Professor Dr. Philippe Depalle

Biography

Philippe Depalle is an Associate Professor in Music Technology at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His research interests primarily focus on sound synthesis, sound processing, sound analysis, simulation of musical instruments, control of sound synthesis, and spectral analysis. He completed his studies at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan from 1980 to 1985 and earned a B.Sc. degree in physical chemistry from Université de Paris Sud, Orsay, France, in 1982. Furthermore, he attained both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied acoustics from Université du Mans, Le Mans, France, in 1984 and 1991, respectively. Depalle has held academic positions including Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering at École Supérieure d’Électricité in Metz, France, from 1985 to 1988, and he was part of the analysis/synthesis research team at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique Musique (IRCAM) in Paris, France, from 1988 to 1997. He was also an invited professor at Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada, from 1997 to 1999. Currently, he directs the Sound Processing & Control Laboratory (SPCL) at McGill University.

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