Code Beats started as a senior project in VCU's College of Engineering. This project asked the question: can realistic-sounding hip hop beats be generated via code? In the fall of 2019, four students explored this question by re-creating popular beats, such as Still Dre and Russian Cream. They quickly discovered that code could generate high-quality, realistic-sounding beats!
Shepherd, foreground, and Douglas Krug, a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science, are collecting the opinions of the Code Beats students to understand if the approach helps change their feelings about computers and coding. (Kevin Morley, University Marketing) -
[Image and caption collected from VCU Newsletter, news.vcu.edu]
M E E T T H E T E A M
David C. Shepherd, Ph.D.
Computer Science |
Douglas Krug
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Taylor Barnett
Musician & Music Theory |
Nikelus F.
Rapper, Songwriter & Producer |
Komil Chagtai
VCU Sophomore, Research Assistant Majoring in Computer Science |
Zayhkeria Embery-Whitefield 
VCU Sophomore, Research Assistant, & Majoring in Pre-Clinical Radiation Science |
Sumaiyah Munshi
VCU Junior , Research Assistant, & Majoring in Information Systems |
Lois Appiah
VCU Sophomore, Research Assistant, & Majoring in Computer Science |
Twuan
The Beat master |
Thomas Levine |
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VCU Senior, Research Assistant, & Majoring in Music Performance, Jazz Studies and Minor in Computer Science |
