Subject: PhD Scholarship in music cognition and computation From: Andrew Milne <andymilne@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:38:30 +1100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_0AED74DE-AEF0-4597-9E09-A1278CE11668 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development (Western Sydney = University, Australia) invites applications from highly motivated = Australian or overseas graduates seeking to undertake a PhD supervised = by Dr Andrew Milne and Prof Roger Dean. The PhD research will support a project entitled =E2=80=9CUncovering = universal mechanisms for the communication of musical emotion=E2=80=9D, = which is funded by the Australian Research Council and Western Sydney = University. The compatibility of two or more sounds =E2=80=93 their = perceived fit =E2=80=93 is an essential component of musical = communication and music-induced emotion. This project aims to reveal = universal mechanisms of musical fit: mechanisms related to time, pitch, = and timbre that are able to transcend individual and cultural = differences. The mechanisms will be investigated with interdisciplinary = methods from psychology, computing and musicology: theoretically = informed computational predictors will model participants=E2=80=99 = psychological and physiological responses to familiar musical, = unfamiliar musical (e.g. microtonal, ametrical, inharmonic) and = non-musical sonic stimuli. Applicants should hold an Australian First Class Bachelor Honours = degree, OR equivalent qualifications and/or research experience = (including research publications) in a field such as cognitive science, = computing, musicology or experimental psychology. Interest or experience = in two or more of these would be desirable. International applicants = must also demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the English = language. The successful candidate will receive a tax free stipend of up to = $26,288 per annum for up to 3 years, and support for international = conference attendance.=20 Applications close on 15th February 2017, but later applications may be = considered until the position is filled. Potential applicants should first contact Dr Andrew Milne = (a.milne@xxxxxxxx <mailto:a.milne@xxxxxxxx>) to = discuss their interests and to shape a research proposal that is = relevant to the project. Andrew Milne | Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music Cognition and = Computation MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development +61 2 9772 6253 westernsydney.edu.au/marcs/ <http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/marcs> Publications (GoogleScholar) = <https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=3Ds-4z35cAAAAJ&hl=3Den> Software (Dynamic Tonality) <http://www.dynamictonality.com/>Music = (SoundCloud) <https://soundcloud.com/andrew-j-milne> --Apple-Mail=_0AED74DE-AEF0-4597-9E09-A1278CE11668 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: normal"><b class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New = Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" = class=3D"">The</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: = Arial;" class=3D""> <b class=3D"">MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour = and Development</b> </span><font face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">(Western = Sydney University, Australia) </font><span style=3D"font-family: = Arial; font-size: 9pt;" class=3D"">invites applications from highly motivated Australian or overseas graduates seeking to undertake a = PhD supervised by </span><b style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;" = class=3D"">Dr Andrew Milne</b><span style=3D"font-family: Arial; = font-size: 9pt;" class=3D""> and </span><b style=3D"font-family: Arial; = font-size: 9pt;" class=3D"">Prof Roger Dean</b><span style=3D"font-family:= Arial; font-size: 9pt;" class=3D"">.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: normal"><b class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-kerning:1.0pt" class=3D"">The = PhD research</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: = Arial;" class=3D""> will support a project entitled <b = class=3D"">=E2=80=9CUncovering universal mechanisms for the communication of musical emotion=E2=80=9D</b>= , which is funded by the <b class=3D"">Australian Research Council </b>and<b class=3D""> Western Sydney University</b>. The compatibility of two or more sounds =E2=80=93 their = perceived fit =E2=80=93 is an essential component of musical communication and music-induced = emotion. This project aims to reveal universal mechanisms of musical fit: = mechanisms related to time, pitch, and timbre that are able to transcend individual = and cultural differences. The mechanisms will be investigated with interdisciplinary methods from psychology, computing and musicology: = </span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: = Arial;" class=3D"">theoretically informed computational predictors will model participants=E2=80=99 psychological = and physiological responses to familiar musical, unfamiliar musical (e.g. <b = class=3D"">microtonal</b>, <b class=3D"">ametrical</b>, <b class=3D"">inharmonic</b>) and = non-musical sonic stimuli.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 9pt;" class=3D"">Applicants should hold an = Australian First Class Bachelor Honours degree, OR equivalent = qualifications and/or research experience (including research = publications) in a field such as </span><span style=3D"color: = windowtext; font-size: 9pt;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">cognitive = science</b>, <b class=3D"">computing</b>, <b class=3D"">musicology</b> = or <b class=3D"">experimental psychology</b>. Interest or experience in = two or more of these would be desirable. </span></span><font = face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">International applicants must also = demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the English = language.</font></p><div class=3D"">The successful candidate will = receive a t<span style=3D"font-family: Arial;" class=3D"">ax free = stipend of up to </span><b style=3D"font-family: Arial;" = class=3D"">$26,288 </b><span style=3D"font-family: Arial;" = class=3D"">per annum for up to 3 years, and support for international = conference attendance. </span></div><div class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Arial;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></div><div = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Arial;" class=3D"">Applications = close on 15th February 2017, but later applications may be considered = until the position is filled.</span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal"><b class=3D""><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class=3D"">Potential = applicants should first contact Dr Andrew Milne (</span></b><a = href=3D"mailto:a.milne@xxxxxxxx" class=3D""><b = class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-= font-kerning: 1.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" = class=3D"">a.milne@xxxxxxxx</span></b></a><b class=3D""><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class=3D"">) to discuss = their interests and to shape a research proposal that is relevant to the = project.</span></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br = class=3D""></p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.2pt; = text-indent: -14.2pt; line-height: normal;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.2pt; = text-indent: -14.2pt; line-height: normal;" class=3D""><font = color=3D"#953835" style=3D"font-family: Georgia;" = class=3D"">Andrew Milne</font><span style=3D"font-family: Georgia;" = class=3D""> | Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music Cognition = and Computation</span></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><font face=3D"Georgia" class=3D"">MARCS Institute for Brain, = Behaviour and Development<br class=3D"">+61 2 9772 6253<br = class=3D""><a href=3D"http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/marcs" = class=3D""><font color=3D"#953835" = class=3D"">westernsydney.edu.au/marcs/</font></a></font></div><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=3Ds-4z35cAAAAJ&hl= =3Den" class=3D""><font face=3D"Georgia" color=3D"#953835" = class=3D"">Publications (GoogleScholar)</font></a></div><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://www.dynamictonality.com/" class=3D""><font face=3D"Georgia"= color=3D"#953835" class=3D"">Software (Dynamic = Tonality)</font></a></div></div></div><a = href=3D"https://soundcloud.com/andrew-j-milne" class=3D""><font = face=3D"Georgia" color=3D"#953835" class=3D"">Music = (SoundCloud)</font></a><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.2pt; = text-indent: -14.2pt; line-height: normal;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 14.2pt; = text-indent: -14.2pt; line-height: normal;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_0AED74DE-AEF0-4597-9E09-A1278CE11668--