Interests
- new interfaces for musical performance
- computational creativity
- smartphone/tablet musical instruments
- collaborative work
- co-creative interfaces
- improvisation
- computer music
Bio
Charles Martin is a Senior Lecturer and Interim Associate Director Education in the School of Computing at the Australian National University, where he leads the Sound, Music, and Creative Computing Lab. His research and creative practice sit at the intersection of musical AI, human–computer interaction, and creative computing. Music is Charles’ laboratory for studying real-time, embodied human-AI collaboration.
Charles designs intelligent musical instruments, including the open-source IMPSY platform, publishes in venues such as CHI, ICML and NIME, and maintains an active performance practice as a computer musician.
I’m currently searching for a PhD student to create intelligent musical instruments. If you’re interested in working with me, read about my lab and get in touch! :-)
Teaching
Charles is a committed educator and achieved recognition as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in 2023. At the moment, Charles is the convenor for the Human-Centred and Creative Computing minors, majors and specialisations and he is involved in teaching the following courses:
- COMP3900/COMP6390 Human-Computer Interaction
- COMP4350/COMP8350 Sound and Music Computing
- COMP4020/COMP8020 Advanced Topics in Human-Centred and Creative Computing
- COMP1720/COMP6720 Art and Interaction Computing
Activities & Awards
Charles is an IEEE Senior Member and Senior Member of the ACM.
Charles is involved in international research organisations related to music computing, HCI and creative AI.