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Grant Olney Passmore
Grant Passmore and Hito Steyerl presenting their joint work at Rhizome Seven on Seven at the New Museum, May 2016.
Born(1983-10-18)October 18, 1983
USA
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisCombined Decision Procedures for Nonlinear Arithmetics, Real and Complex (2011)
Doctoral advisorPaul B. Jackson
Musical career
Also known asGrant Olney
GenresIndie folk, Indie rock
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Years active1998–present
LabelsAsian Man Records, Friendly Police UK
WebsiteOfficial website

Grant Olney Passmore (born October 18, 1983) is a singer/songwriter who has recorded on the Asian Man Records label. He is considered part of the New Weird America movement along with David Dondero, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, and CocoRosie. His latest full-length album, Hypnosis for Happiness, was released in July 2013 on the Friendly Police UK label. His previous full-length album, Brokedown Gospel, was released on the Asian Man Records label in July 2004. He also releases music under the pseudonym Scout You Devil and as part of the songwriting duo Olney Clark.

Alongside his music, Passmore is also a mathematician and theoretical computer scientist, formerly a student at the University of Texas at Austin, the Mathematical Research Institute in the Netherlands, and the University of Edinburgh, where he earned his Ph.D. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge and is cofounder of the artificial intelligence company Imandra Inc.[1][2] (formerly known as Aesthetic Integration) which produces technology for the formal verification of algorithms. He was paired with artist Hito Steyerl in the 2016 Rhizome Seven on Seven.

As a young child and early teenager, Passmore was involved in the development of the online Bulletin Board system scene, and under the name skaboy he was the author of many applications of importance to the Bulletin Board System community, including the Infusion Bulletin Board System, Empathy Image Editor, Avenger Packer Pro, and Impulse Tracker Tosser. Passmore was head programmer for ACiD Productions while working on many of these applications.

Personal life

Passmore married Barbara Galletly in 2014.[3] They have two children.

Discography

Albums

Compilations

  • Underground Screams - Scout You Devil (2003 · Asian Man Records · song: "Night Crimes")

References

  1. ^ "Imandra gets $5M to police other tech companies' computer programs". The Austin Business Journal.
  2. ^ "Imandra - Reasoning as a Service". Welcome to Imandra Inc. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  3. ^ "A Romance Goes from Head to Heart". New York Times. 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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