Professor Mick Grierson

Biography

Professor Mick Grierson is a Professor of Computer Science who has worked at the intersection of AI and the Creative Industries for 25 years, raising approx. £15 million from governments and foundations, including for the UK’s first Creative Deep Learning research project, MIMIC (2018), in partnership with Google Magenta. He is founder of the discipline of Creative Computing and co-founder of UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI). His research lab produced some of the first Creative AI research, including the first commercial video artwork using Deep Learning (AutoEncoding Bladerunner, 2016), the first real-time interactive video generation system using Deep Learning (Learning to See, 2019), and the first professional quality generative audio system (MAGNet, 2016). This was used by Massive Attack in 2018 to create the first CD quality neural synthesis full-length work, Mezzanine Vs MAGNET, which toured for 5 years. He co-founded music technology startups in AI and generative music, including Bronze Format Limited in 2010. He led the first BSc and MSc Creative Computing programmes in the UK (2007/8), and the first Massive Open Online Course in Creative Programming in the world (2013), attracting 250,000 learners.