layout | title |
---|---|
cv |
CV |
artificial intelligence and music
Sept. 2023 - ?
PhD, Oregon State University, Artificial Intelligence
2021-2023
MSc, Georgia Institute of Technology, Computer Science
- (GPA: 4.00/4.00)
- Specialization: Interactive Intelligence
2011-2015
DMA, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Music Performance (Percussion)
- (GPA: 3.95/4.00)
- Advisor: Eduardo Leandro
2008-2010
MA, Queens College, City University of New York, Music Performance (Classical Percussion)
- (GPA: 3.975/4.00)
2004-2008
BASc, University of California, Davis, Music (Percussion) and General Mathematics
- (GPA: 3.708/4.00)
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
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 (https://artahack.io/projects/hieroglyph/)
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
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Knowledge-Based AI
- Computer Vision
- Robotics: AI Techniques
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Educational Technology
- Computer Networks
- Software Development Process
2022
Rhythm OLMITS
- an intelligent tutoring system for teaching musical rhythm performance originally developed for Georgia Tech's EdTech class (paper: https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/67085, code: https://github.com/derekxkwan/rhythm_olmits)
- General programming - Python, (Scikit-learn, Numpy, Matplotlib, PyTorch, OpenCV), C, Java, JavaScript, (Node.js, Electron, React), ClojureScript
- Audio programming - Pure Data, SuperCollider, TidalCycles, various DAWs, (Logic, Ardour)
- Other creative computing - Processing, basic physical computing with Arduino
- Git, daily use of Linux