Stephen Roddy

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Dr. Stephen Roddy is a researcher in Sound and Music Computing (SMC) and media engineering at University College Cork (UCC). A member of the Radical Humanities Laboratory, he serves as Programme Director for the MA in Digital Arts and Humanities in the Department of Digital Humanities. He holds a PhD in Engineering from Trinity College Dublin, and his research combines media engineering and experimental music composition through the lens of critical technical practice. He is currently focused on sonification for the Internet of Sounds (IoS) and ethical approaches to artificial intelligence & machine learning (AI/ML) in creative audio. His work is informed by Cybernetics, Human-Computer Interaction, and Radical Embodied Cognitive Science.

Stephen’s previous projects have explored the design of auditory display solutions for large-scale IoT networks and investigated applications of generative systems, cybernetic design principles, and AI/ML techniques in automated music synthesis. This work was carried out under an IRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at CONNECT: the Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks and Communications, and subsequently at the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at TCD. His work is widely disseminated through peer-reviewed journal publications, conference proceedings, and book chapters. As a member of the committee on Ethically Aligned Design in the Arts (under the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems), he contributed to the IEEE Standards Authority Report on Ethically Aligned Approaches to AI in the Arts.

Stephen maintains an active creative and performing arts practice which is central to his research activity. His artistic projects span a variety of media and styles, including music composition and performance, generative and data-driven music, and sound art installation and performance. His work, described as majestic and sweeping yet beautifully unsettling, is frequently performed and installed internationally. His most recent musical releases Leviathan, Corpus/Mimesis, and Stardust Sonata are all available through Fiadh Productions. Recent events have included the ElettroAQustica 10 in L’Aquila, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and the Earth Rising Festival at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

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The Signal to Noise Loops Project

The Body in the Machine Project

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The Zones Project

Music Composition for Dance & Stage

The Human Cost Project

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