F. Richard Moore

F. Richard Moore is one of the early pioneers of computer music. In 1967 he joined the research staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, where he worked closely with Max Mathews (the "father" of computer music) and others developing the widely-distributed MUSIC V "acoustic compiler" program, as well as GROOVE - the first real time, interactive, computer-controlled analog synthesizer system. Trained first in music composition and performance, he later studied electrical and computer engineering at Stanford University where he designed and built the FRMbox - one of the first all-digital music synthesizers. In 1979, Dr. Moore became Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he founded the Computer Audio Research Laboratory (CARL) at the Center for Music Experiment (later the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts) which he directed for more than a decade. He is one of the designers of UCSD's Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts Major (ICAM) and a former chair of the UCSD music department, as well as a past acting Provost of UCSD's Sixth College, themed around the interplay among culture, arts and technology. He is currently a founding director of Tinnitus Otosound Products, LLC, a biotech company specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus. Dr. Moore also holds instrument-rated commercial pilot and instructor certificates. Moore retired from UCSD in 2012.