Pd-announce June 2013

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Deadline EXTENDED to July 9 -- Musical Metacreation Workshop (MUME2013)
by Graeme McCaig 29 Jun '13

29 Jun '13

Call for Participation -- please distribute widely ============================= Musical Metacreation 2013 DEADLINE EXTENSION Submissions Now Due July 9 ============================= ((( MUME 2013 ))) 2nd International Workshop on Musical Metacreation http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/ Held at the Ninth Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'13) Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA October 14-15, 2013 ---------------------- News: New Deadline for Paper and Demo Submissions: *** July 9, 2013 *** New Info for Interested Industry Presenters: http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/industry ====================== We are delighted to announce the 2nd International Workshop on Musical Metacreation (MUME2013) to be held October 14 and 15, 2013, in conjunction with the Ninth Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'13). MUME2013 builds on the enthusiastic response and participation we received for the inaugural workshop in 2012, which received 31 submissions, 17 of which were accepted (a 55% acceptance rate). This year the workshop has expanded to 2 days. Thanks to continued progress in artistic and scientific research, a new possibility has emerged in our musical relationship with technology: Generative Music or Musical Metacreation, the design and use of computer music systems which are "creative on their own". Metacreation involves using tools and techniques from artificial intelligence, artificial life, and machine learning, themselves often inspired by cognitive and life sciences. Musical Metacreation suggests exciting new opportunities to enter creative music making: discovery and exploration of novel musical styles and content, collaboration between human performers and creative software "partners", and design of systems in gaming and entertainment that dynamically generate or modify music. MUME brings together artists, practitioners and researchers interested in developing systems that autonomously (or interactively) recognize, learn, represent, compose, complete, accompany, or interpret music. As such, we welcome contributions to the theory or practice of generative music systems and their applications in new media, digital art, and entertainment at large. Join us at MUME2013 and take part in this exciting, growing community! Topics ====== We encourage paper and demo submissions on topics including the following: * Novel representations of musical information * Systems for autonomous or interactive music composition * Systems for automatic generation of expressive musical interpretation * Systems for learning or modelling music style and structure * Systems for intelligently remixing or recombining musical material * Advances or applications of AI, machine learning, and statistical techniques for musical purposes * Advances or applications of evolutionary computing or agent and multiagent-based systems for musical purposes * Computational models of human musical creativity * Techniques and systems for supporting human musical creativity * Online musical systems (i.e. systems with a real-time element) * Adaptive and generative music in video games * Methodologies for, and studies reporting on, evaluation of musical metacreations * Emerging musical styles and approaches to music production and performance involving the use of AI systems * Applications of musical metacreation for digital entertainment: sound design, soundtracks, interactive art, etc. Format and Submissions ====================== The workshop will be a two day event including: * Presentations of FULL TECHNICAL PAPERS (8 pages maximum) * Presentations of POSITION PAPERS and TECHNICAL IN-PROGRESS WORK (5 pages maximum) * Presentations of DEMONSTRATIONS (3 pages maximum) * One or more PANEL SESSIONS (potential topics include international and networked collaborations, evaluation methodologies, generative music in art vs. games) * Presentations by INDUSTRY PARTNERS Workshop papers will be published in a Technical Report by AAAI Press and will be archived in the AAAI digital library. Submissions should be made in AAAI, 2-column format; see instructions here: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php We also invite companies involved in Musical Metacreation and its application to present their work and challenges to the MUME community. Each industrial partner selected will be given a timeslot to present/demo during the workshop. Interested industry representatives, for more info see: http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/industry For complete details on attendance, submissions and formatting, please visit the workshop website: *** http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/ *** Important Dates =============== Submission deadline: July 9, 2013 Notification date: August 6, 2013 Accepted author CRC due to AAAI Press: August 14, 2013 Workshop date: October 14-15, 2013 Workshop Organizers =================== Dr. Philippe Pasquier (Workshop Chair) School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Dr. Arne Eigenfeldt School for the Contemporary Arts Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Dr. Oliver Bown Design Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning The University of Sydney, Australia Graeme McCaig (Administration & Publicity Assistant) School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Program Committee ================= Gérard Assayag - IRCAM-France Al Biles - Rochester Institute of Technology - USA Tim Blackwell - Department of Computing, Goldsmiths College, University of London - UK Alan Blackwell - Cambridge University - UK Oliver Bown - The University of Sydney - Australia Andrew Brown - Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University - Australia Jamie Bullock - Integra Lab, Birmingham Conservatoire - UK Karen Collins - University of Waterloo - Canada Nick Collins - University of Sussex - UK Darrell Conklin - University of the Basque Country - Spain Arne Eigenfeldt - Simon Fraser University - Canada Jason Freeman - Georgia Institute of Technology - USA Guy Garnett - University of Illinois - USA Toby Gifford - Griffith University - Australia Luke Harrald - Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide - Australia Bill Hsu - Department of Computer Science, San Francisco State University - USA Robert Keller - Harvey Mudd College - USA Nyssim Lefford - Audio Technology, Luleå University of Technology - Sweden George Lewis - Department of Music, Columbia University - USA Aengus Martin - Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney - Australia James Maxwell - Simon Fraser University - Canada Graeme McCaig - School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University - Canada Jon McCormack - Centre for Electronic Media Art, Monash University - Australia James McDermott - Complex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory, University College Dublin - Ireland Alex McLean - ICSRiM - University of Leeds - UK Kia Ng - ICSRiM - University of Leeds - UK Philippe Pasquier - School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University - Canada Marcus Pearce - Queen Mary, University of London - UK Robert Rowe - New York University - USA Benjamin Smith - Case Western Reserve University - USA Richard Stevens - Leeds Metropolitan University - UK Michael Sweet - Berklee College of Music - USA Peter Todd - Indiana University - USA Dan Ventura - Brigham Young University - USA Ivan Zavada - Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney - Australia ---------------------- http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/ ======================

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Incarnated sound sculpture live at New York Electronic Arts Festival
by Marco Donnarumma 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

(apologies for x-post) Jun 30 - 7:30pm Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce Street, New York Free entrance "Ominous" an incarnated sound sculpture performance Live acoustic sounds from the performer's body are digitally sculpted through a choreography of physical gesture. The result is an unstable sonic object which oscillates between high density and violent release. The listeners see through sound the sculpture which their sight cannot perceive. http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/ominous/ This piece for the Xth Sense biophysical instrument was commissioned by the international Competition for Live Electronics, organized by the European Conference of Promoters of New Music. Other performing artists: Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Anderson, Joshua Light Show, Maja S.K. Ratkje, Juraj Kojs, Mari Kimura with Tomoyuki Kato. Press release "Part of a shared evening co-presented with Pace University and Harvestworks as part of the New York Electronic Art Festival. Marco Donnarumma’s *Ominous* is part of an evening of concerts and performances, providing audiences with an opportunity to experience cutting-edge electronic artwork from artists working across the arts and technology spectrum. The New York Electronic Art Festival brings talent into Lower Manhattan from around the globe to showcase new technologies and new artistic practices, and to celebrate the transformational intersection of the two." http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/artists/marco-donnarumma/ hope to see some of you there, best wishes, -- Marco Donnarumma New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net

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JOB: Post-doc on "Sound-Producing Actions" (Oslo)
by Alexander Refsum Jensenius 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (up to 3 years) "Sound-Producing Actions" University of Oslo, Department of Musicology, fourMs lab http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/982967/62048?iso=no ## Description ## One postdoctoral research fellowship is available at the Department of Musicology for work within the fourMs research project. fourMs is an interdisciplinary research project with participation of the Departments of Musicology, Informatics and Psychology at the University of Oslo. As suggested by the acronym of the four MÂ’s, Music, Mind, Motion, and Machines, the project is focused on the relationships between body motion, mind and technology in music, and is strongly interdisciplinary in its approach and activities. See the fourMs website for more information: http://www.fourms.uio.no The fellowship is within the area of sound-producing actions, broadly defined as body motion that produces sound in interaction with various instruments and/or by the human vocal apparatus. Applicants should have competence within one or more relevant areas for research on sound producing actions such as motion capture, processing and classification of motion capture data, biomechanics, motor control, and, more generally, embodied music cognition. Familiarity with basics of musical acoustics and sound synthesis would be an additional advantage in view of modeling the links between sound-producing actions and the resultant sound. The postdoctoral fellow shall work closely together with the other researchers in the fourMs group, taking part in joint studies, experiments, publications and dissemination efforts, including both scientific and more artistic and practice-related sub-projects. The main purpose of the post-doctoral research fellowship is to qualify for work in top academic positions within their disciplines. The postdoctoral fellowship period is three years. The position entails a 10% compulsory workload per year of teaching and supervision duties. Please see regulations concerning other conditions of employment for research fellowship positions. The proposed starting date for the fellowship is fall 2013. ## Qualifications and Personal Skills ## In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality and extent of previous research, relevance of scientific qualifications for the announced fellowship position and personal qualifications for team-work and international collaboration, the quality of the project description, and on the assumed academic and personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the project within the given time frame. ## Requirements ## - A PhD degree in an area of relevance for research on sound-producing actions. - The doctoral dissertation must have been submitted for evaluation by the closing date of the application. ## We offer ## - salary level 57 - 64 (NOK 473 400 - 538 700, depending on level of expertise) - Broad training possibilities within a stimulating academic environment - Attractive welfare arrangements - Favorable pension arrangement ## Submissions ## Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application, preferably in pdf format: - letter of application - Curriculum Vitae - list of publications - project description of 3 - 5 pages, including a schedule of activities. The project description must clarify how the applicant will approach the post-doctoral project theme theoretically and methodically, and specify how the project will be completed within the given time frame Applicants who graduated at a foreign higher education institution are expected to submit an explanation of their institutionÂ’s grading system. Please be aware that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language. Please also refer to the Regulations concerning Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships. Qualified and short-listed applicants will be invited for an interview. The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results. According to the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act, information about an applicant may be included in the public list of applicants, even if non-disclosure has been requested. The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds. ## General ## Application deadline: 5 August 2013 Expected Start Date: Fall 2013 Reference number: 2013/6355 Contacts: Administrative Head of Department Ellen Wingerei Telephone: +47 22 84 44 28 fourMs project leader Professor Rolf Inge GodÃ¸y Telephone: +47 22 85 40 64 Head of Department Alexander Refsum Jensenius Telephone: +47 22 84 48 34 http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/982967/62048?iso=no -- Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Ph.D. Head of Department Department of Musicology University of Oslo http://www.hf.uio.no/imv/english/

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2nd CFP: Musical Metacreation Workshop 2013 (MUME2013)
by Graeme McCaig 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

====================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION -- please circulate to interested audiences ====================== ((( MUME 2013 ))) 2nd International Workshop on Musical Metacreation http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/ Held at the Ninth Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'13) Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA October 14-15, 2013 ---------------------- Deadline for Paper and Demo Submissions: *** July 1, 2013 *** ====================== We are delighted to announce the 2nd International Workshop on Musical Metacreation (MUME2013) to be held October 14 and 15, 2013, in conjunction with the Ninth Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'13). MUME2013 builds on the enthusiastic response and participation we received for the inaugural workshop in 2012, which received 31 submissions, 17 of which were accepted (a 55% acceptance rate). This year the workshop has expanded to 2 days. Thanks to continued progress in artistic and scientific research, a new possibility has emerged in our musical relationship with technology: Generative Music or Musical Metacreation, the design and use of computer music systems which are "creative on their own". Metacreation involves using tools and techniques from artificial intelligence, artificial life, and machine learning, themselves often inspired by cognitive and life sciences. Musical Metacreation suggests exciting new opportunities to enter creative music making: discovery and exploration of novel musical styles and content, collaboration between human performers and creative software "partners", and design of systems in gaming and entertainment that dynamically generate or modify music. MUME brings together artists, practitioners and researchers interested in developing systems that autonomously (or interactively) recognize, learn, represent, compose, complete, accompany, or interpret music. As such, we welcome contributions to the theory or practice of generative music systems and their applications in new media, digital art, and entertainment at large. Join us at MUME2013 and take part in this exciting, growing community! Topics ====== We encourage paper and demo submissions on topics including the following: * Novel representations of musical information * Systems for autonomous or interactive music composition * Systems for automatic generation of expressive musical interpretation * Systems for learning or modelling music style and structure * Systems for intelligently remixing or recombining musical material * Advances or applications of AI, machine learning, and statistical techniques for musical purposes * Advances or applications of evolutionary computing or agent and multiagent-based systems for musical purposes * Computational models of human musical creativity * Techniques and systems for supporting human musical creativity * Online musical systems (i.e. systems with a real-time element) * Adaptive and generative music in video games * Methodologies for, and studies reporting on, evaluation of musical metacreations * Emerging musical styles and approaches to music production and performance involving the use of AI systems * Applications of musical metacreation for digital entertainment: sound design, soundtracks, interactive art, etc. Format and Submissions ====================== The workshop will be a two day event including: * Presentations of FULL TECHNICAL PAPERS (8 pages maximum) * Presentations of POSITION PAPERS and TECHNICAL IN-PROGRESS WORK (5 pages maximum) * Presentations of DEMONSTRATIONS (3 pages maximum) * One or more PANEL SESSIONS (potential topics include international and networked collaborations, evaluation methodologies, industry engagement, generative music in art vs. games) Workshop papers will be published in a Technical Report by AAAI Press and will be archived in the AAAI digital library. Submissions should be made in AAAI, 2-column format; see instructions here: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php For complete details on attendance, submissions and formatting, please visit the workshop website: *** http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/ *** Important Dates =============== Submission deadline: July 1, 2013 Notification date: August 6, 2013 Accepted author CRC due to AAAI Press: August 14, 2013 Workshop date: October 14-15, 2013 Workshop Organizers =================== Dr. Philippe Pasquier (Workshop Chair) School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Dr. Arne Eigenfeldt School for the Contemporary Arts Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Dr. Oliver Bown Design Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning The University of Sydney, Australia Graeme McCaig (Administration & Publicity Assistant) School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada ---------------------- http://www.metacreation.net/mume2013/ ======================

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STEIM Summer Party 2013
by Marco Donnarumma 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

JUNE 18 STEIM SUMMER PARTY 2013 It’s time again for STEIM’s annual summer party! The packed program of artists this year include young bioacoustic performer Marco Donnarumma, seminal Lebanese free improviser Mazen Kerbaj, and from California we have Laetitia Sonami and James Fei presenting a new collaboration for unstable instruments and modular synths. The evening will also have special intimate performances by Daniel Schorno and Sybren Danz in STEIM’s analog sound bunker. And to finish off the night some DJ sets by DJ’s Foom and Snoid. Mark your calendar, it’s sure to be a blast! Details Date: Tuesday 18 June, 2013 Time: 20:30 (Door open 20:00) Cost: €5 Location: STEIM Concert Space, Utrechtsedwasstraat 134, Amsterdam ** * * -- Marco Donnarumma New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net

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MA/MSc in Interactive Media, places available.
by Mikael Fernström 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

For the last 10+ years, we're using PD as one of the major platforms when teaching and exploring IxD at the University of Limerick. We still have a few places available on our taught Masters programme in Interactive Media at the University of Limerick, Ireland. It is a 12-month intensive course designed specifically for creative graduates interested in pursuing studies combining technological competence and design/artistic endeavour. The convergence of media technologies offer unique opportunities in new domains across a wide range of activities, for example interactive digital art, explorations in ubiquitous and tangible computing, social networking, augmented reality, interactive visualisation and sonification. For more information about the course, see http://www.csis.ul.ie/imedia/ best regards Mikael

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issiconvert
by Funs Seelen 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi all, Just a short announce of the release of `issiconvert', a pd library which does some simple conversions between integers and symbols: [int2shex] convert (int) float to symbol of a hexadecimal value with `0x' prefix [int2sdec] convert (int) float to symbol of a decimal value with `0i' prefix [int2soct] convert (int) float to symbol of an octal value with `0o' prefix [int2sbin] convert (int) float to symbol of a binary value with `0b' prefix [sany2int] convert a symbol of any of the four types (with prefix) to (float) int [symbol2clist] output a list of floats for the corresponding character values of a symbol [strlen] calculate number of characters in a symbol [symbol2symbol] output the input if symbol $ git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/pd-issiconvert/code issiconvert https://sourceforge.net/projects/pd-issiconvert/files/latest/download?sourc… Comments are welcome at the project page, my personal mail address or pd-list. Regards, --Funs

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