JOB POSITION: Research Fellow in Music with Artificial Intelligence

Research Fellow in Music with Artificial Intelligence
Job reference: A2462

Closing date: 16 March 2012

Salary £31,000 pa

FULL TIME, fixed term for 54 months (4.5 years)

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow in Music with AI at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) in Plymouth University, UK (http://cmr.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/).

This appointment is part of an ambitious EPSRC-funded research project aimed at advancing our understanding of the relationship between emotions, patterns of brain activity and associated musical information. The objective is to build a Brain-Computer Music Interface (BCMI) system to monitor emotions, and modify them automatically and adaptively via a controlled computer music generation system. This project will be developed in collaboration with the Cybernetics Research Group at the University of Reading (Dr Slawomir J Nasuto).

Your main tasks will be (but not necessarily limited) to (a) design and implement intelligent algorithms for generating music in real-time, (b) provide technical assistance for composers-in-residence, (c) support the design of listening experiments and analysis of brain scanning data.

You will be expected to have an interdisciplinary background linking music technology, artificial intelligence and psychology of music, preferably with a PhD or equivalent, in an allied discipline. Solid computer programming skills and previous experience with implementation of algorithms for generative music in real-time, are essential requisites. Knowledge of experimental psychology methods and analysis of experimental data is welcomed. Familiarity with the burgeoning field of Brain-Computer Interface would be advantageous.

This is a full time position working 37 hours per week, and is fixed term for 54 months (4.5 years). The commencement date is 1 May 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.

For more information and instructions for application please visit

http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/jobs

Or alternatively contact HR Recruitment Services quoting Job reference A2462:

+44 (0)1752 588255
jobs@plymouth.ac.uk