PerMagnus Lindborg 林博培, PhD, is a researcher in technology-driven music composition, sound art, and soundscape perception. He is the first author of more than 175 outputs: scholarly publications, compositions, and media artworks. He is a Fellow with Arctic Circle (2023), SCM SoundLab (2020–), and TBA21 The Current (2016), and Principal Investigator for Multi-Modal Hong Kong (GRF 2023–25). Peer-reviewed outputs include journals such as Applied Acoustics, Applied Sciences, Frontiers, IRCAM-Delatour, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Leonardo, Organised Sound, Routledge, PLoS One, Springer-LNCS, Sustainability, Vernon Press, and proceedings from ArtTech, DAFx, EUSIPCO, EKSIG, Euronoise, Forum Acousticum, ICAD, ICMC, ICMPC, ISEA, NIME, Inter-Noise, Siggraph Asia, SMC.

Lindborg’s multimedia artwork was awarded at Cannes Short Film Festival and ISA Awards (2020), and music compositions awarded the First prize at Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Prize (Norway 2002) and Audience prize at Forum International (Montreal 1997). His music and media works appear worldwide, e.g. Asian Composers League (New Zealand 2022), ArtScience Museum (Singapore 2021), Osage (Hong Kong 2021), CubeFest (Virginia 2019), Berlin PianoPercussion (2018), Xuhui Museum (Shanghai 2017); Tonspur (Vienna 2016); National Gallery (Singapore 2015); Onassis Centre (Athens 2014); Moderna Museet (Stockholm 2008); Centre Pompidou (Paris 2003).

Promoting “data art for climate action,” he initiated and directed cross‑disciplinary events such as the DACA Conference (2022) and Soundislands Festivals (2013, -15, -17).  He serves as a board member of the International Computer Music Association, currently as Vice-President for Asia-Oceania (2021–), currently leading a Member Showcase, and as member on the Scientific Committee of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (EMS)

After completing studies in piano and composition (BMus Oslo Academy of Music), PerMagnus worked as an independent artist for nine years while pursuing music computing (IRCAM Paris 1999) and contemporary musicology (MPhil/DEA Paris 2003). In 2015, he defended his PhD dissertation Sound Perception and Design in Multimodal Environments (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm). Teaching in higher education since 2005 (France, Singapore, Korea), PerMagnus is currently Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong, giving courses related to sound, music, media, and perception.