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Patrick Celentano
Writing on music, engineering, and projects.
Latest posts
RPI Gets a Quantum Computer
Three days back in Troy for the unveiling of the world's first university-hosted IBM Quantum System One, plus a reunion with the HASS Leadership Council
Joining the RPI HASS Leadership Council
An invitation to serve the school that most shaped my time at RPI
Simulating a Planet on the GPU: Part 1
A year-long journey through polygon meshes, cubemaps, and smoothed-particle hydrodynamics in pursuit of a modern SimEarth
Timeline of Classical Music
A personal research/art project making the gradual transformation of Western Classical music come alive
Music ex Machina
A tour of my attempts at computationally-generated music, from algorithmic composition to a deep-learning approach inspired by Daniel Johnson's work
PostLife
A short science fiction story about life in a world where tech companies run the afterlife
College Compositions
A few original pieces and arrangements, written between classes and side projects
The Great Civil War Road Trip
A 2,000-mile, twelve-stop road trip through Civil War history, from Gettysburg to Vicksburg
The Guide to Band
A 125-page, fictional, pseudo-history of "Band," a primer for concert band and a love letter to music geeks
Hello World
A new website, a new blog, and a lot more where this came from