PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Gladstone Alexander Butler

Also known as Gladstone Deluxe, Gladstone Butler

Gladstone Alexander Butler is a researcher and composer whose neural audio work turns mono speech into binaural sound shaped by the listener's position. In 2021, he coauthored two papers on neural binaural synthesis and HRTF modeling and shared an ICLR Outstanding Paper Award for the speech paper. As Gladstone Deluxe, he works with percussion and electronics, creating recorded music, installations, and performances, and he composes for Princeton Sound Kitchen. As of October 2026, he is a PhD candidate in music composition at Princeton; he holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon and an MFA from Columbia.

Timeline

  1. 2018

    Snoozefest at Carnegie Mellon

    In 2018, he is a College of Fine Arts senior at Carnegie Mellon and works behind the scenes at Snoozefest with Alexander Panos. He is also known as Gladstone Deluxe.

  2. 2021

    An ICLR award for binaural speech

    In 2021, he coauthors Neural Synthesis of Binaural Speech from Mono Audio, whose neural renderer converts single-channel audio into two-channel binaural sound conditioned on the listener's relative position and orientation to the source. He shares an ICLR Outstanding Paper Award for the paper with its other authors.

  3. 2021

    Implicit HRTF modeling

    In 2021, he coauthors Implicit HRTF Modeling Using Temporal Convolutional Networks, which learns head-related transfer functions with a neural network from data captured in arbitrary, non-anechoic rooms. A perceptual study finds its binaural audio on par with traditional digital signal-processing methods.

  4. April 2024

    A Carnegie Hill concert

    In April 2024, he presents a Carnegie Hill concert as Gladstone Deluxe, a New York-based artist working with percussion and electronics whose work spans recorded music, installations, and performances.

  5. April 2025

    3 Phases for Piano

    In April 2025, he composes 3 Phases for Piano for Princeton Sound Kitchen's Generals Concert; Phillip Golub performs the work.

  6. April 2026

    Princeton's electronic dance festival

    In April 2026, he appears among the current students joining Princeton's Electronic Dance Music Festival.

  7. September 2026

    Planes of Rhythmic Consciousness

    In September 2026, he performs a 30-minute solo set for percussion and electronics called Planes of Rhythmic Consciousness as a graduate student composer.

  8. As of October 2026

    PhD candidate at Princeton

    As of October 2026, he is a PhD candidate in music composition at Princeton University and a current graduate student composer. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from Columbia University.

Career

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityBFA
  2. Columbia UniversityMFA
  3. Princeton UniversityPhD candidate in music composition

From the biography.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Carnegie Mellon University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Carnegie Mellon University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Carnegie Mellon University. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  4. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Carnegie Mellon University. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.

Sources and credits

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  1. Snoozefest Creators Dream Up Musical Experience - News - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. Israel D. Gebru idgebru.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. Implicit HRTF Modeling Using Temporal Convolutional Networks - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University publications.ri.cmu.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Implicit Hrtf Modeling Using Temporal Convolutional Networks | URC | IEEE Universal Resource Center resourcecenter.ieee.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. CARNEGIE HILL CONCERTS PRESENTS GLADSTONE DELUXE — Carnegie Hill Concerts carnegiehillconcerts.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. Generals Concert — Princeton Sound Kitchen princetonsoundkitchen.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  7. PLOrk - Archives plork.princeton.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  8. Tyondai Braxton: ‘Splayed Werks’ + Gladstone Deluxe: ‘Planes of Rhythmic Consciousness’ — Princeton Sound Kitchen princetonsoundkitchen.squarespace.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  9. Unruly Sounds: A festival for adventurous ears - Princeton Info princetoninfo.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  10. COMPOSERS — Princeton Sound Kitchen princetonsoundkitchen.squarespace.com. Checked 22 October 2026.