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Serene taught herself to write code from age 9.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Group |first=Edward Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore Entertainment |date=2021-11-07 |title=Serene On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Music Industry |url=https://medium.com/authority-magazine/serene-on-the-five-things-you-need-to-shine-in-the-music-industry-c427e386a72e |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Authority Magazine |language=en}}</ref> She attended [[Carnegie Mellon University]], graduating in 2012 with a degree in Computer Science, one year early. She worked as the first programmer for technology incubator Google Ideas, now [[Jigsaw (company)|Jigsaw LLC]]. After quitting Google, she focused on open source, and received the [[Open Technology Fund]]’s Information Controls Senior Fellowship, collaborating with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California and Radio Free Asia. |
Serene taught herself to write code from age 9.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Group |first=Edward Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore Entertainment |date=2021-11-07 |title=Serene On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Music Industry |url=https://medium.com/authority-magazine/serene-on-the-five-things-you-need-to-shine-in-the-music-industry-c427e386a72e |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Authority Magazine |language=en}}</ref> She attended [[Carnegie Mellon University]], graduating in 2012 with a degree in Computer Science, one year early. She worked as the first programmer for technology incubator Google Ideas, now [[Jigsaw (company)|Jigsaw LLC]]. After quitting Google, she focused on open source, and received the [[Open Technology Fund]]’s Information Controls Senior Fellowship, collaborating with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California and Radio Free Asia. |
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In 2016, Serene created the first version of [[Snowflake (software)|Snowflake]], an open-source software project for assisting users to circumvent internet censorship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abril de 2016 — Snowflake Documentation |url=https://docs.snowflake.com/pt/release-notes/2016-04.html |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=docs.snowflake.com}}</ref> In 2022, the usage of Snowflake increased because of online censorship; especially during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine]] and the [[Mahsa Amini protests]] in Iran, resulting in many users relying on the tool.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=Graphs of user counts from Iran since the onset of shutdowns |url=https://forum.torproject.net/t/graphs-of-user-counts-from-iran-since-the-onset-of-shutdowns/4843 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Tor Project Forum |language=en}}</ref> |
In 2016, Serene created the first version of [[Snowflake (software)|Snowflake]], an open-source software project for assisting users to circumvent internet censorship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abril de 2016 — Snowflake Documentation |url=https://docs.snowflake.com/pt/release-notes/2016-04.html |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=docs.snowflake.com}}</ref> In 2022, the usage of Snowflake increased because of online censorship; especially during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine]] and the [[Mahsa Amini protests]] in Iran, resulting in many users relying on the tool.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=Graphs of user counts from Iran since the onset of shutdowns |url=https://forum.torproject.net/t/graphs-of-user-counts-from-iran-since-the-onset-of-shutdowns/4843 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Tor Project Forum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Küchemann |first=Fridtjof |title=Per Snowflake ins TOR-Netzwerk: Online-Gasse für Menschen in Iran |language=de |work=FAZ.NET |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/zugang-fuer-iraner-per-snowflake-ins-tor-netzwerk-18346679.html |access-date=2022-11-12 |issn=0174-4909}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:08, 12 November 2022
Serene (born 1991) is an American classical concert pianist[1] and technologist. As a pianist, Serene concertizes with orchestras worldwide as an endorsed Bösendorfer Artist.[2] As a technologist, Serene is known as the creator of Snowflake, an open-source software project that assists in circumventing internet censorship.
Music Career
Serene emigrated from China as an infant. Serene is an endorsed Bösendorfer Artist, the sole non-conservatory trained pianist with such an affiliation. She is credited as a composer on Kanye West’s opera Mary (2019). She has released two initial EPs: Unraveling (2019), a collection of piano works by Maurice Ravel recorded on a Bösendorfer Model 200, and Rachmaninoff Concert No. 3 (2020). She experiences synesthesia and has written code to project abstract, moving visualizations behind her performances.
In 2018 she collaborated with Gergely Bogányi and performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Concerto Budapest.
During the COVID 19 Pandemic, Serene collaborated with Blue Man Group founder Chris Wink on music-technology projects and social-distanced events at Las Vegas's AREA15. Serene has given performances in concert halls, as well as non-traditional settings such as San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, or inside a decommissioned Boeing 747 at Burning Man. Serene is one of the few self-taught pianists who have performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
[1] She attended Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a degree in computer science[1] in 2012. She worked as a programmer for technology incubator Google Ideas,[3] now Jigsaw LLC. While working at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she was a recipient of the Open Technology Fund’s Information Controls Fellowship, focusing on Snowflake,[4] a pluggable transport enabling censorship circumvention for The Tor Project.[2][1][2][5][2]
Technology Career
Serene taught herself to write code from age 9.[6] She attended Carnegie Mellon University, graduating in 2012 with a degree in Computer Science, one year early. She worked as the first programmer for technology incubator Google Ideas, now Jigsaw LLC. After quitting Google, she focused on open source, and received the Open Technology Fund’s Information Controls Senior Fellowship, collaborating with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California and Radio Free Asia.
In 2016, Serene created the first version of Snowflake, an open-source software project for assisting users to circumvent internet censorship.[7] In 2022, the usage of Snowflake increased because of online censorship; especially during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran, resulting in many users relying on the tool.[8][9]
External links
References
- ^ a b c d "Serene". Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Musicians. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Sylvan, Edward. "Serene On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Music Industry". Medium. Authority Magazine. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Bratton, Benjamin H. (2015). The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. p. 592. ISBN 978-0-262-02957-5.
- ^ McDevitt, Dan (18 March 2017). "Information Controls Fellows Reflect On Their ICFP Experience". Open Technology Fund. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Pianist Brings Innovation, Master Class in Instrumental Expression to Groton". Groton. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ Group, Edward Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore Entertainment (2021-11-07). "Serene On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Music Industry". Authority Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Abril de 2016 — Snowflake Documentation". docs.snowflake.com. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^ "Graphs of user counts from Iran since the onset of shutdowns". Tor Project Forum. 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^ Küchemann, Fridtjof. "Per Snowflake ins TOR-Netzwerk: Online-Gasse für Menschen in Iran". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
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