Biography
Anja Volk, Professor of Music Information Computing at Utrecht University, has a dual background in mathematics and musicology which she applies to cross-disciplinary approaches at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence and music. She has an international reputation in the areas of music information retrieval (MIR), computational musicology, mathematical music theory, and music technology for health and wellbeing. Her work has helped bridge the gap between science and humanistic approaches to music while working in interdisciplinary research teams in Germany, the USA and the Netherlands. Her research aims at enhancing our understanding of music as a fundamental human trait by developing computational models for musical structures. She applies these insights to developing music technologies that offer new ways of interacting with music, such as in cultural heritage, digital musicology, music education and health applications. She has co-founded several international initiatives, most notably the International Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music (SMCM), the international WIMIR mentoring program, and the flagship journal of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR). She is committed to connecting different research communities and providing interdisciplinary education for the next generation through the organization of international workshops, such as Lorentz Center workshops at the intersection of music and computer science.
