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• I am artificial intelligence researcher and composer/live coder, working with sound, computer science and digital healthcare. UK/Canada based. 

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• Co-Director and founder @ Beesting Studios/Lab (London, UK)

• Co-Creator of Scorch a new music programming language

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• Currently: Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Music Production at Toronto Metropolitan University where I am a Co-Director and founder of the Studio for Creative Artificial Intelligence (SCAI). 

• Faculty member of the TMU Creative AI Hub

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• Previously on faculty at Falmouth University (UK), Johns Hopkins University (Peabody Institute), University of British Columbia (CA) and University of Birmingham (UK). 

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• PhD (University of Birmingham) where I was a member of the Birmingham Electroacoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST) and co-founder of BEER and BiLE laptop ensembles, studying with Prof. Scott Wilson and Prof. Jonty Harrison​

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•  MMus (University of Calgary)​ & BMus (Mount Allison University)

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• Completed my postdoctoral fellowship training at University of British Columbia in the Music Department and The Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Science.

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• Work funded by UKRI (including Research England, AHRC and Medical Research Council), CFI, Canada Council for the Arts, University of British Columbia. 

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• Award winning composer - highlights include the 2014 Robert Fleming Award for Outstanding Work in Composition

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• Nominated for various composition awards including the 2020 Cinema Honors Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score 

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• Music and work written about and reviewed in Mixmag, Bandcamp Daily, Hollywood Reporter amongst others. 

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• Research published by MIT Press, CEC, Musicworks, Canada Music Magazine, NIME, AISB, AIMC and more. ​​

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• Research focused on artifical intelliegnce and live coding/music, digital health care, particularly the use of immersive and artificial intelligence technologies to support and assist with various psychiatric and neurological disorders and issues. I currently work with a team of psychiatrists from the NHS (UK) on divising new innitiatives using AI for dementia care.

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• Founder and director of Xylem Records. Have a look at an interview for Musicworks Magazine on Xylem.

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• Musical practice: Live coding, artificial intelligence, algorave, electroacoustic/acousmatic and live instruments, new instrument design. 

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