RYAN JANZEN B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Candidate, g.s.m.IEEE |
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Activities
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Contributions to Research & Development
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| $ 63,000 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council scholarship, 3-Year PGS-D (2009-2012) |
| $ 15,000 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2008-9) |
| $ 9,900 | Edward S. Rogers Graduate Scholarship (2008-9) |
| EUR 11,000 | International scholarship from ISU (International Space University, Strasbourg, France) (2008, declined) |
| $ 6,833 | UofT Fellowship (2008) |
| $ 20,500 | University of Toronto Fellowship (full) (2008, declined, superceded by Rogers and OGS scholarships) |
| $ 23,000 | Research Assistantship, FLUID laboratory (2005-7) |
| $ 14,000 | UofT Fellowship (2005-7) |
| $ 12,000 | Millenium Bursary (2001-5) |
| $ 15,000 | University of Windsor entrance scholarship (2001, declined) |
| $ 8,000 | Principal's Scholarship, Queen's University (2001, declined) |
| $ 3,000 | Millennium Scholarship (2001) |
| $ 3,000 | Aiming for the Top Scholarship (2001) |
| $ 3,000 | Leonardo Da Vinci Scholarship (2001) |
| $ ? | (awards and bursaries from e.g. UFCW (2001) |
| - | Proficiency awards: OAC Geography (World Issues), OAC Biology, OAC Physics, OAC Music, OAC Mathematics (AG) (2000-1) |
| - | Ontario Scholar (2001) |
| - | University of Toronto Scholar (2001) |
| $ 300 | Gold Medal award, Windsor science & technology fair (2000) |
| - | Gold Medal award, Manufacturing technology special award, Windsor science & technology fair (1998) |
| - | Canadian Mathematics Competition, 1st place locally (1997,1998,2000,2001) |
| - | Unsung Hero Award (1996) |
| - | Science Award (1996) |
| - | University of Windsor Scholastic Acheivement Award (1996) |
[0G] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2012), "High Dynamic Range Simultaneous Signal Compositing, Applied to Audio", IEEE CCECE 2012, Montreal, 2012 April 29 to May 2, 6 pages, to be indexed in IEEE Xplore. [Paper]
[0F] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2012), "Hydraulikos: Ice, Water, and Steam (Opening Keynote, Sunday February 19th, 19:00 to 20:00)", Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI2012), February 19-22, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, pp. 27-28 [PDF].
[0E] Steve Mann, Jason Huang, Ryan Janzen, Raymond Lo, Valmiki Rampersad, Alexander Chen, Taqveer Doha (2011), "Blind navigation with a wearable range camera and vibrotactile helmet", Proc. ACM MM 2011, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. [Paper, PDF] [Poster, PDF] [Poster, JPEG finite-resolution] .
[0D] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Jason Huang (2011), '"WaterTouch": An Aquatic Interactive Multimedia Sensory Table based on Total Internal Reflection in Water', Proc. ACM MM 2011, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. [Paper] .
[0C] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Tom Hobson (2011). "Multisensor Broadband High Dynamic Range Sensing for a Highly Expressive Step-based Musical Instrument", Proc. Tangible and Embedded Interaction, TEI 2011, Funchal, pp.21-24. [Paper]
[0B] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Jason Huang, Matthew Kelly, Jimmy Lei Ba, Alexander Chen (2011). "User-Interfaces Based on the Water-Hammer Effect" Proc. Tangible and Embedded Interaction, TEI 2011, Funchal, pp.1-8. [Paper]
[0A] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2010). '"Stray": A New Multimedia Music Composition using the Andantephone', Proc. ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM 2010), October 25-29, 2010, Firenze/Florence, Italy, pp.683-686. [Paper] (26% acceptance rate of submitted papers).
[1] Ryan Janzen and Laura Bolt (2009). "Improved measurement algorithm for vocal communication research, with application to Lemur Catta", Proceedings of IBAC 2009. (abstract; also to appear in Bioacoustics Journal) Presented at IBAC 2009 conference, 2009.09.14
[2] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2009). "Polyphonic embouchure on an intricately expressive musical keyboard formed by an array of water jets." Proc. ICMC 2009, Montreal, pp.545-548. [Paper] [Poster]
[3] Ryan E. Janzen (2008). Winged Messengers: The possibility of sending signals along power wiring inside aircraft. (Intra-Aircraft Power Line Communcation). VDM-Verlag. More info 
On Amazon.com [4] Ryan E. Janzen (2008). "Hydraulophones: Acoustic musical instruments and expressive user interfaces." (MASc dissertation, University of Toronto, 103 pages)
[5] Janzen, R. E. and Kar, N. C. "An Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles, with Efficiency- and Overload-Augmented PI Control", Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems. (17 pages, accepted by journal)
[6] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen and Raymond Lo (2008), "Hyperacoustic instruments: Computer-controlled instruments that are not electrophones", Proc. International IEEE conference (ICME 2008), Hannover, Germany, June 23-26, 2008. [PDF] [citation]
[7] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2007), "Arrays of water jets as user interfaces: Detection and estimation of flow by listening to turbulence signatures using hydrophones", Fifteenth ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM 2007), Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 24-29, 2007. pp. 505-8. [PDF] [citation]
[8] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Raymond Lo, James Fung (2007), "Non-electrophonic cyborg instruments: Playing on everyday things as if the whole world were one giant musical instrument", ACM Multimedia (MM 2007), Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 24-29, 2007. pp. 932-941. [PDF] [citation]
[9] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2007), "Fluid Samplers: Sampling music keyboards having fluidly continuous action and sound, without being electrophones", ACM Multimedia (MM 2007), Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 24-29, 2007. pp. 912-921. [PDF] [citation]
[10] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, James Meier (2007), "The electric hydraulophone: A hyperacoustic instrument with acoustic feedback", International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2007), Aug. 27-31, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.
[11] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Raymond Lo, Chris Aimone (2007), "Inventing new instruments based on a computational "hack" to make a badly tuned or unpitched instrument play in perfect harmony", International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2007), Aug. 27-31, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.
[12] Steve Mann, Michael Georgas, Ryan Janzen (2006), "Water jets as pixels: water fountains as both sensors and displays", Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (IEEE ISM 2006), pp. 766-772, Dec. 11-13, 2006, San Diego, CA. [citation]
[13] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Mark Post (2006), "Hydraulophone Design Considerations: Absement, Displacement, and Velocity-Sensitive Music Keyboard in which Each Key is a Water Jet." ACM Multimedia (ACM MM 2006), pp. 519-528, Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 23-27, 2006 (MASc work, 10 pages, international conference). [PDF] [citation] [all-info]
[14] Janzen, R. E. and Kar, N.C. (2006). "Efficiency Improvements from an Electric Vehicle Induction Motor Drive, with Augmentations to a PI Control". IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (IEEE CCECE 2006), Ottawa, June 2006. pp.832-5 (national/international conference) (resulting from visiting research work at University of Windsor)
[15] Janzen, R. E. (2005) "Intra-Aircraft Power Line Communication: Synthesis of Avionics and PLC". (undergraduate honours thesis, 52 pages.)
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Ryan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biomedical science, to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics. With eighteen international peer-reviewed publications, he does research and teaching as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, with Steve Mann. Janzen is also a composer of orchestral music. |
Ryan Janzen's compositions have been performed internationally in New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Copenhagen and Shanghai. Featured on CBC, Danish radio, and at the World Expo, Ryan Janzen's compositions have been sought after for art music, film, and esoteric concerts. As experience-designer/music director of 19 live concerts and producer of 3 albums, he has collaborated extensively with musicians, orchestras, and interdisciplinary researchers.
Janzen's work embodies a fusion between art and science that comes naturally: Janzen's scientific research has led to advances in acoustics, aerospace engineering, and electric vehicle propulsion, and was awarded a federal grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. His music research is published in eight international music publications. After founding a technology consulting company in elementary school, Janzen worked on the award-winning film Commedia Fantasia (winner of the 2002 Houston International Film Festival Gold Medal Award in performing arts), and has since produced an array of art music, film music, orchestral and choral compositions, performance art, and high-tech performances that push the limits of art and science.
Janzen in 2006 was the world's first composer to create music for hydraulophone, an exotic instrument which is played by touching jets of water. Janzen developed a new expressive performance style and (along with inventor Steve Mann) a new musical notation which gives the performer access to a never-before-seen ability: polyphonic embouchure, brought into existence by hydraulophones.
His film scores include "Ritual", an eerie film+concert performance in which audience and performers are left in pitch dark. Janzen's compositions have been commissioned recently for a grand-opening of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Alberta, and for the Marshall Fels Elliott short film "After Hours". His compositions have also been performed at the Music Gallery in Toronto, NIME in New York City, and the Vandkulturhuset in Denmark.
Janzen's multimedia work "Stray" was featured in a Florence, Italy presentation. This piece of music was written in the C programming language, for pipe organ and andantephone (a musical instrument designed with Steve Mann which transforms seismic waves from footsteps).
Fusion between music and science is also Janzen's specialty as an invited lecturer internationally at courses and conventions alike. He is featured in 22 newspaper, magazine and TV news programs on art, science and technology.
Samples of his work can be heard/seen at:
ryanjanzen.ca
| Location | Venue/Event | Role | Date | |
| Toronto | Opening ceremony attended by the Honourable Caroline Di Cocco, Ontario Minister of Culture. Ontario Science Centre (OSC), TELUSCAPE exploration plaza. | hydr + composer | 2006 | |
| Toronto | Nuit Blanche, Toronto | hydr | 2006 | |
| Toronto | HH composer's concert | composer + conductor | 2006 | Saga for Clarinet #3: "A Conversation with Milda" (Fl.+Cl.+Hn.+Vl.+Vc.) |
| New York City | The Galapagos New York | composer + hydr | 2007 | "Suite for Hydraulophone" |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | Vandkulturhuset | composer + hydr | 2007 | "Suite for Hydraulophone" |
| Toronto | Toronto United Mennonite Church | composer + clarinet + piano ("invited guest musician") | 2007 | "Mennonite hymns in flight" |
| Toronto | The Music Gallery, Toronto | composer/improv. + hydr | 2008 | "improvisations over water" |
| Toronto | Luminato festival, concert at Harbourfront Centre | hydr + canoe clarinet | 2008 | arr. of "She's Like the Swallow" |
| Calgary, Alberta | Grand opening ceremony at CNIB, attended by Premier Ralph Klein | composer + hydr + clarinet + Irish whistle | 2008 | "October Alchemy Beckons" |
| King City, Ontario | Live H2O Concert | composer + hydr | 2009 | "Suite for Hydraulophone", arr. of Fauré Sicilienne |
| Montreal, Quebec | Private performance for Cirque du Soleil directors | hydr | 2009 | |
| New York City | Music+Technology synergy -- Onstage at Gadgetoff 2009 [G.official] [G.photos] | hydr | 2009 | |
| Las Vegas | Performance/entertainment, over 4 days for an international entertainment convention (IAAPA) | hydr.12 | 2009 | |
| Ottawa | Opening Ceremony of Winterlude, commissioned by the National Capital Commission | music director, performer, creative/technical designer | 2010 | H2Orchestra arrangements and comp. |
| Toronto | ORGANic Evolution: A Concert celebrating music technology old and new | composer, performer on andantephone | 2010 | "Stray" |
| CBC Radio | Interview and performance on CBC Radio "GO", hosted by Brent Bambury | composer, hydr. | 2010 | "Suite for Hydraulophone" excerpt |
| San Francisco | Singularity Summit & The Infinity Club | hydr.12 | 2010 | arr. Für Elise, Beethoven |
| Expo 2010, Shanghai, China | World's Fair - Canada Pavilion | Film score, screened, selected to represent Canadian arts and culture | 2010/2008 | Score for the Marshall Fels Elliott film, "After Hours" [website] |
| Florence, Italy | Presentation on the "Stray" composition, with screening | composer, engineer | 2010 | "Stray" |
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