In recent years algorithmic processes have facilitated the rapid realization in sound of increasingly elegant and elaborate conceptual frameworks. While the earliest algorithmic efforts were applied to the synthesis of sound, more recent work has focused upon the projection of musical phrases and larger structures - realized by instrumental as well as electronic means. In some cases, entire detailed compositions are generated completely from algorithms. Computer technology has also enabled innovative approaches to performance in which computer-controlled electronic and acoustic instruments seem to interact intelligently with human performers. In these and in many other ways, elaborate algorithms have assisted in the realization of works by composers as diverse as John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, James Tenney, Jean Claude Risset, Laurie Spiegel, Nick Didkovsky, and many others, prominently including David Cope, Peter Elsea, David Evan Jones, and Paul Nauert - members of the UCSC composition faculty.