Curriculum Vitae. Electrical Engineering, BSc September 1997 June 2000 Specialization: Control and Automation

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1 Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Contact Information Research Interests Education Name Esteban Maestre Birth Barcelona, Spain, 28 October 1979 Home address 5187 Jeanne-Mance, apt. 201, Montréal, QC, Canada Telephone number Computational Acoustic Modeling Lab, Music Technology Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media, and Technology Department of Music Research, Schulich School of Music McGill University, Montréal, Canada Digital audio signal processing // Musical acoustics // Physical modeling // Artificial reverberation Gesture control of sound synthesis // Motion capture data analysis Music performance modeling // Music rendering by automatic control of physical models Digital archiving and web retrieval of music performance multimodal data Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Computer Science and Digital Communication, PhD October 2006 November 2009 Dissertation: Modeling instrumental gestures: an analysis/synthesis framework for violin bowing Advisors: Prof. Xavier Serra (Univesitat Pompeu Fabra) and Prof. Julius Smith (Stanford University) Computer Science and Digital Communication, DEA Master September 2004 October 2006 Thesis: Coding instrumental gestures: towards a quantitative description of instrumental gestures in excitation-continuous musical instruments Advisor: Prof. Xavier Serra (Univesitat Pompeu Fabra) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Electrical Engineering, MSc September 2001 June 2003 Thesis: Resonant LLC converter for large flat displays Advisors: Prof. Francesc Guinjoan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and Dr. Bernd Ackermann (Philips Research Laboratories - Aachen, Germany) Electrical Engineering, BSc September 1997 June 2000 Specialization: Control and Automation Languages Honors and Awards Native Spanish, Catalan. Fluent English, French, Italian. Conversational Portuguese, German, Greek. Tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Media Technology and Interaction Design, School of Computer Science and Communication, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Ranked #1 (2016) [declined]. Marie Curie Fellowship, awarded by the European Research Council for a combined research residency at the Computational Acoustic Modeling Laboratory, Music Tech, Schulich Music School, McGill University, and the Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (USD 300K, ). SAEMP Fellowship, awarded by the Spanish Research Council for a post-doctoral research residency at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University (USD 125K, ) [declined]. Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship, awarded by Agència de Gestió d Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) for a post-doctoral research residency at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University (USD 110K, ). Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (USD 3K, 2010). BE Postgraduate Research Scholarship, awarded by Agència de Gestió d Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) for a pre-doctoral research residency at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University (USD 15K, 2008). STSM Scholarship, awarded by the EU FP7 ICT SID Project (USD 2K, 2008).

2 R+D+I Research Scholarship, awarded by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (USD 140K, ). Junior Research Scientist, Philips Resarch Laboratories Aachen (USD 10K, ). Professional Experience McGill University, Montréal, Canada Research Associate April 2017 present Research on computational acoustics and virtual auditory reality. Physical modeling sound synthesis. Artificial reverberation. Lecturer August 2017 present Undergraduate and graduate courses on digital musical instrument control, and digital signal processing for sound synthesis and effects. Marie Curie Fellow Researcher April 2014 April 2017 Research on autonomous sound synthesis via gesture modeling and physically inspired virtual musical instruments. Stanford University, Stanford, USA Lecturer February 2011 August 2016 Digital signal processing for digital audio effects: CCRMA Summer Workshops - Digital Stompbox Design Postdoctoral Researcher July 2013 February 2014 Research on musical instrument sound synthesis via physical modeling. Postdoctoral Researcher October 2010 October 2012 Research on instrumental gesture modeling in (ensemble) music performance, multi-modal data acquisition, and musical instrument sound analysis/synthesis. Visiting Researcher March 2008 December 2008 Research on instrumental gesture modeling in violin music performance, and violin sound analysis/synthesis. Technological Education Institute of Crete, Rethymno, Greece Postdoctoral Researcher September 2015 October 2015 Design of ad-hoc laser interferometry measurement instrumentation for vibration analysis of musical instruments. Universidad Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile Postdoctoral Researcher December 2012 February 2013 Research on numerical methods for computational acoustic modeling. Postdoctoral Researcher December 2014 February 2015 Research on numerical methods for computational acoustic modeling. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Research Associate, Marie Curie Fellow Researcher November 2009 April 2017 EU, national, and industrial funded projects, including (ensemble) music performance modeling, physical and spectral modeling synthesis, context-aware mobile music interaction, motion analysis in violin bowing, recorder performance and sound modeling, speech processing, and multi-modal data processing and applications. Other duties include the supervision and evaluation of graduate students in research-oriented M.Sc. thesis projects and Ph.D. theses. Teaching Assistant, Lecturer September 2004 October 2010 Taught diverse theory and practical classes, including Digital Music Lab, Voice over IP, Relational Databases, and diverse seminars at the Sound and Music Computing MSc program. Research Assistant March 2004 October 2009 EU, national, and industrial funded projects, including context-aware mobile music interaction, multimodal analysis of violin playing, singing voice modeling, and expressive music performance modeling (saxophone and violin). Other duties included the supervision and evaluation of graduate students in

3 research-oriented BSc final projects. Barcelona Music and Audio Technologies, Barcelona, Spain Business Development Officer, North America March 2008 November 2009 Business opportunity search at international level. Technology and product partnerships. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Lecturer September 2002 June 2004 Taught diverse theory and practical classes, including Digital Signal Processing, Circuit Design, Power Electronics, DSP Processor Programming, and Multimedia Laboratory. Lecturer September 2001 June 2002 Taught diverse theory and practical classes, including Digital Signal Processing, Circuit Design, and Analog Electronics. Philips Research, Aachen, Germany Junior Researcher September 2002 June 2003 Research activities in the field of resonant power conversion. Successfully developed a novel LLC resonant converter prototype. Finalized a research-oriented MSc thesis in industrial context. Teaching and Advising McGill University, Montréal, Canada April 2014 Present Lecturer in undergraduate and graduate courses covering communication and control in music and audio software (Arduino, Max/MSP, C++), digital signal processing for audio effects and sound synthesis. Participation in research seminars as part of graduate level courses in computational acoustics, and digital interfaces for musical instrument design. Engaged in research overview and collaboration with Master and PhD students involved in projects dealing with musical instrument acoustic characterization and sound synthesis. Stanford University, Stanford, USA February 2011 August 2016 Since 2011, Lecturer in Digital Audio Effects for the CCRMA Summer Workshops. Theory of effects and programming. Deployment on low-cost hardware: sensor data acquisition and embedded Linux audio/sensor data processing using Raspberry PI and Arduino. Along my different stages at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics I gave seminars, and advised and collaborated with students at the MSc and PhD levels. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain September 2004 February 2016 From 2004 until 2010, both Teaching Assistant (laboratory classes) and Lecturer (theory classes) in Digital Music Lab, Voice over IP, and Relational Databases courses, part of the BSc degree in Electrical Engineering / Audio-visual Systems. Moreover, gave research-oriented seminars as part of the Sound and Music Computing MSc program. Throughout my years at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and still today, I have been principal advisor in research-oriented BSc and MSc Theses of successful students who later went on to work at companies like Yamaha, Native Instruments, or Spotify. Also, through funding coming from large-scale research projects I have proposed and led, I have mentored and supported PhD students working on performance modeling via multi-modal data analysis. These students, for which I was principal PhD advisor, successfully defended their dissertaiton in 2014 and Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain September 2001 June 2004 Soon after completing my BSc degree in Electrical Engineering, I became Part-time Lecturer in the same degree and same school. One year after, while I was still pursuing my MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, I was hired as Full-time Lecturer for the BSc degree studies. During my years as Lecturer at Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (largest and most renowned technical university in Catalunya), I acquired significant experience in teaching. I thaught theory and laboratory classes (including the creation of new courses from scratch) on Digital Signal Processing, Circuit Design, Analog Electronics, Power Electronics, DSP Processor Programming, and Audio/Video Lab. Along with my lecturing, I was advisor of students in their BSc degree final projects. Conference Organization International Symposium on Musical Acoustics (ISMA), Paper Chair, 2017 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Demo Chair, 2015

4 Review Activities ACM Workshop on Music and Machine Learning (MML) Computer Music Journal European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing IEEE Transactions on Multimedia IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx) International Conference on Sound and Music Computing (SMC) International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR) International Symposium on Musical Acoustics (ISMA) International Symposium on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces Journal of New Music Research Research Projects (selected) For each research project, it is indicated the source of funding, the total amount granted to the institution where I was working, and the institutions defining the locale of the work I carried out. For the large-scale, multi-partner projects, consortium members are omitted. PIANO-AAS AAS Systems Inc. + Canadian Federal Program (CAD 50K) McGill University (Canada) Lead researcher April 2017 present Developed the proposal. Acting as principal researcher. Design and execution of novel vibroacoustic measurements on grand pianos. Algorithms for acoustic characterization and efficient modeling by wave-based methods coupled to modal synthesis. Semi-privately funded project aimed at experimental analysis of the vibroacoustic properties of grand pianos, including bridge-string or string-string coupling, and soundboard radiation. Efficient synthesis by coupling digital waveguides and modal synthesis. Data-driven calibration of physical model parameters. MUSMAP EU public funding, Marie Curie Programme (USD 300K) McGill University (Canada) Manager, Lead researcher April 2014 March 2017 Developed the proposal. Currently overseeing the budget and leading the project. Research on computational modeling of music performance. Multi-modal (audio, motion capture, video) analysis and modeling of playing technique in bowed string performance. Autonomous sound synthesis via performer and instrument modeling. Motor control in music performance. Bowed strings and woodwind instrument physical modeling. PHENICX EU public funding, FP7 Programme (USD 450K) McGill University (Canada) Consultant February 2013 February 2016 Directed the team in charge of developing cutting-edge web technology for remote access and visualization of large datasets containing multi-modal recordings of music ensembles. Multi-partner, large-scale project aimed at using state-of-the-art digital multimedia and internet technologies to transform traditional concert experiences into multi-modal, multi-perspective and multi-layer social digital artefacts that can be easily explored, customized, personalized, (re)enjoyed and shared. The project focused on classical music in large ensemble settings. C4IDS Catalunya public funding, AGAUR (USD 70K) Stanford University (USA) McGill University (Canada) Manager, Lead researcher August 2011 June 2012 Developed the proposal. Oversaw the budget and led the project. Directed a team of up to six researchers/developers, including the supervision of funded PhD students.

5 Multi-modal (audio, motion capture, video) analysis and modeling of playing technique in bowed string performance. Analysis of musician-musician interdependence in ensemble performance (string quartets). Development of cutting-edge web technology for remote access and visualization of large datasets containing multi-modal recordings of music ensembles. SIEMPRE EU public funding, FP7 Programme (USD 400K) Stanford University (USA) Manager, Lead researcher June 2010 June 2013 Developed the proposal. Oversaw the budget and led the project at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Directed a team of up to six researchers/developers, including the supervision of funded PhD theses. Multi-partner, large-scale project developing novel research theoretical and methodological frameworks, computational models, and algorithms for the analysis of social/creative communication within groups of people. Research focused on ensemble musical performance and audience experience. Special emphasis was given to string quartet performance analysis. SAME EU public funding, FP7 Programme (USD 350K) Manager, Lead researcher March 2008 Nopvember 2010 Oversaw the budget and led the project at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Directed a team of up to three researchers/developers, including the supervision of funded MSc and BSc theses. Multi-partner, large-scale project exploring social, context-aware mobile music making and interaction. The project aimed at creating a new end-to-end networked platform for active, experience-centric, and context-aware active music listening. Developed sound analysis/synthesis algorithms for mobile phones, and investigated new social interaction paradigms for mobile music making VIOLIN-P Yamaha R+D private funding (via Yamaha-UPF strategic partnership) Research Engineer September 2006 September 2008 Conducted research on multi-modal (audio, motion capture) analysis and modeling of violin performance, including bowing motion description and audio analysis-synthesis via spectral models. Closely supervised by Yamaha, this industrial research project explored new, hybrid paradigms for sample-based sound synthesis via gesture-driven spectral-domain sound processing. VOCALOIDv2 Yamaha R+D private funding (via Yamaha-UPF strategic partnership) Research Assistant Engineer September 2005 June 2006 Conducted research on phoneme-aware characterization of instensity and fundamental frequency modulations in singing voice articulation. Closely supervised by Yamaha, this long-term industrial research project developed pioneering singing voice synthesis technologies based on spectral-domain processing of voice samples. PROSEMUS Spain public funding (USD 110K, cont. from PROMUSIC project) Research Assistant Engineer July 2005 June 2008 Conducted research on saxophone and violin performance description via audio analysis leading to automatic segmentation and characterization of dynamics and pitch profiles. Multi-partner, national project devoted to the application of audio analysis and machine learning techniques to expressive music performance modeling. PROMUSIC Spain public funding (USD 110K) Research Assistant Engineer March 2004 June 2005 Conducted research on saxophone performance description via audio analysis leading to automatic segmentation and characterization of dynamics and pitch profiles. Multi-partner, national project devoted to the application of audio analysis and machine learning techniques to expressive music performance modeling.

6 Publications Journal Maestre, E., Papiotis, P., Marchini, M., Llimona, Q., Mayor, O., Pérez, A., Wanderley, M. Enriched multimodal representations of music performances: online access and visualization IEEE Multimedia, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp 24-34, Maestre, E., Scavone, G.P., Smith, J.O. Joint modeling of bridge admittance and body radiativity for efficient synthesis of string instrument sound by digital waveguides IEEE Transacions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp , Maestre, E., Scavone, G.P., Smith, J.O. Design of recursive digital filters in parallel form by linearly constrained pole optimization IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 23, No. 11, pp , Maestre, E., Smith, J.O., Scavone, G.P., Efficient rendering of wind instrument sound by combining digital waveguides and modal synthesis, Acta Acustica united with Acustica (in preparation). Maestre, E., Spa, C., Llimona, Q., Scavone, G.P., Smith, J.O. Efficient simulation of bowed string sound: multi-hair, two-dimensional bow-string interaction including thermal friction and hair dynamics, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (in preparation). Papiotis, P., Marchini, M., Pérez, A., Maestre, E. Measuring ensemble interdependence in a string quartet through analysis of multidimensional performance data, Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 5, Marchini, M., Ramírez, R., Papiotis, P., Maestre, E. The sense of ensemble: a machine learning approach to expressive performance modeling in string quartets, Journal of New Music Research, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp , Ramírez, R., Maestre, E., Serra, X. A Rule-Based Evolutionary Approach to Music Performance Modeling, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Vol. 16, no.1, pp , Pérez, A., Bonada, J., Maestre, E., Blaauw, M., Guaus, E. Performance Control driven Violin Timbre Model based on Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp , Ramírez, R., Maestre, E., Pérez, A., Serra, X. Automatic Performer Identification in celtic violin audio recordings, Journal of New Music Research, Vol. 40, no. 2, pp , Maestre, E., Ramírez, R. An approach to predicting bowing control parameter contours in violin performance, Intelligent Data Analysis, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp , Ramírez, R., Maestre, E., Serra, X. Automatic performer identication in commercial monophonic Jazz performances, Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 31, pp , Maestre, E., Blaauw, M., Bonada, J., Guaus, E., Pérez, A. Statistical modeling of bowing control applied to violin sound synthesis, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp , Maestre, E., Ramírez, R., Kersten, S., Serra, X. Expressive concatenative synthesis by reusing samples from real performance recordings, Computer Music Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp , Ramírez, R., Hazan, A., Maestre, E., Serra, X. A genetic rule-based expressive performance model for Jazz saxophone, Computer Music Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp , Ramírez, R., Maestre, E., Pertusa, A., Gómez, E., Serra, X. Performance-based interpreter identification in saxophone audio recordings, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp , 2007 Ramírez, R., Hazan, A., Gómez, E., Maestre, E., Serra, X. Discovering expressive transformation rules from saxophone Jazz performances, Journal of New Music Research, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp , 2005 Chapter/Collection Papiotis, P., Marchini, M., Maestre, E., Pérez, A. Measuring Ensemble Synchrony through Violin Performance Parameters, Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, Vol. 78. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. A. Camurri and C. Costa (Eds.), Sringer, Ramírez, R., Maestre, E., Pérez, A. Modeling, Analyzing, Identifying, and Synthesizing Expressive Popular Music Performances, Guide to Computing for Expressive Music Performance. A. Kirke and E.R. Miranda (Eds.), Sringer-Verlag, London, Janer, J., Maestre, E. Mapping phonetic features for voice-driven sound synthesis, E-business and

7 Telecommunication. J. Filipe and M.S. Obaidat (Eds.), Sringer, Ramírez, R., Hazan, A., Maestre, E., Serra, X. A machine learning approach to expressive performance in jazz standards, Multimedia Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. V. A. Petrushin and L. Khan (Eds.), Springer, Ramírez, R., Gómez, E., Vicente, V., Puiggròs, M., Hazan, A., Maestre, E. Modeling expressive music performance in bassoon audio recordings, Intelligent Computing in Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition. D. Huang, K. Li, and G. W. Irwin (Eds.), Springer, Conference Maestre, E., Abel, J.S., Smith, J.O., Scavone, G. P. Constrained pole optimization for modal reverberation International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Maestre, E., Smith, J.O., Scavone, G. P. Analysis-synthesis of saxophone input impedances via recursive parallel filters International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Rau, M. Maestre, E., Smith, J.O., Scavone, G. P. An exploration of guitar neck admittance measurements taken at different string stopping locations International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Chafe, C., Maestre, E., Sarti, A., Canclini, A., Scavone, G. P., Smith, J.O., Antonacci, F. The return of the Messiah: modal analysis and bridge admittance modeling International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Llimona, Q., Saitis, C., Maestre, E., Scavone, G. P. Exploring simulation-based playability metrics of 9 perceptually evaluated violins International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Maestre, E., Scavone, G. P. Experimental modal analysis/synthesis of saxophone input impedances 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Maestre, E., Scavone, G. P., Smith, J.O. Digital modeling of string instrument bridge reflectance and body radiativity for sound synthesis by digital waveguides IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, Maestre, E., Spa, C., Llimona, Q., Scavone, G. P., Smith, J.O. Playability of a bowed string physical model including finite-width thermal friction and hair dynamics 170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Llimona, Q., Mayor, O., Papiotis, P., Maestre, E. Repovizz: multimodal online database and visualization tool 1st Web Audio Conference, 2015 Maestre, E., Spa, C., Smith, J.O. A bowed string phyiscal model including finite-width thermal friction and hair dynamics International Computer Music Conference, Maestre, E., Spa, C., Smith, J.O. Bowed string simulation combining digital waveguide and finitedifference time-domain frameworks 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Mayor, O., Llimona, Q., Marchini, M., Papiotis, P., Maestre, E. repovizz: a framework for remote storage, browsing, annotation, and exchange of multi-modal data ACM Multimedia, Maestre, E., Scavone, G.P., Smith, J.O. Digital modeling of bridge driving-point admittances from measurements on violin-family instruments Sotckholm Music Acoustics Conference, Maestre, E. Analysis/synthesis of bowing control applied to violin sound rendering via physical models International Congress on Acoustics / Proceedings of Meetings of Acoustics, Papiotis, P., Marchini, M., Maestre, E. Multidimensional analysis of interdependence in a string quartet I.S. Performance Science, 2013 Marchini, M., Papiotis, P., Maestre, E. Investigating the relationship between expressivity and synchronization in ensemble performance: an exploratory study I.S. Performance Science, 2013 Papiotis, P., Marchini, M., Herrera, P. Maestre, E. Aural-based detection and assessment of real versus artificially synchronized string quartet performance, International Conference on Music and Emotion, Marchini, M., Ramírez, R., Papiotis, P., Maestre, E. Inducing Rules of Ensemble Music Performance: a Machine Learning Approach International Conference on Music and Emotion, Papiotis, P., Marchini, M., Maestre, E. Computational Analysis of Solo versus Ensemble Performance in String Quartets: Intonation and Dynamics, International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, 2012.

8 Marchini, M., Papiotis, P., Maestre, E. Timing Synchronization in String Quartet Performance: a Preliminary study, International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval, Maestre, E., Scavone, G. P., Smith III, J. O. Modeling of a violin input admittance by direct positioning of second-order resonators, 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Maestre, E. Synthesis of bowing controls applied to violin sound generation, 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Mayor, O., Llop, J., Maestre, E. RepoVizz: A multi-modal on-line database and browsing tool for music performance research, International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval, Vinceslas, L., García, F., Pérez, A., Maestre, E. Mapping blowing pressure and sound features in recorder playing, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Papiotis, P., Marchini M., Pérez, A., Maestre, E., Andrzejak, R. Synchronization of intonation adjustments in violin duets: towards an objective evaluation of musical interaction, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Marchini, M., Papiotis P., Pérez, A., Maestre, E. A Hair Ribbon Deflection Model for Low- Intrusiveness Measurement of Bow Force in Violin Performance, International Symposium on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, García, F., Vinceslas L., Maestre, E., Tubau, J. Acquisition and study of blowing pressure profiles in recorder playing, International Symposium on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Papiotis, P., Marchini, M., Maestre, E., Pérez, A. Measuring ensemble synchrony through violin performance parameters: a preliminary progress report, Workshop on Social Behavior in Music, Coleman, G., Bonada J., Maestre, E. Adding Dynamic Smoothing to Mixture Mosaicing Synthesis, Spars11: Workshop on Signal Processing with Adaptive Sparse Structure Representations, Villavicencio, F., Maestre E. GMM-PCA based speaker-timbre conversion on full-quality speech, Interspeech Speech Synthesis Workshop, Coleman, G., Maestre, E., Bonada, J. Augmenting sound mosacing with descriptor-driven transformation, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Ramírez, R., Neocleous, A., Pérez, A., Maestre, E. Modeling emotions in violin audio recordings, ACM Workshop on Music and Machine Learning, Maestre, E., Pérez, A., Ramírez, R. Gesture sampling for instrumental sound synthesis: violin bowing as a case study, International Computer Music Conference, Ramírez, R., Maestre, E. A framework for performer identification in audio recordings, International Workshop on Machine Learning and Music, Guaus, E., Bonada, J., Maestre, E., Pérez, A., Blaauw, M. Calibration method to accurately measure bow force in real violin performances, International Computer Music Conference, Camurri, A., Bevilacqua, F., Bresin, R., Maestre, E., Penttinen, H., Seppänen, J., Välimäki, V., Volpe, G., Warusfel, O. Embodied music listening and making in context-aware mobile applications: the EU-ICT SAME Project, Gesture Workshop, Maestre, E. Statistical modeling of violin bowing parameter contours, International Computer Music Conference, Camurri, A., Volpe, G., Vinet, H., Bresin, R., Maestre, E., Llop, J., Kleimola, J., Oksanen, S., Välimäki, V., Seppänen, J. User-centric context-aware mobile applications for embodied music listening, International ICST Conference on User Centric Media, Kersten, S., Maestre, E., Ramírez, R. Concatenative synthesis of expressive saxophone performance, Sound and Music Computing Conference, Pérez, A., Maestre, E., Ramírez, R., Kersten, S. Expressive irish fiddle performance model informed with bowing, International Computer Music Conference, Pérez, A., Bonada, J., Maestre, E., Guaus, E., Blaauw, M. Measuring violin sound radiation for sound equalization, Acoustics 08 Paris, Ramírez, R., Pérez, A., Maestre, E., Kersten, E., Rizo, D., Román, P., Iñesta, J.M. Modeling celtic violin expressive performance, International Conference on Machine Learning, Ramírez, R., Pérez, A., Kersten, S., Maestre, E. Performer identification in celtic violin recordings, International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, 2008.

9 Pérez, A., Bonada, J., Maestre, E., Guaus, E., Blaauw, M. Score Level Timbre Transformations of Violin Sounds, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Maestre, E., Bonada, J., Blaauw, M., Pérez, A., Guaus, E. Acquisition of violin instrumental gestures using a commercial EMF device, International Computer Music Conference, Jensenius, A., Castagné, N., Camurri, A., Maestre, E., Malloch, J., McGilvray, D. A summary of formats for streaming and storing music-related movement and gesture data, International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, Pérez, A., Bonada, J., Maestre, E., Guaus, E., Blaauw, M. Combining performance actions with spectral models for violin sound transformation, International Congress on Acoustics, Ramírez, R., Maestre, E., Pertusa, A. Identifying saxophonists from their playing styles, AES 30th Conference, Guaus, E., Bonada, J., Pérez, A., Maestre, E., Blaauw, M. Measuring the bow pressing force in a real violin performance, International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Pérez, A., Maestre, E., Ramírez, R. Modeling Expressive Performance in Classical Violin, Digital Music Research Network Workshop, Kersten, S., Maestre, E., Ramírez, R. Modeling and Synthesis of Expressive Performance, Digital Music Research Network Workshop, Janer, J., Maestre, E. Phonetic-based mappings in voice-driven sound synthesis, International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Jensenius, A., Camurri, A., Castagné, N., Maestre, E., Malloch, J., McGilvray, D., Schwarz, D., Wright, M. The need of formats for streaming and storing music-related movement and gesture data, International Computer Music Conference, Ramírez, R., Hazan, A., Maestre, E. A sequential covering evolutionary algorithm for expressive music performance, Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Hazan, A., Ramírez, R., Maestre, E., Pérez, A., Pertusa, A. Modeling expressive performance: a regression tree approach based on strongly typed genetic programming, European Workshop on Evolutionary Music and Art, Maestre, E., Bonada, J., Mayor, O. Modeling musical articulation gestures in singing voice performances, AES 121th Convention, Maestre, E., Hazan, A., Ramírez, R., Pérez, A. Using concatenative synthesis for expressive performance in jazz saxophone, International Computer Music Conference, Maestre, E., Gómez, E. Automatic characterization of dynamics and articulation of expressive monophonic recordings, AES 118th Convention, Ramírez, R., Hazan, A., Maestre, E. Intra-note features prediction model for jazz saxophone performance, International Computer Music Conference, Ramírez, R., Hazan, A., Gómez, E., Maestre, E. A machine learning approach to expressive performance in jazz standards, ACM International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Ramírez, R., Hazan, A., Gómez, E., Maestre, E. Understanding expressive transformations in saxophone jazz performances using inductive machine learning, International Conference in Sound and Music Computing, References (academic) Prof. Julius Smith Prof. Xavier Serra Prof. Gary Scavone Stanford University Universitat Pompeu Fabra McGill University Stanford, USA Barcelona, Spain Montréal, Canada Prof. Chris Chafe Prof. Marcelo Wanderley Prof. Anders Askenfelt Stanford University McGill University KTH Stanford, USA Montréal, Canada Stockholm, Sweden References (industry) Dr. Jonathan Abel Dr. Vincent Freour Dr. Òscar Celma Co-founder and Chief Scientist Senior Research Engineer Head of Research Universal Audio Yamaha Corporate R+D Pandora Santa Cruz, USA Hammamatsu, Japan Oakland, USA