Perry R. Cook (born September 25, 1955) is an American computer music researcher and professor emeritus of computer science and music at Princeton University. He was also founder and head of the Princeton Sound Lab. Cook is also an avid conch shell musician, including the ancient conch-shell Peruvian instrument known as pututus. Cook is a founding advisor (since 2008) to Smule, a successful mobile music app company. His adviser was Julius Orion Smith III at Stanford.