Spyros Polychronopoulos

Spyros Polychronopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1980. His interest in sound, both as a physical phenomenon as well as a form of art, began at an early age. He holds a degree in Physics and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Patras, Greece. His thesis focused on tuning the acoustics of closed spaces and he has published a number of papers in this field. After relocating to London, UK in 2014, he gained three years of practical experience working as an acoustic consultant. Then he moved to Brighton, UK where he worked as a Research Fellow in the Informatics Department at the University of Sussex, researching ‘Human-computer Interaction for Acoustic Levitation’. Further to his research in sound, he has developed unique sound objects (i.e. LEM), released 15 albums and performed a number of concerts around the world. Spyros regularly leads workshops and lectures on new technologies in composition and aesthetics of sound. He currently works as a researcher and lecturer at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens department of Informatics and Telecommunications, Greece.