PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Bruno Zamborlin

Bruno Zamborlin is an AI researcher whose work connects machine learning with music and human-computer interaction. He studied computer science in Italy, worked on gesture recognition at IRCAM, and completed a joint computer-science PhD between IRCAM and Goldsmiths. Mogees maps vibrations from everyday objects to musical notes; HyperSurfaces uses sensors and algorithms to make physical surfaces respond to touch. He led AI at Musixmatch in 2025 and is scheduled to represent the company at a Music Tech Summit panel in October 2026.

Now at
Goldsmiths University of London and Musixmatch
Works
15
Citations
307
h-index
5
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2011

    Mogees reads vibration

    In 2011, he develops Mogees with IRCAM's Real-Time Musical Interactions team and Goldsmiths. A microphone and vibration analysis let the device turn gestures on everyday surfaces into musical notes.

  2. 2012

    A research prize

    In 2012, he shares the Prix Jeune Chercheur Science et Musique with Lionel Feugère.

  3. 2012–2014

    Building Mogees

    After studying computer science in Italy, he works at IRCAM on Gesture Follower and pursues a joint PhD in Arts and Computer Science with Goldsmiths' Embodied AudioVisual Group and IRCAM's Real-Time Musical Interactions team. His first Mogees prototype video appears in 2012. By 2014, the project is his full-time activity and uses machine learning to infer object interactions and choose notes.

  4. By 2016

    A computer-science PhD

    By 2016, he has completed a computer-science PhD between IRCAM and Goldsmiths and leads Mogees as its founder and CEO. The product combines contact microphones, machine learning, and audio physical modeling to turn objects into musical instruments.

  5. 2024

    HyperSurfaces senses touch

    In 2024, he is an AI researcher whose work explores human-computer interaction with physical surfaces. His startups include HyperSurfaces and HyperSentience; HyperSurfaces combines vibration sensors with algorithms to detect touches, footsteps, and atmospheric events, then turn them into sound, light, and data.

  6. 2025–2026

    Leading AI at Musixmatch

    In 2025, he leads AI at Musixmatch and is an honorary research fellow at Goldsmiths. In October 2026, he is scheduled to represent Musixmatch on a Music Tech Summit panel about startup growth across the US and Europe.

Career

  1. 2025Goldsmiths University of LondonHonorary Research Fellow
  2. From 2025MusixmatchAI lead
  3. 2012–2014Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music
  4. MogeesFounder and CEO

Education

  1. From 2012Goldsmiths University of LondonPhD in Arts and Computer Science
  2. From 2012Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/MusicPhD in Arts and Computer Science

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Continuous Realtime Gesture Following and Recognition2010 · Lecture notes in computer science · 167 citations
  2. Modular musical objects towards embodied control of digital music2010 · International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI) · 49 citations
  3. Online Gesture Analysis and Control of Audio Processing2011 · Springer tracts in advanced robotics · 42 citations
  4. Fluid gesture interaction design2014 · ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems · 33 citations
  5. Extracting Human Expression For Interactive Composition With The Augmented Violin2012 · 10 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes Goldsmiths University of London. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  2. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  3. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  4. 46% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Mogees | Ressources IRCAM medias.ircam.fr. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Remise du prix Jeune Chercheur Science et Musique 2012 lairedu.fr. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. An Interview with Bruno Zamborlin | Cycling '74 cycling74.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Artistics Performances 2016 | University of Geneva unige.ch. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Hypersurfaces | THE BUNKER the-bunker.it. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Pratiche scientifiche di condivisione del sapere. AI e Sound Art: i luoghi come strumenti musicali collettivi | Scaldasole Books scaldasolebooks.it. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. MUSIC BIZ IN MILAN: Music Tech Summit Returns to CES Unveiled Oct. 21st! | Music Business Association musicbiz.org. Checked 18 October 2026.