Teams and partnerships

Technical-scientific coordination:

• Prof. Dr. Regis Rossi A. Faria (EACH/USP)
   
  

LSI Interactive Electronic Media Group coordination:

• Prof. Dr. Marcelo K. Zuffo (PSI/EPUSP)

Associated researchers professors:

• Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Nogueira Coelho de Souza, DM/FFCLRP (focus: computer music)
• Prof. Dr. J. A. Mannis, IA/UNICAMP (focus: surround 5.1 production)

Current colaborators:

• João Paulo Silva Monnazzi (Phd researcher, PPGMUS/ECA/USP, focus: musical stereotypes, descriptor-based sound analysis, 2019-)
• Ricardo Thomasi (Phd researcher, PPGMUS/ECA/USP, focus: complex dynamic systems for musical interaction, 2018-)
• André Giolito (undergrad researcher, Information Systems, EACH/USP, focus: reactive music, IC/PUB project, 2020-)
• Eduardo Bonachela (undergrad researcher, Information Systems, EACH/USP, focus: sound analysis for audio-diagnosis, 2020-)
• Felipe Lins (MSc researcher, PPGMUS/ECA/USP, focus: sound installations and virtual reality, 2020-)

Previous collaborators:

• João Paulo Silva Monnazzi (MSc researcher, PPGMUS/ECA/USP, focus: gesture-controled interactive musical composition, 2016-2018)
• Micael Antunes da Silva (MSc graduate researcher, PPGMUS/ECA/USP, focus: consonance/dissonance modeling, 2016-2018)
• Márcio José da Silva (MSc graduate researcher from ECA/USP, focus: spatial virtual instruments with WFS)
• Marcelo Sarra Nicolino (MSc graduate researcher from ECA/USP, focus: analysis and synthesis of technologies for sound design)
• Profa. Dra. Maria Yuka de Almeida Prado, DM/FFCLRP (focus: voice/singing)
• Profa. Dra. Lilian Neto Aguiar Ricz, FMRP USP (focus: speech and vocal health)
• Flavio Luiz Schiavoni (PhD researcher from IME/USP, focus: multichannel audio distribution system in networks and dynamic programming)
• Vito Romanelli Tricanico (Scientific Initiation undergrad student from IF/USP, focus: acoustic simulation)
• Thilo Koch (MSc, MÓBILE project fellow, focus: developments for OpenAUDIENCE, Wave Field Synthesis modules)
• André Jucovsky Bianchi (MSc graduate researcher from IME/USP, focus: real time parallell processing using Pd and CUDA-NVIDIA)
• Antonio José Homsi Goulart (PhD graduate researcher from IME/USP)
• Santiago Davila (MSc graduate researcher from USP, focus: multi-agent framework for computer music)
• Renan Vital (trainee EE of OpenAUDIENCE in 2007 and 2008)
• Leandro F. Thomaz, MSc (PhD and MSc collaborator, USP)

• Sérgio Sória, MSc (researcher in 2005 and 2006)
• Francisco Fraga, PhD (researcher in 2005 and 2006)
• Luiz Gustavo Berro, EE (trainee EE in 2005 and 2006)
• Laerte Rosato, graduando EE (trainee EE in 2007)
• Iuri Gallo, graduando EE (trainee EE in 2005 and 2006)
• Felipe Pegoraro (musician and music productor in 2008)
• Luiz Gustavo Brinholi (musician, bass performer and composer in 2008)

Companies partners:

1.     Dolby Laboratories (EUA) (focus: audio codecs)

The company provided until 2009 aacPlus™ codecs for the research work on the OpenAUDIENCE and AUDIENCEprojects, and the access to the libraries for Win32 for the evaluation/design of new products for MPEG AAC audio encoding/decoding. The relationship with Dolby was initiated by the initial partnership with the company Coding Technologies (CT, Germany/Sweden) acquired by Dolby.

2.     Organia Engenharia Musical Tecnologias Audiovisuais (focus: music engineering)

Organia was a "spin-off" focusing its activities on the research and development of technologies and solutions in audio engineering and computer music. It provided computers and laboratory equipment for NEAC and constituted till 2010 an experience of success in transferring technology developed in the AUDIENCE system, which architecture is adopted in software to produce multichannel audio programs for digital TV and reconfigurable digital music.

3.     LANDO HiFi (focus: loudspeaker technologies)

Lando contributed to the NEAC and the Digital CAVE of LSI-EPUSP providing equipment such as sets of loudspeakers for high-fidelity and surround sound, contributing to testing and development of multi-channel setups for auralization.

4.     Sankya Eletrônica (focus: analog multichannel amplifiers)

Sankya contributed to the AUDIENCE project providing analog amplifiers, and participated as a partner in the development of a prototype multi-channel amplifier with 8 channels + subwoofer developed in the NEAC, with an expected industrial design patent submission. The company changed its corporate name and website recently, access the new link here.

5.     Cabos Golden (focus: cables and connectors)

Cabos Golden contributed to the AUDIENCE project building on-demand audio cabling and connectorization for the Digital CAVE of LSI-EPUSP, and provided cabling for the OpenAUDIENCE and AUDIENCE projects. The company is a regular supplier of cabling solutions and there is interest in projects to develop new systems for distribution on physical media and digital protocols.

Institutional partnership:

1.     Laboratory of Audio and Musical Technologies - LATM (EACH/USP) (focus: sound and music computing, digital music and technologies)

LATM include researchers from EACH/USP, ECA/USP and FFCLRP/USP in its research activities. It also articulates research in the area of audiovisual production in 3D/360/XR/VR/AR, bioacoustics and technology for audio diagnostics and intelligent music production, with relationships with the EACH Musicology Laboratory (LAMUS). The laboratory was created in 2011 as the Laboratory of Musical Acoustics Technology with the Music Department of FFCLRP/USP, and since 2019 has been established at EACH/USP renamed.

2.     Laboratory of Digital Art, Media and Technologies - LabArteMídia (ECA/USP) (focus: audiovisual technologies)

LabArteMidia is a research and innovation group in audiovisual arts and technologies for production and consume of the School of Communication and Arts of USP. The lab uses NEAC technologies in its experimental production projects, providing a feedback into the generation of advances and new technologies for the area.   

3.     LAMI-ECA/USP (Laboratory for Musical Acoustics, Music Dept. ECA-USP) (focus: sonology)

LAMI supports critical and experimental recording activities in its studio and integrates with the NEAC a set of laboratories for research in music, audio, acoustics and sonology at USP, hosting activities of the Research Group on Computer Music and the Research Group on Sonology at USP .

4.     Cidade do Conhecimento (USP City of Knowledge) (focus: creative economy new projects prospection)

The involvement with the team of ECA/FEA/USP, coordinated by Prof. Gilson Schwartz, aims at exploration projects and business applications involving spatial audio/multichannel audiovisual markets, as well as participation in activities of scientific and cultural divulgation in social networks and digital media platforms, with their own resources and third party financing. The partnership aligns with the recommendations of the Research Group on iconomia/creative economy.

5.    Computer Music Group IME/USP (focus: projects on computer music)

The Computer Music Group at USP integrates faculties and researchers from USP around common projects on sonic computing. The NEAC also is grateful to CCSL for hosting this website.