"I came into college wanting to pursue all of these different things — like fully — because I'm so passionate about them all, and I’ve figured out how to do that here." Sami Wurm '22 has always been ...

Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days in Silicon Valley – and no wonder. There appears to be no end to the possible applications. Some say AI is simply freeing humans of the boring tasks, ...

Curtis Roads was barely out of high school in 1970, playing music in the metro area surrounding the University of Illinois, a pioneering center of computer music. He wasn’t a student, but through a ...

Music and artificial intelligence (AI) both provide modern students with tools for exploration and creativity, says math and computer science major Brian Liu ’25, who is also a gifted concert pianist.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Eduardo Reck Miranda’s musical composition “Qubism” features ...

THESE DAYS, anyone with a computer can be a composer. Sort of. Give a piece of commercial software such as Magenta, developed by Google, the first few notes of a song, and it will make something ...

When talking about computers, most people don't use words like "emotionally rich" or "expressive." But those are the descriptors that Charles Nichols hopes people will attach to the music he and his ...

For all the spellbinding thrill it can weave within its veil of apparent unpredictability, music depends on plain old math. Musicians might tune their instruments to a standard pitch for a fuller ...

The BBC has dipped into its archive once again to give us another fascinating look at how the relationship between computers and music was perceived in the late 20th century. This time, the year is ...