[PD-ot] Fully funded PhD studentship: Integra Lab, Birmingham Conservatoire

[Jamie Bullock]

The Integra Lab at Birmingham Conservatoire invites applications for a three-year full-time PhD studentship.

A full-time bursary in line with the AHRC rate (outside London) will be provided (currently £13,726 per annum), and PhD fees at Home/EU rate will be provided.

The studentship is offered for commencement in September 2014 and will be based at the Integra Lab facility in Birmingham Conservatoire’s Music Technology department.

Integra Lab is an interdisciplinary research lab, with a focus on musician-computer interaction. Our goal is to create new technologies that empower, inspire and delight musicians. Integra Lab provides a unique opportunity for researchers in interactive music technology, user-centred design and digital signal processing to enhance musical experience through direct collaboration with performers and composers.

We are therefore seeking to fund a high-calibre applicant for a 3-year PhD studentship closely aligned with Integra Lab’s current research:

	• musician-centred interface design

	• touch-based and gesture-controlled environments for music creation

	• information visualisation in musical interaction

	• semantic models for interactive music systems


There will be an opportunity for the successful candidate to work closely with the Integra Live development team and to contribute to the ongoing design and development of the software. Proposals explicitly linked to Integra Live, with a strong design or software development component are particularly welcome.

Further details about the lab can be found here: http://integra.io/lab

Current part-time students may apply for a two- or three-year full-time programme.
Birmingham Conservatoire enjoys a large and very lively research community, with more than 40 students currently enrolled on doctoral degrees in composition, music technology and musicology. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise it came third among UK conservatoires and almost 50% of its research outputs were judged to be either world-leading or internationally excellent. It has awarded PhDs since 1993 and has an excellent completion rate.

For enquiries and application forms please contact:

Dr Jamie Bullock, Senior Researcher in Music Technology
Birmingham Conservatoire,
Birmingham 
B3 3HG 
or email jamie.bullock at bcu.ac.uk

Deadline for applications is Friday 16th May 2014
Interview date: Friday 30th May 2014