Academic Experience
Research Assistant
Queen Mary University of London | London, UK |
Dec 2026 – Ongoing
- Developing Jupyter notebooks for the EPSRC AI through music project, focusing on teaching high school students AI concepts through musical applications.
Teaching Assistant
Institute of Music, Faculty of Arts, Universidad de la República | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Teaching Assistant (Gr. 2) (Sep 2023 – Present)
Teaching Assistant (Gr. 1) (Nov 2020 – Sep 2023)
- Courses: Acoustics, Introduction to Python Programming, Introduction to CSound, and Sound Editing/Processing Techniques.
- Research: Contributed to the “Candombe documentation and analysis” project.
- Development: Assisted with the work on Python libraries
carat (computer-aided rhythm analysis) and the candombe dataset integration to mirdata.
Lecturer
BS in Design, Art and Technology, Universidad ORT | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Mar 2020 – Jul 2022
- Designed and taught: Interactive Audiovisual Programming and Electronic Arts Project, where I guided students through the design and implementation of their projects.
- Technical focus: Processing, p5.js, Pure Data, and Arduino integration with sensors/actuators.
Teaching Assistant
Engineering Faculty, Universidad de la República | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Dec 2014 – Aug 2015
- Assisted in a hands-on course where students built a modular Analog Vocoder.
- Led tasks in PCB etching, component soldering, and analog circuit design for musical ends.
Publications
A Drawing Robot Pipeline with Artist-Inspired Execution
Jimena Arruti, M. Ottavianelli, A. Solari, P. Monzón, P. Musé, J. P. Oliver | IEEE URUCON (2021)
- Based on my undergraduate thesis, which received a mention from the National Engineering Academy.
The Construction of an Analog Vocoder as a Hands-on Course
I. Irigaray, T. Tarragona, J. Arruti, P. Zinemanas | PAEE/ALE (2016)
- Scholarship: Audio Developer Conference (ADC) Diversity Scholarship Recipient (2025), and L-Acoustics scholar.
- Scholarship: National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay (ANII) Scholarship for Masters studies at Queen Mary University of London (2025-2026).
- Teaching Exchange via Erasmus+ (2022): Teaching training at Sabancı University, Istanbul, focusing on Physical Computing and Interactive Sound. Working with Prof. Selcuk Artut.
- Mentorship: WiMIR (Women in Music Information Retrieval) Mentee (2024).
- Organization: Part of the Latin American BISH Bash and NIME LATAM Network teams.
Conferences
- Audio Developer Conference (ADC) (2025): Attended in Bristol, UK, as a Diversity Scholarship Recipient and L-Acoustics Scholar.
- Latin American Music Information Retrieval (LAMIR) Workshop (2024): Participated as a paper reviewer and attendee at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 3D Analysis of Human Movement, Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine and Biomechanics International Symposium (2024): Attended in Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Audio Engineering Society (AES) Latin American Conference (2022): Attended in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) (2022): Attended the virtual edition hosted by The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- IEEE URUCON (2021): Attended, and an accepted paper on robotic art pipelines was presented by a co-author.
- 4th International Csound Conference (2017): Served as part of the organizing team for the event held at the University School of Music and Engineering Faculty, Universidad de la República.
- Argentinian Symposium of Embedded Systems (SASE) (2015): Attended at the Engineering Faculty, Universidad de Buenos Aires.