Tristan Peng

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Masters Recipient

Department of Music

Stanford University

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Tristan Peng (he/him) is a Music Technology PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology exploring interaction design, spatial audio, and sonification; previously studying at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) in the Music Department at Stanford University. A creative technologist and musician, his work aims to democratize music through technology — creating accessible, artful, and interactive ways for people to experience sound. His current projects investigate how data can become a medium for participation and how immersive audio spaces can evoke emotion and understanding in ways that traditional visualizations cannot.

Publications

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Peng, T., Choi, H., Chafe, C., & Ram, N. (2026). The Ensonification Interface: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Ensemble Sonification of Temporal Data. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 74(3), 141–150. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0253
Peng, T., & Chafe, Chris. (2025, November 7). Ensonification [Concert]. Living Data Concert. https://www.livingdata.live/
Peng, T., Choi, H., Chafe, C., & Ram, N. (2025, November). Ensonification: Accessible Web-Based Data Sonification Ensemble Improvisation [Demo]. Web Audio Conference (WAC2025): Hacking and Making with Web Audio.
Peng, T., Choi, H., & Chafe, C. (2025, July 30). Ensonification: Facilitating Ensemble’s Improvisations through Data Sonification Performances [Workshop]. Audio Mostly & ICAD Joint Conference (AM.ICAD 2025): Let’s Play Together.
Peng, T., Chafe, C., & Ram, N. (2025, February 13). CCRMA Data Sonification Ensemble Performance [Exhibition]. Love Data Week at Stanford. https://events.stanford.edu/event/ccrma-data-sonification-ensemble-performance