Gil Weinberg

Gil Weinberg is a professor and director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, where he leads the Robotic Musicianship group. His research focuses on embedding artificial creativity and?musical expression in robots and augmented humans. His projects include a marimba-playing robot called Shimon that uses machine learning for jazz improvisation, and a prosthetic robotic arm for amputees that restores and?enhances human musical and physical abilities. Weinberg has presented his work at venues such as the Kennedy Center, the World Economic Forum, Ars Electronica, Smithsonian Museum, SIGGRAPH, and TED. His music has been performed with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the National Irish Symphony Orchestra, and the Scottish BBC Symphony.

Gil Weinberg is a professor and the founding director of Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, where he leads the Robotic Musicianship group. His research focuses on developing artificial creativity and musical expression for robots and augmented humans. Among his projects are a marimba playing robotic musician called Shimon that uses machine learning for Jazz improvisation, and a prosthetic robotic arm for amputees that restores and enhances human drumming abilities. Weinberg presented his work worldwide in venues such as The Kennedy Center, The World Economic Forum, Ars Electronica, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum, SIGGRAPH, TED-Ed, DLD and others. His music was performed with Orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the National Irish Symphony Orchestra, and the Scottish BBC Symphony while his research has been disseminated through numerous journal articles and patents. Dr. Weinberg received his MS and PhD degrees in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and his BA from the interdisciplinary program for fostering excellence in Tel Aviv University.