George Sioros

On 1 October, George Sioros assumed his professorship in music informatics at the Department of Composition Studies and Music Production.

George Sioros holds a BSc and an MSc in physics and completed his doctoral work in digital media at the University of Porto. In addition to his scientific training, he also studied classical piano and music theory. His research, spanning more than two decades as well as multiple disciplines, focuses on the perception and production of musical rhythm, drawing on cognitive science and creative application development.

As a musician and artist, Sioros has performed his own music and contributed to exhibitions at venues across Europe. His numerous publications have had a strong impact on the academic community and are regularly cited in the fields of music cognition, music information retrieval, and creative technologies. Beyond his own research, he has supervised a wide range of theses both scientific and artistic and mentored early career researchers in various fields. Following his postdoctoral research at the RITMO Centre of Excellence at the University of Oslo, Sioros held a faculty position at the University of Plymouth, where he lectured on creative computing and worked at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research. Since joining the mdw, he has continued to bridge science and art in his research and teaching.