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Alex teaches various units in interactive media arts, digital design, and creative coding at Macquarie University. His teaching portfolio includes courses like Interactive Media Arts (MMCC8097), Principles of Web Design (MMCC2039), Interactive Web Design (MMCC2041), and Interactive Digital Arts (MMCC3023). He has a background in research with a Master's degree focused on compositional strategies in abstract electronic music, completed in 2007, and a PhD in sound and music pertaining to Hanna-Barbera cartoons from the 1960s to 1970s, awarded in 2017. His research interests span the intersections of code as art, computer music composition, synthesis, computational arts, and creative coding. He has published on various topics including gestural music/media control in game devices, multi-performer computer-music synchronization strategies, Open Sound Control, and the impact of sound and music in 1960s sci-fi cartoons. Alex's work delves into the user interface design, human-computer interaction, and the influence of automated technologies in contemporary music production, along with discussions on popular culture and brand identity.
Applied to Department of Business (MBA Program).