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Seminar by George Tzanetakis on Computational Ethnomusicology
Seminar by George Tzanetakis on Computational Ethnomusicology
George Tzanetakis, from University of Victoria, will give a seminar about "Computational Ethnomusicology - Expanding the reach of Music Information Retrieval to the musics of the world" on Monday June 29th 2009 at 3pm in room 52.210,
Abstract: Music Information Retrieval (MIR) is a relatively new research area in multimedia. MIR deals with the analysis and retrieval of music in digital form. It reflects the tremendous recent growth of music-related data digitally available and the consequent need to search within it to retrieve music and musical information efficiently and effectively. Most of existing work in MIR has focused on western classical and popular music as these types of music have the largest commercial interest. In this talk I will describe two case studies in Computational Ethnomusicology that explores how MIR techniques can be applied to the study of non-Western music for which there is no standardized written reference (which is a large percentage of the music of world if not of album sales). The first case study is an automatic analysis of micro-timing in complex Afro-Cuban percussion music using rotation-aware dynamic programming. The second case study is a content and context aware web visualization interface for the study of religious chant. In addition to the technical challenges these projects presented I will also discuss the social challenges of Interdisciplinary collaborations between engineering and humanities.
George Tzanetakis website Concurs El millor so de la revetlla 2009
Concurs El millor so de la revetlla 2009
Sons de Barcelona organitza el concurs "El Millor so de la revetlla de Sant Joan". Qui enregistri el millor so de la Revetlla de Sant Joan aconseguirà la samarreta de freesound!
BMAT wins the Global Entrepreneurship Competition
BMAT wins the Global Entrepreneurship Competition
BMAT, the first spin-off of the MTG, came out winner of the first edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Competition, the international tournament that brought together at HiT Barcelona - World Innovation Summit some of the business plans/early-stage companies with the highest growth potential in the world. The price includes an award of 50.000 Euros.
After winning the catalan and the spanish competitions (news item) BMAT was competing with 28 participants representing 21 countries. BMAT was selected by a committee formed by some of the most renowned 'Entrepreneurship Centres (business schools, universities, technology parks and incubators) in the world.
BMAT gana el III Premio nacional Emprendedor XXI
BMAT gana el III Premio nacional Emprendedor XXI
Después de ganar la edición catalana de Emprendedor XXI (noticia) BMAT ha ganado la edición española del premio.
El premio, dotado con 20.000 euros en metálico --adicionales a los 10.000 conseguidos por Bmat en la fase catalana--, tuvo como finalistas a las empresas Histocell, biotecnológica especializada en ingeniería de tejidos y terapia celular para su aplicación a la medicina regenerativa en el ámbito de la salud humana, e Ingenia Telecom, que se dedica a analizar y optimizar las redes de comunicación móviles de última generación.
El Premio Emprendedor XXI es una iniciativa de 'La Caixa' y el Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo y contó, en esta edición, con la participación de 312 empresas. Bmat y las dos finalistas competirán con otras 25 empresas mundiales en el primer Global Entrepreneurship Competition, enmarcado en el nuevo encuentro HiT Barcelona World Innovation Summit que se celebra desde el 17 al 19 de junio del 2009.
Reactable and LoopMash at Sónar
Reactable and LoopMash at Sónar
A number of Reactable-based projects done at the MTG are being shown at
the Sónar Festival from the 18th to the 21st of June 2009, within
SonarMàtica. The works presented were developed by students from
different UPF programs, such as the Master in Digital Arts, the Master
in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media as well as the course
Interactive Systems Workshop I which is part of the Computer Science
Studies.
Also Steinberg presents LoopMash, software developed at
the MTG and part of Cubase 5, at SonarPro. There will be demos by
Maarten de Boer and Fokke de Jong, the MTG developers of LoopMash, with
the collaboration of Guillamino.
SMC Master students present their research projects
SMC Master students present their research projects
In these presentations all the students of the Master in Sound and Music Computing that are submiting their thesis in the academic year 2008-2009 will present the status of their projects.
22th June (Monday) morning, room 55.410
22th June (Monday) afternoon, room 52.109
23rd June (Tuesday) morning, room 52.201
29th June (Monday) morning, room 55.410
SMC 2010 Conference and Summer School in Barcelona
SMC 2010 Conference and Summer School in Barcelona
The 7th Sound and Music Computing Conference and the Summer School will take place in Barcelona from the 18th to the 23rd of July 2010 at the Communication-Poblenou Campus of the UPF. It will be co-organized by MTG-UPF, Department of Sonology of ESMUC, and Phonos Foundation, with the support of the Audiovisual Institute of the UPF.
The main Committe of the conference will be:
- General Chair: Xavier Serra
- Scientific Programme Chairs: Rafael Ramirez, Emilia Gomez, Perfecto Herrera
- Music Programme Chair: Andrés Lewin-Rchter
- Summer School Chair: Enric Guaus
- Conference Organization Committee: Joan Serrà, Cyril Laurier, Mohamed Sordo, Salvador Gurrera, José Lozano
The SMC Conference is an international academic event thataims at promoting exchanges around all the topics related to sound and music computing. The SummerSchool complements the conference by promoting interdisciplinary education in the field.
In october 2009 the call for participation for the conference will be made.
Estudiants de Secundaria becats per Caixa Catalunya per fer recerca amb el MTG
Estudiants de Secundaria becats per Caixa Catalunya per fer recerca amb el MTG
El MTG col·labora amb el Programa Joves i Ciència que l'Obra Social de Caixa Catalunya realitza aquest estiu. Deu estudiants de secundaria han estat seleccionats per participar en el projecte "Els Sons de la Natura" que es farà al Centre Natura Caixa Catalunya a Planes de Son del 30 de juny al 12 de juliol del 2009. Emilia Gomez i Jordi Bonada seran els professors i coordinadors d'aquest projecte. A més, dos estudiants de primer de batxillerat, estudiants de la promoció de l'any 2008, treballaran al MTG durant el mes de Juliol en projectes de recerca sota la supervisió d'investigadors del MTG.
Joves-i-Ciencia-2009.pdfParticipación en el I Congreso Interdisciplinar Investigación y Flamenco
Participación en el I Congreso Interdisciplinar Investigación y Flamenco
Emilia Gómez participa en el I Congreso Interdisciplinar Investigación y Flamenco (INFLA) que se celebra en Sevilla los dias 8 y 9 de Junio del 2009 con una ponencia sobre "Aproximación interdisciplinar al análisis melódico de los cantes a capella".
Contributions to a special issue of Connection Science
Contributions to a special issue of Connection Science
The issues 2 & 3 in volume 21 (2009) of Connection Science are dedicated to Music, Brain & Cognition. Hendrick Purwins has been one of the special editors (editorial of the issue) and there are two articles with authors from the MTG.
This special issue on Music, Brain, & Cognition aims to shed light on some of the key issues in current and future music research and technology. Cognitive Musicology was envisaged by Seifert (1993) and Leman (1994) to be composed from diverse dis- ciplines such as brain research and artificial intelligence striving for a more scientific understanding of the phenomenon of music. One and a half decades following the special issue on Music and Creativity in Connection Science, edited by Griffith and Todd (1994), this issue, again, demonstrates how the horizons in the field have continued to expand.
- Martin Coath; Susan L. Denham; Leigh M. Smith; Henkjan Honing; Amaury Hazan; Piotr Holonowicz; Hendrik Purwins. Model cortical responses for the detection of perceptual onsets and beat tracking in singing
- Amaury Hazan; Ricard Marxer; Paul Brossier; Hendrik Purwins; Perfecto Herrera; Xavier Serra. What/when causal expectation modelling applied to audio signals
