Summary
Carmine Cella is a composer-researcher and professor who bridges advanced applied mathematics and experimental music, currently teaching at UC Berkeley and Conservatorio G. Rossini. With dual PhDs in composition and applied mathematics, he develops AI-driven models for sound representation, machine-assisted orchestration, and augmented-performance systems born from long collaborations with IRCAM and Les Percussions de Strasbourg. His work treats sound as a physical, visualizable object—eschewing traditional melody to compose unified sonic images—and has been recognized by prizes including Petrassi and Traiettorie. He has a track record of turning mathematical theory (scattering transforms, deep learning) into practical musical technology, including residency projects and an opera premiered at Kyiv National Opera. Based in Berkeley but internationally active, he combines rigorous research with public-facing artistic projects that reshape how performers and audiences interact with electronic augmentation.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Conservatorio "G. Rossini" - Pesaro
University of Bologna
Laurea, Logic, Laurea, Logic at Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo'
Post-doc, Applied mathematics, Post-doc, Applied mathematics at Ecole normale supérieure
Accademia "S. Cecilia" - Rome
English, French