Presentation Title Presentation Subtitle This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under CCLI Grant DUE 0717743, Jennifer

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under CCLI Grant DUE 0717743, Jennifer Burg PI, Jason Romney, Co-PI.

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Project Description

This project's objective is to develop curricular material that explains the science and mathematics of digital sound in a way that makes their relationship to applications clear, using examples from theatre, movies, and music production. This is a collaborative project among computer science, education, and digital sound design professors at a liberal arts university and a performing arts conservatory.

The intention is to engage students' interest in science by linking it more tightly to practice, including artistic applications. The vision is to draw more students to the study of computer science by means of its exciting connections with art and digital media.


Project Objectives:• Creating textbook material supplemented with interactive on-line tutorials,

worksheets, MATLAB exercises, programming exercises, and application-based projects.

• Developing the material in modules that move from higher to lower levels of abstraction and from concept to practice.

• Making the curricular material accessible to students of different backgrounds and teachers of a variety of courses in computer science and production aspects of the performing arts.

• Developing collaborative research and creative projects that will engage and enlighten both computer scientists and artists.

• Using these materials and projects in both computer science and digital sound design classes and laboratories.

• Assessing, through direct observation and questionnaires, how students move between concept and practice.

• Determining better ways to link the conceptual textbook material with art- and real-world projects.

• Refining the curricular material based on these evaluations.


Jennifer Burg received Master's degrees in French and English from the University of Florida in 1976 and 1977. After teaching these subjects for several years, she went on to pursue a PhD in computer science, receiving this degree from the University of Central Florida in 1993. Dr. Burg has been teaching computer science at Wake Forest University since 1993, achieving the rank of full professor in 2009.

Burg's work is focused on developing innovative curriculum material that integrates digital media - imaging, audio, and video - into computer science education. She is currently the principal investigator on two National Science Foundation grants, one of which is an inter-campus collaboration with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Burg's textbook, The Science of Digital Media, was published by Prentice-Hall in 2008. Burg's personal interests are bird watching and films of the 1930s and 40s.

Dr. Jennifer Burg, Principal Investigator


Jason Romney received his B.F.A. in theatre design and technology from Utah State University and his M.F.A. in sound design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has designed sound professionally at Triad Stage, Playmakers Rep, Alliance Theatre Company, Piedmont Opera, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Utah Festival Opera, and others.

Mr. Romney is also a computer programmer developing software solutions for sound designers and engineers. His programs are used by professionals in the theatre, film and music industries and in educational institutions across the country. Mr. Romney is an associate of the Center for Design Innovation, an inter- institutional center of UNCSA, Winston-Salem State University, and Forsyth Technical Community College. He also serves as vice commissioner for the computing industry on the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Sound Commission. He is currently the co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation curriculum development grant: "Linking Science, Art, and Practice Through Digital Sound," a joint research project with Wake Forest University.

Jason Romney, Co-Principal Investigator


WFU Research Assistants

• Nicholas Mertaugho Graduate Student in Computer

Science and Medicine. Also holds an M.S. in biophysics and a B.S. in biology and mathematics.

• Brad Bindero Undergraduate student majoring

in Mathematical Economics with a Computer Science minor

• John Michael Bogero Graduate Student in

Mathematics and Computer Science. Holds a B.S. in these subjects.

UNCSA Research Assistants

• Eric Schwartzo Graduate Student in

Sound Design. Also holds a B.S.E.E. degree in Audio Engineering.


Although the written portion of our work forms the foundation of everything we do, we’ve also developed several learning supplements that accompany each section of the book. These supplements provide opportunities to see, hear, and experiment with the concepts at different levels of abstraction.

To see these materials, visit our website at:

www.digitalsoundandmusic.com

FlashTutorials

MaxDemos

VideoTutorials

PracticalExercises

MatlabExercises

C ProgrammingExercises

Documents

Presentation Title Presentation Subtitle This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under CCLI Grant DUE 0717743, Jennifer