Weinberg G., Orth M., and Russo P. “The Embroidered Musical Ball:  A Squeezable Instrument for Expressive Performance” Proceedings  of Computer Human Interface Conference (CHI 2000), The Hague,  Netherlands, pp. 283 – 284.  

1999

Weinberg G. “The Musical Playpen: An Immersive Digital Musical Instrument” Personal Technologies Journal, London: Springer-Verlag Publication: Vol.3:3 pp.132-136. 

Weinberg G. “Expressive Digital Musical Instruments for Children” M.S  Thesis, MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA. 

1998

Weinberg G., Fletcher R., and Gan S. “The BabySense Environment -  Enriching and Monitoring Infants' Experiences and Communication”  Proceedings of Computer Human Interface Conference (CHI 1998) Los  Angeles, CA, pp. 325-326.