---



COMPUTER MUSIC RESEARCH

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY


PhD Studentship in Evolutionary Computation and Music



Studentship £10,000 pa + University fees (UK/EU)



Applications are invited for a three-year PhD Research Studentship in the
School of Computing, Communications and Electronics, at the University of
Plymouth, UK.



This project offers an outstanding opportunity for a student to join the
internationally praised Computer Music Research team of the University of
Plymouth to work in the emerging interdisciplinary field of Evolutionary
Computation and Music.



Evolutionary computation models and simulations are powerful tools for
developing and demonstrating specific theories of music that would otherwise
be difficult, if not impossible, to conceive. As with the fields of
Psychoacoustics and Artificial Intelligence, which have greatly contributed
to our understanding of music, Evolutionary Computation is helping
scientists and musicologists to reveal important new aspects of our musical
capacity.



This project is aimed at the development and implementation of a
computational model of the evolution of musical grammars. The development of
such model will provide an important opportunity for enhancing our
understanding of the origins and evolution of musical styles. This
understanding will lead to the development of new approaches to the design
of computer-aided musical composition systems; for example, robotic systems
that learn to compose music by interacting with each other. This project
will be developed in close collaboration with the University of Plymouthıs
Adaptive Behaviour & Cognition Research Group (Dr Angelo Cangelosi) and with
the Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit of the University of
Edinburgh (Dr Simon Kirby).



The studentship will commence on 1 September 2004. Further particulars are
available from:

Carole Watson

Faculty of Technology

University of Plymouth

Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK

Tel: 01752 232339

E-mail: carole.watson@...



Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Eduardo Reck Miranda

E-mail: eduardo.miranda@...



See also: http://neuromusic.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/phd-vacancy2.html



Closing Date FOR APPLICATION: 12 NOON, MONDAY 31 MaY 2004