Ge Wang

Ge Wang (born November 2, 1977) is a Chinese-American professor, musician, computer scientist, designer, and author. He is best known for inventing the ChucK audio programming language^[1] and for being the co-founder, chief technology officer (CTO), and chief creative officer (CCO) of Smule, a company making iPhone and iPad music apps.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Ge Wang
王戈 (Wáng Gē)
Ge Wang
Born	(1977-11-02) November 2, 1977 (age 47) Beijing, China
Other names	Gary
Alma mater	Duke University (B.S.) Princeton University (M.S., Ph.D.)
Known for	ChucK programming language Stanford Laptop Orchestra Co-founder of Smule music interaction design
Scientific career
Fields	Computer Music Musical Interaction Design Mobile Music CS+Music Education
Institutions	Stanford University
Thesis	The ChucK Audio Programming Language (2008)
Doctoral advisor	Perry R. Cook
Website	ccrma.stanford.edu/~ge/

Career

Wang is also known for creating the Princeton Laptop Orchestra and later founded Stanford Laptop Orchestra,^[2][3] as well as the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra.^[4][8]

He is the designer of the Ocarina^[9] and Magic Piano iPhone apps. He is currently an associate professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).^[2][4]

Book

He is the author of Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MusiComic Manifesto),^[10] a book on design and technology, art and life, created entirely in the format of a photo comic book, published by Stanford University Press in 2018.^{[citation needed]}