Victor Zheleznov is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, where he is working at the interface between physical modelling synthesis and machine learning. He completed his MSc in Acoustics and Music Technology in 2023 at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his MSc in Applied Mathematics in 2021 at the Moscow State University, Russia. Previously, he was a research assistant at the Control and Navigation Laboratory (Moscow State University) and a DSP engineer in audio technology and telecommunication sectors.