Research Profile

The Research Center focuses in particular on the following research areas:

• Music and Extended Reality (XR) / Musical Metaverse

• Music and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning for Audio

• Music Technology / Musical Electronics (Instrument Engineering) / Musical Acoustics / Audio and Studio Engineering / Music Informatics

• Computer-assisted music analysis and interpretation / Electronic music production and editing; virtual instruments

• Music in the media / Distribution and reception of multimedia content (via film/video, TV, radio, internet, physical media)

• Multimedia distribution, storage, representation, and structuring of musical or music-related information

• Computer-assisted and networked teaching/learning of music / distance learning, e-learning / virtual music seminars and lectures

• Scientific, artistic, and pedagogical aspects of historical and modern music technology

• Publications and the organization of conferences and symposia on Music & Technology

• Collaborations with relevant organizations and institutes

• Interactive and adaptive teaching/learning systems (ear training, general music theory)

• Instruction-related analyses; simulation of music-specific professional fields

• Computer-assisted music analysis and interpretation

• Hardware-/software-based sound synthesis

• Information management, analysis, and distribution in data networks (general music knowledge, web and electronic publishing)

• Development of interactive services (scholarly publications, an online database on “Music & Technology,” and music-education teaching materials