Seth D. Thorn, PhD, is an American violinist whose research encompasses interaction design and philosophical approaches to computational media. He has published in premier journals and top-tier conferences spanning philosophy and critical theory, music, and human-computer interaction, including Leonardo Music Journal (MIT), Qui Parle (UC Berkeley), Wearable Technologies (Cambridge), Organised Sound (Cambridge), numerous ACM conferences (TEI, C&C, MOCO, and Audio Mostly), NIME, ICMC, IEEE RESPECT, and xCoax. Dr. Thorn also serves as a Principal Investigator (PI) for the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he leads projects that align with his commitment to expanding diversity and inclusion in computing. He has performed on his violin interfaces at top conferences and music festivals, including the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), the International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI), the Conference of the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the New York City Electroacoustic Musical Festival (NYCEMF), and the New York City Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit (NYCEIS). His work has been recognized twice at the prestigious Guthman Competition at Georgia Tech and featured in Electronic Sound Magazine.