Jeffrey Weeter

Jeffrey Weeter is a Professor at the School of Music and Theatre, University College Cork (UCC), with a transdisciplinary focus on music composition, audio engineering, and interactive technology. As an Emmy Award-winning audio engineer and co-investigator of the IRC-funded 'Loop Love' project, he bridges traditional composition with cutting-edge digital innovation through his Cork Audio Visual Ensemble (CAVE).

His research spans

• Interactive new media composition
• Digital musical instrument design
• Live audio-visual performance systems
• Guerrilla sound techniques
• Sound installation art
• Performance dynamics with IoT devices

Jeffrey's work analyzes audience-performer-technology relationships through 100+ international compositions, including collaborations with DJ Kate Simko for world tours and the 2018 TG4 Gradam Ceoil Award-winning 'Concert' project. His peer-reviewed publications in IEEE Transactions on Haptics and Organised Sound examine haptic feedback mechanisms in musical contexts.

Scientific recognition includes

• 2009 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement
• 2017 UCC CACSSS Visiting Scholar Award
• Multiple Daytime Emmy nominations (2006-2010)
• 1999 Sherman Conaway Academic Excellence Award
• 2003 William H. Macy Scholarship

He advises doctoral students in music and media technologies and serves on UCC's Academic Development Committee, IT Committee, and Research Committee. As founder of CAVE, he develops custom instruments for electronic performance.