V.J. Manzo is Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Cognition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He is a composer and guitarist with research interests in theory and composition, artificial intelligence, interactive music systems, and music learning. V.J. is the author of the books MAX/MSP/Jitter for Music, Foundations of Music Technology, and co-author of the books Interactive Composition and Environmental Sound Artists: in their own words, all published by Oxford University Press. For more information visit vjmanzo.com.