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Artificial Intelligence for Music, from Audio to Video, from Cyber to Physical | DATE : | 14 May 2026, Thursday | | TIME : | 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm | | VENUE : | School of Economics/School of Computing & Information Systems 2 (SCIS 2)
Level 2, Seminar Room 2-3
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road, Singapore 178903
Please register by 11 May 2026. |
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| | | | About the Talk This seminar explores how AI-embedded tools can enhance individual practice and performance for string professionals and students. We discuss requisite technologies such as audio input analysis, error detection, dynamic and tempo estimation, posture and instrument advising. These capabilities enable AI to provide measurable benefits to musicians and generate genre-specific visual content, addressing two key research questions: (1) When can AI technology improve professional practice and performance? (2) What factors influence musicians’ acceptance of AI?
AI has made impressive progress in forms of images, audio, video, and text. AI's future challenges lie in moving from cyberspace to physical space. The second part of this seminar presents a novel MIDI-to-motion conversion for robotic cello performance. This method converts musical input into bowing trajectories without expensive motion capture. Our approach achieves human-like sound and contributes labeled robotic performance data to the research community. To evaluate this method, humans are invited to compare the sound produced by the robot and by humans. |
| | | | | | ABOUT THE SPEAKERS  | | Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Music in the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance at Purdue University. She is the principal investigator of a research grant IIS-2326198 from the National Science Foundation on the topic "Artificial Intelligence Technology for Future Music Performers". She is active as a soloist, chamber musician, musical scholar, and clinician. Dr. Yun has toured many countries including Spain, France, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Hong-Kong, and South Korea giving a series of successful concerts and master classes. She is a winner in numerous competitions around the world. Yun performs on a French cello, made by Guersan in 1766. | | |  | | Yung-Hsiang Lu is a professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. He is the director of Purdue Engineering Honors Program (2025-present). He was the inaugural director of Purdue John Martinson Engineering Entrepreneurial Center (2020-2022). He is a University Faculty Scholar of Purdue University. Dr. Lu is a Fellow of IEEE, Distinguished Visitor of the Computer Society, Distinguished Scientist and Distinguished Speaker of the ACM. He is one of the editors of the book ''Low-Power Computer Vision: Improve the Efficiency of Artificial Intelligence'' (ISBN 9780367744700, published by Chapman & Hall in 2022). | | |
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