Role
- Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR)
- Member of the steering committee of the Centre for Humanities, Music and Performing Arts Research (CHMaPAR)
- Member of the steering committee of Peninsula Arts
- Member of the steering committee of the Centre for High Performance Computing
- Co-director of Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival
- Programme Manager of MRes Computer Music
Roles on external bodies
Editorial Boards:
- Regional Editor: Organised Sound, Cambridge University Press, UK
- Member of the Editorial Board: Leonardo Music Journal, The MIT Press, USA
- Member of the Editorial Board: Contemporary Music Review, Routledge, UK
- Member of the Editorial Review Board: Leonardo Transactions, The MIT Press, USA
- Member of the Editorial Review Board: New Sound, Department ofMusicology, Faculty of Music, Belgrade
Peer Reviews:
- Member of the peer review college of the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF), Austria (appointed 2010 - )
- Member of the peer review college of the Danish Council for Strategic Research, Denmark (appointed 2010 - )
- Anonymous peer reviewing of numerous research grant proposals for Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, EPSRC, AHRC, The Wellcome Trust, Racomedi
- Member of the Review Panel for Alban Scholarships, European Union (2006-2009)
Teaching interests
- Music Composition
- Computer Music
- Electroacoustic Music
- Artificial Intelligence
- Evolutionary Computing / Artificial Life
Staff serving as external examiners
- Examiner for the MA/MSc in Music Technology, Dept of Music & Dept of Electronics, University of York (2007 – 2009)
- External Examiner for the BMus in Music with Computer Sound Design, Dept of Music and Sound Recording, University of Surrey (2007 – 2010)
- External Examiner for the BMus Honours (Tonmeister), Dept of Music and Sound Recordings, University of Surrey (2007 – 2010)
- External Examiner for the MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence, School of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Exeter (2006 –2010)
- External Examiner for the MSc Music Information Technology, City University (2006 – 2009)
- External examiners for PhD awards at:
- University of Surrey (2010)
- University of Essex (2010)
- University of York (2010)
- Queen's University Belfast (2010)
- Open University (2010)
- Birmingham Conservatoire (2009)
- University of the West of England (2008)
- University of East Anglia (2008)
- Edinburgh Napier University (2008)
- University College, London (2007, 2010)
- Goldsmiths College (2007)
- Queen Mary University of London (2007, 2010)
- Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (2004)
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2002)
- University of Coruña, Spain (2001)
Research interests
- Composition (including algorithmic and computer-aided)
- Electroacoustic Music Composition
- Expressive Music Performance (by machines)
- Brain-Computer Music Interface
- Evolutionary Computer Music
- Unconventional Computation (for music technology)
- Artificial Intelligence and Music
Links
Research:
http://cmr.soc.plymouth.ac.uk
