Current PhD Students
14. Natalia Cotic (KCL BMEIS, London, UK)
Expected completion 2026
→ Finalist, London Hopper Spotlight Competition (2024)
15. Wentao Hao (KCL Engineering, London, UK)
Expected completion 2027
Graduated PhD Students
1. Arpi Mardirossian (USC Viterbi School of Engineering, ISE, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Investigations in Music Similarity: Analysis, Organization, and Visualization Using Tonal Features (2007)
→ Consultant in product and experience design
2. Jie Liu (USC Viterbi School of Engineering, ISE, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
User-Centered Design and Computing in ESP: a Driving Interface for Musical Expression Synthesis (2007)
→ Senior Manager, Data Science, Snap Inc., ex-Facebook
3. Erdem Ünal (USC Viterbi School of Engineering, EE, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Music Retrieval Systems: Robust Performance Under the Effect of Uncertainty (2008)
→ Lead Engineer, Aselsan, ex-TUBITAK
4. Ching-Hua Chuan (USC Viterbi School of Engineering, CS, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Hybrid Methods for Music Analysis and Synthesis: Audio Key Finding and Automatic Style-Specific Accompaniment (2008)
→ Assistant Professor of Interactive Media, School of Communication, University of Miami
5. Jordan Bennet Louis Smith (QMUL EECS, London, UK)
Explaining Listener Differences in the Perception of Musical Structure (2014)
→ Lecturer in Audio Signal Processing, QMUL, London, UK, ex-TikTok
6. Luwei Yang (QMUL EECS, London, UK)
Computational Modeling and Analysis of Vibrato and Portamento in Expressive Music Performance (2016)
→ Staff Algorithm Engineer, Alibaba Group
7. Katerina Kosta (QMUL EECS, London, UK)
Computational Modeling and Quantitative Analysis of Dynamics in Performed Music (2017)
→ Head of AI, Hook, ex-TikTok
8. Simin (Cicely) Yang (QMUL EECS, London, UK)
Understanding Agreement and Disagreement in Listeners’ Perceived Emotion in Live Music Performance (2020)
4 Jun 2020 : Simin Yang passes PhD viva on listeners’ perceived emotion in live music performance
9. Vanessa Pope (QMUL EECS, London, UK)
That’s What She Said: A computational approach to analysing structure and timing in stand-up comedy (2020)
21 Aug 2020 : Vanessa Pope passes PhD viva on computational analysis of structure and timing in standup comedy
→ Postdoc, ERC COSMOS, KCL BMEIS, London, UK
10. Changhong Wang (QMUL EECS, London, UK)
Scattering Transform for Playing Technique Recognition (2021)
10 Jun 2021 : Changhong Wang successfully defends thesis on scattering transforms for playing technique recognition
→ Postdoc, ERC Hi-Audio, Telecom Paris, France
11. Sebastiàn Ruiz Blais (QMUL EECS, London, UK)
Neuro-physiological responses in vocalisation: Technologies for affect regulation and social closeness (2022)
3 Nov 2022 : Sebastiàn Ruiz successfully defends thesis on neuro-physiological responses in vocalisation
→ Computer Science Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica
12. Paul Lascabettes (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France)
Mathematical Models for the Discovery of Musical Patterns and Structures, and for Performances Analysis (2023)
24 Nov 2023 : Paul Lascabettes defends thesis at IRCAM Fri 24 November [ VIDEO ]
→ Postdoc, University of Strasbourg, France
13. Daniel Bedoya (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France)
Capturing musical prosody through interactive audiovisual annotations (2023)
18 Oct 2023 : Daniel BEDOYA Defends Thesis at IRCAM Wed 18 October [ VIDEO ]
→ Postdoc, FairMusE Horizon Europe project, GERiiCO Lab, Lille, France