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Pasquale BottalicoView profile

Associate Professor

• Vocal Load
• Professional Voice Techniques
• Singer Techniques
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Pasquale Bottalico serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois, with dual appointments as Associate Professor at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Affiliate Faculty in the School of Music. His unique interdisciplinary profile bridges engineering, music performance, and speech science, reflecting his dual academic training and professional artistry. His educational foundation includes: Bachelor's in Telecommunications Engineering from Univeristà Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy Concurrent Opera Singing degree from F. Cilea Music Academy, Reggio Calabria Master's in Telecommunications Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy Ph.D. in Metrology specializing in acoustics measurement uncertainty and classroom acoustics Dr. Bottalico's research centers on vocal load quantification and professional voice techniques , with significant contributions to understanding vocal fatigue in teachers and singers. His work spans Speech Intelligibility in educational environments, Room Acoustics for performance and learning spaces, and Musical Acoustics of historical vocal styles. A distinctive thread throughout his research examines how acoustic conditions modulate voice production and perception, increasingly incorporating virtual reality and bone conduction technologies for innovative assessment and intervention approaches. His Colombian vocal health study demonstrates cross-cultural applications of his work. Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals three dominant research trajectories: (1) The impact of noise and dysphonia on children's speech processing in educational settings, using multimodal assessment including EEG; (2) Virtual reality applications for voice production research and therapeutic intervention; (3) Cross-cultural validation of vocal fatigue metrics and development of biofeedback systems. His work consistently bridges engineering precision with clinical applicability, particularly for professional voice users in challenging acoustic environments. No scientific awards were documented in the available information. While specific advising relationships aren't detailed, his research collaborations span international institutions including Colombian and Italian universities, suggesting graduate mentorship in interdisciplinary projects. No grant information was provided, though his systematic reviews and cross-cultural studies imply externally funded research activities. Though no dedicated laboratory is specified, his virtual reality voice studies and acoustic parameter assessments suggest affiliations with audio engineering facilities and voice clinics, likely through the Speech and Hearing Science department's research infrastructure.

• Speech Processing
• Language Assessment
• Natural Language Processing
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Mark Gales is Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and an Official Fellow at Emmanuel College. He is currently on sabbatical leave for the 2024/25 academic year. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a consultant at Roke Manor Research Ltd, developing radar systems, before transitioning to speech and language processing. PhD in 'Model-Based Techniques for Robust Speech Recognition' (University of Cambridge, 1995) BA in Electrical and Information Sciences (University of Cambridge, 1988) His research focuses on speech and language processing , particularly in automated language assessment and low-resource speech technology . He leads the Automated Language Teaching and Assessment (ALTA) Institute , which collaborates with Cambridge University Press & Assessment (CUP&A) to develop commercial tools like Linguaskill and Speak & Improve . These platforms provide automated spoken/written assessment for millions of users globally. Recent publications highlight his work in LLM-driven speech processing , including adversarial attacks on foundation models, end-to-end spoken error correction, and uncertainty estimation frameworks. His team's research spans multilingual capabilities, with deployments in languages ranging from Dholuo to Tok Pisin . Awards : IEEE Fellow, ISCA Fellow Leadership : Fellows' Steward at Emmanuel College Mark has contributed extensively to Hidden Markov Model (HMM) applications in speech recognition, which underpinned early automatic speech systems. His work now bridges LLM-based language assessment with cross-lingual transfer learning and robustness testing for real-world deployments.

Anantha ChandrakasanView profile

Professor

• Energy-Efficient Circuits
• Integrated Systems
• AI Hardware Security
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Anantha Chandrakasan is the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, serving as Dean of the MIT School of Engineering and Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer. His research focuses on energy-efficient integrated circuits, medical devices, and AI hardware security. He leads the MIT Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems Group, developing systems for biomedical applications, wireless communication, and quantum computing. He holds appointments at MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories and has contributed to collaborations like the MIT-Takeda Program in AI-driven healthcare and a partnership with GlobalFoundries for energy-efficient AI chips. His work spans implantable drug delivery systems, conformable ultrasound patches, and secure edge computing architectures. Chandrakasan's innovations include ultra-low-power circuits for IoT devices, cryptographic processors for post-quantum security, and AI accelerators for edge applications. He emphasizes interdisciplinary research bridging electrical engineering with biomedical and quantum fields, supported by leadership roles in MIT's strategic initiatives. His contributions to energy-efficient computing have led to advancements in wearable health monitors, batteryless sensors, and secure communication protocols for medical devices. Ongoing projects include THz integrated systems and AI-enhanced analog circuit design optimization.

Gerd BruderView profile

Associate Professor

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Virtual Reality
• Augmented Reality
• +7 more

Gerd Bruder is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida , affiliated with the Department of Computer Science . He previously held positions as a Research Associate Professor at UCF's Institute for Simulation and Training (2016-2022), Post-Doc at University of Hamburg (2014-2016), and Post-Doc at University of Würzburg (2011-2014). Habilitation : Computer Science, University of Hamburg (2017) Ph.D. : Computer Science, University of Münster (2011) M.Sc. : Computer Science (minor in Mathematics), University of Münster (2009) Research Interests : Gerd Bruder's work focuses on Extended Reality (XR) systems, spanning Virtual Reality (VR) , Augmented Reality (AR) , and Mixed Reality (MR) . Key areas include human factors , digital twins , 3D user interfaces , and perceptual modeling , with applications in healthcare, military operations, architecture, and smart environments. Recent Publications highlight innovations in XR locomotion , trust calibration with autonomous agents, spatial cognition , and haptic-visual integration . His 2025 articles address task-switching efficiency in XR and collaborative mixed reality design. Scientific Awards : Best Paper at ACM VRST 2023 2021 TechConnect Innovation Award Best Demo at ACM SUI 2021 Multiple Best Paper Awards (2016-2023) Best Poster & Demo Awards (2015-2020) Patents include systems for medical simulation , smart environment interruption management , and adaptive AR interfaces . His work bridges academic research and practical applications across VR, AR, and MR domains.

• Japanese Culture
• Media Studies
• Cultural Anthropology
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Ian Condry is a Professor of Japanese Culture and Media Studies at MIT, affiliated with the Department of Anthropology. He holds a BA in Government from Harvard (1987) and a PhD in Anthropology from Yale (1999). His research focuses on Japanese popular culture, media globalization, and creative industries. He is best known for his seminal work on hip-hop in Japan and anime production, emphasizing collaborative creativity and cultural hybridity. Condry leads the MIT Spatial Sound Lab, exploring immersive audio technologies, and co-founded the music discovery platform Hearby.com. He hosts the 'Near and Far' Japanese hip-hop radio show on WMBR 88.1FM since 2018 and releases music as Leftroman. Condry’s academic roles include former Head of Global Studies and Languages at MIT and Executive Committee member of the Technology Broadcasting Corporation. His work bridges academic research with creative practice, including organizing the Dissolve Music conference and curating multimedia projects. He has pioneered open-access publishing, making his books available under Creative Commons licenses. His research spans media anthropology, youth culture, and digital media’s societal impact. Key projects include the MIT/Harvard 'Cool Japan' research initiative and studies on post-3/11 cultural recovery. Condry’s interdisciplinary approach integrates ethnographic methods with technological innovation, addressing themes of global cultural flows and participatory media production.

Marco PedersoliView profile

Assistant Professor

• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
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Marco Pedersoli serves as an Assistant Professor at École de technologie supérieure (ETS) in Montreal since February 2017, where he leads research in computer vision and machine learning. His work focuses on reducing computational costs and annotation requirements for deploying vision algorithms on embedded devices, positioning ETS at the forefront of Montreal's AI ecosystem. His academic journey includes: Ph.D. from Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) under Jordi Gonzàlez and Juan José Villanueva Post-doctoral research at INRIA Grenoble with Cordelia Schmid and Jakob Verbeek (2015-2016) Research at KU Leuven with Tinne Tuytelaars (2012-2015) Dr. Pedersoli's research tackles deep learning bottlenecks through weakly-supervised methodologies and computational efficiency innovations . His three core projects address: Reduced Supervision : Developing weakly/semi-supervised learning for images, video, audio and text Exploration Learning : Optimizing data selection in unstructured environments Efficient Computation : Accelerating deep learning training and inference These efforts enable vision algorithms to run on resource-constrained portable devices. Publication trends (2014-2022) reveal consistent focus on weak supervision (60% of works) and computational efficiency (30%), with recent expansion into medical imaging and multimodal emotion recognition. Key venues include CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS and ECCV. His accolades include: Best Paper Award at ICIAR 2019 NVIDIA Titan X Pascal hardware donation Dr. Pedersoli actively mentors 18 graduate students across PhD and MSc programs, with notable placements at Huawei and Radio Canada. His lab secures competitive tax-free funding for projects with international collaborations, including Element AI and European institutions. Current openings emphasize Python/C++ proficiency and deep learning expertise. He leads a dynamic research group at ETS developing open-source tools for Roi-Pooling, weakly-supervised detection, and 3D object recognition, maintaining active GitHub repositories with community contributions. Recent WACV 2023 acceptances demonstrate ongoing productivity following medical leave.

• Digital Media Art
• Electronic Music
• Hip-Hop
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Paul D. Miller, known professionally as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is a Professor of Music and Mediated Art at The European Graduate School (EGS). Based in New York City, he is an experimental electronic and hip-hop musician, conceptual artist, and writer whose work spans music production, film, multimedia installations, and critical theory. He has released over a dozen albums pioneering 'illbient' and trip hop genres, authored influential books including Rhythm Science and Sound Unbound , and exhibited internationally at venues like the Venice Biennale and Andy Warhol Museum. Education: Bowdoin College: Studied philosophy and French literature; thesis on Richard Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk as precursor to new media. Research Interests: Miller's work centers on remix culture as a postmodern methodology, exploring intersections of sound, image, and technology. His theoretical framework positions the DJ as a 'post-subjective auteur' who creates meaning through layered connections across time, culture, and media. Key projects include Rebirth of a Nation (reworking D.W. Griffith's film to address racial history) and Terra Nova (Antarctica sound recordings addressing climate change), demonstrating his focus on historical reinterpretation and environmental crisis through digital media. Publications: His 14 scholarly articles (2001-2009) analyze remix as cultural practice across domains from album art history ( The Inner Sleeve ) to Baudrillard's philosophy ( Baudrillard: A Remembrance ). The corpus reveals consistent investigation into how sampling, digital layering, and media archaeology reshape narrative, memory, and cultural identity in the information age. Awards: No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in the source text. Advising and Grants: The source text provides no information regarding students supervised, academic advising, or research grants administered by Miller. Labs and Teams: Miller operates through project-based collaborations rather than fixed labs, forming temporary collectives with institutions like the American Museum of Natural History (for Terra Nova ) and artists including Yoko Ono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and choreographer Francesca Harper. His 'Unfinished Stories' project with Pulitzer-winning critic Margo Jefferson exemplifies his interdisciplinary approach bridging dance, music, and social commentary.

Damani J. PartridgeView profile

Professor

• Citizenship and noncitizen politics
• Exclusionary incorporation
• Sovereignty
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Damani J. Partridge is a Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. His academic work bridges multiple disciplines with a focus on transnational Black studies, citizenship politics, and urban futures. His research interests include citizenship and noncitizen politics, exclusionary incorporation, sovereignty, participation, governance, care, urban futurity, Germany, Detroit, migration, dispossession, Blackness and universality, post-humanism, decoloniality, sexualities and body politics, intersectional, Indigenous, Black, and POC feminisms, corporate formations, supply-chain capitalism, Holocaust memory and memorialization, and film and media production. His scholarship demonstrates how these seemingly disparate topics intersect in the contemporary political landscape. Partridge's publications reveal a consistent focus on how marginalized communities navigate and challenge systems of power. His work examines the ways Blackness operates as a universal claim in contexts like Berlin, how hostility functions as a technique for producing White space in Black cities like Detroit, and the complex relationship between Holocaust memory and contemporary racial politics. His research methodology often incorporates collaborative filmmaking as both a research tool and an intervention. Partridge directs the Filming Future Cities Project in Detroit and Berlin (filmingfuturecities.org), which combines academic research with audio-visual production. His scholarly output includes two major monographs: Hypersexuality and Headscarves: Race, Sex, and Citizenship in the New Germany (2012) and Blackness as a Universal Claim: Holocaust Heritage, Noncitizen Politics, and Black Power in Berlin (2023), along with numerous journal articles in leading anthropology publications. As an educator, Partridge teaches courses including First Year Social Science Seminar (AAS 103), DAAS In Action (AAS 498), First Year Seminar in Anthropology (ANTHRCUL 158), and Topics in Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology (ANTHRCUL 458). His teaching reflects his interdisciplinary approach, connecting anthropological theory with contemporary social issues.

Alexandra BELIBOUView profile

Lecturer

• Music Education
• Music Therapy
• Music Technology
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Alexandra BELIBOU is a PhD Lecturer at the Department of Music Performance and Pedagogy, Faculty of Music, Transilvania University of Brașov. Her work bridges musicology with modern interdisciplinary approaches, focusing on music education technology, therapeutic applications, and 20th-century compositional analysis. She holds a prominent position in advancing digital pedagogy through software integration. Research Interests: Music therapy methodologies emphasizing pluralistic approaches in clinical settings AI applications in music composition and education Analysis of 20th-century composers like Schoenberg, Reich, and Pärt Cultural studies of folk music traditions (e.g., Irish dance music, Romanian psalmic liturgy) Publications Trends: Recent work explores pandemic-era musician well-being, AI-assisted composition tools, and the intersection of music with medicine/physics. Earlier research delves deeply into psalmic text settings across centuries, minimalist techniques, and numerical symbolism in atonal music. Her teaching and research emphasize bridging traditional musicology with emerging technologies, as seen in proposals for software-based creativity workshops and interdisciplinary curricula.

Courtney N. ReedView profile

Lecturer

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Music Technology
• Digital Instrument Design
• +5 more

Courtney N. Reed is a Lecturer in Digital Technologies at Loughborough University London, where she joined in November 2023. She maintains a dual role as a visiting research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics. Her academic journey includes a BMus in Electronic Production and Design from Berklee College of Music (2016), followed by an MSc (2018) and PhD (2023) in Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London. Prior to her current position, she completed postdoctoral research at both the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and King's College London. Bachelor of Music: Electronic Production and Design, Berklee College of Music (2016) Master of Science: Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London (2018) Doctor of Philosophy: Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London (2023) Dr. Reed's research explores the entangled relationships between humans, bodies, instruments, and technology in music interaction, with particular focus on vocal electromyography (VoxEMG) and the vocalist-voice relationship. Her work incorporates feminist and post-human theories to examine sociopolitical contexts within arts technology, aiming to design for creativity while acknowledging individual, messy bodies in artistic practice. She has developed an open-source platform for vocal electromyography to investigate how biosignal feedback changes understanding and perception of the body in vocal performance. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges music technology, human-computer interaction, and embodied interaction studies. Analysis of Dr. Reed's recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a strong thematic focus on embodied interaction in music technology, with particular emphasis on vocal performance, biosignal feedback, and the philosophical underpinnings of digital instrument design. Her work consistently integrates theoretical frameworks like Karen Barad's agential realism with practical applications in digital musical instruments. Key trends include the exploration of ambiguity in data representation, the sociocultural dimensions of timbre in instrument design, and the development of novel methodologies for understanding embodied musical experiences through micro-phenomenology and ethnographic approaches. ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award (2024) for her thesis 'Imagining & Sensing: Understanding and Extending the Vocalist-Voice Relationship Through Biosignal Feedback' Best Newcomer Award at Loughborough University London's Community Awards Celebration (2024) Dr. Reed actively contributes to the academic community through conference organization and leadership roles. She serves as Member-at-Large on the NIME Board, previously chaired papers for NIME 2024, and co-organized the IBM SkillsBuild Sprint at Loughborough London. She has also chaired sessions at the ACM TEI Conference and co-chaired the Student Design Competition. Her collaborative work spans multiple institutions and includes significant contributions to interdisciplinary projects that bridge music, technology, and human experience. She has been instrumental in developing the senSInt research group and the RaveNET wearable network project. Dr. Reed leads the senSInt research group which focuses on sensorimotor interaction in music and performance contexts. The group develops innovative technologies including the VoxEMG platform for vocal electromyography, the Bones anti-corset for vocal performance, and the RaveNET network of wearable biosensing nodes. These projects explore the intersection of biosignals, embodied interaction, and musical expression, creating novel frameworks for understanding how technology mediates human creativity and performance. The group frequently collaborates with musicians, technologists, and theorists to develop and test these systems in real-world performance contexts.

Nicola JürgensenView profile

Professor

• Clarinet Performance
• Chamber Music
• Orchestral Performance
• +5 more

Prof. Nicola Jürgensen is a distinguished German clarinetist and Professor of Clarinet at Faculty 1 of Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. She also serves as Dean of Faculty 1 and is a Confidential Lecturer for the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Her career seamlessly integrates performance, education, and artistic leadership. She is the Artistic Director of WDR 3 Campus Concerts and a board member of the Folkwang University Foundation. Professor of Clarinet, Folkwang University of the Arts (2018–present) Dean, Faculty 1 Artistic Director, WDR 3 Campus Concerts Board of Directors, Folkwang University Foundation Principal Clarinet (former), WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (2001–2018) Regular coach, German National Youth Orchestra (2020–present) Nicola Jürgensen's research and artistic interests center on clarinet performance, chamber music, and contemporary repertoire. She is deeply committed to historical performance practice, evidenced by her recordings on basset clarinet, and to expanding the global reach of classical music through international masterclasses and festivals. Her work bridges traditional European repertoire and modern experimental works, including performances in avant-garde operatic productions. She has collaborated with leading orchestras and ensembles worldwide, from Berlin and Leipzig to New York, Bangkok, and Auckland. Her recent artistic output reveals a strong focus on rediscovered works (e.g., Wilms' concerto), contemporary compositions (e.g., Kancheli, Zwilich), and cross-cultural collaborations (e.g., German Masters Music Festival in Thailand). She emphasizes pedagogical innovation and performance excellence, mentoring students who now hold principal roles in Germany’s top orchestras. Her recordings and performances consistently highlight expressive depth, technical mastery, and scholarly engagement with historical instruments and arrangements. Scientific and Artistic Awards: Mozart Prize, Wiesbaden Mozart Society German Music Competition Soloists' Prize (1999) Germany Radio Promotion Prize (2002) Nicola Jürgensen has been instrumental in guiding numerous students into prestigious orchestral positions and leads the ensemble 'Folkwang Clarinets' with her students. She holds multiple leadership roles in academic and artistic institutions and continues to perform as a guest principal clarinetist with major orchestras like the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. Her involvement in grants and funding appears indirect through institutional roles and festival organization. She is actively involved with several artistic initiatives, including the 'Spannungen' festival, WDR 3 Campus Concerts, and international masterclass programs. Her ensemble collaborations and educational outreach reflect a sustained commitment to excellence, innovation, and accessibility in classical music.

Sophie SeitaView profile

Lecturer

• Lecture-performances
• Poetic essays
• Video essays
• +18 more

Sophie Seita is a London-based artist, researcher, and Lecturer in Fine Art & History of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also serves as Director of Critical Studies for the BA Fine Art Extension Degree and Deputy Director of Research for the Department of Art. Her interdisciplinary practice spans performance, video, sound, textiles, books, and installations, with language as a central material. Previously, she was a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Boston University (2019-2022) and a Junior Research Fellow at Queens' College, University of Cambridge (2016-2019). Seita's research interests encompass lecture-performances, poetic essays, video essays, practice-based research, queer studies, trans studies, affect theory, disability studies, deaf studies, creative access, experimental captions and audio descriptions, speculative approaches to archives, fictional collectives, concepts of play, difficulty, opacity, absurdity, ornamentation, deep listening, histories of avant-garde group formation, translation studies, multilingualism, queer ecology, decolonial ecology, and experimental pedagogy. Her creative curiosities include opacity, playfulness, difficulty, artifice, queer abstraction, minor genres, ornamentation, materiality beyond objects, the materiality of language, listening beyond hearing, ambiguity, non-linear narratives, and provisional ideas. Her recent publications demonstrate strong trends in examining the intersections of performance, language, and experimental publishing, particularly focusing on lecture-performances as critical knowledge production, the materiality of language, and speculative approaches to archives. Her work consistently engages with queer and feminist perspectives on avant-garde practices while exploring experimental forms of documentation and presentation. Werner Düttmann Fellowship at Akademie der Künste Berlin (2024) Vice-Chancellor's Public Engagement Award (University of Cambridge) Eccles Centre Fellowship (British Library) PEN/Heim Translation Award Wonder Book Prize Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence Seita supervises and examines PhD projects at Goldsmiths and has secured numerous research grants, including funding from the British Academy, Arts Council England, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Early Career Research Fund Award from Goldsmiths. She is co-founder of The Hildegard von Bingen Society for Gardening Companions, an ongoing queer collaborative project with musician Naomi Woo that explores speculative archives and queer ecology through sound, performance, and publications. Her artistic practice often involves collaborative work across disciplines, particularly with The Hildegard von Bingen Society for Gardening Companions, which creates experimental pedagogical frameworks and community-based environmental projects.

Liang GeView profile

Lecturer

• Digital Media
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• East Asian Popular Culture
• +5 more

Dr. Liang Ge is a Lecturer at King's College London teaching across the Digital Humanities Department and Culture, Media and Creative Industries Department. Holding a PhD from King's College London's Culture, Media and Creative Industries Department, they specialize in the intersection of digital media, gender/sexuality studies, and East/Southeast Asian popular cultures. BLit in Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University MSc in Sociology (with distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science PhD in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London Their research explores digital intimacy, queer fandoms, and cultural production in Chinese digital spaces, with particular focus on danmei (male-male romance) literature and its socio-political implications. They examine how state power, platform capitalism, and fan communities interact within China's digital landscape, analyzing affective labor, censorship mechanisms, and identity formation through frameworks of ambivalence and queer theory. Liang Ge's scholarly contributions appear in leading journals including Media, Culture & Society , European Journal of Cultural Studies , and Asian Studies Review , with research trends revealing sustained engagement with digital intimacy commodification, state-fandom power dynamics, and postcolonial queer methodologies across East Asian contexts. Great Britain-China Educational Trust Award (2023) Kelly Quinn Scholarship, Association for Internet Researchers (2024) MeCCSA Journal Article of the Year Award (Shortlisted, 2024) Sino-British Fellowship (2021) As an active scholar, they serve on the Society for Cinema and Media Studies committee (2023-2025) and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals through research on gender equality and inclusive cultural participation. Their work bridges academic analysis with contemporary digital culture debates, particularly regarding LGBTQ+ representation in Sinophone contexts.

Marc A PerlmanView profile

Associate Professor

• Ethnomusicology
• Indonesian Music
• Javanese Gamelan
• +10 more

Marc A Perlman is an Associate Professor of Music at Brown University specializing in ethnomusicology with deep expertise in Indonesian gamelan traditions. Before joining Brown, he held positions at Cornell University as a Fellow of the Society for the Humanities and taught at Tufts University and in Indonesia where he founded the Journal of the Indonesian Musicological Society. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Music and is a past president of the Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Perlman's academic training includes: PhD in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University (1994) MA in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University (1978) BA from Hampshire College (1974) His research spans ethnomusicology, music psychology, and music theory with primary focus on Indonesian music—particularly Javanese gamelan—but extends to Burmese, Irish, and Indian traditions. His interdisciplinary methodology integrates anthropology, cognitive psychology, post-colonial studies, and science and technology studies to examine topics including musical cognition, intellectual property law, historical performance practices, and the cultural impact of music technology. This broad approach reveals consistent interest in how musical structures encode social meaning across diverse cultural contexts. Perlman's publication history demonstrates sustained engagement with Southeast Asian music while progressively incorporating cognitive and technological perspectives. His early work focused on Javanese theory and performance practice, evolving toward cross-cultural comparisons (e.g., French Baroque vs. Melanesian music) and experimental psychology studies. Later publications examine audiophilia epistemology and music technology's societal impact, reflecting his unique synthesis of ethnomusicological fieldwork with cognitive science and STS frameworks. His scholarly contributions have been recognized with major awards including: Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP Lewis Lockwood Award from American Musicological Society Wallace Berry Award from Society for Music Theory Alan Merriam Prize from Society for Ethnomusicology Benda Prize Finalist from Association for Asian Studies Perlman has secured substantial research funding from prestigious institutions including Fulbright-Hays, National Humanities Center, and Stanford Humanities Center. His grant portfolio demonstrates consistent external validation of his interdisciplinary approach: Brown University Salomon Research Award (2000) Brown University Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship (2004) Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Grant (1983) Southeast Asia Council Isolated Scholar Award (1993) Asian Cultural Council grant (1995) American Philosophical Society grant (2001) National Humanities Center Fellowship (2001) University of Texas Harrington Faculty Fellowship (2001) Stanford Humanities Center Fellowship (2001)

• Computer Vision
• 4D Vision
• Machine Learning
• +9 more

Professor Adrian Hilton is a distinguished faculty member at the University of Surrey, serving as Director of the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) and Director of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI. He is affiliated with the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering and leads the Visual Media Research Lab (V-Lab). His research focuses on pioneering next-generation 4D computer vision technologies that enable machines to understand and model dynamic real-world scenes. Key areas include 3D/4D shape capture, computer vision, machine learning, graphics, and animation for applications in sports analysis, film/TV production, virtual reality, and medical imaging. His work bridges the gap between real and computer-generated imagery, with notable contributions in volumetric capture, motion capture, and free-viewpoint video. Hilton's recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward multimodal integration, particularly combining audio and visual processing for spatial audio applications, while advancing 4D reconstruction techniques for human performance capture. His work increasingly incorporates transformer architectures and neural rendering techniques for improved illumination estimation, shadow modeling, and multi-view consistency. Scientific Awards and Recognition Two EU IST Innovation Prizes Manufacturing Industry Achievement Award Royal Society Industry Fellowship (2008-2011) Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 4D Vision (2013-2018) Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (FIAPR) Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) Hilton actively mentors PhD and post-doctoral researchers through his leadership of CVSSP, which has a grant portfolio exceeding £31M and comprises 170 researchers. He has successfully commercialized several technologies, including systems used by the BBC for sports commentary visualization. His research collaborations span major industry partners including BBC, BT, Sony, Framestore, and The Foundry. He co-founded the G3 Games forum and the CVMP Conference on Visual Media Production, demonstrating strong engagement with the creative industries. Current research projects include the S3A Programme Grant in Future Spatial Audio and InnovateUK's ALIVE project for 360 video reconstruction.