Research Teams

Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces

The research and development activities of the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces team focus on the reproduction, analysis/synthesis, and perception of sound scenes.

Analysis of Musical Practices

The Musical Practices Analysis team conducts interdisciplinary research on the world of music—from production (composition, improvisation, performance) to reception (listening, concerts, criticism, scientific and technical discourse), including the various technical objects that shape it (instruments, recordings, algorithms).

Concert interactif, avec l’Ensemble ]h[iatus sur des pièces composées par Sébastien Roux et Clément Canonne, Espace de projection, Ircam, 2026

Musical Representations

The Musical Representations team explores the formal and dynamic structures of music and mobilizes them in creative environments for musical composition and interaction.

Sound Analysis-Synthesis

The Sound Analysis-Synthesis team conducts research and development in the analysis, transformation, and synthesis of sound signals.

Sound Music Movement Interaction

The Sound Music Movement Interaction team (formerly Real-Time Musical Interactions) conducts research and development on interactive systems dedicated to music and the performing arts.

Résidence de recherche artistique à l’Ircam, expérience avec 40 Raspberry Pi connectés et synchronisés via le réseau à l'Espace de projection

Sound Perception and Design

The scientific project of the Sound Perception and Design team aims to combine research in audition, sound perception and cognition with research and applications in sound design, using an approach that is integrated with design research.

Sound Systems and Signals: Audio/Acoustics, InstruMents

The Sound Systems and Signals: Audio/Acoustics, Instruments team develops theoretical, technological, and experimental tools addressing multiphysical systems and the sound signals they produce.

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Replay

March 2026

L'art au temps de l'IA. Générer, critiquer, créer / Encounter

An evening combining discussions around the book and artistic moments.

La rivière Arataye au coeur des Nouragues

Artistic research

March 2026

Jérôme Sueur – Inside the Rainforest 2/2

Sébastien Gaxie’s artistic research residency, which focuses on the sounds of the Amazonian forest, simply wouldn’t exist without him. Let’s meet with ecoacoustician and biodiversity specialist Jérôme Sueur, who was a crucial catalyst for this project–a project that could, in turn, provide his team at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle with new tools to explore.

Sébastien Gaxie dans la chambre anéchoïque Ircam

Artistic research

March 2026

Sébastien Gaxie : Inside the Rainforest 1/2

A look back at Sébastien Gaxie’s residency at Ircam, bringing artistic research into dialogue with the study of Amazon rainforest biodiversity.

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