Meet Seiji Iigaya, 14, from New Jersey, used Python to model 100 violin bow-string contact points and uncover the physics of expressive playing, winning a $3,500 national science award
Recent Views 10 Seiji Iigaya at the 2026 Junior Innovators Challenge. Source: Society for Science A 14-year-old violinist from New Jersey has used computer programming and the physics of strings to work out how a musician’s bow movement creates a rich tone. His work won a top national science prize in the United States. Seiji…
