Atau Tanaka
Visiting Professor of Sonic Interaction.
My work is associated with BIG::Culture.
Atau Tanaka studied Physical Sciences at Harvard University then gained his doctorate in Computer Music at Stanford University’s CCRMA. He has since helped to establish the field of Music Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Atau has carried out research at IRCAM Centre Pompidou, Apple France, and Sony Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) Paris in areas of interactive music, immersive media, network performance, and human-data interaction. He has performed widely in the experimental music scene in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. His work has been exhibited at Ars Electronica, SFMOMA and performed at Sonar and WOMAD festivals and released on labels like Superpang, Touch and Subrosa. His research as been supported by the European Research Council, UK and French research councils. In Japan he has taught at Keio, Wakayama, and Chukyo universities. He is professor at Goldsmiths University of London, and works with Bristol Interaction Group and MSH Paris Nord.