Eito Murakami is a Ph.D. student at Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University. He graduated from University of California San Diego with bachelor's degrees in Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts Music (ICAM) and Political Science/International Relations. Eito is an electronic composer, performer, sound designer, and virtual reality developer. By combining his classical music training with proficiency in audio and graphics software, he creates digital interfaces and instruments that promote playful workflows for multimedia performances. At CCRMA, his research involves designing audio playback systems in virtual reality to process dynamic spatial reverb and multiplayer interactions.
John Burnett is a multimedia artist and audio researcher based in Los Angeles, California. Drawing from a background in (electro)acoustic music, digital signal processing, and computer science, they create technologically-augmented and reactive multimedia installation works as well as sound and projection design for dance and theatrical productions. They have contributed to research which has advanced the areas of geometric acoustics, hardware accelerated acoustic modeling, and immersive media. Their dissertation explores methods of multimodal interaction in immersive media such as using point clouds to inform spatialized granular synthesis systems and abstract algebraic methods of defining audiovisual node graph topologies.
