# Ge Wang

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{{Short description|Chinese-American musician, businessman (born 1977)}}
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<!--| labelstyle  = width:50%-->| name              = Ge Wang
| native_name       = 王戈 (Wáng Gē)
| native_name_lang  = Chinese
| image             = GeWang.jpg
| alt               = Ge Wang Portrait
| caption           = Ge Wang
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1977|11|02}}
| birth_place       = [Beijing](/source/Beijing), [China](/source/China)
| other_names       = Gary
| fields            = {{plainlist|
* Computer Music
* Musical Interaction Design
* Mobile Music
* CS+Music Education
}}
| workplaces        = {{plainlist|
* [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University)
}}
| alma_mater        = {{plainlist|
* [Duke University](/source/Duke_University) <br><small>(B.S.)</small>
* [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) <br><small>(M.S., Ph.D.)</small>
}}
| thesis_title      = The ChucK Audio Programming Language
| thesis_url        = http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~gewang/thesis.html
| thesis_year       = 2008
| doctoral_advisor  = [Perry R. Cook](/source/Perry_R._Cook)
| doctoral_students = 
| known_for         = {{plainlist|
* [ChucK](/source/ChucK) programming language
* [Stanford Laptop Orchestra](/source/Stanford_Laptop_Orchestra)
* Co-founder of [Smule](/source/Smule)
* music interaction design}}
| website           = {{URL|https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~ge/}}
}}

'''Ge Wang''' (born November 2, 1977) is a [Chinese-American](/source/Chinese_American) professor, musician, [computer scientist](/source/computer_scientist), designer, and author. He is best known for inventing the [ChucK](/source/ChucK) audio programming language<ref>{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |last=Wang |first=Ge |date=2008 |title=The ChucK Audio Programming Language: A Strongly-timed and On-the-fly Environ/mentality |url=http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~gewang/thesis.html|publisher=Princeton University}}</ref> and for being the co-founder, chief technology officer ([CTO](/source/chief_technology_officer)), and chief creative officer ([CCO](/source/chief_creative_officer)) of [Smule](/source/Smule), a company making [iPhone](/source/iPhone) and [iPad](/source/iPad) music apps.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/ge-wang-the-iphones-music-man |title=Ge Wang: The iPhone's Music Man – IEEE Spectrum |date=September 2009 |publisher=[IEEE](/source/IEEE) |access-date=November 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name="scientificamerican1">{{cite web|last=Greenemeier |first=Larry |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=iphone-ocarina-music |title=Is That Ocarina Music Coming from Your iPhone? |publisher=Scientific American |access-date=November 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|last=Cain |first=Claire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/technology/05orchestra.html |title=From Pocket to Stage, Music in the Key of iPhone |work=The New York Times  |date=December 9, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name="nytimes2">{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Rob|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/magazine/smule.html|title=The Machine That Makes You Musical|work=The New York Times Magazine|date=November 23, 2011|access-date=June 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Graham |first=Jefferson |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2010-11-10-Smule10_ST_N.htm |title=Smule adds Magic Fiddle to its Ocarina and Magic Piano apps |work=USA Today  |date=November 10, 2010 |access-date=November 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/18/1234632801820.html Laptop maestro makes music apt for the iPhone], [The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)</ref>

== Career ==
Wang is also known for creating the [Princeton Laptop Orchestra](/source/Princeton_Laptop_Orchestra) and later founded [Stanford Laptop Orchestra](/source/Stanford_Laptop_Orchestra),<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref name="scientificamerican1" /> as well as the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra.<ref name="nytimes1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Stanford-Laptop-Orchestra-makes-music-with-Macs-3262984.php |title=Stanford Laptop Orchestra makes music with Macs – SFGate |publisher=Articles.sfgate.com |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=November 12, 2011}}</ref>

He is the designer of the Ocarina<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wang|first=Ge|date=2014|title=Ocarina: Designing the iPhone's Magic Flute |journal=Computer Music Journal |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=8–21 |doi=10.1162/COMJ_a_00236|citeseerx=10.1.1.566.5805|s2cid=14050437}}</ref> and Magic Piano iPhone apps. He is currently an associate professor at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University)’s [Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics](/source/Center_for_Computer_Research_in_Music_and_Acoustics) (CCRMA).<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref name="nytimes1" />

== Book ==
He is the author of ''Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MusiComic Manifesto)'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MusiComic Manifesto)|last=Wang|first=Ge|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-5036-0052-2|pages=488|url=https://artful.design/}}</ref> a book on design and technology, art and life, created entirely in the format of a [photo comic](/source/photo_comic) book, published by [Stanford University Press](/source/Stanford_University_Press) in 2018.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~ge/ Official Website]
* [http://chuck.stanford.edu/ ChucK Music Programming Language]
* [http://slork.stanford.edu/ Stanford Laptop Orchestra]
* [https://www.ted.com/talks/ge_wang_the_diy_orchestra_of_the_future TED talk: "The DIY Orchestra of the Future"]
* [https://artful.design/ Book: ''Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MusiComic Manifesto)'']

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