Subject: [AUDITORY] PhD position in collaborative musical creativity in Vienna From: Werner Goebl <goebl@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 10:49:17 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear all, A PhD position is available with the Department of Music Acoustics (IWK)=20 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the=20 Intelligent Music Processing and Machine Learning Group at the Austrian=20 Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) in Vienna, Austria. IWK: http://iwk.mdw.ac.at OFAI: http://www.ofai.at/research/impml/index.html The position is initially available for 2 years, with a possible=20 extension to 3 years. The successful candidate will work on a project=20 entitled "Coordination and Collaborative Creativity in Music Ensembles",=20 funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and led by Dr. Laura Bishop=20 (OFAI) in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Werner Goebl (IWK). This=20 project employs motion capture and eye-tracking techniques and=20 human-computer interaction paradigms to identify the cognitive=20 mechanisms underlying musical creativity in groups. The candidate will=20 be responsible for implementing developments to our musical=20 accompaniment system and running experiments to test human-computer=20 musical collaboration. Project description:=20 http://www.ofai.at/research/impml/projects/cocreate.html The expected starting date is April 1, 2017. The salary will be=20 28,631.40 Euro/year (before tax) in accordance with FWF regulations. Applicants must have a master's degree in computer science, experimental=20 psychology, systematic musicology, or a related field. Expertise in=20 programming (especially JAVA) and a musical background (performance=20 and/or theory) are essential. Experience with empirical research and=20 statistical analysis is preferred. Applicants must demonstrate=20 professional competence in English; knowledge of German is an asset but=20 not required. The University of Music and performing Arts Vienna is dedicated to=20 increasing the percentage of women in science. Therefore, female=20 candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is February 27, 2017. Applications should=20 include a covering letter describing your qualifications and interest in=20 the research topic, a CV, and contact details for two referees. Please=20 send application documents as a single pdf to Dr. Laura Bishop=20 (laura.bishop@xxxxxxxx). --=20 Dr. Laura Bishop Postdoctoral Researcher Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) Freyung 6/6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria Email: laura.bishop@xxxxxxxx Tel: +43 1 53361 1213 --=20 Dr. Werner Goebl Associate Professor Department of Music Acoustics =E2=80=93 Wiener Klangstil University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1 1030 Vienna, Austria Tel. +43 1 71155 4311 Fax. +43 1 71155 4399 http://iwk.mdw.ac.at/goebl