Jobs: Funded 3-year PhD studentships in HCI and Music at The Open University (UK)

Published: Tue, 03/12/13

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Jobs: Funded 3-year PhD studentships in HCI and Music at The Open University (UK)

March 12, 2013


The Open University is offering fully funded, full-time, three-year PhD studentships to start in October 2013.

Applications and enquiries are welcome in the following areas, or any area related to HCI and Music.  Applicants may also construct their own topics.

New kinds of Musical Interaction
Gestural Interfaces
New Musical Instruments
Interactive Music Systems
Computational Models of Music Perception
New approaches to traditional musical activities
Tools that make new kinds of musical activity possible
Collaborative Music Interaction
Evolutionary and Biologically-inspired Music Systems
New Interactive Tools for Rhythm, Harmony, Melody or Timbre.

Please contact Dr Simon Holland ([email protected]) for an informal discussion or advice on developing a proposal.

Applications should comprise an application form, a CV and a PhD proposal. Application forms and general advice on PhD proposals can be found at:

http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/explained/how_to_apply/mphil_and_phd_applications.htm

Closing date: March 31st 2013.




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