Since its beginnings in 1984, InfoMus Lab carries out scientific research and systems development on innovative multimedia, multimodal human-computer interfaces and networked media. With these skills and relationships, InfoMus Lab participates now, for more than 15 years, in international projects funded by the European Union in the context of the framework programmes for technological innovation, often with coordinating role or team leader. 

InfoMus Lab is partner of the EU supported and promoted Network of Excellence (ENACTIVE e HUMAINE), in four other European projects IST-ICT in the 6th Framework Programme and three IST-ICT projects in 7th Framework Programme (one with the role of coordinator).

Moreover, as a natural path of the international success, Enactive has given rise to a not-for-profit association called European Institute on Enactive System. This organization seeks to coordinate, extend and integrate the activities in the area of Enactive Systems, transforming the European Network of Excellence Enactive Interfaces in a permanent structure. The University of Genoa and DIST, in particular, through InfoMus Lab, is one of the founders of this institution.

Casa Paganini - InfoMus collaborates with the national project CREST MUSE, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). 

EU Research Contracts 

EU-ICT 7th Framework Programme:

• ICT FET ILHAIRE (STREP, 2011-2013): study of cognitive and emotional foundations, development of computational models of laughter in human-computer communication and future multimedia systems.
• ICT FET SIEMPRE, Coordinatore Casa Paganini - InfoMus (STREP, 2010-2012): research in novel theoretical and methodological frameworks, computational models, and algorithms for the analysis of creative communication within groups of people. Research focuses on ensemble musical performance and audience experience, and focuses on techniques for measuring creative social interaction in an ecologically valid framework: empathy, entrainment, co-creation, emotional contagion. Partners: IIT, Queens Univ of Belfast, Pompeu Fabra University, University of Geneve. 
• ICT I-SEARCH (STREP, 2010-2012): Novel search engines based on non-verbal multimodal content. Coordinator: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas CERTH; Partners: Casa Paganini – InfoMus, GOOGLE Ireland Ltd, JCP-Consult, INRIA, Engineering SpA, Exalead, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, EasternGraphics Gmbh.
• ICT MIROR (STREP, 2010-2012): development of an innovative and adaptive system for music learning and teaching based on the reflexive interaction paradigm. The platform will be developed in the innovative context of early childhood music education.
• IST SAME (STREP 2008-2010): Mobile Active Music Listening: Development of new context-aware interactive systems for active listening of pre-recorded music. Partners: Nokia Research Centre; KTH (S); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (E); IRCAM (Paris); Helsinki Aalto University.
• IST CAPSIL (Coordination Action, 2008-2010): Independent living: Monitoring elderly patients to anticipate diagnosis of cognitive and motoric decline - Project coordinator: INTEL.  

 EU Projects CULTURE PROGRAMME

• CoMeDiA (Culture 2007) Networked music performance. Project coordinator: Ircam-Centre George Pompidou (Paris). 

IST-ICT Projects in 6th Framework Programme (Information Society Technologies)

• TAI-CHI (STREP, 2004-2006, Tangible Acoustic Interfaces for Computer-Human Interaction).
• ENACTIVE (EU Network of Excellence 2004 -2007, European network of main research centers on Human-Machine Interaction and Enactive Multimodal Interfaces).
• HUMAINE (EU Network of Excellence, 2004-2007, European network of main research centers on Human-Machine Interaction and computational models of emotion and multimodal interfaces).
• ConGAS (COST Action, April 2003 - March 2007, Gesture CONtrolled Audio Systems).
• S2S^2 (Coordinated Action, June 2004 - May 2007, Sound to Sense - Sense to Sound, coordinate and build a research Roadmap for the Sound and Music Computing discipline and industry sector).
• U-CREATE (Programma UE CRAFT, Creative Authoring Tools for Edutainment Applications).