HCI + Sound & Music Computing
Technology • Design • Experience
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A Random Blog Post 2006-2022
Latest Blog Posts
- New Reflecting on 2023
- Teaching Audio Electronics using Hybrid Technologies
- We Are Hiring! Postdoc in Sound and Music Computing
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Latest Publications
- New Zheng, S., Xambó, A., Bryan-Kinns, N. (2024) “A Mapping Strategy for Interacting with Latent Audio Synthesis Using Artistic Materials”. 2nd international workshop on eXplainable AI for the Arts (XAIxArts) at the ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference.
- Forthcoming Zheng, S., Del Sette, B.M., Saitis, C., Xambó, A., Bryan-Kinns, N. (Accepted) "Building Sketch-to-Sound Mapping with Unsupervised Feature Extraction and Interactive Machine Learning". In Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 24). Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Jawad, K., Xambó, A. (2024) “Feminist HCI and narratives of design semantics in DIY music hardware”. Frontiers in Communication. 8:1345124 (Open Access).
Latest Performances
- (November 30, 2023) Live coding session at I2MT Inaugural Concert. Featuring music works by Juan Martinez Avila, Steve Benford, Craig Vear, John Richards (AKA Dirty Electronics) and special guest Anna Xambó. University of Nottingham, UK.
- (June 14, 2023) Xambó, A. "Ceci n'est pas une usine". +RAIN Film Fest, Universitat Pompeu Fabra/Sonar+D, Barcelona, Spain.
- (November 27, 2022) Xambó, A. A live coding session using MIRLCa at "Peforming Critical AI I: feedback, noise, corpus, code". MusAI conference, Cafe OTO, London, UK. [Video]
Latest Other Activities
- New (3 September 2024) Tutorial #1 – Design strategies and techniques to better support collaborative, egalitarian and sustainable musical interfaces. DAFx 24. University of Surrey. Guildford, UK.
- Forthcoming (Open call) Embodied Perspectives on Sound and Music AI. Call for submissions: Manuscript Summary Submission Deadline 30 July 2024. Manuscript Submission Deadline 17 November 2024. Topic editors: Çağrı Erdem (University of Oslo), Carsten Griwodz (University of Oslo), Stefania Serafin (Aalborg University), Anna Xambó (QMUL).
- (June 20, 2024). Your Sonic Forest - Hear Nature Speak through Sound Installations in Alice Holt Forest. You can find more info and register for the free event on the following Eventbrite link.
Interviews / On the Press
- New (June 7, 2024) Unpopular opinion: AI won’t kill the music industry. Article by Günseli Yalcinkaya. DAZED.
- (August/September, 2023) Testimonial of how I am coping with and using AI in my musical practice, published in the article AI and the Future of Human Made Music. Introduction and Interviews by Jonas Vognsen. Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine.
- (May, 2023) Testimonial from my participation in the panel "Music creation" at the event "Challenges and Opportunities in Music Tech - Open Debate", Universitat Pompeu Fabra, published in the article How will AI coexist with human music? The future is now. Article by Karma Peiró. Challenges and Opportunities in Music Tech. Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.