Subject: [AUDITORY] Graduate Trainee opportunity (McMaster University MAPLE Lab) From: Michael Schutz <schutz@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400The MAPLE (Music, Acoustics, Perception & LEarning) Lab at McMaster University has one graduate trainee opening beginning Fall 2027. The successful applicant will join a research program examining spectrotemporal complexity - how variation across frequency and time shapes auditory perception. Current questions concern detection, masking, annoyance, timbre, and related perceptual consequences of acoustic structure, with a particular interest in properties of real-world sounds that are often simplified away in laboratory research. A parallel applied stream examines how these principles can inform the design of more effective auditory warnings, including medical-device alarms and other safety-critical auditory interfaces. The position is based in McMaster University=E2=80=99s graduate program in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour. Applicants with interests in auditory perception, psychoacoustics, acoustics, auditory cognition, or related areas are particularly encouraged. Relevant experience may include behavioural methods, quantitative analysis, programming, acoustic analysis, or sound synthesis, although applicants are not expected to arrive with all of these skills. Preference will be given to MSc applicants interested in continuing into the PhD; direct PhD entry is also possible for students who have already completed a pertinent MSc. Full details, representative publications, and inquiry instructions are available at: www.maplelab.net/grad -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Michael Schutz, Ph.D. Professor of Music Cognition/Percussion, McMaster University President-Elect, Society for Music Perception and Cognition Director, MAPLE (Music, Acoustics, Perception & LEarning) Lab: www.maplelab= .net Core Member, McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind University Scholar (2019-2023) Contact Information: -- Office: 424 Togo Salmon Hall -- Lab: 422 Togo Salmon Hall -- Web: www.michaelschutz.net -- Email: schutz@xxxxxxxx -- Phone: 905.525.9140, ext 23159 (office); ext 27021 -- Mailing address: 1280 Main St. W. Hamilton Ontario L8S 4M2