University of California at Berkeley, USA, 1987 Habilitation in Informatik an der Universität Paderborn, seit 1988 Professor für Praktische Informatik an der Universität Osnabrück.

Waschka II, Rodney, is a composer/performer working with algorithmic composition, intermedia pieces, and music for traditional ensembles. His teachers include Larry Austin, Paul Berg, Charles Dodge, Thomas Clark and Clarence Barlow. Waschka’s works consist largely of computer music compositions for traditional instruments and/or synthesizer/tape and frequently include other media: visuals, theater, poetry. His pieces have been performed throughout Europe and North America, and in Asia and South America. Composition, performances, and recordings of Waschka’s music have been supported by grants and commissions from The National Endowment for the Arts, Meet The Composer, The Texas Composers’ Forum, RESONANS (The Netherlands), the Logos Foundation (Belgium), North Carolina State University, Addison Centre Theater, the Hip Pocket Theater, and the University of North Texas. The recipient of numerous commissions and prizes in support of his musical activities, his music is published by Borik Press. His pieces, A Noite, Porem, Rangeu E Quebrou; Last Night; Help Me Remember; Xuan Men, and Visions of Habakkuk have all appeared on recent Centaur compact discs, with Ravel Remembers Fascism forthcoming. Recordings of Waschka’s music are also available on the IRIDA and Ama Romanta labels. A former officer of the International Computer Music Association, Waschka is an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University where he directs the computer music studio.

Westerkamp, Hildegard, was born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1946 and emigrated to Canada in 1968. Whether as a composer, educator, or radio artist most of her work since the mid-seventies has centred around environmental sound and acoustic ecology. She was a member of the original World Soundscape Project, has taught courses in Acoustic Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada and has conducted soundscape work-shops internationally. She is a founding member of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) and was the editor of The Soundscape Newsletter between 1991 and 1995. By focusing the ears’ attention to details both familiar and foreign in the acoustic environment, Westerkamp’s compositional work draws attention to the inner, hidden spaces of the environment we inhabit.

Weyde, Tillman, 1994 Staatsexamen in Musik und Mathematik, Examensarbeit über die Automatische Erzeugung musikalisch sinnvoller Akkordfolgen mit formalen Grammatiken realisiert in Prolog. 1999 Staatsexamen in Informatik. 1994 bis 1997 Mitarbeiter im Fach Musik an der Universität Osnabrück, 1997–1998 Mitarbeiter im DFG-Projekt OSIRIS (OSnabrück Intelligent Research Information System), seit 1998 freiberuflicher Berater und Entwickler für Lern- und Informationssysteme (u. a. Lernprogramm Welt der Zahl, Informationssystem Location Guide Niedersachsen). Technischer Leiter im Projekt Computer Aided Music Instruction. Mitautor des Computerkolleg Musik – Gehörbildung. Mitglied der Forschungsstelle Musik- und Medientechnologie an der Universität Osnabrück.