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Dear friends,
we have two PostDoc openings in my research group at the University of
Victoria. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Happy new year,
George Tzanetakis
1) University of Victoria, Canada
1 year Postdoctoral position in Signal processing and Machine Learning
for the Analysis of Marine Mammal Vocalizations
Start date negotiable between January and September 2010 and continuing
for 12 months after the start date. This position is funded by a grant
from CANARIE, Canada. We are interested in exploring the detection and
classification of marine mammal sounds and other underwater sounds. We
have access to continuous streams of hydrophone data from the Venus and
Neptune underwater cabled observatories, as well as 30 years of
recordings of Orca vocalizations (http://orchive.cs.uvic.ca). The
challenge will be to develop highly adaptable and flexible algorithms
and software tools to extract information of interest from the
continuous large datasets.
Candidates are expected to have or be close to obtaining a PhD degree in
a relevant field. Strong signal processing and machine learning
background is important as well as strong programming skills. We are
particularly interested in candidates with experience in Music
Information Retrieval and/or Bioacoustics.
Inquiries and CVs should be addressed to Prof Peter Driessen
and Prof George Tzanetakis
Salary will be in the range $CDN 40—50K, depending on qualifications.
2) University of Victoria, Canada
1 year Postdoctoral position in Musical robotics, Signal processing and
Machine learning
Start date negotiable between January and September 2010 and continuing
for 12 months after the start date. This position is funded by a
NSERC-CCA New Media Initiative grant. We are interested in building
systems for musical robots to perform on stage, reacting, and
improvising with human musicians in real-time.
Our plans include designing and building robotic musical instruments,
real-time extraction of a composite representation of performers'
musical gestures from the fusion of multiple sensor and audio streams,
machine learning to distill gestural data into higher-level musical
understanding and to allow the robot's responses to evolve based on what
it "hears", and integration of all of the above into innovative
multimedia compositions and improvised musical performances on stage.
Our goal is not merely to produce another robotic instrument to play
notes under direct external control, but to produce a robotic musician
that in some sense can hear, understand, and react to a human performer
in real-time, grounded in a representation of specific musical knowledge
from Indian, African, Cuban, and Western "art music" cultures.
Candidates are expected to have or be close to obtaining a PhD degree in
a relevant field. They are expected to have a strong musical,
mechanical, signal processing and machine learning background, and
excellent programming and/or mechanical skills.
Inquiries and CVs should be addressed to Prof Peter Driessen
and Prof George Tzanetakis
Salary will be in the range $CDN 40—50K, depending on qualifications.
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Holger Klinck, Ph.D.
Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies
Oregon State University &
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: (+1)541-867-0182
Fax: (+1)541-867-3907
Web: http://oregonstate.edu/groups/cimrs/
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