Sam C. Shin is an electroacoustic audiovisual composer and creative coder whose work utilizes music and technology to explore the ways that technology both disrupts and enhances music creation. Beyond technology, his work draws from his background in East Asian Studies, which provides a unique lens to scrutinize issues of modernization and Westernization in Korea. His work has been presented at festivals and conferences such as the Kyiv Music Fest, SEAMUS National Conference, and the Musinfo Association Art & Science Days. Sam is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Digital Composition at UC Riverside where he studies with Ian Dicke, Dana Kaufman, and Paulo Chagas. Other composition teachers include Elainie Lillios and Mikel Kuehn at Bowling Green State University, Michael Sidney Timpson and Chihchun Chi-sun Lee at Ewha Womans University, and Eric Chasalow at Brandeis University. When not writing music, Sam can be found exploring southern California with his wife and taking pictures of his cat.