[AUDITORY] PhD position in collaborative musical creativity in Vienna

[Werner Goebl <goebl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

A PhD position is available with the Department of Music Acoustics (IWK) 
at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the 
Intelligent Music Processing and Machine Learning Group at the Austrian 
Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) in Vienna, Austria.

IWK: http://iwk.mdw.ac.at
OFAI: http://www.ofai.at/research/impml/index.html

The position is initially available for 2 years, with a possible 
extension to 3 years. The successful candidate will work on a project 
entitled "Coordination and Collaborative Creativity in Music Ensembles", 
funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and led by Dr. Laura Bishop 
(OFAI) in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Werner Goebl (IWK). This 
project employs motion capture and eye-tracking techniques and 
human-computer interaction paradigms to identify the cognitive 
mechanisms underlying musical creativity in groups. The candidate will 
be responsible for implementing developments to our musical 
accompaniment system and running experiments to test human-computer 
musical collaboration.

Project description: 
http://www.ofai.at/research/impml/projects/cocreate.html

The expected starting date is April 1, 2017. The salary will be 
28,631.40 Euro/year (before tax) in accordance with FWF regulations.

Applicants must have a master's degree in computer science, experimental 
psychology, systematic musicology, or a related field. Expertise in 
programming (especially JAVA) and a musical background (performance 
and/or theory) are essential. Experience with empirical research and 
statistical analysis is preferred. Applicants must demonstrate 
professional competence in English; knowledge of German is an asset but 
not required.

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.

The deadline for applications is February 27, 2017. Applications should 
include a covering letter describing your qualifications and interest in 
the research topic, a CV, and contact details for two referees. Please 
send application documents as a single pdf to Dr. Laura Bishop 
(laura.bishop@xxxxxxx).

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Dr. Laura Bishop
Postdoctoral Researcher
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)
Freyung 6/6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Email: laura.bishop@xxxxxxx
Tel: +43 1 53361 1213

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Dr. Werner Goebl
Associate Professor
Department of Music Acoustics – Wiener Klangstil
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel. +43 1 71155 4311
Fax. +43 1 71155 4399
http://iwk.mdw.ac.at/goebl