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Mark Sandler

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Head of the Centre for Fundamentals of AI and Computational Theory at Queen Mary University of London
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Mark Sandler is a distinguished Professor of Signal Processing at Queen Mary University of London with over 40 years of experience in digital audio and music. He founded the world-leading Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Colleagues praise him as an inspiring and brilliant researcher.

In his early career, he invented the Digital Power Amplifier and was one of the pioneers of Music Information Retrieval.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Head of the Centre for Fundamentals of AI and Computational Theory
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

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Friendly But Slow
ROI Driven
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Priorities

Topics Mark cares about

Fundamental AI
Heads the Centre for Fundamentals of AI and Computational Theory and is actively recruiting for research at the intersection of AI and mathematics.
Digital Music Research
He founded and directs the world-leading Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) and has published approximately 500 papers on topics like semantic audio and music informatics.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Head of the Centre for Fundamentals of AI and Computational Theory
Queen Mary University of London
Director and Chief Scientist
Queen Mary University of London
1-2010
Director of qMedia
Queen Mary University of London
Professor
King's College London
In the press

Media appearances

Mark Sandler presents at Erlangen AI Hub Conference. Featured in C4DM (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London)
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Education
1975 - 1983
BSc
University of Essex
1967 - 1974
Education details unavailable
Christ's College Finchley
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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