3-years PostDoc position in Music Information Retrieval at Utrecht University

[Anja Volk <volk@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues,

Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested.

I am pleased to announce the opening of a 3-years PostDoc position in  
Music Information Retrieval at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.  
The PostDoc will be a team member of the NWO-VIDI project âModelling  
musical similarity over time through the variation prinicipleâ,  
funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.  The  
project will last for 5 years, principal investigator is Dr. Anja Volk.

The aim of the project is to research cognition-based computational  
models of music similarity in the symbolic domain that grounds in the  
variation principle. The project will investigate the fundamental  
principle of variation in music studied in Musicology and Cognitive  
Science as a means to establish similarity. Specifically, it will  
develop computational approaches to music similarity by modeling the  
interaction between global and local features of the music. The  
project will deliver both a theoretic framework and a computational  
model of music similarity that covers three major styles, namely  
classical, folk and popular music. The project team will include the  
principal investigator Dr. Anja Volk, a Postdoc, a PhD researcher and  
a scientific programmer.


Detailed project description: http://www.cs.uu.nl/research/projects/ 
vidi-volk/


The PostDoc will concentrate on developing similarity measures for  
music based on the interaction between local and global features of  
symbolically notated music. Specific tasks include:
*extracting relevant musical features for similarity;
*developing pattern matching approaches to similarity;
*designing, programming and evaluating of similarity measures and  
algorithms;
*developing evaluation methods;

Requirements for the position:

*PhD in computer science, information science, computational  
musicology, humanities computing or any other relevant discipline  
with a topic preferably in the area of music retrieval;
*proven affection with and knowledge of music.

For more information on the project you can contact Anja Volk, tel:  
+31 (0)30 253 5965, email: volk@xxxxxxxx,  http://people.cs.uu.nl/volk

Application:
Please send your application (including a letter of motivation,  
curriculum vitae and contact details of at least two references)  
before 31 July 2011 via the following website:

http://www.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/ 
Vacancy.cfm?PortalID=4124&VacatureID=162632


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Anja Volk
Assistant Professor
VIDI-laureate
Department of Information and Computing Sciences
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
http://people.cs.uu.nl/volk/