Sergio Canazza received a Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy. He is Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, responsible for the courses: (i) "Fundamental of Computer Science" and (ii) "Computer Engineering for Music and Multimedia". He is Scientific Director of the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale, and his main research interests involve 1) Expressive information processing, 2) Auditory displays, and 3) musical cultural heritage preservation and exploitation. He is advisory editor in Journal of New Music Research (Taylor & Francis Group). He is author or co-author of more than 250 publications on International Journals and Refereed International Conferences. He has been i) general chairman and member of Technical Committees at several conferences and ii) Project Manager in European projects. He was Director of Centro Multimediale e di E-Learning di Ateneo (2013-2016). He is CEO of Audioinnova, an university spin-off enterprise, that has its roots in a research laboratory with the aim of commercially promoting research results and he is owner of patents on safety and health at work. Sergio Canazza won the Creativity AI Trophy at World AI Cannes Festival in 2023.