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|name=Ivan Franco|
|image=ivan_franco.jpg|
|program=Ph.D. Music Technology|
|supervisor=Prof. [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]]|
|website=http://ivanfranco.wordpress.com|
|email=ivan [dot] franco [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca|
}}

===== Research Interests =====

  * Human-Computer Interaction
  * New Interfaces for Musical Expression
  * Self-contained Autonomous Systems
  * Interactive Installation

===== Projects =====

  * [[projects:embedded_systems:Prynth|Prynth Programmable DMI]]

===== Educational Background =====

  * B.A. (Engineering) - New University of Lisbon (Portugal) 1998
  * M.A. (Digital Arts - Electronic Music) - Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) 2000
  * Ph.D. (currently) (Music Technology) - McGill University (Canada)




===== IDMIL-related Publications =====

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===== Other Publications =====

  *I. Franco, “The AirStick: A free-gesture controller using infrared sensing,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2005, pp. 248–249.
  *L. Teixeira, A. Barbosa, J. Cardoso, V. Carvalho, M. Costa, I. Sousa, I. Franco, A. Fonseca, D. Henriques, P. Rosa, "Online data mining services for dynamic spatial databases I: system architecture and client applications", II International Conference and Exhibition on Geographic Information, Estoril Congress Center, Lisbon, 2005.
  *L. Teixeira, A. Barbosa, J. Cardoso, V. Carvalho, M. Costa, I. Sousa, I. Franco, A. Fonseca, D. Henriques, P. Rosa, "Online data mining services for dynamic spatial databases II: air quality location based services and sonification", II International Conference and Exhibition on Geographic Information, Estoril Congress Center, Lisbon, 2005.
  *Serpa, J., E. Nobre, I. Franco e A.S. Câmara, "Tangible Interfaces for Visualization of Geographic Data in Collaborative Environments", Ubigis Conference, Gavle, Suécia, 2004.
  *Serpa, J., E. Nobre, I. Franco, N. Cardoso, A. Lobo, M. Costa e A.S. Câmara 2003, "TangiTable: 80 000 Simulating Pollutant Dispersion", Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction Athens, Greece, 2003.