Ichiro Fujinaga

If it can do music, it can do anything: Music and digital libraries (2009)

Ichiro Fujinaga is an Associate Professor in Music Technology Area at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University.  He has a Bachelor's degree in Music/Percussion and Mathematics from the University of Alberta, and a Master's degree in Music Theory, and a Ph.D. in Music Technology from McGill University.  In 2003-4, he was the Acting Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) at McGill.  IN 2002-3, he was the Chair of the Music Technology Area at the School of Music.  Before that he was a faculty member of the Computer Music Department at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the John Hopkins University.  Research interests include music theory, machine learning, music perception, digital signal processing, genetic algorithms, and music information acquisition, preservation, and retrieval.  He is also a member of Montreal's traditional Japanese drumming group "Arashi Daiko" and tours with them across North America and Europe.