Sonification of High Energy Physics Data Using Live Coding and Web Based Interfaces.

Konstantinos n/a Vasilakos, Scott Wilson, Thomas McCauley, Tsun Winston Yeung, Emma Margetson, and Milad Khosravi Mardakheh

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2020
• Location: Birmingham, UK
• Pages: 388–393
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4813430 (Link to paper)
• PDF link
• Presentation Video

Abstract:

This paper presents a discussion of Dark Matter, a sonification project using live coding and just-in-time programming techniques. The project uses data from proton-proton collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Switzerland, and then detected and reconstructed by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, and was developed with the support of the art@CMS project. Work for the Dark Matter project included the development of a custom-made environment in the SuperCollider (SC) programming language that lets the performers of the group engage in collective improvisations using dynamic interventions and networked music systems. This paper will also provide information about a spin-off project entitled the Interactive Physics Sonification System (IPSOS), an interactive and standalone online application developed in the JavaScript programming language. It provides a web-based interface that allows users to map particle data to sound on commonly used web browsers, mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets etc. The project was developed as an educational outreach tool to engage young students and the general public with data derived from LHC collisions.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME20_76,
 abstract = {This paper presents a discussion of Dark Matter, a sonification project using live coding and just-in-time programming techniques. The project uses data from proton-proton collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Switzerland, and then detected and reconstructed by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, and was developed with the support of the art@CMS project. Work for the Dark Matter project included the development of a custom-made environment in the SuperCollider (SC) programming language that lets the performers of the group engage in collective improvisations using dynamic interventions and networked music systems. This paper will also provide information about a spin-off project entitled the Interactive Physics Sonification System (IPSOS), an interactive and standalone online application developed in the JavaScript programming language. It provides a web-based interface that allows users to map particle data to sound on commonly used web browsers, mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets etc. The project was developed as an educational outreach tool to engage young students and the general public with data derived from LHC collisions.},
 address = {Birmingham, UK},
 author = {Vasilakos, Konstantinos n/a and Wilson, Scott and McCauley, Thomas and Yeung, Tsun Winston and Margetson, Emma and Khosravi Mardakheh, Milad},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.4813430},
 editor = {Romain Michon and Franziska Schroeder},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {July},
 pages = {388--393},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/1vS_tFUyz7g},
 publisher = {Birmingham City University},
 title = {Sonification of High Energy Physics Data Using Live Coding and Web Based Interfaces.},
 url = {https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2020/nime2020_paper76.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}