Alex photographed by Elaine

Alexandre R.J. François

Visiting Associate Professor (Fall 2010)

Department of Computer Science
Harvey Mudd College

teaching

fall 2010

CS121 Software Development [description] [website] [project]

guest lecture

MIMI: Multimodal Interaction for Musical Improvisation
MUS88: Introduction to Computer Music, W. Alves, Harvey Mudd College, 30 November 2010.

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research

Research interest: software architecture for interactive systems; dynamic models of perceptual and cognitive processes; design and creativity.

Application projects in music computing, computer vision and robotics.

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publications

upcoming

Alexandre R.J. François, Elaine Chew and C. Dennis Thurmond, "Performer Centered Visual Feedback for Human-Machine Improvisation," ACM Computers in Entertainment, to appear.

Alexandre R.J. François, Isaac Schankler and Elaine Chew, "Mimi4x: An Interactive Audio-Visual Installation for High-Level Structural Improvisation," International Journal of Arts and Technology, to appear.

Isaac Schankler, Jordan L.B. Smith, Alexandre R.J. François and Elaine Chew, "Emergent Formal Structures of Factor Oracle-Driven Musical Improvisations," to appear in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, Paris, France, 15-17 June 2011.

Isaac Schankler, Alexandre R.J. François and Elaine Chew, "Preparing for the Unpredictable: Identifying Successful Performance Strategies in Human-Machine Improvisation," to appear in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Toronto, Canada, 24-27 August 2011.

recent

Alexandre R.J. François, "An Architectural Framework for the Design, Analysis and Implementation of Interactive Systems," The Computer Journal 2010; doi: 10.1093/comjnl/bxq081 [online]

Alexandre R. J. François, Isaac Schankler and Elaine Chew, "Mimi4x: An Interactive Audio-visual Installation for High-level Structural Improvisation," Proceedings of the Workshop on Interactive Multimedia Installations and Digital Art, International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, Singapore, 23 July 2010. [workshop website]

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presentations

Alexandre R. J. François, "Multimodal Interaction for Musical Improvisation: From algorithms to Interactive Systems," Computer Science Colloquium Series, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA, 18 November 2010. [announcement]

Alexandre R. J. François, "Designing and Implementing Dynamic Models of Cognitive Processes," Seminar series, Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Berkeley, CA, USA, 20 October 2010. [announcement]

Alexandre R. J. François, Isaac Schankler and Elaine Chew, "Mimi4x: An Interactive Audio-visual Installation for High-level Structural Improvisation," Workshop on Interactive Multimedia Installations and Digital Art, International Conference on Multimedia & Expo, Singapore, 23 July 2010. [workshop website]

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events

Musical Patois - Reflections of Language in Music, Visions & Voices, USC Arts and Humanities Inititatives, Newman Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 21 March 2011.
Credits: co-organizer, software design
[announce] [applet]

Musical Patois - Reflections of Language in Music, MIT Festival of Art, Science + Technology, Little Kresge A\ uditorium, Cambridge, MA, USA, 5 March 2011.
Credits: co-organizer, software design
[announce] [applet]

Prosody and Dialog in Music and Speech, a Radcliffe exploratory seminar, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 5-6 November 2010.
Credits: co-organizer
[event website]

Improvisation with Mimi (Multimodal Interaction for Musical Improvisation) by Isaac Schankler, in Vicious Circles and Deadly Elements, a People Inside Electronics concert, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, CA, USA, 5 June 2010.
Program credits: Mimi software/conceptual design
[event website] [mimi preview]

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