HCI + Sound & Music Computing
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Latest Blog Posts
- New Reflecting on 2025
- PhD Opportunity (QMUL S&E Underrepresented Group Studentships) - Collaborative Motion‑Based Hybrid Live Coding
- Open Call PhD Position Funded by China Scholarship Council
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Latest Publications
- New Zheng, S., Yoshida, K., García-Peguinho, N., Jiatong, L., Hearn, D., Xambó, A., Bryan-Kinns, N. (2026) Latent Terrain: Adapting Neural Audio Autoencoders as Design Materials in NIME. In Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression.
- New Bullock, N., Saitis, C., Xambó, A. (2026) Algorithmic Drum Machine with Light Dependent Timbre Control. In Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression.
- New Chiurazzi, R., Xambó, A., Saitis, C. (2026) Performing Sequences: Interaction and Instrumentality in the Design of a Performable Sequencing System. In Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression.
Latest Performances
- Forthcoming (July 3, 2026) Xambó, A. Sentint la Serra de la Llaberia. BotCamp. Festival Eufònic, Tivissa, Spain.
- Forthcoming (June 24, 2026) Xambó, A. Sensing the Alice Holt Forest. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (2026). Rich Mix, London, UK.
- (November, 2025) Xambó, A. Sensing the Alice Holt Forest. Web Audio Conference 2025 (2025). Ircam/Mozilla, Paris, France.
Latest Other Activities
- Forthcoming (June 29, 2026). Invited talk "Creative Music AI" at Intelligences from the Underground Symposium. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland.
- Forthcoming (June 17-19, 2026). Mentor together with Ben Cantil (DataMind Audio) of AI Performance Playground 2026 (Sónar+D Hacklab), Sónar+D. Barcelona, Spain.
- Forthcoming (June 18, 2026). Invited talk "Sampling, live coding, and AI: Improvising with sound-based data" at Sónar+D. Barcelona, Spain.
- (May 20, 2026). Invited talk "Making Noise, Making Change: A Feminist Portfolio in Sonic Computing" at PGR Seminar CCI. Creative Computing Institute, University of the Arts London. London, UK.
Interviews / On the Press
- New (June 5, 2026) L'impacte de Freesound en 20 anys: Anna Xambó (in Catalan) Oficina de Comunicació, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- New (December 17, 2025) Hear Nature Speak through Sound Installations, with Peter Batchelor and Chris Meigh-Andrews - at Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire (Episode 2) produced by Shuoyang Zheng. AHRC Sensing the Forest.
- (October 28, 2025) Empowering women in tech at Queen Mary: the story behind WHEN. In conversation with Katja Ivanova and Anna Xambó Sedó. Interview by Aurélie Leroy. News & Events, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London. [Video]