I am a candidate for an M.A. in Media Arts and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Performing Arts Technology department at the University of Michigan. My current research focus is on real-time sound design and implementation in a variety of coding languages- from prototyping platforms like Arduino and Max/MSP to C++ on embedded platforms. As a composer, I am active in the New Music scene and have attended numerous festivals including Banff's Evolution Quartet, the Yarn/Wire festival, the Line Upon Line Composer’s festival, SPLICE, and the So Percussion Summer Institute at Princeton University, where I attended as an ASCAP Composer’s Fellow. I love using live-processed acoustic sounds and pre-recorded found sounds in my works, often striving to maintain an organic feel which allows the skill of the performers and beauty of the instruments to shine through. Previously I worked a variety of administrative jobs in the entertainment industry, from Public Relations to accounting, to social media and website management, and as an artist assistant at Jazz at Lincoln Center.Music Composition Portfolio: www.margaretkogos.com/compositionPerforming Arts Technology Portfolio: www.margaretkogos.com/technology