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Marcelo Soares Pimenta
Marcelo Soares Pimenta is an associate professor at Institute of Informatics (INF), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in Brazil. He is head of LCM, the INF-UFRGS Computer Music Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Informatique at Université Toulouse 1, France, in 1997 and the Bachelor and Master’s degree in Computer Science at UFRGS in 1988 and 1991, respectively. Since 1998, he is member of a multidisciplinary research group at UFRGS working with topics in Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering and Computer Music with emphasis in the integration of these areas. Member and co-founder of the Ubiquitous Music Group (g-ubimus), currently his research within the context of ubiquitous music-making focuses on novice-oriented creativity tools, networked music and interaction patterns for music environments