[AUDITORY] PhD position in Music Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

[Vasileios Chatziioannou <vchatziioannou01@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Institute of Music Acoustics (IWK) at the University of Music and 
Performing Arts Vienna seeks a PhD student to work on the project 
"Transient Phenomena in Single-Reed Woodwind Instruments", funded by the 
Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Salary: € 2,024.90 Euro / Month before tax (14 times a year).

Duration: Three years (starting March 2016).

This project lies at the forefront of Music Acoustics Research, aiming 
to investigate sound generation in musical instruments. The main goal of 
the proposed project is to analyse the transient mechanical behaviour of 
the single-reed excitation mechanism during tongue articulation in 
woodwind performance. This analysis will take place using experimental 
measurements, physical modelling and comparisons between the two 
approaches in terms of the underlying model parameters and the measured 
and synthesized signals. The results of this analysis will be 
incorporated into real-time physically-based sound synthesis applications.

Applicants should have
- a Master's degree in a field allowing them to carry out research in 
Music Acoustics (such as mathematics, computer science, musicology, 
physics, engineering);
- basic skills in acoustics and/or audio signal processing;
- programming skills (e.g. Matlab, C++ or Python);
- ideally some experience in experimental acoustics;
- familiarity with numerical methods (such as finite differences, finite 
elements, numerical optimisation) is an advantage.

Candidates are expected to be creative and open for new research 
approaches, to be fluent in (spoken and written) English and to be ready 
to integrate themselves into an existing research group and contribute 
cooperatively.

Applicants should send:
- a letter of motivation
- a CV

Deadline of application: December, 31st 2015

Materials should be sent to the project leader at chatziioannou(at)mdw.ac.at
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is dedicated to 
increasing the percentage of women in science. Therefore, female 
candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

Vasileios Chatziioannou
Institute of Music Acoustics (IWK)