Subject: [AUDITORY] Job: Research Fellow in Perceptual Audio Evaluation (Deadline: 14 March 2017) From: Mark D Plumbley <m.plumbley@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:46:36 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear List, Please feel free to forward the following job information to any= one who may be interested. Apologies for cross-posting. Best wishes, Mark P= lumbley ---- Research Fellow in Perceptual Audio Evaluation http://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/012217 University of Surrey, UK Salary: GBP 31,076 to GBP 38,183 per annum Closing Date: 14 March 2017 Reference: 012217 Applications are invited for a Research Fellow in Perceptual Audio Evaluati= on to work full-time on an EPSRC funded project "Musical Audio Repurposing = using Source Separation" from 1 April 2017 to 31 January 2018. This project= is tackling the challenge of high quality musical audio repurposing, focus= sing on soloing, desoloing, remixing and upmixing. The project is investiga= ting new methods for musical audio source separation, in parallel with inve= stigating new perceptual evaluation measures for audio source separation. The candidate will be responsible for perceptually evaluating the results o= f musical audio separation and repurposing. This will involve preparing and= conducting subjective experiments, analysing the results, and comparing th= ese with extant metrics and perceptual models. The candidate will make use = of the resulting data to either refine or develop new metrics or perceptual= models to aid the development and evaluation of musical source separation = and repurposing algorithms. The successful applicant will have undertaken doctoral level research in ex= perimental/applied psychoacoustics or similar and will have expertise in ps= ychoacoustics, with an understanding of factors likely to be related to sou= rce separation and audio repurposing. Skills in and experience of the follo= wing are essential: the design and execution of listening-based subjective = experiments; and statistical analysis and modeling. Also essential are stro= ng writing skills for audiences of varying levels of technical expertise, a= nd the ability to work independently and manage time effectively. A backgro= und in programming in one or more of Max/MSP, PureData, Python, C++ and/or = MATLAB will be an advantage. Specific skills in source separation and audio= repurposing and the development of related perceptual models will also be = an advantage, as will academic publications in a relevant area. The project is led by Prof Mark Plumbley in the Machine Audition Lab of the= Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP), and this post will= be jointly supervised by Dr Russell Mason in the Institute of Sound Record= ing (IoSR). CVSSP is one of the largest groups of its type in the UK, with over 120 act= ive researchers working in the areas of vision, image processing, and audio= , and a grant portfolio of over =A312M. The Centre has state-of-the-art aco= ustic capture and analysis facilities enabling research into audio source s= eparation, music transcription and spatial audio, and video and audio captu= re facilities supporting research in real-time video and audio processing a= nd visualisation. The IoSR is a leading centre for research in psychoacoust= ic engineering, as well as being home to the Tonmeister undergraduate degre= e programme. It has a focused team of 12 researchers, plus several industri= al collaborators, and a range of professional facilities of the highest sta= ndards, including three recording studios and an ITU-R BS 1116 standard cri= tical listening room. Informal enquires are welcome, to: Dr Russell Mason (r.mason@xxxxxxxx) = or Prof Mark Plumbley (m.plumbley@xxxxxxxx). For more information on the job and how to apply, visit http://jobs.surrey.= ac.uk/012217 -- Prof Mark D Plumbley Interim Head of Department of Computer Science Professor of Signal Processing Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP)=20 University of Surrey - Celebrating 50 years in Guildford Email (Head of Department matters): cs-hod@xxxxxxxx Email (Other matters): m.plumbley@xxxxxxxx University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK