[AUDITORY] Graduate training opportunity in the MAPLE Lab (McMaster University) for Fall 2025

[Michael Schutz <schutz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The MAPLE (Music, Acoustics, Perception and LEarning) lab at McMaster
University has one potential trainee opening for Fall 2025.  The
successful applicant will join a project funded by NSERC as well as
the US Navy, with the dual goals of (a) enhancing our basic
understanding of timbre, and (b) applying this knowledge to the
redesign of auditory alarms in alerting devices such as those used in
hospitals and navigation systems.  The applied aspect of this work
will take place through collaboration with an international team to
create more effective human-computer interfaces. For a general
overview of this work, please see Dr. Schutz’s recent TEDx talk at
www.maplelab.net/ted.

The first stem of this project (theoretical background) is described
here in our Scientific Reports (Nature) article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63132-2, and the second
(applied) in recent papers in JASA and the British Journal of
Anaesthesia https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(22)00648-1/
General information on the graduate program and links to application
instructions can be found at www.maplelab.net/grad.  Specific
questions beyond those addressed on this page should be directed to
Dr. Michael Schutz (schutz@xxxxxxxxxxx). Please include a CV,
unofficial transcript, brief writing sample, and indication of
citizenship/residency status (i.e. Canadian or non-Canadian) with your
inquiry. Preference will be given for applicants to the MSc interested
in transitioning to the PhD stream.

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Michael Schutz, Ph.D.
Professor of Music Cognition/Percussion, McMaster University
Director, MAPLE (Music, Acoustics, Perception & LEarning) Lab: www.maplelab.net
Core Member, McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind
University Scholar (2019-2023)

Contact Information:
-- Office: 424 Togo Salmon Hall
-- Lab: 422 Togo Salmon Hall
-- Web: www.michaelschutz.net
-- Email: schutz@xxxxxxxxxxx
-- Phone: 905.525.9140, ext 23159 (office); ext 27021
-- Mailing address: 1280 Main St. W. Hamilton Ontario L8S 4M2