Academic interests
Computational analysis of groove-based rhythm in Afro-diasporic music such as funk, soul, reggae, samba and hip-hop. I work on the signal-processing side of music information retrieval, including source separation, onset and microtiming estimation, and machine-learning classification of rhythmic patterns. A recurring question in my work is how much of a groove lives in the pattern itself and how much lives in the small timing deviations around it. I also care about reproducible research software and release my pipelines as open-source tools.
Courses taught
- (Nothing at UiO yet)
Background
I joined the RITMO Centre and the Department of Musicology in September 2026 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the GROOVE project, where I lead the computational work package.
I hold a PhD in audio signal processing from KU Leuven (2021-2025), on distributed signal estimation in ad-hoc wireless microphone networks, carried out at STADIUS (ESAT) as part of the Horizon 2020 SOUNDS European Training Network and including a ten-month stay at the University of Oldenburg and Fraunhofer IDMT. Before that I worked on reverberation room design optimization with KU Leuven and ROCKWOOL International, supporting the ISO 354 revision.
I have an MSc in Engineering Acoustics from DTU and an engineering degree from Mines Nancy. I have taught acoustics and signal-processing courses at both DTU and KU Leuven and supervised two MSc theses. Outside the lab I compose and DJ, which is a good part of why groove research appealed to me.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher fellowship, SOUNDS European Training Network, Horizon 2020, 2021–2025 https://www.sounds-etn.eu/
- US patent (issued), fault detection in electrical transformers from vibro-acoustic data, Oktogrid
Appointments
- Member of the revision taskforce for ISO 354, "Acoustics — Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room"
- Reviewer for journals and conferences in audio signal processing (IEEE, EURASIP)
Positions held
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RITMO Centre and Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, 2026–2029, GROOVE project (current)
- Doctoral researcher, STADIUS, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), KU Leuven, 2021–2025
- Visiting researcher, University of Oldenburg and Fraunhofer IDMT, Germany, 2022–2023
- Associate researcher, KU Leuven and ROCKWOOL International, 2020–2021
- Acoustical engineer, Oktogrid, Copenhagen, 2019–2020
- Teaching assistant, Technical University of Denmark, 2018–2019
Partners
RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo
Research Council of Norway, FRIPRO funding scheme
SOUNDS European Training Network, Horizon 2020
STADIUS, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), KU Leuven
University of Oldenburg and Fraunhofer IDMT