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Dear All,
Just a reminder that a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Music Information Retrieval (Rhythm & Groove) is still available in connection with the research project “GROOVE: Mapping, Modeling, and Perceiving the Combinatorics of Groove-based Rhythms”,
funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project is affiliated with RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo and will also benefit from the new, large Norwegian initiative, MishMash Centre for AI
and Creativity.
Application Deadline: 20th April
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
The GROOVE project aims to significantly advance knowledge on groove and why specific combinations of rhythmic patterns reliably elicit pleasure and the urge to move. Building on recent work in music theory, rhythm cognition, and music information retrieval,
the project will develop a novel, theoretical-analytical framework for the categorization of multi-part rhythmic patterns and their combinations across ensemble parts (e.g., drums, bass, guitar, voice) and genres. The empirical focus will be placed on groove-based
traditions that have strongly influenced global popular music (e.g., funk, reggae, samba). The candidate is not expected to have prior expertise in these specific traditions; repertoire knowledge is covered by other team members.
The successful candidate will lead the project’s computational work package and develop the pipeline that operationalizes the theory and supports perceptual studies. This includes: contributing to method development on rhythm modeling; performing source separation
on commercial recordings and extracting audio features (onsets, pitch, harmony, dynamics); curating datasets; and integrating machine learning approaches to complement rule-based methods. The candidate will collaborate closely with the PI and the project team
and co-author publications.
The position is available for a period of 3 years, starting the earliest 1. September 2026 and latest 1. November 2026.
To apply, please visit this link: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/294910/postdoctoral-research-fellowhip-in-music-information-retrieval-rhythm-and-groove
Benefits:
Qualifications:
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The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, and the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion is financed through the Research Council of Norway’s Centre of Excellence Scheme. RITMO combines a broad spectrum of disciplines – from musicology, neuroscience and informatics – to study rhythm as a fundamental property of human cognition, behaviour and cultural _expression_. The Centre is organized under the Department of Musicology, in close collaboration with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Informatics.
It is strongly recommended that candidates should carefully read the project website: Mapping, Modeling, and Perceiving the Combinatorics of Groove-based Rhythms (GROOVE) and the detailed project description to align their research plan appropriately: https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/groove/
For more information, please contact the P.I (contact details below)
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Guilherme Schmidt Câmara, Ph.D.
Researcher
RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion
Department of Musicology (Institutt for Musikkvitenskap IMV)
University of Oslo (UiO)
mob: +47 93 26 92 71
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