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Internet of Musical Things, Sonic Interaction Design, Haptic technology, Perception, Virtual Reality
Italy

Biography

Luca Turchet is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science of University of Trento, where he leads the Creative, Intelligent and Multisensory Interactions Laboratory (www.cimil.disi.unitn.it).
He received master degrees (summa cum laude) in Computer Science from University of Verona, in classical guitar and composition from Music Conservatory of Verona, and in electronic music from the Royal College of Music of Stockholm. He received the Ph.D. in Media Technology from Aalborg University Copenhagen.
His scientific, artistic, and entrepreneurial research has been supported by numerous grants from different funding agencies including the European Commission (Marie Curie Individual Fellowship), the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the European Space Agency, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Danish Research Council. In particular, he has been Principal Investigator of a research project of EIT Digital (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) and of the Danish Research Council. He has been Co-Investigator (responsible of unit) for University of Trento in a project of the European Space Agency.
He is Chair of the IEEE technical committee "IEEE Emerging Technology Initiative on the Internet of Sounds" (https://www.comsoc.org/about/committees/emerging-technologies-initiatives/internet-of-sounds). He is the president and founder of the Internet of Sounds Research Network (https://internetofsounds.net/). He is co-founder of the company Elk, which operates in the sector of Music Technology (www.elk.audio).
He serves as an associate editor for IEEE Access and the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. He has been guest editor of special issues of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Frontiers in Virtual Reality and Digital Creativity.
He is the founder and General Chair of the International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds. He has been Chair of the 27th IEEE Open Innovations Conference, 16th ACM Audio Mostly Conference, as well as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds. He has been the Chair of the 1st International Workshop on Networked Immersive Audio.
He is steering committee member of Audio Mostly, as well as board member of the Italian section of the Audio Engineering Society and of the Italian Association for Music Informatics.
His main research interests are in music technology, Internet of Things, human-computer interaction, and perception. More information at: www.lucaturchet.it

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Employment (8)

University of Trento: Trento, IT

2022-01-23 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science)
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Elk: STOCKHOLM, SE

2014-09-30 to present | Co-founder (in 2014); Head of Sound and Interaction Design (until 2019); Advisor (since 2019)
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University of Trento: Trento, IT

2019-01-23 to 2032-01-22 | Assistant Professor (Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science)
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University College London: London, London, GB

2018-11-01 to 2021-11-01 | Honorary Senior Research Associate (Institute of Education)
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Queen Mary University of London: London, London, GB

2017-05-01 to 2019-01-22 | Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (Centre for Digital Music)
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology: Stockholm, SE

2016-11-01 to 2017-02-28 | post-doc (Department of Network and Systems Engineering)
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Columbia University: New York, New York, US

2016-01-06 to 2016-08-31 | Associate Research Scientist (Mechanical Engineering)
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Aalborg University: Aalborg, DK

2013-01-02 to 2016-01-31 | Independent post-doctoral research fellow (Media Technology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Aalborg Universitet: Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK

2010-02-01 to 2013-01-31 | PhD (Media Technology)
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University of Verona: Verona, Veneto, IT

2004-12-01 to 2006-09-13 | Master of Science in Intelligent and Multimedial Systems (Computer Science)
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Professional activities (9)

IEEE Communications Society: NY, NY, US

2023-03-01 to present | Chair of the IEEE Emerging Technology Initiative on the Internet of Sounds
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

2023-01-01 to present | Senior member
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Internet of Sounds Research Network: worldwide, IT

2022 to present | Founder and President
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Audio Engineering Society: New York, US

2021-05-18 to present | member
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Journal of the Audio Engineering Society: New York, US

2021-04-01 to present | Associate Editor
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

2020-10-01 to present | Associate Editor for IEEE Access
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University College London: London, London, GB

2018-11-01 to present | Honorary Senior Research Associate (Institute of Education)
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Association for Computing Machinery: New York, New York, US

2017-01-01 to present
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Associazione di Informatica Musicale Italiana: Rome, IT

2010-01-01 to present
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Funding (6)

Musical Metaverse: an inclusive Extended Reality platform for networked musical interactions

2023-10 to present | Grant
Italian Ministry for Research (Rome, IT)
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Next generation augmented reality tourism enhancing culutural heritage preservation

2020-10 to 2022-10 | Grant
European Space Agency (Paris, FR)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: 4000132621/20/NL/AF
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Longjam: a smart box for remote music playing

2020-01 to 2020-12 | Grant
EIT Digital - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (Bruxelles, BE)
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20394

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Haptically enhanced music performances

2019-02 to present | Grant
Arts and Humanities Research Council (London, GB)
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AH/S004513/1

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Marie-Curie fellowship

2017-05 to 2019-01 | Grant
European Commission (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: 749561
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Audio-haptic walking simulations for virtual reality, entertainment and rehabilitation applications

2012-11-19 to present | Grant
Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Copenhagen, DK)
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Luca Turchet via DimensionsWizard

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Personal and ubiquitous computing. (1)