research | Luís Arandas

Research Projects:

Collections Transformer: PDRF extending “Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage”, 1 of 5 ‘Discovery Projects’ part of the 5-year Towards A National Collection (TaNC) programme. Funded by UKRI’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). In partnership with Tate and Decolonising Arts Institute (AH/W003341/1).
Charismatic Project: PDRF “AI-driven Storytelling for TV and Film Industries” led by Charismatic.AI, Channel 4, UAL Creative Computing Institute, Falmouth University, Aardman Animations, Sound Reactions and digital ethicist Lisa Talia Moretti, supported by InnovateUK (UKRI).
Xperimus Project: AR “Experimentation in music in Portuguese culture: History, contexts and practices in the 20th and 21st centuries” (POCI-01-0145-FEDER031380) co-funded by the European Union through the Operational Program Competitiveness and Internationalisation, in its ERDF component, and by national funds, through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT/PT).

Programming Languages: Python, C++, Rust, TS/JS, Docker, Shell.

2026

BPS

Developing a GDPR Compliant Locally Deployable Experimentation Toolkit for Human to AI-Agent Interaction Testing

O. Sutskova and Luís Arandas

In Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference, The British Psychological Association (BPS), York St John University, 2026

Bib

@inproceedings{sutskova2026gdpr,
  title = {Developing a {GDPR} Compliant Locally Deployable Experimentation Toolkit for Human to {AI}-Agent Interaction Testing},
  author = {Sutskova, O. and Arandas, Lu{\'i}s},
  booktitle = {Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference, The British Psychological Association (BPS)},
  location = {York St John University},
  year = {2026}
}

2025

EvoMUSART

All YIN No YANG: Geometric Abstraction of Oil Paintings with Trained Models, Noise and Self-reference

Luís Arandas, I. Ionescu, M. Khan, and 2 more authors

In Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design. EvoMUSART 2025, 2025

In: Machado, P., Johnson, C., Santos, I. (eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 15611. Springer, Cham.

DOI Bib

@inproceedings{arandas2025yin,
  title = {All {YIN} No {YANG}: Geometric Abstraction of Oil Paintings with Trained Models, Noise and Self-reference},
  author = {Arandas, Lu{\'i}s and Ionescu, I. and Khan, M. and Grierson, M. and Carvalhais, M.},
  booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design. EvoMUSART 2025},
  editor = {Machado, P. and Johnson, C. and Santos, I.},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {15611},
  publisher = {Springer, Cham},
  note = {In: Machado, P., Johnson, C., Santos, I. (eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 15611. Springer, Cham.},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-90167-6_17},
  year = {2025}
}

2024

Live Interfaces

Editing Video Streams Through Natural Language Embeddings: Keyframe Sequencing Using Transformers

Luís Arandas, P. Sarmento, M. Grierson, and 1 more author

Live Interfaces Journal, 2024

Vol. 2. Universidade Lusófona / CICANT. ISSN: 2975-9943.

Bib

@article{arandas2024editing,
  title = {Editing Video Streams Through Natural Language Embeddings: Keyframe Sequencing Using Transformers},
  author = {Arandas, Lu{\'i}s and Sarmento, P. and Grierson, M. and Carvalhais, M.},
  journal = {Live Interfaces Journal},
  editor = {S{\'a}, Adriana},
  volume = {2},
  publisher = {Universidade Lus{\'o}fona / CICANT},
  issn = {2975-9943},
  note = {Vol. 2. Universidade Lus{\'o}fona / CICANT. ISSN: 2975-9943.},
  year = {2024}
}

2023

INSAM

Computing Short Films Using Language-guided Diffusion and Vocoding Through Virtual Timelines of Summaries

Luís Arandas, M. Grierson, and M. Carvalhais

INSAM, Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology, 2023

ISSN: 2637-1898.

Bib

@article{arandas2023computing,
  title = {Computing Short Films Using Language-guided Diffusion and Vocoding Through Virtual Timelines of Summaries},
  author = {Arandas, Lu{\'i}s and Grierson, M. and Carvalhais, M.},
  journal = {INSAM, Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology},
  issn = {2637-1898},
  note = {ISSN: 2637-1898.},
  year = {2023}
}

2021

UbiMus

Beat Byte Bot: A Chatbot Architecture for Web-based Audio Management

G. Panal and Luís Arandas

In Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Ubiquitous Music (UbiMus 2021), 2021

pp. 72–82. g-ubimus. ISBN: 978-65-00-30880-8.

Bib

@inproceedings{panal2021beatbyte,
  title = {Beat Byte Bot: A Chatbot Architecture for Web-based Audio Management},
  author = {Panal, G. and Arandas, Lu{\'i}s},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Ubiquitous Music (UbiMus 2021)},
  pages = {72--82},
  publisher = {g-ubimus},
  isbn = {978-65-00-30880-8},
  note = {pp. 72--82. g-ubimus. ISBN: 978-65-00-30880-8.},
  year = {2021}
}