Current Research Position

• 2025 – 2027

  Western Postdoctoral Fellow — Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, London, Canada

  Research project: Generative AI & Disability-Led Design for Inclusive Music Learning

Previous Research Positions

• 2020 – 2023

  Research Assistant — Computational Acoustic Modeling Lab, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

• 2022

  Research Assistant — Hearing Health Project, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

• 2020

  Research Scientific Consultant — Reliability and Risk Engineering Lab, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

• 2018 – 2019

  Research Intern — Reliability and Risk Engineering Lab and Separation Processes Lab, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

• Acquilino, A., & Scavone, G. (2022). Current state and future directions of technologies for music instrument pedagogy. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 835609. DOI

• Becattini, V., Gabrielli, P., Antonini, C., Campos, J., Acquilino, A., Sansavini, G., & Mazzotti, M. (2022). Carbon dioxide capture, transport and storage value chains: Optimal economic and environmental performance of infrastructure rollout. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 117, Article 103635. DOI

• Gabrielli, P., Acquilino, A., Siri, S., Bracco, S., Sansavini, G., & Mazzotti, M. (2020). Optimization of low-carbon multi-energy systems with seasonal geothermal energy storage: The Anergy Grid of ETH Zurich. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 8, Article 100052. DOI

Refereed Conference Papers

• Evangelista, G., & Acquilino, A. (2025). An adaptive wavelet-based algorithm for assessing the quality of the attack transients in non-percussive instruments. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx25). Proceedings

• Acquilino, A., Puranik, N., Fujinaga, I., & Scavone, G. (2023). A dataset and baseline for automated assessment of timbre quality in trumpet sound. In Proceedings of the 24th International Society of Music Information Retrieval Conference (pp. 684–691). Proceedings

• Acquilino, A., Puranik, N., Fujinaga, I., & Scavone, G. (2023). Detecting efficiency in trumpet sound production: Proposed methodology and pedagogical implications. In Proceedings of the 5th Stockholm Music Acoustic Conference. Proceedings

• Becattini, V., Gabrielli, P., Acquilino, A., Antonini, C., Mazzotti, M., & Sansavini, G. (2021). Design and multi-objective optimization of CO2 value chains for waste to energy sector: A Swiss case study. In Proceedings of the 15th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference. DOI

Theses

Watch a short lay presentation of my PhD research:

• A Acquilino, supervised by Gary Scavone (2025). “Real-time computational feedback systems for enriched music pedagogy”. PhD Thesis, McGill University. PDF

• A Acquilino, supervised by G Sansavini, S Bracco, S Siri, F Delfino, C Ménézo, P Gabrielli, R Wu (2019). “Analysis and optimization for decarbonizing a multi-energy system with geothermal storage: application to the Hönggerberg ETH Campus in Zurich”. MSc Thesis, ETH Zurich, University of Genoa, Université Savoie Mont Blanc. PDF

• A Acquilino, supervised by L Bruzzone (2016). “Mechanical characterization of friction in an electrical test bench with inertial load”. BSc Thesis, University of Genoa.

Presentations

Invited Presentations

• 2025

  Generative Audio for Music-Making workshop — CIRMMT, Montreal, Canada

  Using Generative AI for Adaptive Learning in Music

• 2025

  Tomlinson Talks — McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  Real-Time Computational Feedback Systems for Enriched Music Training

• 2025

  OICRM — Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

  Systèmes de Rétroaction Computationnelle en Temps Réel pour l’Enrichissement de l’Enseignement Musical

• 2024

  Mentor Summit — Google Summer of Code, Sunnyvale, California, US

  HarmonyHub: A Web-Based Platform for Learning Variable-Pitch Musical Instruments

• 2024

  Italian Institute of Culture — Montreal, Canada

  AI and Music: Technologies for Music Education

• 2024

  Groupe de Recherche en Acoustique — ÉTS, Montreal, Canada

  Real-Time Computational Feedback Systems for Enriched Classical Music Education

• 2023 – 2024

  Four40 Series — Global Leaders Institute, online

  The Musician as Innovator

• 2023

  Brass Pedagogic Seminar — Blekinge International Brass Academy, Sweden

  Technologies for Musical Instrument Pedagogy: Potential and Limitations

• 2023

  Tomlinson Talks — McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  Technology Enhanced Music Education

Conference Presentations

• 2024

  CIRMMT-OICRM-BRAMS Student Symposium 2024

  Perceptual Dimensions of Trumpet Efficiency

• 2023

  CIRMMT-OICRM-BRAMS Student Symposium 2023

  Assistive Technology for Trumpet Pedagogy

• 2023

  5th Stockholm Music Acoustic Conference — Sweden

  Detecting Efficiency in Trumpet Sound Production: Proposed Methodology and Pedagogical Implications

• 2023

  International Society of Music Information Retrieval Conference — Milan, Italy

  A Dataset and Baseline for Automated Assessment of Timbre Quality in Trumpet Sound

• 2022

  Lunigiana International Music Festival

  Current State and Future Directions of Technologies for Music Pedagogy

• 2022

  Lerici Music Festival

  Current State and Future Directions of Technologies for Music Pedagogy

Poster Presentations

• 2025

  CIRMMT-OICRM-BRAMS Student Symposium 2025

  Perceptual Dimensions of Trumpet Efficiency

Peer Review Activities

• 2025 – Present

  International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR)

• 2025 – Present

  Evaluation and Program Planning Journal

• 2024 – Present

  International Journal of Music Education

• 2024 – Present

  EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity, and Game Creation