2025
Awards
Outstanding Academic Research in AI Music
Honors excellent scholarly research that deepens understanding of AI music, its methods, or its impact.
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2025 Awards
Outstanding Academic Research in AI Music
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Education
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Winner
Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun & the Purdue AIM group
Purdue's AIM (Artificial Intelligence for Musicians) group, led by clinical associate professor Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, advanced the NSF-funded “AI Technology for Future Music Performers” — research applying AI to musicians' practice and performance, and a model of rigorous, funded inquiry in the field.
Other nominees
Zhiyao Duan (University of Rochester)
Research on AI music information retrieval and performance.
“The impact of generative AI on school music education” (2025 study)
A peer-reviewed study with classroom recommendations.
AAAI / ICME “AI for Music” workshops (2025)
Academic venues advancing AI-music scholarship.