[PD-ot] Fwd: [NIME community] Seeking PhD applicants - Princeton CS

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

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> From: Rebecca Fiebrink <fiebrink at Princeton.EDU>
> Date: October 21, 2010 4:34:52 PM EDT
> To: community at nime.org
> Subject: [NIME community] Seeking PhD applicants - Princeton CS
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> Hello,
>
> (Apologies for cross-posting; please forward as appropriate.)
>
> I'll be joining Princeton University as an assistant professor in  
> Computer Science, also Music, in 2011, following the upcoming  
> retirement of my advisor, Perry Cook. I'm seeking new graduate  
> students who are interested in pursuing a PhD in Computer Science,  
> to begin study in Autumn 2011. My work is at the intersection of  
> music, HCI, and applied machine learning, and I'm looking for  
> students who have an interest in one or more components of my  
> research agenda, outlined below.
>
> Students will be fully funded (tuition, healthcare, plus a salary to  
> live on) throughout the PhD, and they will have the opportunity to  
> collaborate closely with an excellent group of faculty members,  
> graduate students, and undergraduates in the Music Department.  
> Students who are interested will also be able to incorporate their  
> own performance, composition, and/or teaching into their research  
> work. Additionally, students will have many opportunities to study  
> with renowned researchers in other areas of Computer Science,  
> including theoretical machine learning and computer graphics, and in  
> other departments across the university. As members of my new lab,  
> they will have the opportunity to shape the future of music and HCI  
> research at Princeton, as well as the potential to collaborate with  
> industry partners working on the state-of-the-art in music  
> information retrieval, mobile music and gaming, and virtual and  
> augmented reality.
>
> Prospective students should have undergraduate or Master's degrees  
> in Computer Science or a closely related field, a strong interest in  
> a combination of HCI, applied machine learning, and/or music, and  
> the desire to pursue a research-intensive PhD in a highly ranked  
> computer science graduate program. (A prior Master’s degree is not  
> required, but could be helpful.) The application deadline is  
> December 15th, and application information is available at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/academics/gradpgm/#prospective 
> .
>
> My research agenda encompasses the following questions:
> * Can studying machine learning from an HCI perspective -- that is,  
> focusing on the user experience and ways of interacting with  
> software tools, as well as employing evaluation methodologies from  
> HCI -- lead to better software, new application domains, and more  
> effective use of machine learning algorithms?
> * How can we apply machine learning to creative applications, such  
> as music composition and live performance, in new ways?
> * What new understanding, technologies, and art arise from studying  
> human-computer interaction in computer music composition?
> * How can we build music information retrieval systems that are more  
> appropriate for real-time performance and creative work?
> * What are the most appropriate methods for studying human-computer  
> interaction in creative application domains?
> * How can computer music be used as a pedagogical tool, within CS,  
> arts, and interdisciplinary curricula?
>
> More information about my research, my background, and the  
> application process can be found at my website: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~fiebrink/ 
> . I encourage prospective students who have questions about my  
> research, studying at Princeton, or the application process to  
> contact me at fiebrink at princeton.edu.
>
> Best,
> Rebecca Fiebrink
>
>


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