This is an information page for prospective students. My homepage can be found here.
Information for Postdoctoral researchers
Here are some fellowship opportunities.
Newton International Fellowships
Application deadline: 16
st April 2012
Two-year postdoctoral fellowship at a UK research institution for non-UK citizens currently working outside the UK. Fellowship scheme run by the British Academy and Royal Society.
Information for PhD students
Here are the funded PhD studentships for which I am recruiting. Please note that the application deadline is 31 January, 2012. UK residency is required for projects marked with an asterisk (*).
Mathematical Models for Musical Prosodic Gestures
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Supervisor: Prof. Elaine Chew (Centre for Digital Music)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Oscar Bandtlow (School of Mathematical Sciences)
Application deadline: 31
st January 2012
In music performance studies, prosody is the musician-specific timing, stress, and sometimes intonation added when interpreting a notated score. Mid- to high-level music prosodic gestures, for example tempo trajectories, often invoke parallels in the physical world, such as a damped oscillator. This project seeks to identify and mathematically model such gestures. The mathematical descriptors will form the basis for a vocabulary of prosodic gestures for music.
Ensemble Interaction Over Distance
Supervisor: Prof. Elaine Chew (Centre for Digital Music)
Co-supervisor: Prof. Patrick Healey (Interaction Media and Communication)
Application deadline: 31
st January 2012
When a small group of musicians negotiate in performance (i.e. real-time) the shaping and execution of a collective interpretation, the communication is non-verbal; some of the cues can be embedded in the musical prosody, and some demonstrated through gestures. This project aims to capture, analyze, quantify, and model the cues necessary for effective and engaging ensemble performance, by studying both co-located as well as distributed (over the Internet) ensembles.
Intelligent Interfaces for Accelerating Intermediate Piano Learning (*)
Supervisor: Prof. Elaine Chew (Centre for Digital Music)
Sponsoring Company: Yamaha R&D Centre London
Application deadline: 31
st January 2012
Ubiquitous access to digital music, and the hours of practice required to master new pieces, has led to a decline in amateur instrument playing. Cognisance of music structure can facilitate planning and sequence production, and enhance music making pleasure. Machine intelligence can help diagnose areas of difficulty and offer targeted constructive assistance. The studentship will propose/evaluate score-based visualisations of music structure and gestures that accelerate intermediate piano piece mastery for young and adult learners. Candidates should be proficient at programming, experienced with user interface design, have some background in statistics, and possess at least amateur-level piano playing ability.
This is a subset of the EECS funded studentships. In addition, there are 10(*) + 1 or 2 funded MAT studentships. Limited funding may be available for other PhD research at the Centre for Digital Music.
Please contact Melissa Yeo <melissa.yeo_[a]_eecs.qmul.ac.uk> with general EECS PhD program questions and Richard Kelly <r.kelly_[a]_eecs.qmul.ac.uk> with questions about the MAT PhD program.
Information for MSc students
Masters research projects
Students interested in Masters thesis research with me should take a look at the following lists of past students' projects:
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS.
