9/14 Three Talks at CUHK-Shenzhen

September 14, 16 & 17, 2026

At the invitation of Prof. Zehao Wang, I am giving a series of talks and lectures at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) this September, on AI music perception, empirical research methods, and pathways through the interdisciplinary field of music technology.

On September 14, I am giving a research methods lecture, “How Do We Study Music Scientifically? Conceptual Bases of Experimental Design and Analysis.” Using examples from computational and cognitive music research, the lecture examines how we move from musical questions to measurable variables, from correlation to causation, and from controlled experiments to claims about musical experience in the real world.

On September 16, Prof. Wang and I are holding a roundtable discussion on “Making a Life in Music Technology,” a broader conversation about the many ways of entering and navigating an unusually interdisciplinary field. We will map research and creative directions across music, computing, psychology, engineering, and artistic practice, and discuss how students can identify the questions that interest them, seek out research opportunities, and build the interdisciplinary skill sets needed to pursue them.

I will conclude the visit on September 17 with “AI Is Fooling Our Ears: Perception and Expectation of AI-Generated Music,” drawing on my research on how listeners perceive and evaluate AI-generated music. This talk asks two questions in sequence. First, can we tell? Second, what do we think we are hearing when we guess? It also connects perceptual research to broader questions surrounding the legal and ethical debates over generative music.

Many thanks to Prof. Wang for the invitation and for the opportunity to share these different sides of my work with students and colleagues at CUHK-Shenzhen. Scan below to RSVP.