Think of today’s tech luminaries as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. Following their traditions, how will we ever get to the jazz or hip hop of technology? If we don’t change tech culture to embrace contributions from different traditions, we miss the opportunity of a much richer, diverse, and inclusive society. Youngmoo Kim is Director of the ExCITe (Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies) Center, an institute at Drexel University for transdisciplinary research and discovery connecting technology and communities, and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research group, the Music & Entertainment Technology Laboratory pursues AI for music and sound, human-machine interfaces and robotics for expressive interaction, and K-12 outreach for maker and STEAM education. Youngmoo has also served as Resident Technologist for Opera Philadelphia, developed LiveNote with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and is an advisor for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. He received his Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab and holds Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Music (Vocal Performance Practice) from Stanford University as well as Engineering and Music degrees from Swarthmore College. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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