Opening of 2 research positions at INESC Porto (fabien gouyon )


Subject: Opening of 2 research positions at INESC Porto
From:    fabien gouyon  <fgouyon@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:24:29 +0000
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[Apologies for cross-postings] [Feel free to forward] Dear colleagues, At the Sound and Music Computing Group of INESC Porto (http://smc.inescporto.pt), we are happy to announce two research internships in the context of the research project "ShakeIt - Mechanisms of Musical Groove and applications". (1) A 1-year (renewable up to 2 years) Post-Doc research fellowship (2) A 5-months (renewable up to 2 years) graduate research fellowship Groove is the quality of music that makes people tap their feet, rock their head, and get up and dance. In the research project ShakeIt, funded by the FCT (Portuguese Ministry of Science), we explore the properties of sound signals that induce the experience of groove in listeners, and follow 3 lines of work:        1.      Computational Modeling of groove features from audio.        2.      Empirical experiments with human participants to validate/invalidate these features.        3.      Implementation of a software for real-time generation/manipulation of polyphonic rhythmic sequences conveying the groove of a certain style, or for gradually changing the groove feel of a rhythmic sequence at run time. The researchers will integrate into an international research team and will have opportunity to collaborate on several funded research projects, together with a number of international partners. (More details on our research projects are available on http://smc.inescporto.pt/research/) Preferred start of contract: 14/03/2011 Location: Porto, Portugal Working language: English ============================================ (1) Post-doc research fellowship The postdoctoral researcher will collaborate with Dr. Fabien Gouyon and Dr. Carlos Guedes in all tasks of the ShakeIt project, involving: - Scientific management of the project team - Setting up and conducting experiments for computational description of groove from audio - Collaborating with Dr. Guy Madison at the Psychology Department of University of Umea (Sweden) on groove perception experiments - Working on a rhythm generation engine for real-time generation/manipulation of polyphonic rhythmic sequences Candidates should hold a PhD in Music Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar area . Application period: Starting now until the position is filled . Duration of the grant: 1 year (renewable up to 2 years) from 14/03/2011 (preferred) . Requirements: Knowledge of Signal Processing, objet-oriented programming , Matlab, statistics, and some experience with machine learning frameworks . Optional properties that will be considered as a merit include: Experience with statistical computing, experimental design, MARSYAS, any scripting language, open-mindedness, and creativity. For more information on the grant and modalities for application, please contact me directly in answer to this email. ============================================ (2) Graduate research fellowship During the internship, the grantee will develop novel features for the computational description of groove in musical audio signals, on top of previous work done at INESC Porto (beat tracking, rhythm classification, microtiming and groove estimation/transformation). A careful work of systematic feature assessment and comparison with state-of-the-art features will be carried out, with the help of large collections of audio data. Candidates should hold a diploma (minimum Bachelor) in Music Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar area . Application period: Starting now until the position is filled . Duration of the grant: 5 months (renewable up to 2 years) from 14/03/2011 (preferred) . Requirements: Knowledge of Signal Processing, Matlab, some experience with machine learning frameworks . Optional properties that will be considered as a merit include: Knowledge of C++ (MARSYAS is a plus), any scripting language, open-mindedness, and creativity. For more information on the grant and modalities for application, please contact me directly in answer to this email. -- Fabien Gouyon, PhD Senior Research Scientist, INESC Porto Invited Assistant Professor, Engineering Faculty, University of Porto http://www.inescporto.pt/~fgouyon http://smc.inescporto.pt/


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