Activities

2021

• Forthcoming. (May 6, 2021). Online participation at "Event 3. Human and AI musical performance & education", ARTIFICIA Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
• Forthcoming. (April 29, 2021). Online presentation "Insights Into MIRLCAuto: A Virtual Agent for Music Information Retrieval in Live Coding" at the networked series of research colloquiua on Coding Literacy, Practices and Cultures. University of Magdeburg, Germany, and Film University KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam Babelsberg, Germany.
• Forthcoming. (February 23, 2021). Online presentation "Live Coding Using Crowdsourced Sounds and a Virtual Agent" at ATLAS Seminar / Colloquium, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.

2020

• (December 12, 2020). Live coding session at "Similar Sounds: A Virtual Agent in Live Coding". IKLECTIK. Online event. Streaming from Sheffield, UK.
• (December 2020 - January 2021). Three online workshops entitled: "Performing with a virtual agent: machine learning for live coding". You can register here.
• (November 25, 2020). Online presentation "Music performance with crowdsourced sounds: collaboration by chance" for the master course "MUST5001 Aesthetics and Ideas in the Sonic Arts", DMU, Leicester, UK.
• Joined as a member of the Intersections, Feminism, Technology & Digital Humanities network (IFTe).
• (November 14, 2020). Live coding session at "Sound Junction Satellites: Live Coding & 3-D Sound – Online Live Stream". University of Sheffield Concerts/Algomech. Online event. Streaming from Sheffield, UK.
• (November 6, 2020). Participation in the compilation Compassion Through Algorithms Vol. II with the track Magnets. This compilation is a collaboration between Light Entries and Algorave Sheffield curated by Alex McLean. Recommended donation £8. All proceeds to Young Minds Together.
• (November 14, 2020). Live coding session at "Sound Junction Satellites: Live Coding & 3-D Sound – Online Live Stream". University of Sheffield Concerts/Algomech. Online event. Streaming from Sheffield, UK.
• (October 6, 2020). Online presentation: "“From Tabletop Tangible Interfaces to Virtual Agents in Live Coding: Five Years of Research in Progress". IUPUI Music Tech PhD seminar, Department of Music and Arts Technology, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
• (September 25, 2020). Online workshop "Creative Audio Programming for the Web with Tone.js" for the series "Women who Code", School of Media Arts, Columbia College Chicago, IL, USA. [Slides].
• (September 21, 2020). Online presentation: "Virtual Agents in Live Coding: Preliminary Investigations". Meetup for Women in Arts and Technology, NOTAM, Oslo, Norway. [Slides].
• Schroeder, F., Meireles, M., Mannone, M., Papadomanolaki, M., Brown, N., Stolfi, A., Alarcón, X., Xambó, A. (July 28, 2020). "Performance by FLO (Female Laptop Orchestra)". Physically Distant #2: more online talks on telematic performance. Streaming from Sheffield, UK.
• (July 23, 2020, 11:30-12:30 (GMT+1)). Online poster presentation of our paper: "Performing Audiences: Composition Strategies for Network Music using Mobile Phones" by Xambó, A., Roma, G. NIME ’20. Birmingham, UK.
• (July 21, 2020, 09:00–10:00 / 17:00–18:00 (GMT+1)). Forthcoming workshop: "NIME Publication Ecosystem Workshop" by Jensenius, A.R., McPherson, A., Xambó, A., Martin, C., Armitage, J., Granieri, N., Fiebrink, R., Naveda, L. NIME ’20. Birmingham, UK.
• (June 24, 2020). Published a new blog post on the SMC 2020 keynote including the related bibliography list.
• (16:20 CET, June 24, 2020). Keynote for the SMC 2020 conference: "Collaborative/Participatory Music Experiences: A Dialogue Between SMC and HCI". The live stream can be found here.
• (June 3, 2020). Participation in the compilation In Unison (i.u., Brussels) with the track “Poème Symphonique For Tape Metronome: Variation I”. All proceedings will go to the Black Lives Matter Foundation.
• (June 2, 2020). Published a new blog post on Network Music Performance During COVID-19 and Beyond: A Quick Review of Available Software.
• (May 5, 2020). External assessor, IMV PhD Midway Assessment for Qichao Lan, Department of Musicology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo.
• (March 31, 2020) Awarded with an EPSRC HDI Network Plus Grant - Art, Music, and Culture theme for the project MIRLCAuto: A Virtual Agent for Music Information Retrieval in Live Coding in collaboration with Iklectik, Leicester Hackspace, L'ull cec, Phonos and Music, Technology and Innovation - Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI^2). More to follow soon!

2019

• (December 17, 2019). Published a new blog post on Becoming a Woman Academic in Music and Audio Technology.
• (December 4, 2019). We won one of the WAC 2019 Best Papers Awards for the paper: "Facilitating Team-Based Programming Learning with Web Audio".
• (November 22, 2019). Talk at NOTAM: Research as Practice / Practice as Research: Real-time Algorithmic Music Experiences and Women in Music Technology. Oslo, Norway.
• (November 16, 2019). MCT4046 Sonification and Sound Design Seminar Series - Video Playlist Launched! Enjoy the lectures!
• (November 4, 2019). Sølvi Ystad: Perceptual Engineering as a Means to Interpret and Manipulate Human Perception. This is the 10th talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway.
• (October 22-31, 2019). Teaching of Human Computer Interaction 2nd Edition at the master Music Communication and Technology (NTNU/UiO). Slides are available here.
• (October 15-18, 2019). Teaching of the Physical Computing Workshop 2nd Edition at the master Music Communication and Technology (NTNU/UiO). Slides and code are available here.
• (October 14, 2019). Liz Dobson: Interaction, Agency and The Role of Talk in Music Technology Education (14.10.19). This is the 9th talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway.
• (September 23, 2019). Natasha Barrett: Composing Tangible Sounds in Space (23.9.19). This is the 8th talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway.
• (August 29, 2019). External MSc examiner, Torgrim Rudland Næss, Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo.
• (June 28, 2019). Viva Voce: Hilmar Thordarson's artistic PhD. Appraisal committee: Professor Rand Steiger (UC San Diego), Jos Zwaanenburg (Amsterdam University of the Arts), Associate Professor Anna Xambó Ph.D. (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, chair of the committee). Arkitekt Christies gate 2, campus Kalvskinnet. Trondheim, Norway.
• Xambó, A. (June 20-21, 2019). Workshop: “Creative Audio Programming for the Web“. Organized by M.A. Creative Technologies. Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam, Germany.
• Xambó, A. (June 20, 2019). Talk: Master in Music, Communication, and Technology (MCT): A master for technological humanists. Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam, Germany.
• (May 6, 2019). Sofia Dahl: Looking at Musical Movements (6.5.19). This is the 7th talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway.
• (April 8, 2019). Pamela Z: Works and Processes (8.4.19). This is the 6th talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway. This talk will be facilitated by Tone Åse.
• (April 4, 2019). Pamela Z: Voice and Instruments (4.4.19). This talk is organized by the Master's Music, Communication and Technology (UiO/NTNU) in collaboration with WoNoMute and facilitated by Tone Åse.
• (February 25, 2019). Angela Brennecke: What’s (in) your Story?. This is the 5th talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway.
• (January 31, 2019). Presentation of the Women Nordic Music Technology (WoNoMute) organization together with Karolina Jawad and Mari Lesteberg. Girls Geek Dinner Trondheim. Music Technology, NTNU.
• (February 4, 2019). Tami Gadir: The Music Technological Body. This is the 4th talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway.
• (January 21, 2019). Tone Åse: Voice, Electronics and Improvisation. This is the 3rd talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim & Oslo, Norway.
• (January 16, 2019). Musical networks of live coders. Workshop organized by Alo Allik & Anna Xambó. International Conference on Live Coding, Medialab Prado, Madrid, Spain.
• (January 1, 2019). Release of the album: Beacon [EP] (2019) by Anna Weisling and Anna Xambó. Barcelona: Carpal Tunnel.

2018

• (November 26, 2018). Alexandra Murray-Leslie: The Liberation of the Feet. This is the 2nd talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim, Norway.
• (November 21, 2018). Panel: Women in Music Technology around the World with Nela Brown (FLO), Magdalena Chudy (FLO), Liz Dobson (YSWN), Ada Mathea Hoel (WoNoMute), Léa Ikkache (WiMT), Tuna Pase (FLO), Franziska Schroeder (FLO), Ariane Stolfi, (Sonora) Sonia Wilkie (FLO) and Anna Xambó (WoNoMute, WiMT). Sonic Arts Research Center, Queen's University Belfast. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• (November 15, 2018). Panel: Future of the Music Industries with Joe Lyske (chair, MXX), Jesper Skibsby (panelist, WARM), Nick Breen (panelist, Reed Smith) and Anna Xambó (panelist, Associate Professor Music Technology at NTNU). Resonate Music Conference 2018. Barras Art and Design (BAAD), Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
• (October 30, 2018). Miranda Moen: Diversity, Ableism and Technology in Music. This is the first talk of our WoNoMute monthly seminar series. Trondheim, Norway.
• (October 26, 2018). Panel Session 3: Equality, Diversity, Gender with Thomas Hilder (chair), Jill Diana Halstead Hjørnevik (panelist), Sunniva Skjøstad Hovde (panelist), Vivian Anette Lagesen (panelist), and Anna Xambó (panelist). Knowing Music - Musical Knowing Cross disciplinary dialogue on epistemologies. International Music Research School 2018, NTNU. Dokkhuset, Trondheim, Norway.
• Xambó, A. (September 28, 2018). “Challenges and Opportunities of Collaborative Music Live Coding: A Practitioner's Approach". Lightning Talk. The Raw and The Cooked, Inter/sections 2018. Café 1001. London, UK
• Xambó, A. (July 12-13, 2018) “Creative Audio Programming". Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Potsdam, Germany. Organized by MA Creative Technologies.
• (July 4, 2018) The Disturbing Discussion about Innovation with Nicolas d'Alessandro (panelist), Tom Mitchell (panelist), Anna Xambó (panelist), and Matthias Strobel (moderator). Wallifornia MusicTech Hackathon. Liège, Belgium.
• Xambó, A. (May 15, 2018) "H2RI", new album released by pan y rosas (Chicago, IL, USA).
• Allik, A. and Xambó, A. (April 7-8, 2018) "Music Hackspace presents Collaborative Network Music (workshop) led by Alo Allik and Anna Xambó". Rewire 2018. The Hague, The Netherlands.

2017

• Xambó, A. (October 14, 2017). "Huddersfield Girl Geeks: Audiovisual creative coding with P5.js". Free entrance. Kirklees Libraries. Huddersfield, UK. Sponsored by Google.