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Zeynep Özcan is an experimental electronic music composer, sound artist, and performer. She holds a Ph.D. in Music, an M.A. in History of Architecture, and a B.A. in Philosophy. Her work explores biologically inspired musical creativity, interactive immersive environments, and generative systems. Her compositions and performances have been presented at world concerts, exhibitions, and conferences, including the Audio Engineering Society, International Computer Music Conference, International Symposium on Electronic Art, and New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. Zeynep specializes in the implementation of software systems for music-making, audio programming, sonification, and the use of sensors and microcontrollers to enhance novel interfaces for musical expression, including large-scale interactive installations. Her research interests focus on bio-inspired creativity, the playfulness of failure in performance, community-engaged research, autoethnographic methodology, feminist epistemology, and sonic cyberfeminisms. She is passionate about community building and creating multicultural collaborative learning experiences for students in technology-driven creativity.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science