Making machines that can listen
Professor Paris Smaragdis develops computers with superhuman hearing for applications like speech recognition, music understanding, and environmental monitoring.
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Associate Professor of Music pens chapter for new volume on music and fascism
Emily Richmond Pollock examines the institutional, economic, cultural, and historical contexts that shaped musical exchange between fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
Visionary generosity, a model of impact
The late Neil Pappalardo’s care and love for MIT remain transformative.
Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students
Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, “In Search of Human-AI Resonance,” to a capacity crowd.
Jazz in the key of life
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón, a GRAMMY-winning MIT faculty member, creates a distinctive blend of jazz and traditional Puerto Rican music.
The “delicious joy” of creating and recreating music
Leslie Tilley combines deep experience as a musician with cultural and formal analysis to see how people refashion music anew.
Seen and heard: The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building
Opening in February 2025, the building will “give MIT musicians the conservatory-level tools they deserve,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth.