SMT Lab

ABOUT US

Located at the School of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Sound & Music Technology Lab houses 170 square meter teaching and research facilities, including a 20-seat computer room, along with a medium-sized recording studio, and separate audio processing booth. This forms a collaborative space for both teaching and research in the fields of music technology and informatics, musical acoustics, phychoacoustics, music production, sound editing and processing, MIDI/audio sequencing, and multimedia in music education.
The lab hosts the Cognitive and Computational Musicology Group (CCM group) which focuses on the systematic analysis and description of music processes and phenomena, primarily via the development of computational models.
In 2018, Sound & Music Technology Lab partnered with the 1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AHEPA Hospital) and jointly established a research facility within the Cochlear Implantation Center at the same department, providing unique opportunities for interdisciplinary research on music perception of and training for individuals with hearing impairments and cochlear implant users.

WHAT WE DO

Three principal members of the lab discuss the different educational and research orientations of the SMT Lab, and the interdisciplinary culture we greatly promote in both domains.

These video excerpts were taken from the tv series "SouKouTou APTh" with the permission of ERT SA.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Timely

The main objective of this Action is to advance the understanding of the processes underlying time perception by exploring the relevant multidisciplinary theoretical, behavioural, neurobiological, and clinical perspectives.
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CoInvent

A computationally feasible, cognitively inspired formal model of concept invention grounded in a sound mathematical theory of concepts. For engineering computer systems that effectively support humans in those genuinely creative tasks underlying abstract, serendipitous thinking both in the sciences and the arts.
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Composing Music for Cochlear Implant Users

The main aim of this research is to reconsider the fundamental principles of musical composition and orchestration and propose a grammar of adapted ones that takes into account the limitations of hearing in CI users.
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Chameleon Evaluation

Evaluating the contribution of the CHAMELEON harmonisation assistant in human musical creativity Operational Programme Human Resourses Development, Education and Lifelong Learning (2019-2020) (MIS 5005182)
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Timbre and Musical Tension in Music

Timbre and Musical Tension in Music: Western Music and Greek Music Tradition (Apr. 2017 - Apr. 2019). Greek National Scholarships Foundation, contract number: 2016-050-050-3-8116

Computational Blending of Music Rhythms

Computational Conceptual Blending on Extracted Features through Evolutionary Algorithms: Application on the Automated Generation of Music Rhythms (Apr. 2017 - Apr. 2019). Greek National Scholarships Foundations, contract number: 2016- 050-0503-8138
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PEOPLE

Georgios Papadelis, Prof.

Musical Acoustics &
Music Informatics

Emilios Cambouropoulos, Prof.

Music Informatics

Konstantinos Pastiadis, Assoc. Prof.

Musical Acoustics &
Phychoacoustics

PhD Konstantinos Kontos

Laboratory Teaching Staff
Music production &
video techniques

PhD Dimitrios Adamos

Laboratory Teaching Staff
Neuroinformatics & music

Anastasia Vakatari

Special Technical & Lab Staff

SOUND & MUSIC TECHNOLOGY LAB

@mus.auth

ABOUT US

WHAT WE DO