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2024. Accent Conversion in Text-To-Speech Using Multi-Level VAE and Adversarial Training. Proc. of IEEE Tencon, Singapore.
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2024. Accented Text-to-Speech Synthesis with a Conditional Variational Autoencoder. Proc. of IEEE Tencon, Singapore.
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2020. Acoustic prediction of flowrate: varying liquid jet stream onto a free surface. IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM). 
preprint flow.pdf (1.01 MB)
preprint flow.pdf (1.01 MB).
2021. aiSTROM - A roadmap for developing a successful AI strategy. IEEE Access.
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2026. Aligning Generative Music AI with Human Preferences: Methods and Challenges. Proceedings of AAAI, senior member track. 2511.15038v1.pdf (417.24 KB)
2511.15038v1.pdf (417.24 KB).
2025. Analysis and Synthesis of Audio with AI: from Neurological Disease to Accented Speech and Music. thesis_Jan.pdf (26.4 MB)
thesis_Jan.pdf (26.4 MB).
2026. APEX: Large-scale Multi-task Aesthetic-Informed Popularity Prediction for AI-Generated Music. arXiv:2605.03395. 2605.03395v1 (1).pdf (292.45 KB)
2605.03395v1 (1).pdf (292.45 KB).
2025. Are we there yet? A brief survey of Music Emotion Prediction Datasets, Models and Outstanding Challenges IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. 2406.08809v1.pdf (156.19 KB)
2406.08809v1.pdf (156.19 KB).
2020. Asthmatic versus healthy child classification based on cough and vocalised /a:/ sounds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA). 148, EL253
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2021. AttendAffectNet – Emotion Prediction of Movie Viewers Using Multimodal Fusion with Self-attention. Sensors. Special issue on Intelligent Sensors: Sensor Based Multi-Modal Emotion Recognition. sensors-21-08356.pdf (1.03 MB)
sensors-21-08356.pdf (1.03 MB).
2021. AttendAffectNet: Self-Attention based Networks for Predicting Affective Responses from Movies. Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2020). 2010.11188.pdf (7.07 MB)
2010.11188.pdf (7.07 MB).
2025. BandCondiNet: Parallel Transformers-based Conditional Popular Music Generation with Multi-View Features. Expert Systems with Applications. 130059 2407.10462v2.pdf (2.6 MB)
2407.10462v2.pdf (2.6 MB).
2018. Blacklisted speaker identification using triplet neural networks. MCE2018 competition. SUTD_description.pdf (133.08 KB)
SUTD_description.pdf (133.08 KB).
2015. Classification and generation of composer-specific music using global feature models and variable neighborhood search. Computer Music Journal. 39(3):91. papercmj-dh_preprint.pdf (637.63 KB)
papercmj-dh_preprint.pdf (637.63 KB).
2025. Coarse-to-Fine Text-to-Music Latent Diffusion. Proceedings of ICASSP.
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2024. Coarse-to-Fine Text-to-Music Latent Diffusion. Audio Imagination: NeurIPS 2024 Workshop.
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2015. Compose ≡ compute. 4OR. 13:335–336.
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2014. Compose=Compute - Computer Generation And Classification Of Music Through Operations Research Methods. PhD Thesis, University of Antwerp. :250.
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2015. Composer Classification Models for Music-Theory Building. Computational Music Analysis. Chapter_HerremansEtAl_preprint.pdf (475.26 KB)
Chapter_HerremansEtAl_preprint.pdf (475.26 KB).
2012. Composing counterpoint musical scores with variable neighborhood search. Annual Conference of the Belgian Operation Research Society (ORBEL26). orbel26abs_vnsforcp.pdf (116.85 KB)
orbel26abs_vnsforcp.pdf (116.85 KB).
2013. Composing Fifth Species Counterpoint Music With A Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications. 40 paper_preprint_cp5.pdf (405.75 KB)
paper_preprint_cp5.pdf (405.75 KB).
2012. Composing Fifth Species Counterpoint Music With Variable Neighborhood Search. wp_cp5.pdf (508 KB)
wp_cp5.pdf (508 KB).
2012. Composing first species counterpoint musical scores with a variable neighbourhood search algorithm. Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. 6:169-189.
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2022. Computationally Efficient Physics Approximating Neural Networks for Highly Nonlinear Maps. 2022 International Conference on Research in Adaptive and Convergent Systems.
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2022. Conditional Drums Generation using Compound Word Representations. EvoMUSART (EVO*) - Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2202.04464.pdf (525.36 KB)
2202.04464.pdf (525.36 KB).
2023. Constructing Time-Series Momentum Portfolios with Deep Multi-Task Learning. Expert Systems with Applications. 230(120587) 2306.13661.pdf (707.95 KB)
2306.13661.pdf (707.95 KB).
2014. Dance hit song prediction. Journal of New music Research. 43:302. wp_hit.pdf (689.07 KB)
wp_hit.pdf (689.07 KB).
2013. Dance Hit Song Science. International Workshop on Music and Machine Learning. abstract_preprint_MML2013_DH.pdf (194.82 KB)
abstract_preprint_MML2013_DH.pdf (194.82 KB).
2024. DART: Disentanglement of Accent and Speaker Representation in Multispeaker Text-to-Speech. Audio Imagination: NeurIPS 2024 Workshop.
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2020. Data-driven 3D Scene Understanding. PhD
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2020. A dataset and classification model for Malay, Hindi, Tamil and Chinese music. 13th Workshop on music and machine learning (MML) as part of ECML/PKDD. 2009.04459.pdf (234.8 KB)
2009.04459.pdf (234.8 KB).
2021. Deep Neural Network Based Respiratory Pathology Classification Using Cough Sounds. Sensors. 21(16):5555. 2106.12174.pdf (6.52 MB)
2106.12174.pdf (6.52 MB).
2024. DeepUnifiedMom: Unified Time-series Momentum Portfolio Construction via Multi-Task Learning with Multi-Gate Mixture of Experts. arXiv:2406.08742. 2406.08742v1.pdf (1.06 MB)
2406.08742v1.pdf (1.06 MB).
2025. Demystifying deep search: a holistic evaluation with hint-free multi-hop questions and factorised metrics. arXiv:2510.05137.
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2026. Development of Interpretable Deep Learning-based Segmentation Algorithm for Automated Assessment of Oral Diadochokinesis in Progressive Neurological Diseases. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
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2019. Development of Machine Learning for asthmatic and healthy voluntary cough - a proof of concept study. Applied Sciences. 9(14) applsci-09-02833.pdf (2.06 MB)
applsci-09-02833.pdf (2.06 MB).
2023. DiffRoll: Diffusion-based Generative Music Transcription with Unsupervised Pretraining Capability. ICASSP. diffroll.pdf (2.2 MB)
diffroll.pdf (2.2 MB).
2024. DisfluencySpeech -- Single-Speaker Conversational Speech Dataset with Paralanguage. Proc. of IEEE Tencon, Singapore.
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2023. A Domain-Knowledge-Inspired Music Embedding Space and a Novel Attention Mechanism for Symbolic Music Modeling. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2212.00973.pdf (1.74 MB)
2212.00973.pdf (1.74 MB).
2019. Doppler Invariant Demodulation for Shallow Water Acoustic Communications Using Deep Belief Networks. 16th IEEE Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium (APWCS). 1909.02850.pdf (790.54 KB)
1909.02850.pdf (790.54 KB).
2022. Downscaling using Deep Convolutional Autoencoders, a case study for South East Asia. Egusphere preprint. egusphere-2022-234.pdf (8.99 MB)
egusphere-2022-234.pdf (8.99 MB).
2015. The effect of repetitive structure on enjoyment and altered states in uplifting trance music. 2nd International Conference on Music and Consciousness (MUSCON 2), Brighton. AgresEtAl_muscon.pdf (12.47 KB)
AgresEtAl_muscon.pdf (12.47 KB).
2016. The Effect of Repetitive Structure on Enjoyment in Uplifting Trance Music. 14th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC). :280-282. preprint_trance.pdf (139.27 KB)
preprint_trance.pdf (139.27 KB).
2021. The Effect of Spectrogram Reconstructions on Automatic Music Transcription:An Alternative Approach to Improve Transcription Accuracy. Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2020). 2010.09969.pdf (3.46 MB)
2010.09969.pdf (3.46 MB).
2019. The emergence of deep learning: new opportunities for music and audio technologies. Neural Computing and Applications. main_preprint.pdf (102.16 KB)
main_preprint.pdf (102.16 KB).
2026. Emerging AI Technologies for Music: Towards Controllable, Collaborative, and Creative Systems. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, PMLR 303:1-5, 2026. bhandari26a.pdf (161.47 KB)
bhandari26a.pdf (161.47 KB).
2022. EmoMV: Affective Music-Video Correspondence Learning Datasets for Classification and Retrieval. Information Fusion. SSRN-id4189323.pdf (2.01 MB)
SSRN-id4189323.pdf (2.01 MB).
2025. End-to-End Text-to-SQL with Dataset Selection: Leveraging LLMs for Adaptive Query Generation. Proceedings of IJCNN, Rome, Italy.
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2021. Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Augmented Reality Game Promoting Environmental Action. Sustainability. 13(24):13912. sustainability-13-13912.pdf (16.23 MB)
sustainability-13-13912.pdf (16.23 MB).
2025. An exploration of controllability in symbolic music infilling. IEEE Access.
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2013. First species counterpoint generation with VNS and vertical viewpoints. Digital Music Research Network (DMNR+8). dnmr8_dh_dc.pdf (147.73 KB)
dnmr8_dh_dc.pdf (147.73 KB).
2014. First species counterpoint generation with VNS and vertical viewpoints. Annual Conference of the Belgian Operation Research Society (ORBEL28). orbel28_dh.pdf (216.63 KB)
orbel28_dh.pdf (216.63 KB).
2025. Forecasting Bitcoin Volatility Spikes from Whale Transactions and Cryptoquant Data Using Synthesizer Transformer Models. IEEE Access. 13:117788-117807. SSRN-id4247684.pdf (5.05 MB)
SSRN-id4247684.pdf (5.05 MB).
2026. Formalizing Semi-Structured Interviews for Design Requirement Discovery: A Multi-Agent Framework for Clarification and Empathic Interaction. Available at SSRN 7199726.
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2018. From Context to Concept: Exploring Semantic Relationships in Music with Word2Vec. Neural Computing and Applications. paper.pdf (1.64 MB)
paper.pdf (1.64 MB).
2017. A Functional Taxonomy of Music Generation Systems. ACM Computing Surveys. 50(5):30. music_generation_survey_dh_preprint.pdf (349.15 KB)
music_generation_survey_dh_preprint.pdf (349.15 KB).
2013. FuX, an Android app that generates counterpoint. IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Creativity and Affective Computing (CICAC). :48-55. wp_fux.pdf (486.27 KB)
wp_fux.pdf (486.27 KB).
2024. Gamification and skills tree. Trends and Foresight Report on Cyber-Physical Learning.
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2022. A Gaussian mixture classifier model to differentiate respiratory symptoms using phonated /ɑː/ sounds. The 18th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST). ahsounds.pdf (1018.01 KB)
ahsounds.pdf (1018.01 KB).
2015. Generating Fingerings for Polyphonic Piano Music with a Tabu Search Algorithm. Mathematics and Computation in Music. 9110:149-160. paper_mcm_preprint.pdf (405.73 KB)
paper_mcm_preprint.pdf (405.73 KB).
2017. Generating guitar solos by integer programming. Journal of the Operational Research Society. :971-985. preprint_guitar_solo_generation_dh.pdf (772.59 KB)
preprint_guitar_solo_generation_dh.pdf (772.59 KB).
2021. Generating Lead Sheets with Affect: A Novel Conditional seq2seq Framework. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). 2104.13056.pdf (857.78 KB)
2104.13056.pdf (857.78 KB).
2015. Generating music with an optimization algorithm using a Markov based objective function. ORBEL29, Belgian Conference on Operations Research. orbel29abs.pdf (138.67 KB)
orbel29abs.pdf (138.67 KB).
2015. Generating structured music for bagana using quality metrics based on Markov models. Expert Systems With Applications. 42 (21)(21):424–7435. paper-bagana.pdf (1.73 MB)
paper-bagana.pdf (1.73 MB).
2014. Generating structured music using quality metrics based on Markov models. wp_bagana.pdf (1.7 MB)
wp_bagana.pdf (1.7 MB).
2026. Generative AI in Education for SDG 4: Insights from Indonesia and Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)..
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2020. Generative Modelling for Controllable Audio Synthesis of Expressive Piano Performance. Workshop on Machine Learning for Music Discover (ML4MD) as part of ICML. 2006.09833.pdf (2.81 MB)
2006.09833.pdf (2.81 MB).
2017. Harmonic Structure Predicts the Enjoyment of Uplifting Trance Music. Frontiers in Psychology, Cognitive Science. 7(1999) agres16ut.pdf (1.15 MB)
agres16ut.pdf (1.15 MB).
2022. HEAR 2021: Holistic Evaluation of Audio Representations. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR): NeurIPS 2021 Competition Track. 2203.03022.pdf (406.58 KB)
2203.03022.pdf (406.58 KB).
2025. HHNAS-AM: Hierarchical Hybrid Neural Architecture Search using Adaptive Mutation Policies. arXiv:2508.14946.
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2021. Hierarchical Recurrent Neural Networks for Conditional Melody Generation with Long-term Structure. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). 2102.09794.pdf (1015.73 KB)
2102.09794.pdf (1015.73 KB).
2017. Hit Song Prediction Based on Early Adopter Data and Audio Features. The 18th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR) - Late Breaking Demo. paper_preprint_hit.pdf (221.73 KB)
paper_preprint_hit.pdf (221.73 KB).
2019. A Hybrid Fuzzy Logic-Neural Network Approach For Multi-path Separation Of Underwater Acoustic Signals. 89th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. fuzzy logic.pdf (1.66 MB)
fuzzy logic.pdf (1.66 MB).
2017. IMMA-Emo: A Multimodal Interface for Visualising Score- and Audio-synchronised Emotion Annotations. Audio Mostly. IMMA-emo_preprint.pdf (1.4 MB)
IMMA-emo_preprint.pdf (1.4 MB).
2020. The impact of Audio input representations on neural network based music transcription. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). 2001.09989.pdf (1.87 MB)
2001.09989.pdf (1.87 MB).
2019. The impact of musical structure on enjoyment and absorptive listening states in trance music. Music and Consciousness 2 - Worlds, Practices, Modalities.
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2025. ImprovNet: Generating Controllable Musical Improvisations with Iterative Corruption Refinement. Proceedings of IJCNN.
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2026. JAM: A Tiny Flow-based Song Generator with Fine-grained Controllability and Aesthetic Alignment. Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP).
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2025. JamendoMaxCaps: A Large Scale Music-caption Dataset with Imputed Metadata. Proceedings of IJCNN, Rome, Italy.
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2026. KARMA-MV: A Benchmark for Causal Question Answering on Music Videos. arXiv:2605.08175. 2605.08175v1.pdf (3.32 MB)
2605.08175v1.pdf (3.32 MB).
2019. Latent space representation for multi-target speaker detection and identification with a sparse dataset using Triplet neural networks. IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop (ASRU 2019). 1910.01463.pdf (934.76 KB)
1910.01463.pdf (934.76 KB).
2023. Learning accent representation with multi-level VAE towards controllable speech synthesis. IEEE Spoken Language Technology (SLT) Workshop.
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2019. Learning Disentangled Representations of Timbre and Pitch for Musical Instrument Sounds Using Gaussian Mixture Variational Autoencoders. ISMIR. jyun-ismir.pdf (5.62 MB)
jyun-ismir.pdf (5.62 MB).
2026. Leveraging LLM Embeddings for Cross Dataset Label Alignment and Zero Shot Music Emotion Prediction. Conference on AI Music Creativity (AIMC).
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2022. A Machine Learning Approach for MIDI to Guitar Tablature Conversion. Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC). 25.pdf (528.42 KB)
25.pdf (528.42 KB).
2019. Machine Learning Research that Matters for Music Creation: A Case Study. Journal of New Music Research. 48(1):36-55. concert_paper_preprint.pdf (1.6 MB)
concert_paper_preprint.pdf (1.6 MB).
2014. Markov Based Quality Metrics For Generating Structured Music With Optimization Techniques. Digital Music Research Network (DMNR+9). dmrn9_dh.pdf (133.29 KB)
dmrn9_dh.pdf (133.29 KB).
2026. Measuring and Mitigating Rapport Bias of Large Language Models under Multi-Agent Social Interactions. Proceedings of ICLR.
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2026. MelodySim: Measuring Melody-aware Music Similarity for Plagiarism Detection. IEEE Tencon.
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2023. MERP: A Music Dataset with Emotion Ratings and Raters’ Profile Information. Sensors - Intelligent Sensors. 23(1) sensors-23-00382 (2).pdf (1.21 MB)
sensors-23-00382 (2).pdf (1.21 MB).
2019. Midi Miner – A Python library for tonal tension and track classification. ISMIR - Late Breaking Demo. midi_miner.pdf (83.7 KB)
midi_miner.pdf (83.7 KB).
2024. MidiCaps — A large-scale MIDI dataset with text captions. ISMIR. 2406.02255v1.pdf (699.83 KB)
2406.02255v1.pdf (699.83 KB).
2018. Minimally Simple Binaural Room Modelling Using a Single Feedback Delay Network. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 66(10):791-807. angus_jaes_preprint.pdf (6.39 MB)
angus_jaes_preprint.pdf (6.39 MB).
2024. MIRFLEX: Music Information Retrieval Feature Library for Extraction. ISMIR, Late Breaking Demos. 2411.00469v1.pdf (89.86 KB)
2411.00469v1.pdf (89.86 KB).
2017. Modeling Musical Context with Word2vec. First International Workshop On Deep Learning and Music. 1:11-18. herremans2017work2vec.pdf (745.8 KB)
herremans2017work2vec.pdf (745.8 KB)