Research positions in computational music performance research

[Gerhard Widmer <gerhard.widmer@xxxxxx>]

(This announcement can also be found on the Web:
www.cp.jku.at/research/projects/P19349-N15/job_announcement_2006.html )




PRE- and POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS in
MACHINE LEARNING / PATTERN RECOGNITION AND MUSIC

at the

Department of Computational Perception,
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
www.cp.jku.at


We are pleased to announce several open pre- and post-doctoral
research positions at the Department of Computational Perception
of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. We are looking
for scientists to work in a three-year research project entitled

"Computational Performance Style Analysis from Audio Recordings"

A short description of the project can be found at
www.cp.jku.at/research/projects/P19349-N15/project.html


For this strongly interdisciplinary project, we are looking for
creative and motivated pre- or post-doctoral researchers with a
strong background (and a completed degree) in

    * machine learning / pattern recognition / general AI
    * or (audio) signal processing and pattern analysis
    * or systematic or cognitive musicology or a related field

Preference will be given to candidates who combine expertise in
both music and computing and who already have a record of
interdisciplinary research involving one or more of the above
fields. Equally important (though not easily measurable) are
creativity and the ability and motivation to contribute innovative
ideas to an exciting research project; the researchers will be
given a lot of freedom in defining and and pursuing their research
and thus shaping the project.

The salary will be in the area of EUR 41.000,- per year (before
taxes) for PostDocs and EUR 24.000,- for pre-doctoral researchers.
Pre-Docs will have the opportunity to enrol in a PhD program in
computer science at the University of Linz.
The positions are open for a period of three years.

Please send your application (with CV, publications list, one or
two substantial and pertinent publications, and any other material
you consider interesting (e.g., photographs, link to home page,
etc.) via e-mail to

gerhard <add_a_dot> widmer <add_an_at_sign> jku <add_a_dot> at


If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
project leader:

Prof. Gerhard Widmer
Department of Computational Perception
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Altenberger Strasse 69
A-4040 Linz
Austria
Phone: +43 - 732 - 24681510
WWW: www.cp.jku.at/people/widmer