zehaowang[at]ucsd[dot]edu

Ph.D. Student in Computer Music
Department of Music
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093

About

I'm a music researcher who have broad interests in computer music. I obtained a B.S. in Mathematics with a specialty in Data Science at Peking University in China where I was also trained in Psychology, and learned music composition from Prof. Fei Wang at China Conservatory of Music. Previously, I have interned at Microsoft and ByteDance focusing on audio- or music-related algorithms research. As a composer and producer, I have written several musical works and also participated in a few screen scoring projects. Most recently, my original Chinese musical, The Bronte Sisters, premiered at Peking University (can be found on bilibili.com). Starting in the fall of 2021, I joined the Department of Music at University of California, San Diego as a Ph.D. student in computer music.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact me. : )

Research Interests

• Computer Music
• Computational Acoustics, Musical Instruments and Room Acoustics Simulation
• Real-Time Music Software Design
• Human-Computer Interaction for Music

News

• Collaborating with A Stage Theatre in New York and Peking University Musical Club on three new musicals!
  • Awake
  • Wild Horse Boulevard
  • A musical related to Chinese minorites
• Two papers submitted to SMC/SMAC 2023!

Experiences

Education

• Ph.D. Student in Computer Music, University of California, San Diego, 2021 - present
• Committee: Thomas Erbe(Chair, Music), Miller Puckette(Music), Rand Steiger(Music), Xiaochuan Tian(Math), Stefan Bilbao(Music, University of Edingurgh)
• M.A., University of California, San Diego, 2021 - 2023(expected)
• Committee: Miller Puckette(Chair), Thomas Erbe, Tamara Smyth
• B.S. in Mathematics (Data Science), Peking University, 2017 - 2021

Teaching

Teaching Assistant @UCSD

• MUS4, Introduction to Western Music, Winter 2023
• MUS6, Electronic Music, Fall 2022
• MUS175, Musical Psychoacoustics, Spring 2022
• MUS174B, Audio & Midi Studio Techniques II, Winter 2022
• MUS174A, Audio & Midi Studio Techniques I, Fall 2021

Teaching Assistant @PKU

• Economics and Computation Instructor: Prof. Xiaotie Deng and Prof. Yuqing Kong, Summer 2019

Private Tutor and Lecturer

• Discrete Mathematics, Introduction to Data Science, Calculus, Linear Algebra (Honor Class)
• Mathematical Olympiad

Industry

• Research Intern, TikTok, ByteDance
• Research Intern, Yamaha
• Research Intern, ByteDance AI Lab
• Research Intern, Microsoft