BEng (CUHK), LRSM (ABRSM), PhD (HKUST), MSc (HKUST)
Lecturer
Assistant Editor, Computer Music Journal (CMJ)
Computer Music, Music Information Retrieval, Signal Processing, Audio Engineering, Music/Visual Programming, Music Technology
Biography
Chuck-jee Chau obtained his PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), focusing on timbre analysis and music emotion. He earned his BEng in Computer Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with a minor in Music.
He has developed and started the first computer music UG course in CUHK in 2019. Outside of computer music research, he is also a versatile collaborative pianist and mallet percussionist active in local music performances and musical theatre productions.
Top Cited Publications
- C.-j. Chau, B. Wu, and A. Horner: The Emotional Characteristics and Timbre of Nonsustaining Instrument Sounds. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 63, pp. 228–244, Apr. 2015
- C.-j. Chau, R. Mo, and A. Horner: The Emotional Characteristics of Piano Sounds with Different Pitch and Dynamics. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 64, pp. 918–932, Nov. 2016
- Y. Hong, C.-j. Chau, and A. Horner: An Analysis of Low-Arousal Piano Music Ratings to Uncover What Makes Calm and Sad Music So Difficult to Distinguish in Music Emotion Recognition. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 65, pp. 304–320, April 2017
Recent Publications
- T.-a. Lam, W.-f. Lo, and C.-j. Chau, Automated Pop-to-Acappella Score Generation, in Proceedings of the 6th Conference on AI Music Creativity (AIMC 2025), Brussels, Belgium, 10–12 September 2025.
- T.Y. Yip and C.-j. Chau, Music2MIDI: Pop Music to MIDI Piano Cover Generation, in Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM 2025), Nara, Japan, 8–10 January 2025, pp. 101–113.
- T.Y. Cheng, C.W. Cheung, and C.-j. Chau, Web-based Piano Music Tutoring using Artificial Intelligence, in Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Ubiquitous Music (UbiMus 2024), Macao, 31 October–2 November 2024, pp. 50–53.
- K.H. Leung and C.-j. Chau, Enhancing Parameter Efficiency for Music Source Separation Models, in Proceedings of the 49th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Shenzhen, China, 15–20 October 2023, pp. 36–39.
- K.-w. Ho, Y. Ling, and C.-j. Chau, Guitar Virtual Instrument using Physical Modelling with Collision Simulation, in Proceedings of the 47th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Santiago, Chile, 25–31 July 2021, pp. 220–223.