Dimitris Papageorgiou is a Lecturer at the School of Arts and Creative Industries , Edinburgh Napier University . He is affiliated with the Applied Music Research Centre and Centre for Creative Practice Research , focusing on music, improvisation, and AI-driven creative technologies. Research Areas: Music, Interaction Design, AI and Technologies Themes: AI and Technologies, Culture and Communities His research explores the intersection of musical improvisation , comprovisation , and dynamic performance systems using MAX programming. Current projects include Improvisation Technologies and Creative Machines (AHRC-funded) and supervision of PhD/MRes students like Tom Bancroft and Harry Docherty. Scientific awards include: Edinburgh Teaching Award – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) He collaborates with peers such as Prof Haftor Medboe and Dr Zack Moir, advising on creative practice, electronic saxophone performance, and site-specific compositions. His work integrates adaptive digital signal processing and generative algorithms to enhance performer-instrument interactions.
Pierre Michaud is an Associate Professor of Mixed Composition at the Faculty of Music of the University of Montreal, where he has been teaching since 2012. He serves as co-director of the Laboratory for Technology Integration in Music (LITEM) and is an active member of the Artistic Committee of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, the Canadian Music Centre, and the Canadian League of Composers. His professional activities are supported by major research agencies including the Quebec Research Funds (FQRSC), Canada Council for the Arts, and Quebec Arts Council. Michaud's research focuses on comprovisation, composer-performer collaboration, interdisciplinarity, interactive spaces, and new forms of musical representation. His work bridges traditional composition with electronic and digital technologies, exploring the relationship between acoustic instruments and electronic media. He has developed innovative approaches to mixed composition that incorporate algorithmic processes, interactive systems, and cross-cultural musical elements, particularly from Balinese gamelan traditions. His compositional output shows a clear trajectory toward increasingly sophisticated integration of technology with traditional musical forms, with recent works exploring non-linear narrative structures, hauntological concepts, and the relationship between Cuban popular music and electronic elements. The interdisciplinary nature of his work is reflected in collaborations across artistic disciplines and technological domains. Finalist, CBC Radio Young Composers Competition (2001) Opus Prize from Quebec Music Council for 'Le rêve de Grégoire' (2014) Michaud has supervised numerous graduate students through master's and doctoral programs, with thesis topics spanning mixed composition techniques, interactive music systems, cross-cultural musical integration, and theoretical approaches to contemporary composition. His research projects include the interdisciplinary Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique (OICRM) and initiatives focused on mixed composition pedagogy and technological sustainability in mixed music creation. He leads the Laboratory for Technology Integration in Music (LITEM), which serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research and creation at the intersection of music, technology, and other artistic disciplines.
Hubert Gendron-Blais is a researcher affiliated with Concordia University's Centre for Sensory Studies and holds a PhD in Humanities (Research-Creation) from Concordia, alongside a postdoctoral fellowship in Philosophy at McGill University. His interdisciplinary work bridges philosophy, sound/music, and politics, focusing on affect, community dynamics, and ecology. Notable projects include Réverbérations d'une crise , a sonic investigation into Montreal's housing crisis supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, and Résonances manifestes , an audio-visual project exploring protest sounds. His research has been published in Organised Sound , Journal of Sonic Studies , and ephemera . Education: PhD in Humanities (Research-Creation), Concordia University; Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, McGill University Key Projects: Curated Réverbérations d'une crise , founded Devenir-ensemble (a comprovisational ensemble), and collaborated with experimental band ce qui nous traverse His creative outputs include albums like Le sacre de Sainte-Barbe and contributions to the Montreal Balcony Drone initiative, reflecting his exploration of sound as a political and ecological medium. Grants include support from the Canada Council for the Arts and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ).
