Emmanuel Deruty is a researcher, musician, and music producer with broad experience in research, team leadership, music composition, production, and sound design. His work focuses on innovation, transdisciplinarity, and challenging the boundaries of current knowledge. 

He has contributed to a diverse range of projects, producing academic articles, patented technologies, and music for award-winning initiatives. He is currently completing a Ph.D. on redefining pitch in music. 

Sony CSL promotes “extreme thinking” and 逆張り (contrary and risky bets), a philosophy I sincerely align with. Some researchers must take the risk of questioning foundational principles in their fields, even if it means diverging from prevailing trends and, as a result, risking marginalization. 

My specialty is music. The scientific and academic communities’ perception of it needs redefinition. Our current understanding is rooted in 18th-century Western frameworks. It is ill-equipped to address the diverse elements of contemporary musical language and unsuited to the challenges posed by technological evolution. It is difficult to imagine better futures if we do not understand the present. 

The scientific community struggles to define favorable outcomes for music amid the deep-learning revolution. Generative A.I. presents both engineering and artistic challenges, with plausible music generation being only a starting point. Yet, expertise remains heavily skewed toward technological development. Technology should be seen as a means, not an end. Art is more than a proof of concept for machine learning models.