Dr Mathieu Barthet
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
music information retrieval, human computer interaction, music perception, augmented/virtual reality, internet of musical things
Interests
Dr Mathieu Barthet is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). He is the Programme Coordinator of the MSc in Media and Arts Technology by Research and oversees Industry Partnerships for the Centre for Doctoral Training in AI & Music.He received an MSc degree in Electronics and Computer Science in 2003 (Paris VI University/Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal), and an MSc degree in Acoustics in 2004 (Aix-Marseille II University/Ecole Centrale Marseille). He was awarded a PhD in Acoustics, Signal Processing and Computer Science applied to Music from Aix-Marseille II University and CNRS-LMA in 2008, and joined the Centre for Digital Music at QMUL in 2009.
Mathieu conducts research in the fields of Music Information Research, New Interfaces for Musical Expression and Music Perception, in which he published over 100 peer-reviewed academic papers. His research interests include music and emotions, audio-visual interfaces and extended reality, AI-based musical interfaces, music recommendation, and musical timbre.
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Multimodal AI2024
Cui W, Sarmento P and Barthet M (2024). MoodLoopGP: Generating Emotion-Conditioned Loop Tablature Music with Multi-granular Features. Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design 97-113. 01-01-2024
2023
Yang S, Barthet M, Reed C and Chew E (2023). Do You Hear What I Hear? Computer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 56 (12), 4-6. 01-12-2023
Graf M and Barthet M (2023). Combining Vision and EMG-Based Hand Tracking for Extended Reality Musical Instruments. International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research Tokyo 13 Nov 2023 - 17 Nov 2023. 12-11-2023
Martelloni A, Mcpherson AP and Barthet M (2023). Real-time Percussive Technique Recognition and Embedding Learning for the Acoustic Guitar. 24th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference Milan, Italy 5 Nov 2023 - 9 Nov 2023. 05-11-2023
Frachi Y, Chanel G and Barthet M (2023). Affective gaming using adaptive speed controlled by biofeedback. International Cconference on Multimodal Interaction. 09-10-2023
Graf M and Barthet M (2023). Reducing Sensing Errors in a Mixed Reality Musical Instrument. 08-10-2023
Williams A, Lattner S and Barthet M (2023). Sound-and-Image-informed Music Artwork Generation Using Text-to-Image Models., Editors: Ferraro A, Knees P, Quadrana M, Ye T and Gouyon F. Music Recommender Systems Workshop at the 17th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems Singapore 18 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023. 19-09-2023
Deacon T and Barthet M (2023). Invoke: A Collaborative Virtual Reality Tool for Spatial Audio Production Using Voice-Based Trajectory Sketching. Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference. 30-08-2023
Mcintosh T, Woscholski O and Barthet M (2023). Affective Conditional Modifiers in Adaptive Video Game Music. Audio Mostly 2023 Edinburgh, UK 29 Aug 2023 - 1 Sep 2023. 29-08-2023
Loth J, Mamou-Mani A and Barthet M (2023). Playing Style Affects Steel-String Acoustic Guitar Timbre. 3rd International Conference on Timbre Thessaloniki, Greece 12 Jun 2023 - 10 Jul 2023. 10-07-2023
Ceriani M, Viola F, Rudan S, Antoniazzi F, Barthet M and Fazekas G (2023). Semantic integration of audio content providers through the Audio Commons Ontology. Journal of Web Semantics, Elsevier vol. 77 01-07-2023
Montague LE and Barthet M (2023). Collaboration on the Tracks: Ethnographically-Informed Design for Computer-Assisted Music Collaboration between Producers and Performers. Creativity and Cognition. 19-06-2023
Sarmento P, Kumar A, Chen Y-H, Carr C, Zukowski Z and Barthet M (2023). GTR-CTRL: Instrument and Genre Conditioning for Guitar-Focused Music Generation with Transformers. Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design 260-275. 01-01-2023
Adkins S, Sarmento P and Barthet M (2023). LooperGP: A Loopable Sequence Model for Live Coding Performance Using GuitarPro Tablature. Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design 3-19. 01-01-2023
2022
Deacon T, Healey P and Barthet M (2022). “It’s cleaner, definitely”: Collaborative Process in Audio Production. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Springer Nature vol. 32 (3), 475-505. 14-11-2022
Deacon T and Barthet M (2022). Spatial Design Considerations for Interactive Audio in Virtual Reality. Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments 181-217. 14-10-2022
Sarmento P, Holmqvist O and Barthet M (2022). Ubiquitous Music in Smart City: Musification of Air Pollution and User Context. Ubiquitous Music Symposium 2022. 12-07-2022
Graf M and Barthet M (2022). Mixed Reality Musical Interface: Exploring Ergonomics and Adaptive Hand Pose Recognition for Gestural Control. NIME 2022. 28-06-2022
Frachi Y, Takahashi T, Wang F and Barthet M (2022). Design of Emotion-Driven Game Interaction Using Biosignals. HCI in Games 160-179. 01-01-2022
Wei C, Kronland-Martinet T, Frachi Y and Barthet M (2022). Influence of Music on Perceived Emotions in Film. 01-01-2022
2021
Sarmento P, Kumar A, Carr CJ, Zukowski Z, Barthet M and Yang Y-H (2021). DadaGP: A Dataset of Tokenized GuitarPro Songs for Sequence Models. International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference Online 7 Nov 2021 - 12 Nov 2021. 07-11-2021
Löbbers S, Barthet M and Fazekas G (2021). Sketching sounds: an exploratory study on sound-shape associations. International Computer Music Conference Santiago de Chile, Chile 25 Jul 2021 - 31 Jul 2021. 25-07-2021
Yang S, Reed CN, Chew E and Barthet M (2021). Examining Emotion Perception Agreement in Live Music Performance. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing 30-06-2021
Graf M, Opara HC and Barthet M (2021). An Audio-Driven System for Real-Time Music Visualisation. Audio Engineering Society Convention 150 24 May 2021 - 28 May 2021. 24-06-2021
Martelloni A, McPherson A and Barthet M (2021). Guitar augmentation for Percussive Fingerstyle: Combining self-reflexive practice and user-centred design. NIME 2021. 01-06-2021
Dannemann T and Barthet M (2021). SonicDraw: a web-based tool for sketching sounds and drawings. 01-01-2021
Irvine L and Barthet M (2021). Immersive Spatial Sound Design Using Creative Commons Audio. 01-01-2021
2020
Sarmento P, Holmqvist O and Barthet M (2020). Musical Smart City: Perspectives on Ubiquitous Sonification. Ubiquitous Music Workshop Porto Seguro, BA, Brazil 9 Nov 2020 - 13 Nov 2020. 08-11-2020
Martelloni A, Mcpherson A and Barthet M (2020). Percussive Fingerstyle Guitar through the Lens of NIME: an Interview Study. New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 22 Jul 2020 - 25 Jul 2020. 20-07-2020
2019
Yang S, Barthet M and Chew E (2019). Identifying Listener-informed Features for Modeling Time-varying Emotion Perception. Inter- national Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research. 13-10-2019
Stolfi AS, Milo A and Barthet M (2019). Playsound.space: Improvising in the browser with semantic sound objects. Journal of New Music Research, Taylor & Francis (Routledge) vol. 48 (4), 366-384. 18-09-2019
Bruford F, Barthet M, McDonald S and Sandler M (2019). Modelling Musical Similarity for Drum Patterns. Proceedings of the 14th International Audio Mostly Conference: A Journey in Sound. 18-09-2019
Turchet L and Barthet M (2019). Haptification of performer's control gestures in live electronic music performance. Proceedings of the 14th International Audio Mostly Conference: A Journey in Sound. 18-09-2019
BROMHAM G, Moffat D, Barthet M, Daneilsen A and Fazekas G (2019). The Impact of Audio Effects Processing on the Perception of Brightness and Warmth. Audio Mostly Nottingham, UK 17 Sep 2019 - 20 Sep 2019. 17-09-2019
Turchet L and Barthet M (2019). An ubiquitous smart guitar system for collaborative musical practice. Journal of New Music Research, Taylor & Francis (Routledge) vol. 48 (4), 352-365. 05-07-2019
Turchet L and Barthet M (2019). Smart Musical Instruments. Foundations in Sound Design for Embedded Media 275-296. 25-06-2019
Xambó A, Font F, Fazekas G and Barthet M (2019). Leveraging Online Audio Commons Content for Media Production. Foundations in Sound Design for Linear Media 248-282. 19-06-2019
Deacon T, Bryan-Kinns N, Healey PGT and Barthet M (2019). Shaping Sounds. Proceedings of the 2019 on Creativity and Cognition. 13-06-2019
Bruford F, McDonald ST, Barthet M and Sandler M (2019). Groove explorer: An intelligent visual interface for drum loop library navigation. 01-01-2019
Weaver J, Barthet M and Chew E (2019). Filling the space: The impact of convolution reverberation time on note duration and velocity in duet performance. 01-01-2019
Turchet L and Barthet M (2019). Smart Musical Instruments: Key Concepts and Do-It-Yourself Tutorial. Foundations in Sound Design for Embedded Media: A Multidisciplinary Approach 275-296. 01-01-2019
2018
TURCHET L and BARTHET M (2018). Co-design of Musical Haptic Wearables for Electronic Music Performer's Communication. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 21-12-2018
Turchet L, Viola F, Fazekas G and Barthet M (2018). Towards a Semantic Architecture for the Internet of Musical Things. 2018 23rd Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT). 16-11-2018
Turchet L and Barthet M (2018). Jamming with a Smart Mandolin and Freesound-based Accompaniment. 2018 23rd Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT). 16-11-2018
Stolfi A, Sokolovskis J, Gorodscy F, Iazzetta F and Barthet M (2018). Audio semantics: Online chat communication in open band participatory music performances. AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society vol. 66 (11), 910-921. 01-11-2018
Viola F, Stolfi A, Milo A, Ceriani M, Barthet M and Fazekas G (2018). Playsound.space. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Applications for Audio and Music. 09-10-2018
Turchet L, Fischione C, Essl G, Keller D and Barthet M (2018). Internet of Musical Things: Vision and Challenges. IEEE Access vol. 6, 61994-62017. 28-09-2018
Pauwels J, Xambo Sedo A, Roma G, Barthet M and Fazekas G (2018). Exploring Real-time Visualisations to Support Chord Learning with a Large Music Collection. 4th Web Audio Conference (WAC) Berlin, Germany 19 Sep 2018 - 21 Sep 2018. 19-09-2018
Turchet L, McPherson A and Barthet M (2018). Real-Time Hit Classification in a Smart Cajón. Frontiers in ICT, Frontiers vol. 5 10-07-2018
GODDARD C, BARTHET M and WIGGINS G (2018). Assessing Musical Similarity for Computational Music Creativity. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Audio Engineering Society 29-04-2018
Turchet L, McPherson A and Barthet M (2018). Co-design of a smart Cajón. AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society vol. 66 (4), 220-230. 01-04-2018
SKACH S, XAMBO A, TURCHET L, Stolfi A, STEWART RL and BARTHET MHE (2018). Embodied Interactions with E-Textiles and the Internet of Sounds for Performing Arts. ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions Stockholm, Sweden 18 Mar 2018 - 21 Mar 2018. 18-03-2018
Xambo A, Roma G, Lerch A, Barthet M and Fazekas G (2018). Live Repurposing of Sounds: MIR Explorations with Personal and Crowd-sourced Databases. 01-01-2018
Bromham G, Moffat D, Barthet M and Fazekas G (2018). The impact of compressor ballistics on the perceived style of music. 01-01-2018
Weaver J, Barthet M and Chew E (2018). Analysis of piano duo tempo changes in varying convolution reverberation conditions. 01-01-2018
Xambo A, Pauwels J, Roma G, Barthet M and Fazekas G (2018). Jam with Jamendo: Querying a Large Music Collection by Chords from a Learner's Perspective. 01-01-2018
de Souza Stolfi A, Turchet L, Ceriani M and Barthet M (2018). Playsound.space: Inclusive free music improvisations using audio commons. 01-01-2018
Weisling A, Xambó A, Olowe I and Barthet M (2018). Surveying the compositional and performance practices of audiovisual practitioners. 01-01-2018
Turchet L and Barthet M (2018). Demo of interactions between a performer playing a smart mandolin and audience members using musical haptic wearables. 01-01-2018
2017
Deacon T, Stockman T and Barthet M (2017). User experience in an interactive music virtual reality system: An exploratory study. 192-216. 16-09-2017
Herremans D, Yang S, Chuan C-H, Barthet M and Chew E (2017). IMMA-Emo. Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. 23-08-2017
Olowe I, Grierson M and Barthet M (2017). User Requirements for Live Sound Visualization System Using Multitrack Audio. Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. 23-08-2017
Olowe I, Barthet M and Grierson M (2017). FEATUR.UX.AV. Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. 23-08-2017
Goddard C, BARTHET M and Wiggins G (2017). Designing Computationally Creative Musical Performance Systems. Audio Mostly 2017 Queen Mary University of London, London 23 Aug 2017 - 26 Aug 2017. 23-08-2017
Stolfi A, Barthet M, Goródscy F and de Carvalho AD (2017). Open Band. Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. 23-08-2017
Subramaniam A and Barthet M (2017). Mood Visualiser. Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. 23-08-2017
Pigrem J and Barthet M (2017). Datascaping. Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences. 23-08-2017
Wu Y, Zhang L, Bryan-Kinns N and Barthet M (2017). Open Symphony: Creative Participation for Audiences of Live Music Performances. IEEE Multimedia vol. 24 (1), 48-62. 09-02-2017
2016
Zhang L, Wu Y and BARTHET M (2016). A Web Application for Audience Participation in Live Music Performance: The Open Symphony Use Case. International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. 11-07-2016
Hayes K, BARTHET M, Wu Y, Zhang L and Bryan-Kinns N (2016). A Participatory Live Music Performance with the Open Symphony System. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI): Interactivity. 07-05-2016
Olowe I, Moro G and Barthet M (2016). ResidUUm: User mapping and performance strategies for multilayered live audiovisual generation. 01-01-2016
Saari P, Fazekas G, Eerola T, Barthet M, Lartillot , O S and M (2016). Genre-Adaptive Semantic Computing and Audio-Based Modelling for Music Mood Annotation. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing (TAC) vol. 7, 122-135. 01-01-2016
Allik A, Fazekas G, Barthet M and Sandler M (2016). myMoodplay: An interactive mood-based music discovery app. 01-01-2016
Barthet M, Fazekas G, Thalmann F, Sandler M and Wiggins GA (2016). Crossroads: Interactive Music Systems Transforming Performance, Production and Listening. 01-01-2016
Barthet M, Fazekas G, Allik A, Thalmann F and Sandler M (2016). From interactive to adaptive mood-based music listening experiences in social or personal context. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society vol. 64, 673-682. 01-01-2016
2015
Barthet M, Fazekas G, Allik A and Sandler M (2015). Moodplay: an interactive mood-based musical experience. 01-01-2015
2014
Fazekas G, BARTHET M and Sandler MB (2014). Novel Methods in Facilitating Audience and Performer Interaction Using the Mood Conductor Framework. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag vol. 8905 (Sound, Music, and Motion), 122-147. 05-12-2014
Kachkaev A, Wolff D, BARTHET M, Plumbley MD, Dykes J and Weyde T (2014). Visualising Chord Progressions in Music Collections: A Big Data Approach. 9th Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology (CIM) Berlin. 04-12-2014
Weyde T, Cottrell S, Dykes J, Benetos E, Wolff D, Tidhar D, Gold N, Abdallah S, Plumbley M, Dixon S, Barthet M, Mahey M, Tovell A and Alancar-Brayner A (2014). Big Data for Musicology., Editors: Page K and Fields B. 1st International Digital Libraries for Musicology workshop London, UK 12 Sep 2014. 12-09-2014
Kolozali S, Fazekas G, Barthet M and Sandler M (2014). A framework for automatic ontology generation based on semantic audio analysis. 01-01-2014
BARTHET MHE, Plumbley MD, Kachkaev A, Dykes J, Wolff D and Weyde T (2014). Big Chord Data Extraction and Mining. 9th Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology (CIM) Berlin. 01-01-2014
Fazekas G, Barthet M and Sandler M (2014). Novel Methods in Facilitating Audience and Performer Interaction using the Mood Conductor Framework., Editors: Aramaki M, Kronland-Martinet R and Ystad S. 01-01-2014
Weyde T, Cottrell S, Benetos E, Wolff D, Tidhar D, Plumbley MD, Dixon S, BARTHET MHE, Gold N, Abdallah S and Mahey M (2014). Digital Music Lab - A Framework for Analysing Big Music Data. European Conference on Data Analysis (ECDA) Bremen. 01-01-2014
BARTHET M, Benetos E, Cottrell S, Dixon S, Dykes J, Gold N, Mahey M, Plumbley MD, Tidhar D, Weyde T and Wolff D (2014). The DML Research Project: Digital Music Lab - Analysing Big Music Data. 01-01-2014
Baume C, Fazekas G, Barthet M, Martson D and Sandler M (2014). Selection of audio features for music emotion recognition using production music. 01-01-2014
Lou T, Barthet M, Fazekas G and Sandler M (2014). Evaluation and Improvement of the Mood Conductor Interactive System. 01-01-2014
2013
Aramaki M, Barthet M, Kronland-Martinet R and Ystad S (2013). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics): Preface. 10-10-2013
Kolozali S, Barthet M, Fazekas G and Sandler M (2013). Automatic Ontology Generation for Musical Instruments Based on Audio Analysis. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING vol. 21 (10), 1-14. 01-01-2013
Fazekas G, Barthet M and Sandler MB (2013). DEMO PAPER: THE BBC DESKTOP JUKEBOX MUSIC RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM: A LARGE SCALE TRIAL WITH PROFESSIONAL USERS. 01-01-2013
Saari P, Barthet M, Fazekas G, Eerola T and Sandler M (2013). Semantic models of musical mood: Comparison between crowd-sourced and curated editorial tags. 01-01-2013
Saari P, Eerola T, Fazekas G, Barthet M, Lartillot O and Sandler M (2013). The Role of Audio and Tags in Music Mood Prediction: a Study Using Semantic Layer Projection., Editors: Britto ASJ, Gouyon F and Dixon S. 01-01-2013
Barthet M, Kronland-Martinet R and Ystad S (2013). Consistency of timbre patterns in expressive music performance. 01-01-2013
Barthet M, Marston D, Baume C, Fazekas G and Sandler M (2013). Design and evaluation of semantic mood models for music recommendation. 01-01-2013
2011
Barthet M and Dixon S (2011). Ethnographic observations of musicologists at the british library: Implications for music information retrieval. 01-12-2011
Stowell D, Barthet M, Dixon S and Sandler M (2011). Musicology for the masses: Situating new audio technologies for musicology and music education. Digital Engagement 2011 Newcastle 15 Nov 2011 - 17 Nov 2011. 01-01-2011
Barthet M, Hargreaves S and Sandler M (2011). Speech/Music Discrimination in Audio Podcast Using Structural Segmentation and Timbre Recognition. 01-01-2011
2008
Barthet M, Guillemain P, Kronland‐Martinet R and Ystad S (2008). Exploration of timbre variations in music performance. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA) vol. 123 (5), 3663-3663. 01-05-2008
2007
Barthet M, Depalle P, Kronland-Martinet R and Ystad S (2007). The effect of timbre in clarinet interpretation. 01-01-2007
2005
Barthet M, Guillemain P, Kronland-Martinet R and Ystad S (2005). On the relative influence of even and odd harmonics in clarinet timbre. 01-01-2005
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Multimodal AINetz - ICURe ExploreMathieu Barthet, Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani, Joanne Chamberlain and Huan Wang
£34,523 Innovate UK (23-09-2024 - 11-01-2025)
Co-Creator for songwriters & producers: generative AI Creator tools to boost efficiency of the creative processMark Sandler, Haim Dubossarsky and Mathieu Barthet
£320,887 Innovate UK (01-04-2024 - 31-03-2025)
StudioSync: AI productivity tools for record labels in the management of musical recordings and creator metadataMark Sandler and Mathieu Barthet
£304,918 Innovate UK (01-04-2024 - 31-03-2025)
Emotion-driven audio-visual game design using AIMathieu Barthet
£33,500 OVOMIND (14-09-2020 - 13-09-2025)
UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence and MusicSimon Dixon, Emmanouil Benetos, Nicholas Bryan-Kinns, Mark Sandler, Andrew McPherson, Mathieu Barthet, Gyorgy Fazekas, Ekaterina Ivanova, Anna Xambo Sedo and Charalampos Saitis
£6,519,934 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (01-07-2019 - 31-08-2028)
CDT in Media & ArtsMathieu Barthet, Patrick Healey and Mark Sandler
£3,782,384 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (01-05-2014 - 31-12-2023)