Group photo of MALer Lab MALer Lab at ISMIR 2025 in September 2025


Music & Arts Learning (MALer) Lab (@ Dept. Art & Technology, Sogang University) aims to understand music through computational approaches, with a focus on deep learning. Our research spans broad areas of music information retrieval, including music generation, computational musicology, and music modality translation. Our research encompasses diverse musical genres, with special emphasis on Korean traditional music and Western classical music. The ultimate goal of our work is to deepen our understanding of music and contribute to the preservation and flourishing of diverse musical cultural heritages.



We are not accepting new Master’s/Ph.D. students for the 2026 Fall semester (26년 2학기 신입생은 모집하지 않습니다). Please check back for future openings.


For admission, you can refer following websites. But please contact here before you apply.

If you’re interested in the research conducted in our lab, we highly recommend taking AATG015 - Deep Learning for Music & Audio as it provides a solid foundation for the work we do and will give you a head start on potential research projects in the future.