Fwd: open positions for the CompMusic project (Henkjan Honing )


Subject: Fwd: open positions for the CompMusic project
From:    Henkjan Honing  <honing@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:11:58 +0100
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--Apple-Mail-8--593145153 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > Open PhD and postdoctoral positions for the CompMusic project >=20 > CompMusic, Computational Models for the Discovery of the World's = Music, is a research project funded by European Research Council and = coordinated by Xavier Serra from the Music Technology Group of the = Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (Spain). The project will start on = September 2011 and will last for five years.=20 >=20 > The main goal of the project is to advance in the field of Music = Computing by approaching a number of current research challenges from a = multicultural perspective. It aims to advance in the description and = formalization of music, making it more accessible to computational = approaches and reducing the gap between audio signal descriptions and = semantically meaningful music concepts. It will focus on the development = of information modelling techniques applicable to non-western music = repertories, developing computational models to represent culture = specific music contexts. >=20 > CompMusic will approach these challenges by combining methodologies = from disciplines such as Computational Musicology, Music Cognition, = Information Processing and HCI. It will deal with a variety of = information sources such as audio features, symbolic scores, text = commentaries, user evaluations, etc=85It will focus on some of the major = non-western art-music traditions, specifically Indian (hindustani, = carnatic), Turkish-Arab (ottoman, andalusian), and Chinese (han). The = project will involve research teams and users immersed in the different = music cultures.=20 >=20 > At this point of the project we are looking to fill several post-doc = positions at the MTG-UPF to work on topics related to Computational = Musicology and Music Cognition. We are also looking to fill several PhD = positions at the MTG-UPF to work on a variety of topics related to the = project. The students will enrol in the PhD program of the Department of = Information and Communication Technologies of the UPF. Interested = applicants, for both postdoc and PhD positions, should send a CV and a = letter of motivation, expressing the research interests in relation to = the CompMusic project, to Xavier Serra (xavier.serra@xxxxxxxx). >=20 > Relevant links: > Xavier Serra: http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~xserra/ > Music Technology Group: http://mtg.upf.edu/ > Universitat Pompeu Fabra: http://www.upf.edu/en > PhD program of the UPF: = http://www.upf.edu/doctorats/en/programes/audiovisuals/presentacio/ > European Research Council: http://erc.europa.eu/ >=20 > ------------- >=20 >=20 > --- > Xavier Serra > Music Technology Group > Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona > http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~xserra/ >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-8--593145153 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1252" <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div><h2>Open PhD and postdoctoral positions for the CompMusic = project</h2><p class=3D"text-news"> CompMusic, Computational Models for the Discovery of the World's=20 Music, is a research project funded by European Research Council and=20 coordinated by Xavier Serra from the Music Technology Group of the=20 Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (Spain). The project will start on September 2011 and will last for five years. <br> <br> The main goal of the project is to advance in the field of Music=20 Computing by approaching a number of current research challenges from a=20= multicultural perspective. It aims to advance in the description and=20 formalization of music, making it more accessible to computational=20 approaches and reducing the gap between audio signal descriptions and=20 semantically meaningful music concepts. It will focus on the development of information modelling techniques applicable to non-western music=20 repertories, developing computational models to represent culture=20 specific music contexts.<br> <br> CompMusic will approach these challenges by combining methodologies from disciplines such as Computational Musicology, Music Cognition,=20 Information Processing and HCI. It will deal with a variety of=20 information sources such as audio features, symbolic scores, text=20 commentaries, user evaluations, etc=85It will focus on some of the major=20= non-western art-music traditions, specifically Indian (hindustani,=20 carnatic), Turkish-Arab (ottoman, andalusian), and Chinese (han). The=20 project will involve research teams and users immersed in the different=20= music cultures. <br> <br> At this point of the project we are looking to fill several post-doc=20 positions at the MTG-UPF to work on topics related to Computational=20 Musicology and Music Cognition. We are also looking to fill several PhD=20= positions at the MTG-UPF to work on a variety of topics related to the=20= project. The students will enrol in the PhD program of the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of the UPF. Interested=20 applicants, for both postdoc and PhD positions, should send a CV and a=20= letter of motivation, expressing the research interests in relation to=20= the CompMusic project, to Xavier Serra (<a = href=3D"mailto:xavier.serra@xxxxxxxx">xavier.serra@xxxxxxxx</a>).<br> <br> Relevant links:<br> Xavier Serra: <a = href=3D"http://www.dtic.upf.edu/%7Exserra/">http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~xserr= a/</a><br> Music Technology Group: <a = href=3D"http://mtg.upf.edu/">http://mtg.upf.edu/</a><br> Universitat Pompeu Fabra: <a = href=3D"http://www.upf.edu/en">http://www.upf.edu/en</a><br> PhD program of the UPF: <a = href=3D"http://www.upf.edu/doctorats/en/programes/audiovisuals/presentacio= /">http://www.upf.edu/doctorats/en/programes/audiovisuals/presentacio/</a>= <br> European Research Council: <a = href=3D"http://erc.europa.eu/">http://erc.europa.eu/</a></p><div>---------= ----</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>---</div><div>Xavier = Serra</div><div>Music Technology Group</div><div>Universitat Pompeu = Fabra, Barcelona</div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~xserra/">http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~xserra/= </a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquo= te></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-8--593145153--


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