<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hey everyone, apologies for cross posting. Check out this new grad course at UW Seattle—perhaps of interest to students on the lists? <div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD (she/her) </div><div dir="ltr">www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu<br><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "R. Benjamin Shapiro" <rbs@cs.washington.edu><br><b>Date:</b> February 3, 2026 at 8:52:02 AM PST<br><b>To:</b> dub@dub.washington.edu, Researchers <researchers@cs.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[dub] Course Announcement: CSE 599 on Prototyping with AI for Live and Performing Arts</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bd47a233-7fff-38db-7721-ad96b1093c2f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11px"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRctcY0Zco_rjbaOxNpmvRUAynUOR_OxkVNZeVFRlJH79EQqttH-JyBFrYmuiK9f9B9wPc_vTUE1hQR/pub__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!hMVQnnKgaGatg6uG5npT9w8E3GS474SXSD2YRiETJ5-eaQoa-1mC4LoU9UjYHKqSpArAOGJuX5BELELu0w$">View this blurb on the web</a></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="color:rgb(50,0,110);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:22pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Prototyping with AI for Live and Performing Arts</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.756363;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Spring 2026</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CSE 599</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> // </span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MUS 594</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> // </span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MUS 494</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Taught by </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(50,0,110);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ben Shapiro</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Allen School) </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(50,0,110);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Steph Richards</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Music)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with cameos by </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(50,0,110);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chi-wang Yang</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Drama)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Tuesdays, 12:30 – 3:30</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> TBD</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who Can Enroll</span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Graduate students in the Allen School, HCDE, or the iSchool</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Must</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> have prior applied ML experience; self-taught is ok</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">No prior arts/performance experience is necessary, but you must be willing to learn</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Graduate students in the performing arts (e.g., music, drama, & dance)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Music undergraduates</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">No prior programming experience is necessary, but you must be willing to learn</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Others</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact Prof. Shapiro (</span><a href="mailto:rbs@cs.uw.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">rbs@cs.uw.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) to discuss</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.505455;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What We Will Learn and Do</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will spend the first half of the quarter working in dynamic teams, experimenting with AI tools and fabrication technologies (analog and digital) to invent new instruments, props, wearables, and other resources for creative arts and performance. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some of these inventions will be delightful, others will be perplexing, and a few simply won’t pan out. Regardless, we will learn to fabricate new AI-infused live artistic tools, and begin developing ideas about how we want to create and perform with them.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the second half of the quarter, we will act on those ideas, composing, choreographing, and rehearsing performances to share at the end of the term.</span></p></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div>
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