Subject: [AUDITORY] PhD Scholarship in music cognition and computation From: Andrew Milne <andymilne@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:20:45 +1100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_15CC9AC4-B806-4D2F-A596-67F7B7F4AFC2 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=_15CC9AC4-B806-4D2F-A596-67F7B7F4AFC2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><body 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: 6pt; text-align: justify; = line-height: normal;"><b class=3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-size: = 9pt; font-family: Arial;">The</span></b><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"> <b class=3D"">MARCS = Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development</b> </span><font = face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">(Western Sydney University, = Australia) </font><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: Arial; = font-size: 9pt;">invites applications from highly motivated Australian = or overseas graduates seeking to undertake a PhD supervised = by </span><b class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: = 9pt;">Dr Andrew Milne</b><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: Arial; = font-size: 9pt;"> and </span><b class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:= Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Prof Roger Dean</b><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">.</span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify; = line-height: normal;"><b class=3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-size: = 9pt; font-family: Arial;">The PhD research</span></b><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"> 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" class=3D"" = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">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: 6pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = class=3D"" style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-size: 9pt;">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 class=3D"" style=3D"color: windowtext; font-size: = 9pt;"><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 class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: Arial;">ax free stipend of up to </span><b = class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: Arial;">$26,288 </b><span class=3D""= style=3D"font-family: Arial;">per annum for up to 3 years, and support = for international conference attendance. </span></div><div = class=3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: Arial;"><br = class=3D""></span></div><div class=3D""><span class=3D"" = style=3D"font-family: Arial;">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: 6pt; = line-height: normal;"><b class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" class=3D"" = style=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">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" class=3D"" style=3D"font-size: 9pt; = font-family: Arial;">a.milne@xxxxxxxx</span></b></a><b = class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" class=3D"" style=3D"font-size: 9pt; = font-family: Arial;">) 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: 9pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: = normal;"><br class=3D""></p></div><div class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt; line-height: normal;"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"" style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt = 14.2pt; text-indent: -14.2pt; line-height: normal;"><font = color=3D"#953835" class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: = Georgia;">Andrew Milne</font><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: = Georgia;"> | Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music Cognition = and Computation</span></div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"" = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=3D"" = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><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 = class=3D"" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><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 class=3D"" = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><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></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_15CC9AC4-B806-4D2F-A596-67F7B7F4AFC2--