Petri Toiviainen received the degree of M.Sc. In theoretical physics in 1987 and the degree of Ph.D. In musicology in 1996, both at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Since 2002 he has held the position of Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, where he leads the Music, Mind, and Technology Master's Program. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell University (1999–2000) and a residential fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2007–2008). Currently, he is the head of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research, located at the universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki. His research interests include music and movement, perception of rhythm and tonality, emotions in music, sound and music computing, and music visualization. He has published around 100 articles on these topics.