Tommy Martinez is an artist and programmer working primarily through research, sound and code. He creates software and musical systems for the internet, embedded devices, and for live multichannel performance. Martinez has performed at MoMA PS1, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Fridman Gallery, and Pioneer Works. He has lectured on sound and electronic art at School for Poetic Computation, CNMAT at UC Berkeley, CCRMA at Stanford University, NYU at IDM and ITP, and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

Martinez will present a multithreaded research practice that includes musical works, code, pedagogy, and historical perspectives on music made with emerging internet technologies. Recent manifestations of this research has presented itself as a class taught at School for Poetic Computation - called The Musical Web, and a presentation at the Web Audio Conference titled Mesh of Echoes: Addressing a Network of Distributed Loudspeakers with Sockets.