People

Alexandria Smith is a multimedia artist, audio engineer, trumpeter, and scholar who enjoys working at the intersection of all these disciplines. Her creative practice and research interests focus on building, designing, theorizing, and performing with interactive systems and translating data into interactive sonic and visual environments. She is also creating an archive of experimental creative practices in the southeastern United States that will be held at Georgia Tech. Her research has been presented at AES, ICMC, AMS, ATMI SEAMUS, the Guelph Jazz Colloquium, MoxSonic, and more.

She is an active performer/com in New York City, New Orleans, and Atlanta. As an improviser/multi-media artist, Smith has had a residency at the Stone NYC and feature recitals on the Future of New Trumpet (FONT) Festival West, and the VI Semana Internacional de Improvisación in Ensenada, Baja California. She has been a performer at the FONT Festival NYC, Improv Night at the Stone, and the Either/OR Spring Festival. In Atlanta she has performed a sold out performance at the Ear Pollen Music Series with Klimchak, Kirkwood Ballers Club, ATL NoWords Festival, ATL SoundNOW Contemporary Festival, Emory Comp Fest, and more.

Alexandria is currently an Assistant Professor of Music at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego and MM and BM from Mannes the New School for Music.

Alexandriasmithmusic.com

Areas of Research or Creative Practice: interactive music, instrument design, improvised music, audio engineering, and musicology.

Jeff Albert’s areas of research and creative practice include improvisation and interaction, jazz performance, performance paradigms for live computer music, and audio production. He has performed in concerts and festivals in the U.S and throughout Europe, and contributed as a performer, producer, or engineer on over 60 recordings, including the 2017 Grammy winner for Best Traditional Blues Album. He has been named a Rising Star in the DownBeat Critics Poll, and his album Unanimous Sources was named a Top 10 album of 2020 by Jan Garelick in the Boston Globe.

Albert received his B.M. from Loyola University New Orleans, and his M.M. from the University of New Orleans. In May of 2013, he became the first graduate of the PhD program in Experimental Music and Digital Media at Louisiana State University, where he was a founding member of the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana (LOLs).

Areas of Research or Creative Practice: improvisation and interaction, jazz performance, performance paradigms for live computer music, and audio production

Social Media: https://linktr.ee/jeffalbert

TeAiris Majors is a first-year Ph.D. student in Music Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he also earned a Master’s degree. His research focuses on the creation of interactive music applications, accessible MIDI controllers, and virtual instruments using Mixed Reality to provide supplemental solutions in music education, production, and performance.

He began his studies in music education at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, focusing on percussion and composition. He went on to earn a Master of Music in Percussion Performance at the University of Florida. Alongside his studies, he has taught and led master classes for students from middle school through college.

Portfolio: https://portfolio.teairis.com

Anthony Cammarota is a guitarist, composer, and educator whose work bridges performance, technology, and creative research. Drawing on an eclectic stylistic background, he combines traditions of jazz, electroacoustic, and popular music forms. Passionate about redefining traditional instruments and performance modalities, he seeks to create inventive connections between technology and musical expression. His research explores interactive music systems, sound design, and algorithmic composition, with a focus on integrating software and alternative interfaces into live performance. As an educator, Anthony has served as chair of the guitar department at the True School of Music in Mumbai, India, and as adjunct faculty at University of Central Missouri. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology and holds an M.A. from University of Central Missouri and B.Mus. from Cornish College of the Arts.

Devon Green is a graduate research assistant in the CMTL and a second-year Master’s student in Music Technology at Georgia Tech. With a background in Electrical Engineering, she combines technical expertise with creative innovation. Devon is the founder of Proxima Audio, a loudspeaker startup that bridges aesthetics and acoustics.
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/devon-green-3713a8192/
Websites:
https://sites.google.com/view/devongreen/home
https://www.proximaaudio.com/

Jason Gao is a current master’s student in Human-Computer Interaction, co-advised by Dr. Alexandria Smith in the Creative Music Technology Lab, with interests lying at the intersection of embodied interaction, digital media, and creative and performance technologies, specifically as they intersect with traditional cultural heritage and familial narratives. Jason’s current project involves developing an electronic folding fan instrument with embedded sensors for innovating and reimagining traditional Chinese fan dance as generative musical performance. Outside of research, other hobbies include looking for bugs outside, sewing, and making electronic music.
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncgao/
Websites:
https://jasoncgao.com/ and https://github.com/MyriadRivers

Renny Hyde is an undergraduate student studying computer engineering, music tech, and physics. Their research interests lie in designing embedded computing devices which encourage interaction with the natural world through sonification and field recording.
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/renny-hyde/
Website:
https://www.rennyhyde.com/

Andrew Loveless is a Georgia Tech Graduate student pursuing a Master’s in Music Technology. Their research combines performance-centered design and improvisation, with a focus on preserving tape music techniques and making them more accessible for a broader audience through hands-on educational tools.
Website:
https://loveless.tech/

Gibran Mobarak is a musician, creative technologist, and researcher exploring how technology can expand access to music therapy and create new modes of artistic and therapeutic expression. His work spans interactive audio installations in both physical and virtual spaces, electro-acoustic composition, audio software development, and jazz and punk drumming. Drawing on his background in Electronic Production and Design, Music Therapy, and Creative Coding from Berklee College of Music, Gibran integrates his musicianship with technological innovation to design tools and experiences that support well-being and creativity. He is pursuing his M.S. in Music Technology at Georgia Tech, doing research at the Creative Music Technology Lab (CMTL) under Alexandria Smith. You can find out more about his work and listen to some music at gibranmobarak.com.
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gibran-mobarak-085ba019a
Website:
https://www.gibranmobarak.com/

J.F. Nation is a Master’s student in Georgia Tech’s Music Tech program. Their research focuses on augmenting historical artifacts with electronic instruments and historically informed performance practices. By incorporating critical-making techniques, science and technology studies, and sound studies, their work sonifies colonial, ecological, and queer injustices.
Website:
https://jfnation.com/

Kyle Smith is a designer, engineer, and multimodal artist, working at the intersection of music technology, biomimetic design, and immersive systems. Currently a second-year master’s student in the CMT Lab, he develops sensor-driven soundscapes, generative instruments, and spatial audio systems driven by machine learning and inspired by natural processes. His work blends AI, human-computer interaction, and ecological principles to create adaptive sonic experiences. Previously, he was a field engineer and photographer for National Geographic’s Boiling River Project in the Peruvian Amazon and has been recognized as a YoungArts finalist and US Presidential Scholar in the Arts, with his photographic work exhibited at the Kennedy Center. He was also a finalist in the International World Cup of Innovations at Mobile World Congress Barcelona. He holds a B.S. in Creative Technology & Design from the ATLAS program at the University of Colorado Boulder and has two patents.

Levi Waterhouse is a music technology and industrial design student at Georgia Tech, specializing in accessible and multimodal creative experiences. Their CMTL research focuses on universal design techniques used to enhance interactive technologies found in Accessible Digital Music Instruments (ADMIs).
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leviwaterhouse/