Songsmith – the totally sweet new product from Microsoft Research – allows novice musicians to get a taste of original music creation, just by singing into a microphone, and provides songwriters with an “intelligent scratchpad” to explore new musical ideas.

I’m a researcher in the CUE (Computational User Experiences) group at Microsoft Research. My current research interests include:

• Computer support for musical composition

• Using physiological signals for input

• Improving within-visit information accessibility for hospital patients

My long-term research interests include:

• Computer support for creativity in the arts

• Novel computer applications in music

• Using technology to improve hospital patient experiences

• Novel user interface hardware

• Signal processing for medical and computer input applications

• Brain-computer interfaces

We’re always looking for interns, particularly in the creativity-support, computer music, and alternative-input spaces. If you’re creative, you’re a bit of a hacker-type, and you’re interested spending some time in Seattle, drop me a line.