Subject: Re: research interest From: Al Bregman <bregman(at)HEBB.PSYCH.MCGILL.CA> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:45:14 -0500Dear Arindam, There is no doubt that you are well qualified for graduate studies in the Psychology of Audition and of Music. I am no longer taking graduate students into my lab, but I will forward your letter to persons at McGill and on the AUDITORY list who may be interested and perhaps they could give you some information about working with them in the future. Sincerely, Al Bregman ----------------------------------------------------------- Albert S. Bregman, FRSC Emeritus Professor Dept. of Psychology, McGill University 1205 Docteur Penfield Ave. Montreal, QC Canada H3A 1B1 Office Tel: (514) 398-6103, Fax -4896 E-mail: al.bregman(at)mcgill.ca ----------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "arindam bhattacharjee" <arindam90(at)yahoo.com> To: <al.bregman(at)mcgill.ca> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:05 AM Subject: research interest > Dear Prof. Bregman > My name is Arindam Bhattacharjee and I am currently a student of the Masters program in cognitive science at the Center for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, India. The Masters program in cognitive science is a two year program and I am currently doing my third semester. I am expected to complete the program in May 2005. During these three semesters I have completed important courses in cognitive science including Attention & Perception, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, language and cognition, Reasoning learning planning, etc. > > I am interested in the area of auditory perception, temporal aspects of auditory perception and music perception, and computational modeling. When auditory perception for speech processing is concerned I am especially interested in intonation & prosody. I would like to investigate 'our ability to identify a familiar word included in an unfamiliar language and also prepare a computational model that simulates such phenomenon'. > > My Master's thesis focuses on computational approaches to music perception and identification of certain musical structures in Indian Classical Music. The approach is to understand and analyze as well as develop a pattern recognition system to identify a special genre of music called the 'raga' in Hindustani classical music. I am currently applying various signal processing algorithms to extract features of interest that may aid in differentiating and characterizing different 'ragas'. I am basically interested in perception and apart from my master's thesis; I am also working as a research assistant in a camouflage detection project funded by a Defense department in India. > > My undergraduate degree is in zoology and I have taken courses covering various areas in Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology. I am deeply interested in cognitive science and have also taken efforts to improve my knowledge and expertise in cognitive science. Recently, I participated in a national level, 10 days intensive workshop on Computational Neuroscience. > > My grades have been consistently good and my cumulative GPA is 7.9 out of 9.0 in the first two semesters. My TOEFL score range is (230-287) / 300 and GRE score is 1060 (Verbal-380, Quantitatve-680, Analytical Essay-4.5). My score in verbal portion of the GRE is not representative of my knowledge and communication skills in English. I am confident that my background in biology and cognitive science will enable me to perform well in the - program in your university/department. > > I am looking forward to work with you at your esteemed institute / lab. I am, therefore, interested in applying to the PhD program. Please let me know whether I would be a suitable candidate for your program given my qualifications. > > Eager to hear from you soon, > > Arindam. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Discover all that's new in My Yahoo!