Maya Ackerman is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University, and CEO/Co-Founder of musical AI startup, WaveAI. Maya has devoted her career to the study and advancement of human-machine creative collaboration, with an emphasis on elevating human musical expression through AI.
Named “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, interviews with Ackerman appear on NBC News, New Scientist, NPR, Grammy.com, SiriusXM and international television stations across the globe. She got her PhD from the University of Waterloo, and completed her postdoctoral fellowships at Caltech and UC San Diego. Maya’s work is inspired in part through her own musicianship as a singer, pianist, and songwriter.
London-based pianist, composer and technologist, Zubin Kanga has worked with many of the world’s leading composers and premiered more than 120 works. His projects are focussed around expanding the possibilities of the piano through interactive multimedia.
HE is the director and principal investigator of Cyborg Soloists, a UKRI Future Leaders FEllowship facilitating 4 years of innovative new work in collaboration with world leading composers, performers, researchers and industry partners.
