François Pachet is a Civil Engineer, and got a Ph.D. and Habilitation à diriger des Recherches from University of Paris 6. Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at Paris 6 University, he set up in 1997 the music research team at SONY Computer Science Laboratory (Paris), where he develops the vision that metadata can greatly enhance the musical experience, from listening to performance. François Pachet is the author of over 70 scientific publications in the fields of musical metadata and interactive instruments.