Francesco Di Maggio
PhD Candidate in Industrial Design, TU/e · Digital Luthier
f.di.maggio@tue.nl · github.com/francesco-di-maggio · linkedin.com/in/francesco-di-maggio
CV
Work, education and languages. PDF
Work
- PhD Candidate in Industrial DesignEindhoven University of Technology, NL2024–present
- Research EngineerCNRS, MSH Paris Nord, Saint-Denis, FR2022–2024
- Software DeveloperGripBeats, Remote2020–present
- Apple Certified TechnicianLJS, The Hague, NL2019–2021
- Sound TechnicianElectronics Workshop, Institute of Sonology, The Hague, NL2019–2021
Teaching
Education
- Mixed Music Interpretation WorkshopIRCAM, ManiFeste 2021, Paris, FR2021
- Master's, Sonology – Instruments & InterfacesRoyal Conservatoire, The Hague, and STEIM, NLThesis: Ø: An Interactive Music System for Real-Time Composition2021
- Master's, Electronic MusicConservatorio "F. Morlacchi", Perugia, ITThesis: Comporre interazione (Composing Interaction)2020
- Bachelor's, Sonology – Instruments & InterfacesRoyal Conservatoire, The Hague, NLThesis: Building an Interactive Music System for Real-Time Synchronisation2019
- Bachelor's, Electronic MusicConservatorio "F. Morlacchi", Perugia, ITThesis: Joyzer2017
Performances
Monolith4 shows with Sofie Kramer and Mári Mákó2022–2025
A Pole Tragedy7 shows with Sofie Kramer and Mári Mákó2021–2024
Assistance
Presentations
Publications
- The Aerophone Kit: A Toolkit for Pneumatic Musical Instrument DesignFrancesco Di Maggio*, Catharina Maria van Riet*, Sergio Picella, Berry Eggen, Bart HengeveldNIME '26, London, UK · Paper
- What Makes it Fun? Mapping Playful Interaction in Music-Making with AIJingjing Sun*, Francesco Di Maggio*, Rebecca Fiebrink, Corey Ford, Bart Hengeveld, Sebastian DeterdingNIME '26, London, UK · Workshop
- Electromyographic & Movement Sonification: Musical Embodiment as a Tool for Functional Rehabilitation in Children with Spinal Cord InjuryJosé Manuel Corredera, Francesco Di Maggio, Atau Tanaka, Elisa López-DoladoIBERDISCAP '25, Seville, Spain · Springer, Biosystems & Biorobotics 36 · Book chapter
- TESI: A Toolkit for Tangible and Embodied Sound InteractionFrancesco Di Maggio, Bart Hengeveld, Mathias Funk, Rebecca FiebrinkTEI '26, Chicago, IL, USA · Paper
- Embedded Comparo: Small DSP Systems Side-by-SideFrancesco Di Maggio, Bart Hengeveld, Atau TanakaNIME '25, Canberra, Australia · Paper
- Making Sense of Decentralized TUIs: A Modular Sound-Centric ApproachFrancesco Di Maggio, Bart Hengeveld, Mathias FunkTEI '25, Bordeaux, France · Workshop
- An Interactive Modular System for Electrophysiological DMIsFrancesco Di Maggio, Atau Tanaka, David Fierro, Stephen WhitmarshAM '23, Edinburgh, UK · PaperBest Long Paper Award
- The EAVI EMG/EEG Board: Hybrid Physiological SensingAtau Tanaka, David Fierro, Francesco Di Maggio, Martin Klang, Stephen WhitmarshNIME '23, Mexico City, Mexico · Paper
- Brain-Body Digital Musical Instrument Work-in-ProgressAtau Tanaka, Anne Sèdes, Alain Bonardi, Stephen Whitmarsh, David Fierro, Francesco Di MaggioISEA '23, Paris, France · Paper
Languages
- ItalianNative
- EnglishC2
- RussianC1
- DutchB1
- FrenchA2