R. Michael Winters is a pianist and Ph.D. student at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT). Beginning research in high-energy particle physics, his interest in data sonification led him to the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. His work at the Input Devices and Music Interaction Lab (IDMIL) explored the application of sonification as a tool for music research, targeting data in musical emotion, expressive gesture, and symbolic music. While pursuing his master’s degree, Winters performed at the McGill Conservatory, and specialized in live webcasts of ensembles such as the McGill Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra, Contemporary Music Ensemble, and Opera McGill, working alongside Grammy-winning producers George Massenberg and Richard King. At Georgia Tech he has worked in the Robotic Musicianship Group, Music Informatics Group, GVU BrainLab and the Sonification Lab. His current research practice centers around universal design, socio-cultural sonification aesthetics, neuroengineering, and musical learning.