Publications



Journal Papers

2025

  1. Survey on the Evaluation of Generative Models in Music
    Lerch, A, Arthur, C, Bryan-Kinns, N, Ford, C, Sun, Q, Vinay, A
    ACM Computing Surveys


Full Conference Papers

2025

  1. Human-Centered AI Communication in Co-Creativity: An Initial Framework and Insights
    Rezwana, J and Ford, C
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). London, UK

2024

  1. Timbre Tools: Ethnographic Perspectives on Timbre and Sonic Cultures in Hackathon Designs
    Saitis, C, Del Sette, BM, Shier, J, Tian, H, Zheng, S, Skach, S, Reed, CN, and Ford, C
    ACM Audio Mostly Conference. Milan, Italy
  2. Using Incongruous Genres to Explore Music Making with AI Generated Content
    Bryan-Kinns, N, Noel-Hirst, A and Ford, C
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). Chicago, USA
  3. Reflection Across AI-based Music Composition
    Ford, C, Noel-Hirst, A, Cardinale, S, Loth, J, Sarmento, P, Wilson, E, Wolstanholme, L, Worrall, K and Bryan- Kinns, N
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). Chicago, USA
    🏆 *Honourable Mention Award (top 5% submissions)!

2023

  1. Towards a Reflection in Creative Experience Questionnaire
    Ford, C and Bryan-Kinns, N
    ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI). Hamburg, Germany

2022

  1. Identifying Engagement in Children’s Interaction whilst Composing Digital Music at Home
    Ford, C and Bryan-Kinns, N
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). Venice, Italy

2021

  1. Creativity in Children’s Digital Music Composition
    Ford, C, Bryan-Kinns, N and Nash, C
    International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). NYU Shanghai, China

2020

  1. An Iterative Design by ‘Proxy’ Method for Developing Educational Music Interfaces
    Ford, C and Nash, C
    International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Birmingham, UK


Book Chapters

2024

  1. Explainable AI and Music
    Bryan-Kinns, N, Banar, B Ford, C, Reed, CN, Yixiao, Z and Armitage, J
    CRC Press


Workshop Proposals and Proceedings

2026

  1. The First Reflection in Creative Experience (RiCE) Workshop
    Ford, C, Sutskova, O, Rhys Cox, S, Sterman, S, Kreminski, M, Van Koningsbruggen, R, Wang, A, Otenen, E, Ross, K, Di Fede, G, Li, Y, Andolina, S, Bentvelzen, M, Hui, P, Bryan-Kinns, N
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). London, UK
  2. What Makes it Fun? Mapping Playful Interaction in Music-Making with AI
    Sun, J, Di Maggio, F, Fiebrink, R, Ford, C, Hengeveld, B and Deterding, S
    International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). London, UK
  3. Explainable AI for the Arts 4 (XAIxArts4)
    Zheng, S, Broad, T, Wilson, E, Cole, A, Xu, Z, Chang, J, Vigliensoni, G, Rezwana, J, Xiao, L, Clemens, M, Lewis, M, Chamberlain, A, Kennedy, H, Ford, C and Bryan-Kinns, N
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). London, UK

2025

  1. Proceedings of The third international workshop on eXplainable AI for the Arts (XAIxArts).
    Ford, C, Wilson, E, Zheng, S, Vigliensoni, G, Rezwana, J, Xiao, L, Clemens, M, Lewis, M, Hemment, D, Chamberlain, A and Kennedy, H
    arXiv
  2. Explainable AI for the Arts 3 (XAIxArts3)
    Ford, C, Wilson, E, Zheng, S, Vigliensoni, G, Rezwana, J, Xiao, L, Clemens, M, Lewis, M, Hemment, D, Chamberlain, A, Kennedy, H, and Bryan-Kinns, N
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). London, UK

2024

  1. Proceedings of The second international workshop on eXplainable AI for the Arts (XAIxArts).
    Bryan-Kinns, N, Ford, C, Zheng, S, Kennedy, H, Chamberlain, A, Lewis, M, Hemment, D, Li, Z, Wu, Q, Xiao, L and Xia, G
    arXiv
  2. Explainable AI for the Arts 2 (XAIxArts2)
    Bryan-Kinns, N, Ford, C, Zheng, S, Kennedy, H, Chamberlain, A, Lewis, M, Hemment, D, Li, Z, Wu, Q, Xiao, L, Xia, G, Rezwana, J, Clemens, M, and Vigliensoni, G.
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). Chicago, USA

2023

  1. Proceedings of The first international workshop on eXplainable AI for the Arts (XAIxArts).
    Bryan-Kinns, N, Ford, C, Chamberlain, A, Benford, S, Kennedy, H, Li, Z, Qiong, W, Xia, G and Rezwana, J.
    arXiv
  2. Explainable AI for the Arts: XAIxArts
    Bryan-Kinns, N, Ford, C, Chamberlain, A, Benford, S, Kennedy, H, Li, Z, Qiong, W, Xia, G and Rezwana, J
    Online


Short Papers and Extended Abstracts

2026

  1. Painting, Programming, and Process: Comparing Observational Painting and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
    Xie, M and Ford, C
    Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) London. London, UK

2025

  1. Decolonizing Computer Science: Holograms in Holborn
    Sharma, A, Rodic, A, Saleem, S, Sourie, M and Ford, C
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). London, UK
  2. Decolonizing Computer Science: The Immersive Elevator Experience
    Joshi, N, Bagga, R, Clayton, R, Adan, M, Kalule, J and Ford, C
    ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C). London, UK
  3. Improving User Experience with FAICO: Towards a Framework for AI Communication in Human-AI Co-Creativity
    Rezwana, J and Ford, C
    Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). Yokohama, Japan

2024

  1. Ethnographic Exploration of Timbre in Hackathon Designs
    Saitis, C, Del Sette, BM, Tian, H, Shier, J, Zheng, S, Skach, S, Reed, CN, and Ford, C
    CHIME Annual Workshop, Milton Keynes, UK
  2. Travelling Arts x HCI Sketchbook: Exploring the Intersection Between Artistic Expression and Human-Computer Interaction
    Lewis, M... Ford, C and 38 others
    alt.chi at CHI

2023

  1. Three Open Questions for the Design of AI for Music Composition
    Ford, C, Cardinale, S and Bryan-Kinns, N
    CHIME One Day Workshop, Milton Keynes, UK
  2. On the Role of Reflection and Digital Tool Design for Creative Practitioners
    Ford, C and Bryan-Kinns, N
    Workshop on Digital Skills for the Creative Practitioner: Supporting Informal Learning of Technologies for Creativity at CHI. Hamburg, Germany

2022

  1. Speculating on Reflection and People’s Music Co-Creation with AI
    Ford, C and Bryan-Kinns, N
    Workshop on Generative AI and HCI at ACM CHI. New Orleans, USA

2021

  1. Exploring XAI for the Arts: Explaining Latent Space in Generative Music
    Bryan-Kinns, N, Banar, B, Ford, C, Reed, CN, Zhang, Y, Colton, S and Armitage, J
    1st Workshop on eXplainable AI Approaches for Debugging and Diagnosis at NeurIPS. New Orleans, USA