Emotionwave Wins 'Outstanding Paper Award' at the 2026 Korea Industry-Academia Technology Conference

Hello! This is Emotionwave Co., Ltd.
Today, we would like to share very happy news regarding our excellent technology and deep research achievements in the field of AI music from Emotionwave.
On June 26, 2026, a paper presented by our research team at Emotionwave received the honor of winning the 'Outstanding Paper Award' at the '2026 Spring Academic Conference,' hosted by the Korea Society for Industry-Academic Cooperation.

Award Details and Paper Information

• Award Category: 2026 Spring Academic Conference Outstanding Paper Award (No. 26-008)
• Recipient: Korea Industry-Academia Technology Association ((Chairman Kim Kwang-hwan, Park Myung-geun))
• Paper Title: "Music Foundation Model - Integrated Architecture for Bidirectional Synthesis of Text-to-Audio and Audio-to-MIDI"
• Participating Researchers: Minjae Kim, Rio Jang, Seonghyun Park, Seunghyun Jo (Affiliated with Emotionwave Co., Ltd.)

Significance of the Research and Future Vision

The research that won this Outstanding Paper Award proposes an innovative "bidirectional synthesis" that enables converting text to audio, and audio back to MIDI data: aMusic Foundation Model Integrated ArchitectureThis is a technology with enormous potential in music creation and production using generative AI, and it demonstrates how Emotionwave is innovating the next-generation music ecosystem as a leader in AI music technology.
To researchers Kim Min-jae, Rio Jang, Park Sung-hyun, and Jo Seung-hyun, who dedicated themselves to research day and night and achieved excellent results.I send my sincere congratulations and applause.
Emotionwave will use this award as a stepping stone to continue relentless research and development (R&D) and lead global trends in AI, Edutech, and music technology. We ask for your continued interest and support in Emotionwave's efforts to create a world where anyone can easily and innovatively enjoy and create music.
Thank you.