About
Kia ora, I am an Italian music scholar and musician based in Aotearoa, New Zealand. I am a Senior Lecturer Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland), where I teach algorithmic composition, research methodology, and critical music studies. I am the Associate Dean Postgraduate for my Faculty (Creative Arts & Industries).
I have a PhD in Computer Science (University of Trento, Italy) and a MSc and BSc in Computer Science (University of Verona, Italy). I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Augmented Instruments Laboratory at Queen Mary University of London and at the interAction Lab at the University of Trento.
My current research focus is around responsible and ethical AI, especially in music generation.
I am the President of the NIME Board and have been the Co-General Chair of NIME 2022.
I led the development of the NIME Code of Ethics and I am a member of the ISMIR Ethics Group.
I am a PC member of the CHI sucommittee “Critical Computing, Sustainability, and Social Justice”.