Biography:

With a background in electrical and computer engineering, Johnty is working on sensor interfaces and mapping tools for digital musical instruments. He is supported by an NSERC Industrial Innovation Scholarship in collaboration with Infusion Systems, makers of the I-CubeX sensors.

Research Areas:

• Communication Protocols
• Embedded Systems
• Hardware Development
• Interface Design
• Mapping
• Sensors
• Software Development

Projects

Publications:

• Wang, J., Pritchard, B., Nixon, B., Wanderley, M. M. (2017). Explorations with Digital Control of MIDI-enabled Pipe Organs. In Sound and Music Computing.
• Wang, J., Malloch, J., Huot, S., Chevalier, F., Wanderley, M. M. (2017). Versioning and Annotation Support for Collaborative Mapping Design. In Sound and Music Computing.
• Nieva, A., Wang, J., Malloch, J., Wanderley, M. M. (2018). The T-Stick: Maintaining a 12 year-old digital musical instrument. In New Interfaces for Musical Expression (pp. 198–199). Blacksburg, Virginia.
• Meneses, E., Wang, J., Freire, S., Wanderley, M. M. (2019). A Comparison of Open-Source Linux Frameworks for an Augmented Musical Instrument Implementation. In New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• Wang, J., Mulder, A., Wanderley, M. M. (2019). Practical Considerations for MIDI over Bluetooth Low Energy as a Wireless Interface. In New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• Wang, J., Malloch, J., Sinclair, S., Wilansky, J., Krajeski, A., Marcelo Wanderley, a. M. (2019). Webmapper: A Tool for Visualizing and Manipulating Mappings in Digital Musical Instruments. In 14th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research. Marseille, France.
• Wang, J., Meneses, E., Wanderley, M. M. (2020). The Scalability of WiFi for Mobile Embedded Sensor Interfaces. In Proc. of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Birmingham, U.K..
• Calegario, F., Tragtenberg, J., Wang, J., Franco, I., Meneses, E. A. L., Wanderley, M. M. (2020). Open Source DMIs: towards a replication certification for online shared projects of digital musical instruments. In Proc. of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII) (pp. 14). Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Calegario, F., Wanderley, M., Tragtenberg, J., Wang, J., Sullivan, J., Meneses, E., Franco, I., Kirkegaard, M., Bredholt, M., Rohs, J. (2020). Probatio 1.0: collaborative development of a toolkit for functional DMI prototypes. In Proc. of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) (pp. 6). Birmingham, UK.
• Verdugo, F., Kokubu, S., Wang, J., Wanderley, M. M. (2020). MappEMG: Supporting Musical Expression with Vibrotactile Feedback by Capturing Gestural Features through Electromyography. In Proc. of the International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design (HAID). Montreal, Canada.

Contacts:

• Email: johnty.wang@mail.mcgill.ca
• Website: http://www.johnty.ca/